1. The West and The World, 16th Century to the Present
CHY4U
The West and The World,
16th Century to the Present

2. Course Description
Major trends in Western Civilization and World history
16th century until present
Relationship between West and other regions of the world
Development of modern social, political, and economic systems
Critical thinking, historical roots of contemporary problems

3. Units of Study
Unit 1- Historiography: How we do history Unit 2- The World Reinvented ( ) Unit 3- Enlightenment and Revolution ( ) Unit 4- Modern Europe ( ) Unit 5- A World At War ( )
Unit 6- A New World Order (1945- Present)

4. “Big Ideas”
Ideas have profoundly changed history and relationships between the West and the World have been fraught with misunderstanding and mistrust
Develop Historical Empathy
Apply critical thinking skills to unique historical situations

5. How will you be assessed in this course?
Four categories
Knowledge, application, thinking, and communication
Six learning skills
Responsibility, Organization, Independent work, Collaboration, Initiative, Self-Regulation
Train, Practice and Perform

6. Greek word meaning Inquiry, Knowledge acquired by investigation
HISTORY
Greek word meaning Inquiry, Knowledge acquired by investigation

7. What is History?

8. What is History? What happened in the past? Why did it happen?
What can it tell us today?
What was the impact of a person, idea or event on society/world?
What is significant in history?
What gives something significance?

9. Perspective and Bias
What really happened?

10. Perspective
A perspective is a viewpoint from which a person sees an event
Bias
A perspective is biased if it unfairly prejudices the result in favour of one person or group

11. Bonaparte Crossing the St. Bernard Pass, Jacques-Louis David (1801)

12. Napoleon Crossing the Alps, Paul Delaroche (1850)

13. Historiography The study of the way History has been Written
There are a number of different ways to view History

14. How do we find answers? Primary Sources: Examples: Letters/diaries
Music
Autobiographies
Photos/Paintings
Maps
Government document
Artifacts/remains
Interviews
Stories
Buildings
Newspapers

15. Secondary Sources Written by outsiders, after the fact Examples
Histories
Newspaper editorials
Biographies
Research papers
Scholarly articles
Novels
Scientific studies
Textbooks/ Encyclopedia
Books
Websites
Movies

16. Problems doing history
Sources not accurate
People lie/exaggerate the truth
Sources are biased or aimed at an audience or apologizing for the past
The same information can be interpreted differently
Presentism (viewing the past from the present) and placing our values on it and validate us.

17. How to Overcome Problems
Focus Question.
Research/Hypothesis.
Test hypothesis through research and analysis.
Conclusions.

18. Focus of Historians Political History Economic History Social History
Intellectual History
Cultural History
Women’s History
Feminist History

19. Major Schools of History
Chronicle-the-story of history.
Drum and Trumpet-great men and nations.
Progressive/Liberal History-onward and upward.
INTELLECTUAL HISTORY- ideas have consequences.
Social History-the common folk.
Marxist History- by Karl Marx- Economics explains all aspects of society
Feminist History- role and power of women in history
Women’s History-role of women in history.

20. History as Justice

21. Frontier Thesis

22. Marxist

23. Postmodernism

24. Post-Colonialism

25. Narrative

26. Feminist Historiography

27. The Pattern of History

28. Is History Progressive?
Views of History:
Progressive, moving forward
Cyclical, history repeats itself
Progressing Spirally, combo of first 2
Chaotic, too random to measure progress

29. Medieval Historiography

30. Cyclical

31. Biological

32. Progress

33. Challenge and Response

34. Hero – “Great” man

35. Radical/Critical

36. History from Below

37. Why is History Relevant?
“History is more or less bunk.”
-Henry Ford

38. We need to develop criteria of progress
What is “Progress”?
We need to develop criteria of progress

39. Criteria: Technological advancements Good economy Quality of life
Democracy …

40. Aspects of Medieval Worldview
Notion of a divine plan – world a product of God’s intelligence
Idea of hierarchy or “Great Chain of Being”
Dualism – spirit on one hand and
matter on the other

41. Allegory – literary examples to find the higher spiritual or moral meaning
Providence – accidents don’t happen; God sees all
Teleology – all things have an inherent purpose or goal

42. The Renaissance A cultural transformation Means “rebirth”
in Western Europe
Began in Italy
Intense creativity = differed from the past
With the Renaissance, the modern age begins in Europe

43. Society
Art
Politics
Education
Writers and artists
Recover learning of Ancient Greece and Rome
Reject the “Medieval Period” ( )
Initiated transition to modern age

44. Renaissance Worldview
More Secular
Valued Worldly life
Expanded knowledge
Advocated humans to develop their best potential in THIS world
Therefore, Man became an INDIVIDUAL, not just part of a group