The Seven Ages of Globalization: Class 2
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Provided by: Ages of Globalization|Published on: September 10, 2025
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Synopsis
- The first six classes in the Ages of Globalization program provide a foundation for understanding human history, the drivers of global change, the effects of globalization on the planet, and the goals of sustainability, peace, and empathy.
- This second class from the Ages of Globalization course dives deeper into each of the seven ages of globalization and analyzes how geographic, economic, and other systems have contributed to growth and change.
- Students will research their family history and analyze their own lives in the context of globalization and interconnectedness.
Subjects: Biology, Economics, History
Authors: Ages of Globalization, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The lecturer's focus in Chapter 3 on our origins as one humanity is a powerful message that carries a feeling of hope and unity.
- The activity in which students explore their family histories is a great way to connect students to the past and to the world around them.
Prerequisites
- The Chapter 2 and Chapter 5 videos are no longer available. Teachers can provide students with the video's summary instead.
- The link under Readings for cave art will take users to the National Geographic landing page, rather than the specific page. Many articles about cave art are in the database on the National Geographic website.
- To learn more about the entire course, visit the course website.
Differentiation & Implementation
- After creating flashcards for each of the terms, groups of students can work together to create a poster that includes a student-constructed definition and image to represent one of the vocabulary terms.
- AP Biology classes will find this class helpful in supporting the unit on natural selection, and AP Human Geography classes will find this content relevant for a number of units.
- AP Environmental Science classes will find this course particularly relevant to a number of units in the curriculum.
- This course will connect to most of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, but teachers can highlight Goal 8, Decent Work and Economic Growth, as a goal that is particularly relevant to this class.
- Teachers can use the review questions and fill-in-the-blank items as guided notes for the lectures and readings.
This resource focuses on the broader history of humans and the seven ages of globalization. Students will learn about the evolution of the human species from hunter-gatherers in Africa to the modern world. These lessons illustrate how human interactions with the environment around them, and therefore their impacts, have changed over time. The information presented is accurate, and this resource is recommended for teaching.
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