Survey
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
Great Divergence wikipedia , lookup
Historiography wikipedia , lookup
Post-classical history wikipedia , lookup
Universal history wikipedia , lookup
Migration Period wikipedia , lookup
Legacy of the Roman Empire wikipedia , lookup
Philosophy of history wikipedia , lookup
Consequences of the Black Death wikipedia , lookup
Early modern period wikipedia , lookup
20th century wikipedia , lookup
New World History Nicole F. Gilbertson New World History After WW2: • Study the World, not only the West • Move beyond an examination of nation-states • Emphasis on social history More recently: • Close relationship between research and teaching • Professionalization of the field • Link to other fields of historical research, such as culture and gender Sources: Ross Dunn editor, The New World History: Teacher’s Companion Marnie Hughs-Warrington editor, World Histories New World History Methods • Historical inquiry and use of evidence • Consider the “Big Picture” – Decenter Europe – Address continuity and change – Employ the environment as a category of analysis – Thematic approach – Compare and contrast areas and events Decentering Europe Examining how the world was interconnected before 1492 Examples: the spread of Islam studying the plague Source: Janet Abu-Lhugod, Before European Hegemony Addressing continuity and change History is a study of change over time Need also to consider how things stay the same Example: After the break-up of the Roman Empire, political boundaries in Europe are different, however, the language and religion of Rome continue on to shape medieval Europe Thematic Approach: Comparing and contrasting Identifying a concept, area, or event and examining how this is similar or different in another time and/or location Example: studying the concept of Empire as way to examine the 7th grade standards Technology • PPT is located at UCI History Project website: http://www.humanities.uci.edu/history/ucihp/ • To create a video using pictures and music: go to animoto.com • To create a PPT to download to your Ipod, save the PPT as jpegs in a folder on your desktop and download it to your Ipod