Seminars
April 6, 2011
4:00 - 5:30 pm
3703 WWPH
A Tale of Two River Deltas: The Rhine and Yangzi basins compared.
Leonard Blusse, Leiden University
March 22, 2011
2:00 – 3-15 pm
3703 WWPH
Sucheta Mazumdar, Duke University
"The Civilizational Model of World History and the Challenge of the Global."
Online - Mazumdar Seminar >
November 17, 2010
"Mobility Transition Revisited, 1500-1900. What the Case of Europe Can Offer to Global History"
Online- Lucassen Seminar>
Abstract of seminar presentation
Reflections on the seminar
October 13, 2010
"Visualising Britain through Time: Building and using an indefinitely-scalablelibrary of individual statistical data values"
Information Sciences seminar room (IS 501)
3:00 – 4:30 pm
Humphrey Southall
Teacher Workshops
April 23, 2011
Workshop 1, Assessment in World History
Patrick Manning and John Myers, University of Pittsburgh
Assessment of student skills and knowledge in world history and of the teacher's materials and methods.
Handouts:
J. Myers Powerpoint Presentation
P. Manning Powerpoint Presentation
March 26, 2011
Western PA in World History
Marc Jason Gilbert, Hawaii Pacific University
The editor of World History Connected presents new teaching materials and field trips on our region in world history.
Handouts:
Teaching World History in Your Own Back Yard
February 26, 2011
Overview and Priorities for Teachers of World History
Patrick Manning and John Myers, University of Pittsburgh
Setting and achieving goals for the whole school year, rather than week by week.
Handouts:
Powerpoint Presentation
February 9, 2011
Africa in world history
Twentieth-century Africa
Rebecca Shumway, and Yolanda Covington-Ward, University of Pittsburgh
In partnership with the African Studies Program
January 19, 2011
Transatlantic slave trade
The Old World Diaspora from Africa
Patrick Manning, University of Pittsburgh
December 4, 2010
Teaching World History since 1500
Thomas Anderson, University of Pittsburgh
Materials and ideas for the high school world history course.
Handouts:
Syllabus Units
Websites
Powerpoint Presentation
November 13, 2010
Pedagogy of World History
John Myers and Lawrence Charap, University of Pittsburgh
Global thinking and global processes in the classroom.
Handouts:
Saturday Workshop (Google Documents)
October 2, 2010
Teaching and Learning World History
Bob Bain, University of Michigan
How students learn, as addressed by this nationally noted authority.
Handouts:
Bain, "Into the Breach" (2.2 MB PDF)
Bain, "World was Flat?" (526 KB PDF)
"Powers of Ten" video (video)
"Religion" animated timeline (video)
September 29, 2010
Asia in world history
Slavery Across the Eurasian World
Stewart Gordon, University of Michigan
In partnership with the National Consortium on Teaching about Asia.
Brown Bag Lunches (Faculty & Grads )
April 1st, 2010
Global Phenomena
12:00 - 1:00 pm
3703 WWPH
This brown bag discussion, led by Tom Anderson, explored the issues of studying global phenomena as a way to produce local studies that address larger themes in World History. While large pattern in World History have proved valuable and helped explain the interconnections in History, often they have had to rely upon secondary sources based on national historiographies.
February 22nd, 2010
Global Networks
12:00 - 1:00 pm
3703 WWPH
This brown bag discussion, led by Tom Anderson, explored a growing research field in world history- global networks. They discussed what constitutes a global network and what insights they provide. Networks such as merchants, missionaries, and naturalists were discussed as examples of how ideas and knowledge are transmitted and inform a world framework.
January 20th, 2010
Creating World History Courses
12:00 - 1:00 pm
3703 WWPH
This brown bag discussion, led by Tom Anderson, explored the issues involved in crafting and teaching world history courses. They discussed what difficulties might be involved for both teachers and students, strategies for approaching the field, as well as themes and readings. Sample syllabi were available.