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Era 6 Overview Video

Era 6 Overview Video

The “long nineteenth century” was an age of revolutions. How did these transformations create the modern world in which we live today?

Key Ideas

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

Think about the following questions as you watch the video


  1. What does the video list as features of the modern world that came into existence during this period?
  2. What were the contradictory political results for the people of Senegal in this period? How did this reflect bigger changes in communities in this period?
  3. How does this video claim that communities were changing in this period?
  4. How did the Industrial Revolution change life during Era 6?
  5. What happened to systems of weights, measures, and qualities in this period?
  6. What happened to global CO2 emissions during this period?