Modern History

Cary Hughes
Block class required of freshmen

In this block we will examine the ideals of equality, freedom, justice, and peace that have inspired the creation of self-government in the modern age in the United States and many other countries around the world. We will also explore political, social, and economic ideals and ideas and their power in determining peoples actions in modern history. Woven into this work are the ideals of justice, equality, and freedom. At the end of the course we should have a deeper understanding of those ideals and what they mean for us today and what responsibility we have for them. We also examine the ideals of justice, equality, and freedom as they apply to the 20th century in light of WWI, the Holocaust, WWII, and the Cold War Era.