AP World Unit 7
“We Thought it Best to Fight”: Teaching British-Ruled Africa in the Era of New Imperialism, c.1880 - c.1930
A discussion of how to teach New Imperialism in British-ruled Africa using sources by colonized Africans.
“The European Makes Himself Ridiculous”: Teaching Southeast Asia in the Era of New Imperialism, c.1880 - c.1940
A discussion of teaching imperialism in Southeast Asia using case studies from Dutch East Indies, British Malaya, and French Indochina.
“British boxing versus Indian fisticuffs”: South Asia in the Era of New Imperialism, c.1860 - c.1940
A discussion of teaching British rule in India by focusing on stories on Indian resistance.
“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.
“The Principle of Self-Determination”: Historical Imagination and Indian Home Rule in 1919
A discussion of teaching about Indian Home Rule and the events of 1918 and 1919.
A Visual History of the Ottoman Empire
Six snapshots of the Ottoman Empire to show how it evolved over 600 years.
“We Understand the Railway’s Advantages”: Ottoman Railroads and Modernization in 1900
A discussion of teaching the Ottoman Empire around 1900 using Sirkeci railway station in Istanbul.
