| Year Level: 2 | ||
| Equivalent GE Area(s) in 2011/2012 Model: |
Area 8 – World Histories and Cultures | |
This is a thematic course for GE program. It will trace and examine the way that human memories have been represented in arts, literature, films and all material cultures, which is different from the professional history writings yet also reflecting history, and which has been probably more effective and influential method of recording the human past. The course will choose one of the historical themes, such as colonialism, imperialism, industrialization, revolution, war, independent movement, communism, reform, globalization, migration, trade, women, etc., as the topic of the class and encourage students to have a dialogue with the people who lived in the past about the evolved issues. Through comparing the historical documents and tangible cultural materials with the stories told by arts, literature and films, students will learn about how to tell the imagination of the past from the historical reality, the rhythm and pace of change from the historical continuity, as well as what the humanity and human strength is all about.