 December
2004
World
History Matters
A well organized guide to world history primary sources and teaching tools.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorymatters/
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CONTENT:
A project of the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University,
offers history teachers guides to primary sources, multimedia case
studies on how to analyze documents, teaching sources and more. |
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SITE DESIGN:
World History Matters is divided into two main sections, World History
Sources and Women in World History that will be available in the spring
of 2005. The material in the World History Sources section is categorized
into four areas. Each area has its own table of contents as well as
a top and bottom navigation bar for movement between the sections.
The site is also fully searchable by topic, keyword, or type of primary
source. Flash Player is required but there is also an audio version
for slower connections. |
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REVIEW:
Although this site is still in the works, with the Women in World
History section due in the spring of 2005, it still holds a wealth
of material for the history teacher. The completed section, World
History Sources, provides teachers with guides, written by historians
with relevant teaching experience, for finding primary sources that
describe the available materials, strengths and weaknesses, along
with classroom suggestions. The time period includes everything
from the beginnings of human society to the world since 1945 and
covers all the regions of the world. Unpacking the Evidence uses
multimedia features and suggested questions to discuss ways of “analyzing
particular genres of evidence as part of world history”. Eight
Flash movies provide a a view of teachers demonstrating the methods
they use when analyzing the evidence. There are also sixteen case
studies from experienced classroom teachers discussing how they
plan and implement lessons based on primary documents along with
reflections on the strengths and weaknesses and a description of
successful teaching strategies. Case study topics include material
culture (objects and images), music, maps, personal narratives and
more. |
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