You will write a 5-7 page paper answering one of the two prompts below. Further guidelines on page 2.
Thomas Carlyle wrote in 1840: “Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here.
This course covers a series of massive, far-reaching changes in the world as we developed from the medieval period to our present-day, modern society.
What do you think is the primary cause or “driver” of change? Great individuals, as Carlyle suggests? If so, which individuals do you think have been most effective at causing change, and which character traits, abilities, or other factors do you think make certain individuals so effective? Or, do you think that change is more often accomplished by groups ? If so, which groups do you think have been most successful at changing the world, and why?
