https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age-6-1/a/activity-opener-impacts-of-the-global-age 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Impacts of the Global Age During the first global age, many plants, animals, people, goods, ideas, and diseases moved across the world's oceans. Make predictions about positive and negative impacts. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age-6-1/a/activity-unit-6-notebook-part-1 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Unit 6 Notebook—Part 1 It's time to explore some of the big ideas of Unit 6. Remember, you'll have a chance to revisit these ideas at the end of the unit when you have more evidence. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age-6-1/v/the-first-global-age-1200-to-1750-ce-unit-6-overview 2025-08-12T03:52:41.296842565Z The First Global Age (1200 to 1750 CE): Unit 6 Overview As global interconnections increased during the Columbian Exchange, people blended traditional teachings with new ideas to transform the world. Website: https://www.oerproject.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OERProject/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OERProject World History Project video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/ZCdwTudJg6e6n-P2gsaUborP4izvMsGo71pvEVlX9dNYWcLXcP7VHkWpn2grt4TUP1KoJLQP9NswyHBuBLSFTBw The First Global Age (1200 to 1750 CE): Unit 6 Overview As global interconnections increased during the Columbian Exchange, people blended traditional teachings with new ideas to transform the world. Website: https://www.oerproject.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OERProject/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OERProject https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/ExWRKggigDI.mp4/ExWRKggigDI.mp4 455 The First Global Age | 6.1 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age-6-1/a/article-unit-6-the-first-global-age-1200-to-1750-ce 2025-09-11T23:01:03.793775027Z Unit 6: The First Global Age (1200 to 1750 CE) The world in 1200 was divided into many different regional systems. All that changes after 1492, as the Columbian Exchange drew the world closer together in sustained, global connections. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age-6-1/v/watch-frames-in-unit-6 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Frames in Unit 6 The First World War is often described as a threshold event, a moment of decisive change. Was it? Some empires broke up, but others did not, and some even expanded. New states were created, and many people’s attitudes towards the state changed in some ways. It was the first economic ‘total war’, but the global economic system didn’t really change. So was it a real transformation or just a brief blip that interrupted the human story? World History Project video https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka_thumbnails_cache/5237a8ba-57a7-494a-a154-523ebf670dc0_1280_720_base.png Frames in Unit 6 The First World War is often described as a threshold event, a moment of decisive change. Was it? Some empires broke up, but others did not, and some even expanded. New states were created, and many people’s attitudes towards the state changed in some ways. It was the first economic ‘total war’, but the global economic system didn’t really change. So was it a real transformation or just a brief blip that interrupted the human story? https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/QtVl0rARoeA.mp4/QtVl0rARoeA.mp4 221 The First Global Age | 6.1 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age-6-1/a/activity-pick-a-frame-the-global-age 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Pick a Frame—The Global Age Predict which frame you think will change the most in this unit, and then illustrate your interpretation of this change. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age-6-1/a/activity-closer-framing-consequences 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Framing Consequences Use the three course frames to evaluate the pros and cons of the Columbian Exchange. But be careful, there are three impostors hiding among the consequences. article