Teaching World History: A Resource Book

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• List of Contributors ix
• Foreword xi
• Introduction xiii
• Part I - Approaches 3
• 1 - World History 5
• 2 - A Global Perspective in the Organization of World History 9
• 3 - World History as a Course of Study Rationale, Goals, and Formulations 13
• 4 - World History Not Why? but What? and How? 28
• 5 - Teaching Comparative History 33
• 6 - Graduate Training in World History 37
• 7 - Introducing Students to Civilization 43
• 8 - Wheel of Fortune an Alternative Approach to the Second Semester 45
• 9 - A Process Approach 53
• 10 - The Social Studies Curriculum, K-12 58
• 11 - History-Social Science Framework 65
• 12 - A Community College Course Syllabus 67
• 13 - Seminar in World History 74
• 14 - World History, 1500-Present 77
• Part II - Articles 79
• 15 - Integrating Prehistory into the Study of Humanity's Common Past 84
• 16 - Gender at the Base of World History 87
• 17 - Using Art History in the Global Curriculum 93
• 18 - Themes, Conjunctures, and Comparisons 109
• 19 - Southernization 117
• 20 - An Economic and Demographic Scheme 124
• 21 - Teaching the Reformation as World History 127
• 22 - An American-Centered Paradigm for a Global Literary Curriculum 133
• Part III - Strategies and Lessons 135
• Introduction 135
• 23 - Mixing It Up in the Classroom 137
• 24 - Forging Links in Time and Space with Computers and Hypercard 143
• 25 - Investigating History 148
• 26 - Geography and History 154
• 27 - Buenos Días King Tut, Mazal Tov Confucius (I'Ve Got the Whole World in My Notebook) an Investigation into the Relationship between Early Civilizations and Their Environments 156
• 28 - Historical Themes through Ancient Literature 160
• 29 - Thousands of Years Ago the World Was Connected by a Caterpillar . . . 163
• 30 - Comparison of Confucius and Christ as Important Influences on Their Cultures 166
• 31 - The Great Mandala the Circle of Life 169
• 32 - Europe and India 172
• 33 - The Nature of Civilization a Final Exam 173
• 34 - Hands-On History Making Japanese Washi Paper 175
• 35 - Mongols and Their Importance in World History a Teaching Module 184
• 36 - A Roundtable Discussion 185
• 37 - Islam and Slavery in West Africa 189
• 38 - Did Women Have a Renaissance? 193
• 39 - Giuseppe Castiglione His Life and Works 198
• 40 - The Clamor for a Return to Government 202
• 41 - Coffee House Discourse 212
• 42 - Impact of the Europeans upon the City-Systems of the World 215
• 43 - Memories of Silk and Straw Environmental Change in Small-Town Japan 218
• 44 - Nationalism Poster Project 219
• 45 - Peasant Resistance to Colonial Economic Policy in Nineteenth-Century Tanganyika and India 230
• 46 - Mexican Mural Painting in the United States the Influence of Mexican Artists during the 1930s 231
• 47 - Estonia and Namibia Making Comparisons and Drawing Conclusions 241
• 48 - New Leaders of Nations Asia and Africa Today 251
• 49 - United Nations General Assembly Current Problems Project 254
• 50 - A Modest Proposal of the Types of Sources and Materials a Teacher Can Gather to Support the Teaching of World History 256
• Index 261

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