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.
“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
“Sales, Auctions, and Exchanges Go on Constantly”: The Song Chinese Economy
A discussion of the Song Chinese economy.
The Last Supper in Cuzco: Indigenizing Christianity in the Andes
A discussion of syncretism in Spanish colonial Cuzco in the eighteenth century.
“Know How to Treat Indians”: Indigenous American Resistance to the British Attempts at Christianization
A discussion of Indigenous American resistance in eighteenth-century New York.
