Transcript Modern History Day One

History of the
Modern World
Looking Back to Move Forward
Walsingham Academy
Mr. Jordan
Room 111
The Red Necklace
by Sally Gardner
(ISBN: 13: 978-0142414880)
Available in multiple platforms
Term 1
Choice 1
Must be Read by: Sept. 30
Black Potatoes: The Story of the
Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850
Term 2
Choice 1
Must have by: Oct. 7
Choose this title or…
North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell
Term 2
Choice 2
Must have by: Oct. 7
Read the Novel
or
Watch the Video
Available on-line
http://www.amazon.com
In-Class Activity
History of the World In 7 Minutes
What striking impression did the last 60 seconds give the viewer? Why?
What was the filmmaker trying to say about man’s history on the earth, and
about change?
Change is built into our culture in the Modern World. Can we have a sense of
power and control over some of what happens to us?
Looking Back
What Should We Remember?
1. How did Europe’s population’s size in 1500
compare with that of today?
2. What grains were grown in N. Europe?
3. Why was 1500 a good time for laborers?
4. Where did most Europeans live?
Why Look Back?
History is a guide to navigation in perilous times.
History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
David C. McCullough
1. Early Civilizations
2. The Classical World: Greece and Rome
3. Monotheism and Christianity
4. Byzantium, Islam and the Slavic World
5. Era of Invasions: The Dark Ages
6. Revival of Europe: The High Middle Ages
7. Renaissance-Reformation
8. The New Monarchy: Absolutism
Looking Back
What Should We Remember?
1.
2.
When and how long was each of the periods?
How did each era view human beings?
3.
How was power organized and exercised?
4.
What were the key bases of political. social, and
economic life?
5.
What aspects of culture/civilization seem to have been
dominant? Why remember this era?