Sep 20, 2019
Your hosts discuss Dave's new book: World History Through Case Studies: Historical Skills in Practice. Dave tells us about how studying things like the history of veiling, yoga, or the World Cup will engage your students and help them think like a historian. Ditch the textbook and buy Dave's book!
Aug 8, 2019
The new AP World History Course and Exam Description (CED) is out and we have to figure out the best and most responsible way to teach it.
In this episode, Matt interviews Eric Beckman, a veteran teacher and winner of the 2018 William H. McNeill World History Association Teacher Scholarship. What exactly has changed?...
Jul 12, 2019
Are mountains of bird sh*t, a doctor giving his patients cancer, and the width of screw threads central to the rise of American imperialism? Yes! Matt and Dave discuss How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr.
This a text that will leave North American readers like Matt and Dave,...
Mar 7, 2019
Dave and Matt return from a winter break to discuss the future of AP World and review James C. Scott's book Against the Grain.
Recommendations:
Dave: Webb, Humanity's Burden and Klieman, "The Pygmies Were Our Compass"
Matt: Wrangham, Catching Fire
Music
Eric Jones, Angkor
Feist, Let It Die
MIMS, This Is Why I'm...