AP World Unit 5
“The Parsis Built all these Ships without any Assistance from the English”: Indian Shipbuilding in the 1800s
Discussion of the expansion of shipbuilding in nineteenth-century Bombay

“Great Number of Hands Congregated Together”: Teaching the Origins of the Factory System
Discussion of using primary sources to teach the consequences of the factory system

“Despierta, borinqueño”: Teaching Early Puerto Rican Nationalism
Teaching Puerto Rican nationalism

“The Example of the United States”: Simon Bolivar’s Mixed Feelings
Discussion of Simón Bolivar’s views of the United States

“Freedom of Trade in Opium”: Teaching Opium Production and Trade in the Late Nineteenth Century
Discussion of late nineteenth-century opium economy in Anatolia, Persia, and Southeast Asia

“They All Must Have Opium”: The Diversity of the British Opium Trade
Discussion of Teaching Indian Opium Production

“Opium Was One of Those Things”: Rethinking How We Teach the Nineteenth-Century Opium Trade
Discussion of teaching the nineteenth-century opium trade

Teaching the Origins of Nationalism
Discussion of how we can teach the global origins of nationalism

“Wages of Females Shall Be Equal”: Early Feminism in the Lowell Mills
Discussion of early feminism focused on economic equality

“Ought to Be Abolished”: Teaching Black Influence on the Abolitionist Movement
Discussion of emphasizing Black influence on the abolitionist movement
