When I’m teaching myself about a new theme, region, or time period, I often start by browsing H-Net, a collaborative online space for academic humanists and social scientists that is organized around subject “networks.” While the site is run for and by academics, most networks have a teaching resource page that may include sample syllabi […]
Tag: global history
Lesson Plan in Humans and the Environment
“The environment shapes human societies, and as populations grow and change, these populations in turn shape their environments.” AP World History: Modern Course and Exam Description, 2019 The above quote almost seems like a truism, but it obscures an academic sore spot, an ongoing discussion (and sometimes argument) between scholars. There are some who emphasize […]
What is Global History?
The challenge of teaching global history is in its dizzying breadth. Out of all the regions of the world and 6,000-ish years of human history, how does one choose what to teach in the span of a year? For a start, it helps to dispose of the idea that world history is having knowledge of […]