Tuesday, September 9, 2025

How Dark were The Dark Ages?

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The Dark Ages were not so dark, according to this fascinating clip from PragerU. They were full of color with carnivals, and revived popul...
Saturday, September 6, 2025

European Sailors and Navigational Tools in the Age of Encounter and Exchange

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Studying European sailors in the 1500's? Here are two good resources, both of which might work for short web quests. Here is a link to ...
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Buddhism Along the Silk Road: Hyperdoc

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Here is a Hypedoc (Webquest) about the spread of Buddhism along the Silk Road between the 2nd and 12th centuries. It's based on a ...
Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Greece and Rome: Two Excellent Overviews

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Here are two terrific video reviews of Greece and Rome.  The Greece review runs 18 minutes and the Rome review runs just over 20 minutes...
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Mugals- Art & Tolerance

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In this review of Mughal art, William Dalrymple offers a terrific portrait of the Mughal emperors -- Akbar, Humayun, Jahangir, and Shah...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Sunni/Shia Divide- Resources

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Here are some excellent resources for reviewing the Sunni/ Shia split. I paraticularly like the clip from the Council of Foreign Relations w...
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Comics Ideal for World and US History

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Here is one of several great comics ideal for World History and U.S History. They were developed by the NYCDOE Department of Social Studies ...
Thursday, July 10, 2025

Using Google Gemini to Create Assignments

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If you have never used AI to create an assignment, you should give it a try. I teach World History, both AP World and general World History ...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Alexander the Not So Great: Through Persian Eyes

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He destroyed the great capital of Persepolis and the temples and emblems of the ancient Zoroastrian religion. So, unlike Westerners who t...
Monday, June 16, 2025

A History of the World, I Guess: Bill Wurtz's CLEAN Version

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Here's an engaging history of the world (this is the clean, school version--yes, there's a not-so-clean version). It was made by B...
Monday, May 5, 2025

Who Were the Sogdians

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Here is a hyperdoc about the Sogdians who played a critical  role in the trade of goods and ideas on the Silk Road.  It's based on an e...
Sunday, March 30, 2025

Decolonization in Ghana & Kenya: Two Short Documentaries

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Studying decolonization?  Here are two terrific short (25 to 30 minutes) documentaries about two independence movements in Africa--in G...
Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Manchurian Crisis & Rape of Nanking

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Here are two video clips about Japanese imperialism during the interwar period. The first reviews the Manchurian crisis and the failur...
Saturday, March 8, 2025

Cold War Stations Activity

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Here is a Cold War Stations activity that I use with my AP World students when we cover the Cold War. One of my colleagues develope...
Sunday, March 2, 2025

Online Archive for WWII

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Here is a cool new online archive of 20th-century resources surrounding Winston Churchill. The archive includes primary sources such as...
Saturday, February 22, 2025

A Global Guide to WWI

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The Guardian has a terrific interactive site about the global nature of World War I.  It has interactive maps, original news reports, and v...
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

The 4 Main Causes of WWI- Six Minute Overview

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Here's a great six minute review of the MAIN causes of WWI from "Made from History."  
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Using Images to Understand the Interwar Period

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Atlantic Magazine published 45 black and white stunning black-and-white photographs of the interwar period around the world. Among the 45...
Wednesday, February 5, 2025

World War I: China & Africa Participate

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Show your students the extent to which World War 1 was global with this excellent  Twitter thread  from Eileen Cheng-yin Chow, Director of t...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Ten Historians: 10 Different Interpretations on Who Started WWI

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Ten historians give 10 different interpretations on who started WWI in this BBC story. Sir Max Hastings - military historian, argues th...