AP World Unit 7
“Overthrow of the Dictatorial Elements”: The Goals of the Mexican Revolution
An example of how states around the world challenged the existing political and economic order at the start of the twentieth century.
“Fighting Side by Side”: Competing Global Visions and the Great War, 1914-1918
A discussion of how we can teach a more global First World War and integrate critiques of the war.
“An Age of Questioning”: Reimagining the Teaching of the Twentieth Century
A discussion of how we can teach twentieth century world history and center the voices of women and African, Asian, Indigenous, and Latinx voices.
“Complete and Immediate Independence for the Vietnamese People”: Vietnamese Anticolonialism in the 1920s and 1930s
An example of Vietnamese anticolonialism against French rule from 1926
“We Were Not Free”: American and Japanese Imperialism, c.1860 - c.1940
A discussion of how to teach American and Japanese imperialism using sources from the Philippines and Korea.
“A Period of Hatred and Despair”: Middle East and North Africa in the Era of New Imperialism, c.1830 - c.1940
A discussion of how to teach New Imperialism in the Middle East and North Africa
“Among a Kindred People”: The Pacific Islands in the Era of New Imperialism, c.1840 - c.1930
A discussion of teaching resistance to New Imperialism in the Pacific Islands in world history courses.
“We Begged the White Men to Leave Us Alone”: Teaching Africa in the Era of New Imperialism, c.1880 - c.1840
A discussion of how to teach New Imperialism in Africa.
“We Thought it Best to Fight”: Teaching British-Ruled Africa in the Era of New Imperialism, c.1880 - c.1930
A discussion of how to teach New Imperialism in British-ruled Africa using sources by colonized Africans.
“The European Makes Himself Ridiculous”: Teaching Southeast Asia in the Era of New Imperialism, c.1880 - c.1940
A discussion of teaching imperialism in Southeast Asia using case studies from Dutch East Indies, British Malaya, and French Indochina.
