World History

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World History

• Themes.

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• Themes help us to better focus on the key
  features of each society and event we read and
  learn about.
• Remember Things dont happen in a vacuum. Events
  are CAUSED by something. People are who they are
  because of their HISTORY!

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• 1. Continuity and Change
• History is the story of CHANGE. Some changes
  happen quickly a Revolution, for example. Others
  happen more slowly such as the spread of
  Democratic Ideas which may take decades.
• Despite the eventuality of change there are
  enduring traditions and concerns linking people
  across time and space.

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• 2. Geography and History
• Geography influences where people settle, how
  they live and how goods and ideas travel.
• Think of environmental issues
• Think of the fact that control of certain
  geographical features can determine the outcome
  of wars.

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• 3. Political and Social Systems
• Monarchs, presidents, dictators, tribal
  councilseach society has a form of government.
  WHY?.....because they want to ensure order and
  guard against outside threats
• Legal systems
• Social classes
• The most basic unit of all THE FAMILY.
• Why is the family so important? What purpose does
  the family as a unit serve?

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• 4. Religions and Value Systems
• What do I mean by Value System?
• A value system is a set of consistent ethic
  values (more specifically the personal and
  cultural values) and measures used for the
  purpose of ethical or ideological integrity. A
  well defined value system is a moral code.
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• Religious symbols

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• Religion exerts a powerful influence and impact
  on the world.
• Belief in one God has guided the histories of
  Jews, Muslims, and Christians alike.
• Buddhism and Hinduism has shaped many Asian
  cultures.
• Nonreligious values, such as Greek ideals of
  beauty and individuality, have had a wide
  influence.

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• 5. Economics and Technology
• Who controls vital resources? What work do people
  do and how ae they paid? Economic questions such
  as these are often closely linked to technology.
• From Stone Age farming tools to the printing
  press to the steam engine to the computer,
  technology has transformed the world again and
  again.

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• 6. Diversity
• The diversity of the worlds cultures is
  reflected in many ways, including language,
  ethnic background, customs, beliefs, and
  clothing.
• Such diversity has enriched the human experience.
• Yet, cultural and ethnic differences are often at
  the source of bitter conflict.

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• 7. Global interaction
• Different parts of the world interact in
  different waysthrough migration, trade, warfare,
  or the exchange of ideas.
• When people traveled by oxcart or sailing ship,
  this process was slow. Today, communications
  networks can link people of the world instantly.

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• 8. Art and literature
• People have created art and/or literature since
  time began. Think Stone Age cave
  paintings

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• .such paintings express.
• .the values and lives of the people who
  created them. In the Middle Ages, Europeans built
  soaring cathedrals to the glory of God. Today,
  novelists and filmmakers from Nigeria to Brazil
  vividly depict the challenges of modern life.

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• 9. The Individual
• Everyone who has ever lived and everyone who is
  living is part of the human story. Yet some
  people have such an impact on events that we
  remember them long after they die. For good or
  ill, individuals have had and will continue to
  have a lasting influence on our world.