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New World History

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

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New World History

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  1. New World History Nicole F. Gilbertson

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

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