Intro to Rise of the West

Today we will start to look at the history of the World from 1450 to today. In order to do this well we must think about how this history has been written by various points. of view over that time. John Green will introduce a concept called "The Rise of the West" and we will use that concept to start our work. So listen closely and get thos notebooks out. To start - which of the boxes reflects "The West"?

When we think about developing skill as a historical thinker, which best represents what John Green just taught us?

• History can never be fact based and the only thing you will learn is that history is relative.

• History can be understood as a factual narrative and we must learn that narrative.