You will gain critical-thinking and analysis skills that will help you fulfill the role of a global citizen in our interconnected world. Primary sources are the first-hand evidence with which historians form a foundation of knowledge of the past.

Secondary sources offer valuable starting points for inquiry and context, but students must be aware of any bias they contain. Knowing the past, the human story, has long been considered a mark of civilization, and its study has never been more important.

secondary source — a document, object, or other source material written or created after the time period under study. global citizen — a person who sees themselves as responsible to a world community rather than only a national one. primary source — a document, object, or other source material from the time period under study. great man theory — the view that it is enough to study the deeds and impact of important leaders to paint an accurate picture of the past.