Summer 2025, we published four new 2-week teaching modules!
The Black Death: The Medieval Plague Pandemic by Monica H. Green helps students explore plague’s spread and impacts from historical, epidemiological, and archaeological perspectives. Many students intending to study in STEM fields have told us it helped them appreciate the value of world history in ways they never expected!
Monuments and Memories in the Atlantic Revolutions by Allison Belzer with modifications by Emily Fisher Gray asks students to analyze memory cultures of the American, French and Haitian Revolutions. Students report that this module helped them better understand the revolutionary era as well as contemporary politics of historical memory.
Experiencing Colonialism: Identity and Resistance in French Algeria by Michelle Mann asks students to explore the diverse experiences of Algerians under French rule over three generations, ending just after World War I. Students practice historical empathy to great effect – students tell us that the module transformed their understanding of colonialism.
Women and Anti-Colonialism in Africa by Devin Leigh has students investigate gendered constructions of resistance to settler colonialism in Algeria, Kenya, and South Africa (1950s–80s), centering the perspective of three women. Students report enjoying learning how ideas about femininity both limited and empowered opponents of colonial rule.