Short Post
Weekly posts (published on Monday or Tuesday) highlighting a primary source (either textual or visual) that aligns with the AP Modern World History Curriculum.
“Legislate Promptly and Effectively in the Interests of the Unemployed”: Teaching the Development of the British Labour Party
Discussion of teaching Keir Hardie
“Wrought with Labour and Travail”: Building London’s Sewage System
Discussion of teaching nineteenth-century urban reforms
“Evidences of Comfort and Comparative Civilization”: Teaching Industrialization and Improved Living Standards
Discussion of the effects of growing jute in Bengal on living standards
“To Start a Bank in China”: Teaching Nineteenth-Century Transnational Businesses
Discussion of teaching the development of nineteenth-century transnational businesses
Teaching the Spread of Nineteenth Century “Free Trade” with Cartoons
Discussion of using political cartoons to teach the spread of free trade in Britain
“Foreign Customs are Now Generally Understood Throughout Japan”: Foreign Influence on Japanese Reform in the Nineteenth Century
Discussion of how the Japanese understood foreign influences
“Successfully Compete with the British”: Contemporary Accounts of Muhammad Ali’s Industrial Experiment
Discussion of teaching Egypt as an example of state-sponsored industrialization
Steamships and the Hajj
Discussion of teaching the effects of steamships on Islam
“Steel is the Mother of Industry”: Teaching the Second Industrial Revolution in Japan
Discussion of the Second Industrial Revolution in Japan
“An Explosion Took Place”: Teaching the Consequences of Coal Mining
Discussion of using primary sources to teach the effects of nineteenth-century coal mining.
