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“Hunger Was the Word I Heard Most”: Stalin’s First Five-Year Plan and Its Consequences Discussion of teaching the Holodomor using primary sources

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

The Changing Role of Government Involvement in the Economy in the 1930s Teaching how states worldwide took a more active approach to directing economic development in the 1930s

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

“The Deadliest Instrument of Warfare Yet Devised”: Teaching the Consequences of New Technology in the First World War Discussion of primary sources for teaching the effects of poisonous gas in the First World War

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

Total War and the Ottoman Empire Using Ottoman primary sources to teach total war

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?
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https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/total-war-and-the-ottoman-empire/

British Justifications for Colonizing Southeast Asia Teaching how the British justified imperialism in Southeast Asia

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

“Set this Chessboard and its Pieces Before Your Most Learned Men”: Teaching Chess and the Games of World History Teaching Afroeurasian exchange using chess

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.
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www.liberatingnarratives.com/set-this-che...

Europeans Didn’t Discover the World It’s time to stop calling it an “Age of Discovery” or an “Age of Exploration”

It’s time to replace “discovery” and “exploration” with navigation and colonization.
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Europeans Didn’t Discover the World It’s time to stop calling it an “Age of Discovery” or an “Age of Exploration”

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

The Problem with Hyphenating Afroeurasia Hyphens suggest otherness; Afroeurasia has a long interconnected history

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

The Problem with Hyphenating Afroeurasia Hyphens suggest otherness; Afroeurasia has a long interconnected history

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

“All Women Throughout the World”: Global Feminism and Internationalism, 1900-1950 Discussion of teaching global feminism in the first half of the 1900s

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

I include some excellent excerpts of Asian women challenging European imperialism

“All Women Throughout the World”: Global Feminism and Internationalism, 1900-1950 Discussion of teaching global feminism in the first half of the 1900s

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

Five Excellent Resources for Teaching or Learning about the Haitian Revolution Learn more about the significance and legacies of the Haitian Revolution

New free post!
Everyone should know about the Haitian Revolution - here are five resources for learning more or for classroom use
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Five Excellent Resources for Teaching or Learning about the Haitian Revolution Learn more about the significance and legacies of the Haitian Revolution

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

What happens when we look beyond Wollstonecraft, Gouges, & Stanton? Other early “feminists” saw the fight for women’s rights connected to other issues.

“You Will Never Stop The Emancipation of Women”: Teaching Global Feminism in the Age of Revolutions, c.1750 - c.1850 Teaching the early development of global feminism from 1750 to 1850

New post about teaching global feminism between 1750 & 1850
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www.liberatingnarratives.com/you-will-nev...

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.
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“Souls are neither Male nor Female”: Teaching Global Feminism in World History, c.1750 to Present Discussion of teaching global feminism from 1750 to present

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.
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“Astonish the World”: Teaching Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Henry Christophe Discussion of teaching Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Henry Christophe

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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.
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www.liberatingnarratives.com/astonish-the-world/

The Enlightenment Didn’t Cause the Haitian Revolution Enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue had many reasons to revolt... the Enlightenment wasn't one of them

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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.
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Guess what I’m writing about in tomorrow’s post 😉

Love to see this idea translated for teachers! It’s something Haitians, Carolyn Fick, and I have emphasized for for years, even as textbooks add the Haitian Rev by making it a product of “the Enlightenment“ or the French Rev.

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

great post today: "European Enlightenment ideas did circulate in the Atlantic World, but so did African ideas. Europeans didn’t have a monopoly on the concept of liberty."

The Enlightenment Didn’t Cause the Haitian Revolution Enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue had many reasons to revolt

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The Enlightenment Didn’t Cause the Haitian Revolution Enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue had many reasons to revolt... the Enlightenment wasn't one of them

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The Enlightenment Didn’t Cause the Haitian Revolution Enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue had many reasons to revolt... the Enlightenment wasn't one of them

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.
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www.liberatingnarratives.com/enlightenmen...

“A Single Black Woman”: African Women and the Portuguese Slave Trade in Sixteenth-Century West Africa Teaching how African women influenced the slave trade in seventeenth-century West Africa

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.
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