
Liberating Narratives is a weekly subscription newsletter helping world history teachers decolonize their classes. Each post explores how to teach specific historical topics and includes primary and secondary source excerpts, historical images, and maps. Bram Hubbell is the author. He can be found on Twitter and Mastodon.
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“The Voyage Was Full of Dangers”: Teaching Modern Migration, 1700 to Present
Discussion of teaching modern global migration from 1700 to today

Voices of the Southern Front: Decolonizing our Teaching of the First World War
A discussion of how to teach the First World War using sources from India and the Middle East.

Beyond the Good War: Alternative Narratives for Teaching World War II
A discussion of how to teach World War II in world history courses by focusing on resources and extreme violence.

“White Devils All Over Asia”: Teaching New Imperialism, c.1850 - c.1940
A discussion of how to teach New Imperialism in world history courses and centering the voices of colonized people.

“Foreign Customs are Now Generally Understood Throughout Japan”: Foreign Influence on Japanese Reform in the Nineteenth Century
Discussion of how the Japanese understood foreign influences

“Successfully Compete with the British”: Contemporary Accounts of Muhammad Ali’s Industrial Experiment
Discussion of teaching Egypt as an example of state-sponsored industrialization

Steamships and the Hajj
Discussion of teaching the effects of steamships on Islam

“Steel is the Mother of Industry”: Teaching the Second Industrial Revolution in Japan
Discussion of the Second Industrial Revolution in Japan

“An Explosion Took Place”: Teaching the Consequences of Coal Mining
Discussion of using primary sources to teach the effects of nineteenth-century coal mining.

“The Lesson to be Drawn for Japan”: The Origins of Japanese Industrialization
Discussion of teaching the origins of Japanese industrialization

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