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.
“All that is Needed to Refresh the Traveler”: Building Caravanserais in Anatolia
Discussion of teaching caravanserais
More than Silk on the Silk Roads: Sogdians and Cultural Exchange Across Eurasia
Discussion of teaching the Silk Roads
“The Totally Planless Construction”: Teaching Nineteenth-Century Urbanization
Discussion of teaching nineteenth-century urbanization
Industrialization, Women, and Social Class
Discussion of teaching the intersection of class and gender
“Manufacture Created the Middle Class”: Industrialization and the Class System
Discussion of teaching the development of the social class system
“Foreigners Serve as Our Teachers”: Teaching Nineteenth-Century Qing Reforms
Discussion for teaching Chinese self-strengthening
“The New Institutions”: Teaching Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Reforms
Teaching the social effects of the Ottoman Tanzimat
Teaching Karl Marx in World History
Resources for introducing Karl Marx and communism in world history courses
“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
