Women
“The Sacred Flame of Liberté”: Teaching the Revolution of the Haitian Revolution
A discussion of teaching the role of women and Toussaint Louverture in the Haitian Revolution.
“To Fend for Existence in the Poorest Conditions”: Women and Decolonization in 1963
A discussion of how we can use a speech from 1963 to discuss decolonization, gender roles, feminism, and the Cold War.
Smashing the European Order: Women and the Mexican Revolution
A visual primary source to show how states around the world challenged the existing political and economic order at the start of the twentieth century.
“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.
“An Age of Questioning”: Reimagining the Teaching of the Twentieth Century
A discussion of how we can teach twentieth century world history and center the voices of women and African, Asian, Indigenous, and Latinx voices.
“Each is the child of his mother”: Historical Imagination and Gender in Medieval West Africa
A discussion of the challenges of teaching gender in medieval West Africa and how we can use historical imagination to help students understand different perspectives.
Revolutionary Revolutions: Rethinking how we teach the political revolutions between 1750 and 1900
Dear #APworld teachers, if you want a fresh, global approach to teaching revolutions, come check out our #whapchat discussion this week led by @ERBeckman and @bramhubbell - I know I’m spending some time this weekend revamping my lessons! #sschat #worldhistory #historyteacher https://t.co/Av5nMPkyfp — Angela A. Lee (@mrshistorylee)
