Students have an opportunity to study one trial in depth and present their findings to the class.
The Opium War, the French and Haitian Revolutions, and advertising in the twentieth-century US are a few of the topics discussed. Almost all readings are documents from the periods under investigation. A study of four notable events of the twentieth century in terms of the images they created. Photographs, newsreels, TV news reports, documentaries, propaganda films, posters, paintings, and drawings illustrate the role of visual imagery in communicating ideas and emotions regarding these events. The forces of globalization shaping our world are viewed with a historical perspective.