Philippines
“The City Can Neither Go On Nor Maintain Itself without these Chinese”: Manila’s Chinese Community in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Discussion of teaching the influence of Manila’s Chinese Community in the 16th and 17th centuries
“Because There Were No Horses”: The Colombian Exchange and Transporting Horses Across the Pacific
Discussion of the Trans-Pacific aspect of the Columbian Exchange.
“Throw Off the Yoke of the Spanish Dominion”: Early Filipino Resistance to Spanish Rule, 1521 - c.1750
Discussion of teaching early Filipino resistance to Spanish rule
“We Set Sail in Search of New Spain”: The Forgotten Folks Who Made the Manila Galleons Possible
Discussion of teaching the contributions of Africans, Asians, and Indigenous people to the development of the Manila galleons trade route.
“The Longest and Most Dreadful Voyage in the World”: Trans-Pacific Slavery and the Early Modern Pacific, c. 1500 - c.1800
Discussion of teaching the early modern trans-Pacific slave trade
“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.
