United States
“The Example of the United States”: Simon Bolivar’s Mixed Feelings
Discussion of Simón Bolivar’s views of the United States
“Looking For Hope, Betterment”: Global Migration, c.1920 - c.1960
Discussion of teaching global migration from 1920 to 1960
“A Complete History of the American War”: A Global Approach to Teaching the American Revolution
A discussion of teaching the American Revolution from a global perspective
“We Do Not Have Our Lives Secured”: Teaching the Age of Revolutions, c.1750 - c.1850
Discussion of teaching the Age of Revolutions from a global perspective
“Because of Him We Have Many Things”: Two Fun Commercials for Teaching the End of the Cold War
Discussion of two commercials related to the Cold War
“Hopelessness at Home, A Secure Future Overseas”: Teaching Jewish Migration in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century
Discussion of teaching nineteenth and twentieth century Jewish migration in a world historical context.
“For the Right of Every People to Govern Themselves”: Challenging Empire in 1919
Discussion of how to teach 1919 as the start of decolonization.
“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
“They Know the Peacebreakers but not the Peacemakers”: Teaching Dissent, Pacifism, and Women’s Activism in the First World War
A discussion of women’s peaceful protest during the First World War and using secondary sources in the world history classroom.
“We Must Not Refuse Them”: Finding African Voices and Stories in the Transatlantic Slave System
Discussion of how to read against the grain to understand lost voices in the transatlantic slave system.
