“Palestine Is Our Ever-Memorable Historic Home”: The Development of Zionism and the First Zionists in Ottoman Palestine
Discussion of teaching the origins of Zionism
“When I Came to Jerusalem”: Teaching the Social Changes of Industrialization using Nineteenth Century Jerusalem
Teaching the social effects of industrialization
“The Young Man Loved Jaffa”: Ottoman Palestine in the Late Nineteenth Century
Discussion of teaching late nineteenth-century Ottoman Palestine
“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
Monthly Digest: February 2024
Digest for February 2024
“When Any of You Intend to Divorce”: Teaching Continuity and Divorce in the Medieval Islamic Middle East, c.600 - c.1600
A discussion of teaching continutiy using examples of divorce in the Islamic Middle East
“The Breath of Soviet Russia”: Teaching Soviet Industrialization and Collectivization
Discussion of images to teach Soviet industrialization
“A Rich South and a Poor North”: Southernization and Facilitating Student-Centered Discussions
Discussion of how to facilitate student-centered discussions using Southernization
“A Time for Telling”: Lectures and Narratives in a Decolonized History Course
Discussion of how we can use lectures in world history classes with a focus on the Atlantic Revolutions
“Nobody Expected Seasickness”: Oceanic Migration in the Nineteenth Century
Discussion of a primary source describing the experience of transatlantic migration in the late nineteenth century.
