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“Indirect Ways of Expressing our Patriotism”: Centering Women in Teaching Anticolonialism in the 1920s and 1930s

Discussion of teaching women’s anticolonialism in the 1920s and 1930s

“Indirect Ways of Expressing our Patriotism”: Centering Women in Teaching Anticolonialism in the 1920s and 1930s
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“The World Will Be Reconstructed”: Four Visions of Anticolonialism in 1920

Discussion of how to teach the various anticolonial strategies of 1920.

“The World Will Be Reconstructed”: Four Visions of Anticolonialism in 1920
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“Colonialism in all its Manifestations is an Evil”: Teaching Decolonization, 1914 to Present

Discussion of how to teach decolonization in world history courses and centering the agency of colonized peoples

“Colonialism in all its Manifestations is an Evil”: Teaching Decolonization, 1914 to Present
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“We Must Not Refuse Them”: Finding African Voices and Stories in the Transatlantic Slave System

Discussion of how to read against the grain to understand lost voices in the transatlantic slave system.

“We Must Not Refuse Them”: Finding African Voices and Stories in the Transatlantic Slave System
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“We the Natives of Togo”: Polite Resistance to Imperialism in German Togoland

An example of elite resistance in Togoland to German imperialism

“We the Natives of Togo”: Polite Resistance to Imperialism in German Togoland
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“The Questions Were Asked by the Teachers”: Decolonizing Pedagogy in World History Classrooms

A discussion of the civilizing mission, colonial education, and how we decolonize our pedagogy.

“The Questions Were Asked by the Teachers”: Decolonizing Pedagogy in World History Classrooms
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“The Increase of Plantations”: Teaching West Africa’s Nineteenth-Century Production Revolution

Discussion of how to teach West Africa’s production revolution in the nineteenth century

“The Increase of Plantations”: Teaching West Africa’s Nineteenth-Century Production Revolution
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“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.

“Fighting Side by Side”: Competing Global Visions and the Great War, 1914-1918
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“The Invaders Will Know No Tranquility”: The Transition to New Imperialism, 1840-1880

A discussion of how to teach European imperialism between 1840 and 1880.

“The Invaders Will Know No Tranquility”: The Transition to New Imperialism, 1840-1880
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What the Griot Said: Teaching Medieval West Africa

A collection of all recent posts about medieval West Africa and a list of resources for teaching.

What the Griot Said: Teaching Medieval West Africa