Second Thoughts

LearningCurve
Check What You Know.

What’s the Significance?

the three Cs, xxxii

world history movement, xxxii

essentialism, xxxiv

Eurocentrism, xxxv

globalization, xxxv

Big Picture Questions

  1. Question

    Why and how did the world history movement emerge to challenge Eurocentrism in history?

  2. Question

    What examples of change, comparison, and connection in world history would you like to explore further as your course unfolds?

  3. Question

    In what larger contexts might you place your own life history?

Next Steps: For Further Study

David Christian, This Fleeting World (2008). A big-picture overview of the human experience in less than 100 pages by a leading world historian.

Ross Dunn, ed., The New World History (2000). A collection of articles dealing with the teaching of world history.

Patrick Manning, Navigating World History (2003). An survey of the overview of the growth of world history, the field’s achievements, and the debates within it.

J. R. McNeill and William H. McNeill, The Human Web (2003). An approach to world history that emphasizes the changing webs of connection among human communities.

Heidi Roup (ed.), Teaching World History in the Twenty-First Century (2009) A practical resource book for the teaching of World History.

“World History Matters,” http://worldhistorymatters.org/. A point of entry to many world history websites, featuring numerous images and essays.