Interpretations of Russia meant to explain the Cold War persisted into the 21st century.
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Russia in World History
Author: Eric Beckman
I am a veteran high school history teacher interested in decolonizing history curricula, anti-racist pedagogy, and e-learning.
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Teaching “Feudalism”
“Feudalism” means different things to medievalists, teachers, historical actors, and state standards. What is a teacher to do?
What should history teachers have students do?
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A lot longer than we anticipated
Pete Seeger was nearly 80 years old when I saw him perform with Arlo Guthrie in St. Paul, Minnesota. He seemed to take a nap on the stage while Guthrie was playing, an approach to life that may have helped him to live another fifteen years. It was 1988, a year and a half before […]
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An International Man of Mystery
While working more on my timeline project for teaching the history of Latin American independence today, I spent some time thinking about one of the colorful characters of the Atlantic Revolutions–Francisco de Miranda–and how he confounds the standard World History class narrative on revolution in Spanish America. The painting below commemorates the declaration of the […]
Students can develop understandings of contingency in the process of Latin American independence by working through groups of events in specific regions.
Dr. Lawrence Williams introduced me to African American History as its own important narrative.
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Reframing Revolutions
Complexity requires us to choose and we should the highlight experiences of the people who made up these revolutions.
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Americanos
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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The Enlightenment is Complicated
Abuses of the Enlightenment in history classes