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Communities Frame Introduction (6:55)

Key Ideas

As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.

Key Ideas

Think about the following questions as you watch the video


  1. 00:07 How does the quote, from Helen Keller, relate to the idea of “communities”?
  2. 02:30 What did human communities generally look like in 1200?
  3. 05:43 According to the video, what are some different types of human communities that have emerged during the period covered by this course (c. 1200-Present)?
  4. 06:02 According to this video, has globalization made us all members of a single community, and made all smaller communities irrelevant? Why or why not?