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Origins to Present

Starting with evidence, connect the people and events of history to understand the problems of today. Get ready for an adventure that starts with the Big Bang, and makes historians of us all.

Unit 1 • 4 Lessons

Origins of History
Everything has a history. This course begins with the history of you and expands to the history of the entire world.

Unit 2 • 6 Lessons

Early Humans
What caused some humans to shift from foraging to farming and what were the effects of this change?

Unit 3 • 6 Lessons

Early Agrarian Societies
How did complex societies develop and how did they impact humans inside and outside these communities?

Unit 4 • 7 Lessons

Empires and Belief Systems
How did the emergence of portable belief systems affect how people lived and support new types of networks among them?

Unit 5 • 7 Lessons

Regional Webs
How do human systems restructure themselves after catastrophe?

Unit 6 • 12 Lessons

The First Global Age
How did the first ongoing connections between the hemispheres promote change both globally and regionally?

Unit 7 • 11 Lessons

The Long Nineteenth Century
What were the engines of change that created our “modern” world?

Unit 8 • 10 Lessons

Global Conflict
What caused the global conflicts from 1914 to 1991, and how did people experience this period of global war?

Unit 9 • 8 Lessons

Globalization
How are our lives today similar and different, and how can history help explain these variations and commonalities?
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