AP World Unit 7
“Zapata spoke Nahuatl”: Indigenous Mexicans Participating in the Mexican Revolution
A discussion of how to teach the participation of Indigenous peoples in the Mexican Revolution.
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.
“Tightly Bound in Spirt”: Vietnamese Anticolonialism in the 1930s
An example of Vietnamese anticolonialism against French rule from 1937.
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.
“All People Oppressed by Imperialism around the World”: Competing Global Visions in the Interwar Period, 1919-1939
A discussion of how to teach the 1920s and 1930s that explores competing ideologies, including anticolonialism.
Smashing the European Order: Women and the Mexican Revolution
A visual primary source to show how states around the world challenged the existing political and economic order at the start of the twentieth century.
“Overthrow of the Dictatorial Elements”: The Goals of the Mexican Revolution
An example of how states around the world challenged the existing political and economic order at the start of the twentieth century.
“Fighting Side by Side”: Competing Global Visions and the Great War, 1914-1918
A discussion of how we can teach a more global First World War and integrate critiques of the war.
“An Age of Questioning”: Reimagining the Teaching of the Twentieth Century
A discussion of how we can teach twentieth century world history and center the voices of women and African, Asian, Indigenous, and Latinx voices.
“Complete and Immediate Independence for the Vietnamese People”: Vietnamese Anticolonialism in the 1920s and 1930s
An example of Vietnamese anticolonialism against French rule from 1926
