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Era 7 Overview Video

Era 7 Overview Video

The century that followed the First World War has been one disaster after another. Or has it been an era of progress? The evidence points in both directions.

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. If you were looking back on the Long Nineteenth Century from the viewpoint of someone living in 1914, what would be the positive story of this era?
  2. What are the are problems with this view, according to the video?
  3. What are some positive world stories since the First World War?
  4. What is one big problem with this positive view of the twentieth century?
  5. What data supports the idea that things are getting better?
  6. What are criticisms of this data?
  7. How did the mid-twentieth-century success of Detroit turn into economic problems in the late twentieth century?