What is History Five Themes of History MHS
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What is History? Five Themes of History MHS 2012 -2013
Five Themes of History • Social • Political • Environmental • Cultural • Economic
Social • Development and Transformation of social structures
Gender Roles and relations – How the sexes interact
Family and Kinship • What is the family unit?
Racial and Ethnic Construction • What is the role of race and ethnicity in society and how it operates
Classes • Social and Economic Classes
2. Political • State-building • Expansion • Conflict
Political Structures and forms of Government • How are the people governed?
Empires • How do countries exert their power?
Nations and Nationalism How do people join together?
Revolts and Revolutions • When the people fight back
Trans-Regional • United Nations
Humans and the Environment • How humans use, alter, exploit and profit from their environment
Demography and Disease
Migration • Movement patterns of people
Technology • How people use their environment and knowledge to create/explore/perfect
Cultural • Development and Interaction of Cultures
Religions • Philosophies, Belief Systems and Ideologies
Science and Technology • What major technology breakthrough has defined your generation, thus far?
The Arts and Architecture • Social impact of music, painting, sculpting, etc.
Economic • Creation, Expansion, and interaction of economic systems
Agricultural and Pastoral Production • How is the land used to produce goods?
Trade and Commerce • How do goods get from one region to another?
Labor Systems • Who’s working? Why are they working? And for whom are they working?
Industrialization • Mass Production, Factories, City-Centers, etc.
Capitalism and Socialism • Modern day struggle that defined the 20 th century and continues to impact us
Major Historical Events • Farming – The cultivation of land • Language (Written Language) – The idea of communication • Industrial Revolution and Enlightenment • Internet and the Digital Age • What do all these events have in common?