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

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

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

Discuss and analyze the three attributes that determine membership in a generation.

Explain how the ancient Hellenistic myth of the ekpyrosis is similar to a crisis era.

Discuss and analyze the characteristics of a first turning, or a high era.

Discuss and analyze the characteristics of a second turning, or an awakening era.

Discuss and analyze the characteristics of a third turning, or an unraveling era.

Discuss and analyze the characteristics of a fourth turning, or crisis era.