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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“Identity is Always Complex”: Teaching the Shared Histories of Israelis and Palestinians
Discussion of how to move beyond teaching the Israeli and Palestinian conflict and instead teach the shared histories of Palestinians and Israelis from a world-historical perspective
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.
“Hebrew with an Arabic Accent”: Teaching Israeli and Palestinian Shared History with Short Stories
Discussion of using short stories to teach twentieth century Israeli and Palestinian history
“The Green Revolution Has Been a Team Effort”: Globalizing How We Teach the Green Revolution
Discussion of how to integrate Asian voices when teaching the Green Revolution
“We Are All Poor Nowadays”: From Ottoman Palestine to British Mandatory Palestine, 1914-1920
Discussion of teaching the experiences of Palestinians and Israelis during the First World War
“A Localized, Global Network of Resistance”: Teaching Resistance to Economic Globalization
Teaching resistance to globalization using the 1999 Seattle WTO protests
“Study and Understand the Psyche of Our Neighbors”: Palestinian and Zionist Exchanges, 1899-1914
Discussion of teaching Palestinian and Zionist encounters at the beginning of the twentieth century
“Improves the Conditions of the Colonies”: The First Zionist Settlements in Ottoman Palestine
A discussion of using the first Zionist settlements in Ottoman Palestine to teach colonialism
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