Short Post
Weekly posts (published on Monday or Tuesday) highlighting a primary source (either textual or visual) that aligns with the AP Modern World History Curriculum.
Visualizing Christianity, c.1500 - c.1725
Discussion of teaching the Reformation
“The Tax Officials are to Pay Installments”: Ottoman Tax Farming in the Fifteenth Century
Discussion of teaching tax farming
“Erect Lofty Buildings”: Monumental Architecture and Imperial Legitimacy in the Mughal Empire
Discussion of Akbar using monumental architecture to legitimize his rule
“The Way of Ruling a State”: Tokugawa Japan and Bureaucratic Elites
Discussion of how Tokugawa Japan encouraged samurai to also become civil officials
“Turned His Attention to the Land of Sudan”: Teaching the 1591 Conflict between Morocco and the Songhai
Discussion of teaching rivalries between states in world history
Visualizing the Increased Use of Gunpowder
Teaching the use of gunpowder using paintings
“Because There Were No Horses”: The Colombian Exchange and Transporting Horses Across the Pacific
Discussion of the Trans-Pacific aspect of the Columbian Exchange.
Asking Questions and Not Teaching Feudalism, Manorialism, and Serfdom in Late Medieval Europe
Discussion of (not) teaching feudalism, manorialism, and serfdom in late medieval Europe
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam in Europe
Visualizing religious diversity in late medieval Europe
“I Saved My People”: State Building in Africa, 1200 - 1450
Discussion of teaching African state-building between 1200 and 1450
