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How did change accelerate?

Video How did change accelerate?

TLF ID M021194

This 12 minute video is divided into two parts and presents an overview of the rapid development of the modern world. Part 1 presents reasons for the exponential growth in the world's population over the last 500 years including the development of global networks and commerce and the discovery of fossil fuel energy, which led to industrialisation. Part 2 looks at the effects of industrialisation and the subsequent changes in government structures and wealth; and the shifts in global power which resulted, between the industrialised and the non-industrialised regions.

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Year level

8; 9

Topics Cultural interaction Classical antiquity Manufacturing processes Migration Industrialisation Population dynamics Transport networks Human settlements Innovation Globalisation Environmental impact Labour force Human impact Modern history Middle Ages Renaissance Inventions Historical periods Significant people British history
Learning area
  • History
  • Humanities and Social Sciences

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  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
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  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Big History Project
  • Organization: Big History Project
  • URL: https://www.bighistoryproject.com
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  • Name: Big History Project
  • Organization: Big History Project
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: https://www.bighistoryproject.com
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  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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  • © Big History Project. This material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.