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Too often the history of European imperialism in Africa and Asia is one of colored maps showing where Europeans colonized, but what if we focused more on African and Asian resistance to imperialism?
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We can also include more images made by colonized peoples showing how they challenged and questioned imperialism, such as this Indian cartoon questioning how the British exploited India
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You can find out more about to teach a decolonized version of the history of imperialism on Liberating Narratives
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During the 1400s, the Ottomans introduced the devşirme (“The Collection”) as a way to staff the army & bureaucracy. Teaching the devşirme can be complicated, but we have a few resources. There is one well known painting of the collection.
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The Ottomans introduced this practice right after they began conquering the predominantly Christian Balkans
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We also have Ottoman documents that explain how the collection worked. Here’s a little sample.
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In world history courses, Babur is often reduced to just being the conqueror who started the Mughal Empire, but is that the best way to teach about him?
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Often Akbar is seen as the more cultured Mughal emperor, what if we look at Babur the Gardener? Babur loved his gardens, and his passion for them can help students understand the Mughal cultural synthesis.
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Learn more about how to teach about Babur at Liberating Narratives
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The teaching of the transatlantic slave system often focuses on how White Europeans enslaved Africans. We need to show students how enslaved Africans persistently resisted. These maps show the frequency & widespread nature of slave revolts.
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Enslaved Africans resisted on a daily basis as well. This 18th century painting was intended to show African women as inherently violent, but it also shows how enslaved African women fought back against the men who enslaved & raped them.
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Wake: The Hidden-History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by @WakeRevolt is an incredible graphic history showing how women played a critical role in slave revolts.
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The history of imperialism is often told as a history of European conquest. It's important to show students that people resisted. This map highlights African resistance to European imperialism.
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Source: themaparchive.com/product/africa…
#teachhistoryvisually #whapchat #decolonizehistory
Source: themaparchive.com/product/africa…
This illustration is one of the early images of the Ethiopian victory over the Italians at Adwa in 1896
Source: artuk.org/discover/artwo…
Source: artuk.org/discover/artwo…
For folks asking about how to use this map in the classroom, check out this post:
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In teaching the transatlantic slave system, I want to share a few individual stories that can be used in the classroom. The first is Belinda Sutton, an enslaved woman taken from the Gold Coast (today’s Ghana) around 1724
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In a petition for reparations from 1783, Sutton describes her childhood, her enslavement and transport across the Atlantic, and her experiences in the Americas.
royallhouse.org/belinda-sutton…
royallhouse.org/belinda-sutton…
I like to use her brief description of the Middle Passage in comparison with other enslaved Africans’ description of the crossing.
The way the early Americas are erased by the new AP World History curriculum is really something.
Course starts with a 14 section unit spanning 1200-1450 ce. Everywhere except the Americas there are "developments" and "networks of exchange" happening.
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Course starts with a 14 section unit spanning 1200-1450 ce. Everywhere except the Americas there are "developments" and "networks of exchange" happening.
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According to CB you get 1 to 2 class periods on one theme: "state building" in the Maya, Inca, Mexica, Chaco, Mesa Verde, & Cahokia regions. Afroeurasia includes KCs on religion, innovations, econ, & trade networks. Africa does get space in the Exchanges unit.
It's bad.
It's bad.
For 1200-1450 some teachers use Schaffer's Southernization to counter narratives of western exceptionalism & to show European reliance on Eastern goods, sci, tech for their jumpstart into colonialism. It's great for this.
The same thing needs to be applied to the early Americas
The same thing needs to be applied to the early Americas
This was one of the simplest things I've ever done but here is why it had a HUGE impact on my students writing SAQ's today. #whapchat
First of all, students were given this SAQ to do. They had to mark their Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning in different ways when they were done writing. docs.google.com/document/d/1yA…
Then, they had to get with a buddy they trust and read their responses to each other and go through the checklist. Whichever partner hit all of the checklist items posts their SAQ to the class padlet board.
