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“Indirect Ways of Expressing our Patriotism”: Centering Women in Teaching Anticolonialism in the 1920s and 1930s

Discussion of teaching women’s anticolonialism in the 1920s and 1930s

“Indirect Ways of Expressing our Patriotism”: Centering Women in Teaching Anticolonialism in the 1920s and 1930s
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“For the Right of Every People to Govern Themselves”: Challenging Empire in 1919

Discussion of how to teach 1919 as the start of decolonization.

“For the Right of Every People to Govern Themselves”: Challenging Empire in 1919
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“Colonialism in all its Manifestations is an Evil”: Teaching Decolonization, 1914 to Present

Discussion of how to teach decolonization in world history courses and centering the agency of colonized peoples

“Colonialism in all its Manifestations is an Evil”: Teaching Decolonization, 1914 to Present
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“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.

“We Must Not Refuse Them”: Finding African Voices and Stories in the Transatlantic Slave System
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“We the Natives of Togo”: Polite Resistance to Imperialism in German Togoland

An example of elite resistance in Togoland to German imperialism

“We the Natives of Togo”: Polite Resistance to Imperialism in German Togoland
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“The Questions Were Asked by the Teachers”: Decolonizing Pedagogy in World History Classrooms

A discussion of the civilizing mission, colonial education, and how we decolonize our pedagogy.

“The Questions Were Asked by the Teachers”: Decolonizing Pedagogy in World History Classrooms
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“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.

“Everything Can be Done Peacefully and Without Force”: Queen Njinga and the Portuguese
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“The Increase of Plantations”: Teaching West Africa’s Nineteenth-Century Production Revolution

Discussion of how to teach West Africa’s production revolution in the nineteenth century

“The Increase of Plantations”: Teaching West Africa’s Nineteenth-Century Production Revolution
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“The Unspun Thread for the Message of Allah”: The Indian Ocean Exchange Network in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

A discussion of teaching the Indian Ocean exchange network in the sixteenth century.

“The Unspun Thread for the Message of Allah”: The Indian Ocean Exchange Network in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
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“To Fend for Existence in the Poorest Conditions”: Women and Decolonization in 1963

A discussion of how we can use a speech from 1963 to discuss decolonization, gender roles, feminism, and the Cold War.

“To Fend for Existence in the Poorest Conditions”: Women and Decolonization in 1963