- The Deep History of Today: Global News and Global History

Catalog description

This course looks at the major trends – political, social, and economic – from the 1500’s to the present. It begins with the Early Modern period, when the voyages of discovery linked world trade routes, and transformed human encounters and civilizations, and moves through Renaissance Europe, the Industrial Revolution, and the creation of a capitalist economic system. While elaborating on the principal themes of Global History 2, students will use modern history to understand current events around the world. Students will regularly read the news through a wide range of global media sources and will learn how to identify political and ideological perspectives and other major interpretive frameworks that they are likely to encounter in the modern world.