Monthly Post
Monthly post published on the fifteenth of the month that introduces the theme for the month.
“Write Me a Letter Every Week”: Afroeurasian Trade and Integrating Jews into World History
Discussion of integrating Jewish history into world history with an emphasis on Jewish participation in Afroeurasian trade
“The Outbreak of the Present War”: Decolonization During and After the Second World War
Discussion of teaching decolonization’s connections to the Second World War and the Cold War
“Colonialism in all its Manifestations is an Evil”: Teaching Decolonization, 1914 to Present
Discussion of how to teach decolonization in world history courses and centering the agency of colonized peoples
“The Questions Were Asked by the Teachers”: Decolonizing Pedagogy in World History Classrooms
A discussion of the civilizing mission, colonial education, and how we decolonize our pedagogy.
“Workmen Constantly Employed”: Teaching Mass Production and Industrialization in the Long Nineteenth Century
A discussion of how to teach the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution as a global process.
“We Have Dared to be Free”: Teaching the Haitian Revolution
A discussion of how world history teachers can teach the Haitian Revolution to highlight its global significance and legacies.
“Peace Was Made with the Carios”: Snapshots from Indigenous American History
A discussion about integrating the experiences of Indigenous Americans into the teaching of world history.
“Foreign Ships from Every Place”: The Indian Ocean as a Network of Exchange, c.1000-c.1900
A discussion of teaching the Indian Ocean in world history with a focus on continuities.
“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.
“A Generous Gift from Timur and Akbar”: Snapshots from the Mughal Empire
A discussion of how we can teach the Mughal Empire in world history courses with a focus on how the empire was multiethnic and diverse.
