SCIENCE EXPLAINS HOW NATURAL RESOURCES INFLUENCE HISTORY in Fall 2024 (SC1099FB5)

History cannot be understood out of it´s social, political and economic context. Actually, most historical events that required decision making can be explained by the need or the use of resources (food or any other). Science explains how natural resources influence History represents a biological approach to these historical events, consistently tackling to proof that they are not independent from their environmental context.

This course´s schedule and outline are coordinated with its counterpart course Food, Drinks, and Drugs in World History taught by Professor Rosengarten (historian) and is focused on explaining the biological reasons why the historical events portrayed in her course happened.

The course is taught twice a week in two different ways: lectures structured over audiovisual content and flipped teaching, using the student´s findings to deepen into the different lectures.

Wednesday’s seminars are dedicated to explore student´s ability for critical thinking through the development of an educational project whose final outcome is the publication of an article on Wikipedia.