Monthly Post
Monthly post published on the fifteenth of the month that introduces the theme for the month.
British Justifications for Colonizing Southeast Asia
Teaching how the British justified imperialism in Southeast Asia
“Set this Chessboard and its Pieces Before Your Most Learned Men”: Teaching Chess and the Games of World History
Teaching Afroeurasian exchange using chess
“No Day Passed Without Many Deaths”: Teaching Twentieth-Century Genocides and the War Against Humanity
Discussion of the Herero and Nama Genocide and the teaching of twentieth-century genocides.
“Souls are neither Male nor Female”: Teaching Global Feminism in World History, c.1750 to Present
Discussion of teaching global feminism from 1750 to present
“The Horrors of the Cruel System of Slavery”: Revisiting the Transatlantic Slave System
Discussion of teaching Brazil and the transatlantic slave system
“A Mixed Population of Muslims and Zanj”: Teaching East Africa in World History, c.1000 to Present
Discussion of teaching East Africa Africa in World History
“The Meeting Place of Muslim and Christian Merchants”: Teaching the Crusades in World History
Discussion of teaching the Crusades in World History classrooms
“Our Postcards of Pain”: Teaching the Anticolonial Protests of 1919
Discussion of teaching the Jallianwala Bagh (Amritsar) Massacre and the anticolonial protests of 1919
“Every Continent is Affected”: The Forty Years’ War and Decolonizing How We Teach the World Wars
Discussion of teaching the world wars from a global perspective
“Opium Was One of Those Things”: Rethinking How We Teach the Nineteenth-Century Opium Trade
Discussion of teaching the nineteenth-century opium trade
