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2007/08 Block Feeds on KET ED
- Block Feed: Programs 101-108 Program Details
- 3 hours, 60 minutes
- Thursday, August 2 at 4:00 pm on KETED
- Thursday, March 20 at 4:00 pm on KETED
- Wednesday, May 28 at 2:00 am on KETED
- Block Feed: Programs 109-116 Program Details
- 3 hours, 60 minutes
- Thursday, August 9 at 4:00 pm on KETED
- Thursday, March 27 at 4:00 pm on KETED
- Wednesday, May 28 at 2:00 pm on KETED
- Block Feed: Programs 117-124 Program Details
- 3 hours, 60 minutes
- Thursday, August 16 at 4:00 pm on KETED
- Thursday, April 3 at 4:00 pm on KETED
- Thursday, May 29 at 2:00 am on KETED
- Block Feed: Programs 125-126 Program Details
- 57 minutes
- Thursday, August 23 at 4:00 pm on KETED
- Thursday, April 10 at 3:00 pm on KETED
- Thursday, May 29 at 10:00 am on KETED
Episodes Included in These Block Feeds
- 101. Mapping and Measuring the Past
- How does our knowledge of geography and distant times affect our understanding of world history? This unit uses maps, calendars, and examinations of commonly held ideas about different parts of the world—from the Mediterranean to the Pacific Rim—to create a new approach to history. 29 minutes.
- 102. History and Memory
- How do we know the past? Are history and memory different? Celebrations of Columbus Day and the treatment of war in history textbooks illustrate the ways historians, nations, families, and individuals know and use the past, and recent archaeological finds about the ancient Mayans show how new discoveries affect our knowledge of history. 29 minutes.
- 103. World History in Motion
- From their origins in Africa, humans walked, swam, and rode across the entire planet, eventually occupying almost every conceivable environment. Recent discoveries in archaeology and language explore how and why early humans moved and trace their movements across Africa to Eurasia and the Americas. 29 minutes.
- 104. Seasons of World History: Agriculture, Pastoralism, and Urban Life
- What people liked to eat and where they liked to live determined the origins of early communities. This examination of the earliest farmers and herders and the evolution of cities looks at changing ideas about the "cradle of civilization" in light of new discoveries in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. 29 minutes.
- 105. Cosmos and Community
- How did historic peoples understand themselves in relation to the natural world and the unseen realms beyond? Evidence of early humans burying their dead with care indicates that religion is part of the earliest human history. The Japanese Shinto religion is discussed as an example of animism and shamanism. Philosophical and ethical systems are traced in early Greece and China. And Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, and Judaism are examined for their approach to the individual and the community. 29 minutes.
- 106. Ordering the World
- An examination of the early Chinese states and empire explores political structures and relationships as methods of distributing both power and material resources. Examples from the Maya to the Luba in West Africa consider alternative, decentralized methods of organization. 29 minutes.
- 107. Missionaries, Pilgrims, and Converts: Religions in Motion
- Looks at the evolution of Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam as these religions moved across cultures; absorbed new believers, beliefs, and practices; and in turn transformed the peoples and places they encountered. 29 minutes.
- 108. Manors, Markets, and Money: Early Economies
- A comparison of manorial economies in medieval Europe and Japan focuses on self-sustaining economic systems in agricultural societies, while an Andean example leads to a discussion of other kinds of economic systems based on tribute, taxation, and labor. A study of the commercial revolution in China, from about 750 to 1250, examines the mechanisms of economic growth and the impact of economic change on societies. 29 minutes.
- 109. Conduits of Culture and Commerce (Land-Based)
- Case studies of the Eurasian silk roads, the trans-Saharan Gold Road, and the Meso-American Turquoise Road demonstrate the role of trade routes as conduits of both commerce and culture. Stories of the men and women who traveled these roads trace the transmission of commodities, religions, and diseases as well as the movements of peoples across vast land routes. 29 minutes.
- 110. Conduits of Culture and Commerce (Water-Based)
- The Indian Ocean, the Mississippi River, and the routes created by the Norse raiders provide the settings for an exploration of patterns of early commerce. Rafts, boats, and ships carried death and disease, skills and technologies, and philosophies and religion along with their cargoes of goods. 29 minutes.
- 111. Empires
- Case studies of the Eurasian Mongol, West African Mali, and Andean Inca empires trace how they were built, the administrative structures that made them work, the ideas that legitimized them, and the environmental and technological conditions that influenced their rises and falls. 29 minutes.
