World History
- Ibn Battuta Lesson From Stanford's Reading Like A Historian
Stanford University's History for Education Reading Like a Historian, released a new World History lesson on the travels of Ibn Battuta and the Muslim world in 1320. Students read from Battuta's travel book, the Rihla, and a secondary source...
- Reading Like A Historian: Stanford University
You gotta love Stanford University. Their education group has created a site called "Reading like a Historian." They created lessons for world history, each of which revolves around a central question, and uses primary documents to analyze the question....
- Women In World History/ Primary Sources
Earlier in the year, I wrote about a primary sources program at Stanford University with complete lesson plans. George Mason University has a similar program called "Women in World History." If you click on "modules," you...
- Medieval Art At The Met & Getty
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has an interesting exhibit on Medieval art. I developed a simple lesson, which you can see here, in which the kids examine the artwork, watch a short video explaining the exhibit, and create a five-slide...
- Age Of Imperialism
I was just speaking with my former teaching roommate of seven years and her class (now at another school) is already doing imperialism. So while it may be too late for her this year, it hopefully isn't for you as I have found a complete lesson...
World History
Resources at California History Project
The History Project, developed by the University California, has some terrific resources on world history, many of which are engaging classroom lessons.
For example, here is a interesting lesson on genocide. It includes a graphic organizer and definitions of the eight stages of genocide. You'll also find a great lesson on the Armenian genocide with primary sources.
Studying early trade? Here's a lesson on why spices like cinnamon were so expensive and important. It includes a short PowerPoint along with a chart and primary sources.
Studying the silk road. This lesson shows students how Buddhist and Muslim art changed as it traveled along the Silk Road.
The site is worth exploring but note that some lessons are password protected.
My thanks to Angela Lee ( @mrshistorylee) for tweeting the link.
- Ibn Battuta Lesson From Stanford's Reading Like A Historian
Stanford University's History for Education Reading Like a Historian, released a new World History lesson on the travels of Ibn Battuta and the Muslim world in 1320. Students read from Battuta's travel book, the Rihla, and a secondary source...
- Reading Like A Historian: Stanford University
You gotta love Stanford University. Their education group has created a site called "Reading like a Historian." They created lessons for world history, each of which revolves around a central question, and uses primary documents to analyze the question....
- Women In World History/ Primary Sources
Earlier in the year, I wrote about a primary sources program at Stanford University with complete lesson plans. George Mason University has a similar program called "Women in World History." If you click on "modules," you...
- Medieval Art At The Met & Getty
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has an interesting exhibit on Medieval art. I developed a simple lesson, which you can see here, in which the kids examine the artwork, watch a short video explaining the exhibit, and create a five-slide...
- Age Of Imperialism
I was just speaking with my former teaching roommate of seven years and her class (now at another school) is already doing imperialism. So while it may be too late for her this year, it hopefully isn't for you as I have found a complete lesson...