World History

World History

World History is a field of historical study that emerged as a distinct academic field in the 1980s. It examines history from a global perspective.

Overview

World History looks for common patterns that emerge across all cultures. World historians use a thematic approach, with two major focal points: integration (how processes of world history have drawn people of the world together) and difference (how patterns of world history reveal the diversity of the human experience).

The study of world history is in some ways a product of the current period of accelerated globalization. This period is tending both to integrate various cultures and to highlight their differences.

The advent of World History as a distinct field of study was heralded in the 1980s by the creation of the World History Association [http://www.thewha.org/] and of graduate programs at a handful of universities. Over the past 20 years, scholarly publications, professional and academic organizations, and graduate programs in World History have proliferated. It has become an increasingly popular approach to teaching history in United States high schools and colleges. Many new textbooks are being published with a World History approach.

ee also

*Big History
*"Guns, Germs and Steel"
*Historic recurrence
*"The World's History"
*Universal history
*Natural history
*World development

Notes

External links

* [http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/worldhistory/ Bridging World History]
* [http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/10/041.html The Changing Shape of World History] , William H. McNeill, Paper originally presented at the History and Theory World History Conference, March 25-26, 1994
* [http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/ World History For Us All] - World History Model Curriculum
* [http://www.studenthandouts.com/worldhis/ Student Handouts, Inc.] Free World History Lesson Plans, Handouts, and Worksheets
* [http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorymatters/ World History Matters]


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