Unit 1 History
Text A The Importance of History��Excerpts��
Text B What's History?��Excerpts��

Unit 2 Art
Text A On Art and Artists��Excerpts��
Text B What Is Art?

Unit 3 Science and Technology
Text A New Concepts as Historical Markers
Text B James Watt and the Steam Engine

Unit 4 Philosophy
Text A An Introduction to Philosophy
Text B What Use Is Philosophy?

Unit 5 Race and Nation
Text A The Forming of Races and Ethnic Groups
Text B A Detailed List of Human Races

Unit 6 Society
Text A Man and Society
Text B The Rationalization of Society

Unit 7 Communication
Text A Light�� Fire and Smoke as Emergency Communication Signals
Text B Birth of a Language

Unit 8 Education
Text A Confucius' Educational Thoughts
Text B Aristotle's Educational Thoughts

Unit 9 Nature and Environment
Text A Healing the Divide�� Breaking the Boundaries Between Humans and Nature
Text B Nature

Unit 10 Business
Text A What Is Money?
Text B The Long Arc Behind Bill Gates' Wealth��Excerpts��

Unit 11 Belief and Culture
Text A The Four Dimensions of Religion��Excerpts��
Text B The Major World Religions and Their Beliefs

Unit 12 Politics
Text A What Is Politics?
Text B The General Mechanism of Political Development