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- How is the state of equality in America in the early 21st Century similar to its status in 1876? What are the main barriers to equality in America today?
- Why does tension exist between freedom and equality? Why is freedom always “up for grabs?”
- How and why does American identity change over time? What effect does diversity have on national unity or purpose?
- How do families featured throughout the videos in this course represent U.S. history? How do the comments of family members and their families’ stories personify the challenges, opportunities, and dreams of Americans?
- Why does Dolores Huerta believe that practicing democracy is essential for Americans? How does she advise people to practice democracy?
- How does Anthony Lovins address the challenges of reconciling a dynamic capitalist economy with the need for a healthy and sustainable environment? What characterizes his vision of a new industrial revolution? What does he consider the “big unfinished task of the 21st Century?”
- Why does James Blight believe that “not killing other human beings” is a priority for the 21st Century? Why does the U.S. have a particular obligation in this regard? How can Americans help lessen the killing?
- What does the study of the past teach us? Why does it matter? What does it teach us about the future? How can you relate to history?
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