AP World Unit 2
“When Any of You Intend to Divorce”: Teaching Continuity and Divorce in the Medieval Islamic Middle East, c.600 - c.1600
A discussion of teaching continutiy using examples of divorce in the Islamic Middle East
“A Rich South and a Poor North”: Southernization and Facilitating Student-Centered Discussions
Discussion of how to facilitate student-centered discussions using Southernization
“A Commerical Market for All Nations”: Benjamin of Tudela’s Descriptions of Baghdad and Alexandria
Discussion of using Benjamin of Tudela as an example of travelers in premodern Afroeurasia
“Write Me a Letter Every Week”: Afroeurasian Trade and Integrating Jews into World History
Discussion of integrating Jewish history into world history with an emphasis on Jewish participation in Afroeurasian trade
“Being Deeply Concerned with Agriculture”: The Spread of Champa Rice, and some surprises
Discussion of how to use different sources to teach the spread of Champa rice
“An Edict of the Khan”: Two Narratives of the Mongols
A discussion of how to teach multiple interpretations of the Mongols
“The Plague Increased and Spread Further”: The Spread of the Black Death
A discussion of the spread of the Black Death to the Middle East
“Cairo Had Become an Abandoned Desert”: The Black Death in Egypt
A discussion of the Black Death in the Middle East
“Entered Malabar and Built Mosques”: The Spread of Islam in Southern India
A discussion of how to teach about the spread of Islam in the Indian Ocean
“Returning from the Western Ocean”: Giraffes in Ming China
A discussion of how to teach about the voyages of Zheng He using giraffes
