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The Concept of World History. AP World History. What is Big, Global, and World History?. In groups of 2-3, share what you came up with for answer the homework questions: What is Big history? What is Global history? What is World history?
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The Concept of World History AP World History
What is Big, Global, and World History? • In groups of 2-3, share what you came up with for answer the homework questions: • What is Big history? • What is Global history? • What is World history? • As a group, you will need to come up with the best possible answer. • Your group will share with the class after a few minutes.
What is World History? • World history is the study of human patterns of interaction with a particular focus on change over time, global exchange, and those phenomena that connect people, places and ideas across regional boundaries. • By focusing on human interaction on all levels we can see the big picture as well as the details of individual lives. • World history also gives us a perspective of the past that goes beyond a national or regional viewpoint – a perspective that embraces large comparisons both spatially and temporally.
How do historians measure time and understand the value of time?
What are the roles of change and continuity in world history?