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New post on the global popularity of Chinese porcelain in the First Global Economy 🗺️🗃️ #histodons

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New post on the global popularity of Chinese porcelain in the First Global Economy 🗺️🗃️ #histodons

When teaching about the global silver trade, we often focus on the American supply of silver (Potosí), but what about the Japanese supply of silver beginning in the early 1500s? 🗺️🗃️ #histodons

When teaching about the global silver trade, we often focus on the American supply of silver (Potosí), but what about the Japanese supply of silver beginning in the early 1500s? 🗺️🗃️ #histodons

New post on using maps to teach the causes of the first global economy. Plus some excellent primary sources discussing the nature of the global economy. 🗺️🗃️ #histodons

What can three late 16th century paintings tell us about the Portuguese and the First Global Economy? 🗺️🗃️ #histodons

New post teaching the continuities in Russian and Soviet imperialism in Central Asia 🗺️🗃️ #histodons

How do you teach the Russo-Japanese War? 🗺️🗃️ #histodons

Too often we teach late Imperial Russian economic shifts by focusing on how they didn't fully industrialize, but what did change? In this week's post, I write about the surprising economic shifts & their relevance to the global economy 🗺️🗃️ #histodons

There are lots of examples of Siberian resistance to Russian expansion. Here are a few examples for teaching. What other ones do folks have? Teach more resistance to imperialism! 🗺️🗃️ #histodons

Time for a new post! How can we teach Russian history from a more global perspective? Let's start with the fur trade. I'll also be writing a few more posts on teaching Russia in world history. 🗺️🗃️ #Histodons

Time for a new post! How can we teach Russian history from a more global perspective? Let's start with the fur trade. I'll also be writing a few more posts on teaching Russia in world history. 🗺️🗃️ #Histodons

Back with a new post about the African and Asian history of Lisbon 🗺️🗃️ #histodons

Looking for some ideas about teaching European colonization of Africa? Let's start with centering African perspectives. 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/things-have-gone-from-bad-to-worse

Introducing decolonization with two Southeast Asian examples from 1945 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/they-have-deprived-our-people-of-every-democratic-liberty/

Formerly colonized people frequently expressed solidarity with others in the struggle against imperialism. We can teach solidarity using speeches from the Bandung Conference. 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/colonialism-in-all-its-manifestations-is-an-evil-2/

Rethinking how we teach imperialism to focus more on indigenous resistance 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/do-not-mention-the-word-surrender/

New post on everyday resistance in interwar French Senegal 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/a-situation-of-complete-inertia/

New post on teaching the consequences of Stalin's first Five-Year Plan with primary forces and a focus on the Holodomor 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/hunger-was-the-word-i-heard-most/

New post on teaching how states around the world became more involved in directing economic development in the 1930s 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-changing-role-of-government-involvement/

New post on teaching the consequences of new military technology in the First World War 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-deadliest-instrument-of-warfare/

Most teachers focus on total war in the First World War. We often use examples from the Western Front, but what did total war look like in the Ottoman Empire? 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/total-war-and-the-ottoman-empire/

New post on using primary sources to teach how the British justified imperialism in Southeast Asia 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/british-justifications-for-colonizing-southeast-asia/

I wrote about using chess to teach about pre-modern Afroeurasian exchange. Chess is a fun way to teach about exchange routes from a global perspective. There’s lots of visual primary sources as well. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/set-this-che...

It’s time to replace “discovery” and “exploration” with navigation and colonization. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/europeans-di...

It’s time to replace “discovery” and “exploration” with navigation and colonization. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/europeans-di...

Too often world historians use “Afro-Eurasia” with a hyphen. That hyphen has an ugly history. It’s time to start using Afrouerasia. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-problem-...

Too often world historians use “Afro-Eurasia” with a hyphen. That hyphen has an ugly history. It’s time to start using Afrouerasia. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-problem-...

New post on global feminism and its support for internationalism between the world wars 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/all-women-th...

New free post! Everyone should know about the Haitian Revolution - here are five resources for learning more or for classroom use 🗺️🗃️ #histodons www.liberatingnarratives.com/...

New free post! Everyone should know about the Haitian Revolution - here are five resources for learning more or for classroom use 🗺️🗃️ #histodons www.liberatingnarratives.com/...

Last week I wrote about the causes of the Haitian Revolution and got lots of great feedback. Thanks 🙏 I also had a couple of sources I left out and wanted to share. 🗺️🗃️ #histodons www.liberatingnarratives.com/...

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Teaching global feminism in world history is like teaching resistance by enslaved Africans or colonized peoples. It should be our default approach. Women (and a few men) have consistently challenged patriarchy and pushed for greater equality. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/souls-are-ne...

New post! I discuss how Marlene Daut’s new book on Henry Christophe and Julia Gaffield’s book on Jean-Jacques Dessalines are helpful to world history courses. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/astonish-the-world/

New post! Too often students assume enslaved Africans revolted on Saint-Domingue because they were inspired by the Enlightenment or the other Atlantic Revolutions. They didn't. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/enlightenmen...

Good point. You don't need to read philosophy in order to understand the person enslaving you is "bad" and should be stopped.

New post! I discuss how we can teach the influence of African women on the slave trade using Crispina Peres. I draw heavily on the work of Toby Green. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/a-single-bla...

New post! I discuss how we can teach the influence of African women on the slave trade using Crispina Peres. I draw heavily on the work of Toby Green. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/a-single-bla...

New post about teaching the 1835 Malê Revolt in Brazil. It was the largest urban slave uprising in the Americas. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/a-huge-conti...