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What are "Universal Concepts"?
What are "Universal Concepts"?
Universal Concepts are broad themes, generalizations, or ideas that provide an organizing system to classify information from various disciplines (or subjects), identify and examine structures, and use critical and creative thinking to provide context and connections.Â
What is "power"?
What is "power"?
Power is the ability to influence. It can be used or abused, can take many forms, can be seen or unseen, and is always present
The Universal Concept of power can be found in all components of G.R.A.P.E.S., across all civilizations, and in the relationship between people. Looking for power in different areas in ancient world history can reveal how societies were formed, how laws were created, how security was maintained, and how an empire could establish dominance. Identifying power in the past can also make one notice power in the present!
Choose one topic below to research their relationship with power!
Choose one topic below to research their relationship with power!
As societies began, religion played a major role in explaining events, justifying control, and telling people how to live. Many civilizations used religion as a way to have power and keep power!
Power can be found in writing across ancient and modern civilizations. Who gets to write, what gets written, and how it is written controls what people believe, have to follow, and remember!
Social structures are a way that power influences daily life, government, decision-making, and economics. Often, different genders have different types of power and different societal roles connected to their power!
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