- 112. Transmission of Traditions
- People use many different means to transmit their cultural traditions: oral, written, artistic, architectural. Case studies drawn from Islamic Spain, Korea, and West Africa illustrate different modes of transmission across cultures and over time. The role of technology in shaping cultures is shown through the transformations wrought by the invention of printing. 29 minutes.
- 113. Family and Household in World History
- The remains of households in Egypt, Europe, and China open a window onto the changing beliefs and experiences in their societies and shed light on how those societies ordered the world outside the home. 29 minutes.
- 114. Land and Labor
- Places slavery and conquest within a wider global spectrum of land and labor systems. Examples from Southeast Asia, Russia, and the Latin American frontiers illustrate how different societies maintained the status quo and expanded, utilized, or exploited what they valued. 29 minutes.
- 115. Commodities Connect the World
- Follows commodities such as silver and sugar around the globe to examine the dynamic patterns of trade in these goods, explore the encounters that resulted from the expansion of trading after 1500, and trace how earlier commercial patterns were altered by European contact. 29 minutes.
- 116. Cooking World History
- Examples from the Caribbean, Asia, and Europe explore the complex and central roles food has played in human societies. Ever since the domestication of fire turned solitary eaters into communal diners, cuisine has reflected social history. Dining habits also reveal social relationships, offering clues about the everyday life of common folk as well as the intricacies of status. 29 minutes.
- 117. Ideas That Changed the World
- Outlines the democratic ideals generated by the French Revolution and their interpretation by leaders such as Benjamin Franklin in the U.S., Toussaint L'Ouverture in Haiti, and Simon Bolívar in South America. The effects of religious revitalism are demonstrated by a discussion of Wahabiism, an Islamic religious movement that arose on the Arabian Peninsula. 29 minutes.
- 118. The Rise of the West
- A debate about how and why Europe was able to dominate most of the world throughout the 20th century provides an illustration of how historical interpretation works. 29 minutes.
- 119. The Impact of New Industries
- Industrialization was and is a global process, not just a European or American story. This episode links Latin America, Europe, and Japan, examining the impacts of industry on trade, environment, culture, technology, and lives around the world. 29 minutes.
- 120. Imperial Designs
- Modern imperialism reorganized more than maps: It imposed new cultures and created new societies all over the globe. The profound consequences of imperialism are examined on the South African frontier and in Brazil, where politics, culture, industrial capitalism, and the environment were shaped and reshaped. 29 minutes.
- 121. Complexities of Colonialism: Refashioning Colonial Identities
- Examines how the colonial experience affected both the colonizer and the colonized with examples from Zanzibar to India. Topics range from how colonial relationships were reflected in fashion to the process of "decolonization," which helped forge the new identities of the modern world. 29 minutes.
- 122. War and Peace: Global Conflict and Identity
- Examines how local, national, ethnic, and religious conflicts shaped the two world wars and their aftermaths. Case studies include the rise of Japanese imperialism, the outbreak of war in the newly decolonized Belgian Congo, and the rise of peace institutions in the 20th century. 29 minutes.
- 123. We Shall Overcome: People Who Changed the World
- Profiles of Mao Zedong, the Ayatollah Khomeini, and the mothers' group Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo show the critical importance of individuals and their collective actions in shaping the world. 29 minutes.
- 124. Globalization: Political, Economic, and Environmental
- The forces of globalization have shaped the modern world, for better and worse. Case studies of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the lives of garment workers in Sri Lanka, and the ecological effects of the timber industry in the Amazon examine the economic and political impacts of these forces on individuals, communities, and the environment. 29 minutes.
- 125. Global Games: Culture, Commerce, and Competition
- From World Cup soccer to Coca Cola, modern icons reflect the intertwined cultural, political, and commercial dimensions of globalization. This episode listens to and looks at the music and images of global production and consumption—from reggae to the Olympics—to discover the tensions between national and global identities and the sounds and sights of modernity. 29 minutes.
- 126. Globalization, Identity, and World History
- Examines how the forces of globalization have both integrated and separated communities, comparing the global ethnic identity that emerged from the Chinese diaspora to the new Chechen identity that resulted from its war with Russia. William McNeill, the widely acknowledged "father of world history," discusses his view of history as globalization in practice. 29 minutes.
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