Teaching Latin American Independence. I’ve been thinking about an evergreen topic among World History teachers: bringing more Latina American content into our classes.
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Americanos
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The Enlightenment is Complicated
Abuses of the Enlightenment in history classes
Slavery in the Constitution. Since some school board members seem confused about the role of slavery in the founding of the USA, I wrote a set of stimulus-based multiple choice questions from the original Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3, of the US Constitution.
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Wisdom Over Knowledge
One approach that I have definitely embraced is to allow students to explore the meanings of concepts before presenting them with labels, i.e. formal definitions curated or generated by me.
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Slavery, Images, and Memory
My students at school and I worked through a wide range of human experiences in our study of World History last week. We finished the fourth week study of the Early Modern Atlantic World. Students were familiar with colonialism and coerced labor systems. This week focused on Africa and the Transatlantic Slave System. I have […]
Students read an excerpt from the book which is entry point to considering how Landers constructed historical knowledge from advertisements for runaway slaves and to learning about how some enslaved people sought freedom
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Civil War
Equal parts book review, curricular ideas, and lament.
Oops! I inadvertently posted this lesson plan as blog post. Click here for this slow motion DBQ, and here for other lessons.
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Vast Anti-Imperial Conspiracy
Reading Underground Asia broadened, deepened, and challenged my understanding of revolution and anti-imperialism in the first three decades of the twentieth century.
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Returning to History
Lately, it seems, we are always returning. Returning to school, returning for a new term or to an old format that feels new. Like many folks, inside and outside of education, the past twenty-two months have disrupted time my sense of time. Transitions dominate my mental state, and judging from teacher Twitter tonight, I am […]