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The Fourth Turning

William Strauss, Neil Howe
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42 pages • 1 hour read

William Strauss, Neil Howe

The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

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1.

Discuss and analyze the difference between cyclical time and linear time.

2.

Explain how the four phases of the human life cycle mimic the four seasons of nature.

3.

Explain how an awakening era and a crisis era are similar to nature’s summer and winter solstices. 

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