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.
“The Function of Militarism is to Kill”: Emma Goldman and Questioning the First World War
Discussion of Emma Goldman and resistance to war during the First World War
“To Make Their Escape, and Mutiny”: Enslaved African Resistance During the Middle Passage
A discussion of using reading against the grain to help students understand mutinies on slave ships by enslaved Africans
“We the Natives of Togo”: Polite Resistance to Imperialism in German Togoland
An example of elite resistance in Togoland to German imperialism
“Everything Can be Done Peacefully and Without Force”: Queen Njinga and the Portuguese
Discussion of how local African rulers responded to Portuguese empire-building and the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade.
“There is One God”: Teaching Sikhism and Syncretism
A discussion of how to teach the Hindu and Islamic influences on Sikhism.
“The Means for Promoting Good Order”: Administering the Ottoman Empire
Discussion of how to teach Ottoman administration in Europe.
“Being Deeply Concerned with Agriculture”: The Spread of Champa Rice, and some surprises
Discussion of how to use different sources to teach the spread of Champa rice
“An Edict of the Khan”: Two Narratives of the Mongols
A discussion of how to teach multiple interpretations of the Mongols
“The Plague Increased and Spread Further”: The Spread of the Black Death
A discussion of the spread of the Black Death to the Middle East
“Cairo Had Become an Abandoned Desert”: The Black Death in Egypt
A discussion of the Black Death in the Middle East
