Blog 1 - due 08/30

The book’s prologue discusses how in the last century the way history is being taught has completely shifted. It used to be taught with a focus on certain time periods or on certain civilizations but Strayer offers us an interesting perspective on a rising belief that by teaching students history from a global, broad, inclusive perspective, perhaps we can help foster a sense of global citizenship. A broader sense of global citizenship could reshape the world altogether and give more people a sense of social responsibility. 

Strayer also implies that an excessively broad sense of patriotism is what led to the World Wars and that perhaps these global crises could have been averted by fostering a stronger sense of global citizenship. He describes the World Wars as “revealing the horrendous consequences of unchecked nationalism.” I thoroughly enjoy reading his perspective and the way he links major historical events to where we are in modern day