Teaching Global History

Alan J. Singer is professor of secondary education and director of social studies education in the Department of Teaching, Literacy and Leadership at Hofstra University in Long Island, New York and the editor of Social Science Docket (a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for Social Studies).

Preface


Part I – Designing a Global History Curriculum


1. What is a social studies approach to global history?


2. Debating Curriculum: What is important to know and why?


3. How should global history teachers address controversial or sensitive issues?


4. Why is Global History usually European chronology with tangents?


5. What does a theme-based Global history curriculum look like? Part 1 – BC: Before Columbus


6. What does a theme-based Global history curriculum look like? Part 2 – AD: After the Deluge


Part II – Debating Global History


7. The Grand Narrative of Western Civilization


8. If Chinese Historians Wrote the Global History Curriculum


9. Who and what gets included in history?


10. Religion in Human History


11. Revolutionary Movements in the Twentieth Century


12. Teaching about the European Holocaust and Genocide


Part III – Waves of Global Integration


13. Three Waves of Global Integration


14. Columbian Exchange and the Age of Colonialism (1420-1763)


15. Imperialism: The Eagle’s Talons


16. Globalization: The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse


Part IV - Resources


17. Online Resources for Teachers and Students


18. Autobiographies, Historical Fiction, and Movies


19. Lesson Plan Formats


20. Implementing the Great Irish Famine Curriculum