World
History Teaching in Georgia, 2000 to 2003:
A Tutorial for Students and Teachers
Welcome to a ten-part collection of experiences researching
and teaching world history in rural and suburban Georgia between 2001 and
2003, a period when the American College Board was finalizing a new A.P.
(Advanced Placement) course in World History. This collection of lectures and lessons should work
on two levels: 1) by documenting the leading role that Georgia played in
helping to finalize and implement the course nationwide; and, 2) by
serving as a tutorial for the student and
teacher who wants to gain a better command of the field of world history.
Each of the ten
sections includes combinations of pre-tests, lectures, discussions,
activities, readings and post-tests to facilitate greater analysis and
content reinforcement. The drop-down menus first list the total hours for each unit and
then the related links to each section of the unit. Read more about how
the project developed here, or dig right
into it now.
Jerry Bentley
overviews
the field
1 What World
History is, what it isn't, and what potential it has as a research field -- for
those who think they already know.
Tom Monkhall teaches a NY Imam's sense of
direction
2 For
beginners, envisioning the globe from various perspectives and disciplines is the first
step to world historical analysis.
Pat Manning
privileges the
linguistic
evidence on
human migrations
3
Changing the scale and scope of analysis brings into
focus different patterns of historical meaning and chronologies.
Akanmu Adebayo
explores the
limitations of
Afrocentrism and
Eurocentrism
4
Try situating Africa in World History -- it is not as easy as it
may seem!
Heidi Roupp situates
Afghanistan
as a key-stone
in
World History
5
Interactions between sedentary and nomadic peoples in Eurasia can become key
benchmarks in Eurasian history
Steve Rapp examines
the evidence of
a
"Pax-Mongolia"
6
There are several "common eras" in the Common Era (C.E.): Roman/Han,
Islamic/Tang, and "Pax-Mongolian"
Janet Abu Lughod's
13th Century
World-System
7
Widening the range of view for analyzing the modern world economy reveals a more
global explanation for European expansion.
Alfred Crosby's discovery of
Ecological
Imperialism
8 The
Columbian Exchange paves the way for European dominance in the modern
world economy
Marc Jason Gilbert explores the internal and
external dynamics of the expanding world economy
9
European global economic and military power did not become significant until the late
nineteenth century
Andre Gundre-Frank's
Re-Orientation discussion prompts a Re-Thinking
10
Two centuries of European and American power can effectively determine a
European-American's thinking about the world