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Conversations with History: Britain and America and the Making of the Modern World
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Conversations with History host Harry Kreisler welcomes Walter Russell Mead of the Council on Foreign Relations for a discussion of the Anglo American maritime system—its origins, development, and impact on the world. The conversation touches on the unique synergy between Protestant religion and capitalism, the consolidation of Anglo American power in the process of transforming the international system, the importance of culture in international politics, and the need for a dialogue of civilizations in the 21st century. (57 minutes)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
Political Science
Religious Studies
Social Science
World Cultures
World History
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
01/07/2007
HIST 1301: United States History, Williams
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This course looks at the “big picture” of United States history. This course explores the ways in which Americans created their highly original society and culture, the stunning geographical changes that marked the early decades of our new nation, documents that reveal the evolution of key American concepts as well as the many controversies that characterized the second half of US history. One of the goals of this course is for students to come to understand the practice of historical thinking: a form of "reading" the past that you can also apply to any number of other aspects of your college work.

Subject:
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Syllabus
Author:
Alliance for Learning in World History
Date Added:
05/01/2024
Revolutionary Europe: Science & Exploration in the Decorative Arts
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Students will view three works of decorative arts and complete the accompanying activities to better understand the Age of Exploration and the Scientific Revolution, and how these "revolutions" and their discoveries influenced the new European world view.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
World Cultures
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Lesson Plan
Provider:
J. Paul Getty Museum
Provider Set:
Getty Education
Date Added:
05/22/2013
Teaching and Learning Strategy: A Perspective from Curaçao
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This resource provides a Dutch-Caribbean perspective on teaching World History and offers a critique of the Dutch history curriculum's Eurocentric perspective. 

Subject:
History
World History
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Alliance for Learning in World History
Date Added:
01/26/2024