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Threshold 8: The modern revolution

Video Threshold 8: The modern revolution

TLF ID M021193

This short video presents an overview of the era culminating in the present time, whereby the earth is dominated by a single species - humans. It discusses how humans became so powerful through the creation of huge global exchange networks which shared ideas, technologies, goods and belief systems; through the discovery of new energy resources - fossil fuels and nuclear reactions. Consequences include an explosion in the world's population, which is leading to alterations in the earth's biosphere.

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Year level

10

Topics Life expectancy Sustainable development National identity International relations Health care Living standards Globalisation Modern history Inventions Contemporary world
Learning area
  • History
  • Humanities and Social Sciences

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  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Big History Project
  • Organization: Big History Project
  • URL: https://www.bighistoryproject.com
  • Publisher
  • 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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  • Video
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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/.