Bring History Alive

A resource manual created by teachers and for teachers who wish to engage in an inquiry-based approach to historical knowledge and historical understanding.

Introduction

iii

Part I: Approaching World History: Foundations of Good Teaching

1

(52)

Rationale: Why Study History

1

(5)

Methods: Historical Thinking Skills

6

(10)

Explorations:

16

(37)

``Adding Inquiry to the `Inquiry' Method''

16

(5)

Clair W. Keller

``The Case for `Big History'''

21

(10)

David Christian

``Central Themes for World History''

31

(9)

Ross E. Dunn

``Patterns and Comparisons in the Human Drama''

40

(10)

Jean Elliott Johnson

``And Now for Something Completely Different: Gendering the World History Survey''

50

(3)

Judith P. Zinsser

Part II: Toward Historical Comprehension: Essay and Examples of Classroom Activities

53

(234)

Approaches to World History

53

(234)

The Beginnings of Human Society

55

(11)

``Is the Concept of Race a Relic?''

56

(5)

Robert Lee Hotz

Sample Student Activities

61

(5)

Early Civilizations and the Emergence of Pastoral Peoples, 4000-1000 BCE

66

(17)

``Collapse of Earliest Known Empire Is Linked to Long Harsh Drought''

68

(4)

John Noble Wilford

Sample Student Activities

72

(11)

Classical Traditions, Major Religions, and Giant Empires, 1000 BCE-300 CE

83

(33)

``From the Axial Age to the New Age: Religion as a Dynamic of World History''

85

(11)

Carlton H. Tucker

Sample Student Activities

96

(20)

Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter, 300-1000 CE

116

(26)

``The Experiences of Christian Missions to the East and West''

118

(7)

Jerry H. Bentley

Sample Student Activities

125

(17)

Intensified Hemispheric Interactions, 1000-1500 CE

142

(27)

``Islam as a Special World-System''

144

(8)

John Obert Voll

Sample Student Activities

152

(17)

The Emergence of the First Global Age, 1450-1770

169

(29)

``The Potato Connection''

171

(6)

Alfred W. Crosby

Sample Student Activities

177

(21)

An Age of Revolutions, 1750-1914

198

(34)

``Democracy's Place in World History''

200

(11)

Steven Muhlberger

Phil Paine

Sample Student Activities

211

(21)

A Half-Century of Crisis and Achievement, 1900-1945

232

(20)

``Russia in World History''

234

(3)

Marilynn Hitchens

Sample Student Activities

237

(15)

The 20th Century Since 1945: Promises and Paradoxes

252

(20)

The Economist, ``The New English Empire''

254

(6)

Sample Student Activities

260

(12)

World History Across the Eras

272

(15)

``Migrations of Africans to the Americas: The Impact on Africans, Africa, and the New World''

273

(11)

Patrick Manning

Sample Student Activities

284

(3)

Part III: Teaching Resources

287

(1)

Introduction to Resources

287

(1)

General Resources

288

(11)

Era Specific Resources

299

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