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From the Silk Road to the Great Game: China, Russia, and Central Eurasia

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From the Silk Road to the Great Game: China, Russia, and Central Eurasia

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This subject examines interactions across the Eurasian continent between Russians, Chinese, Mongolian nomads, and Turkic oasis dwellers during the last millennium and a half. As empires rose and fell, religions, trade, and war flowed back and forth continuously across this vast space. Today, the fall of the Soviet Union and China’s reforms have opened up new opportunities for cultural interaction.

Subject:: Ancient History; Arts and Humanities; History; Social Science; World Cultures; World History
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Perdue, Peter
Date Added:: 09/01/2003

The Future of the American Negro

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The Future of the American Negro

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The Future of the American Negro (1899) is a novel by American educator Booker T. Washington. The novel presented his opinions on the history of enslaved and freed African-American people, as well as his ideas regarding using education as a means to advance themselves.

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The Future of the American Negro (1899) is a novel by American educator Booker T. Washington. The novel presented his opinions on the history of enslaved and freed African-American people, as well as his ideas regarding using education as a means to advance themselves.

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Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Ethnic Studies; History; Literature; Social Science; U.S. History
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Ryerson University
Date Added:: 02/15/2022

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Gender

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This course examines the definition of gender in scientific, societal, and historical contexts. It explores how gender influences state formation and the work of the state, what role gender plays in imperialism and in the welfare state, the ever-present relationship between gender and war, and different states’ regulation of the body in gendered ways at different times. It investigates new directions in the study of gender as historians, anthropologists and others have taken on this fascinating set of problems.

Subject:: Anthropology; Arts and Humanities; Gender and Sexuality Studies; History; Social Science; U.S. History; World History
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Ekmekcioglu, Lerna; Wood, Elizabeth
Date Added:: 02/01/2017

Gender: Historical Perspectives

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Gender: Historical Perspectives

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This course examines the definition of gender in scientific, societal, and historical contexts. It explores how gender influences state formation and the work of the state, what role gender plays in imperialism and in the welfare state, the ever-present relationship between gender and war, and different states’ regulation of the body in gendered ways at different times. It also investigates new directions in the study of gender as historians, anthropologists and others have taken on this fascinating set of problems. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.

Subject:: Anthropology; Arts and Humanities; Gender and Sexuality Studies; History; Social Science; U.S. History; World History
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Ekmekcioglu, Lerna; Wood, Elizabeth
Date Added:: 09/01/2020

Gender, Race, and the Construction of the American West

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Gender, Race, and the Construction of the American West

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This course explores how gender shaped the historical experiences and cultural productions in the North American West during the time it was being explored, settled, and imagined. The North American West of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries provides a fascinating case study of the shifting meanings of gender, race, citizenship, and power in border societies. As the site of migration, settlement, and displacement, it spawned contests over land, labor disputes, inter-ethnic conflicts and peaceful relations, and many kinds of cultural productions.
The Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies (GCWS)
This course is part of the Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies. The GCWS at MIT brings together scholars and teachers at nine degree-granting institutions in the Boston area who are devoted to graduate teaching and research in Women’s Studies and to advancing interdisciplinary Women’s Studies scholarship. Learn more about the GCWS.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; English Language Arts; Gender and Sexuality Studies; History; Literature; Political Science; Reading Literature; Social Science; U.S. History
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Hansen, Karen; Johnson, Marilynn; Rudnick, Lois
Date Added:: 09/01/2014

Gender and Technology

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Gender and Technology

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This course considers a wide range of issues related to the contemporary and historical use of technology, the development of new technologies, and the cultural representation of technology, including the role women have played in the development of technology and the effect of technological change on the roles of women and ideas of gender. It discusses the social implications of technology and its understanding and deployment in different cultural contexts. It investigates the relationships between technology and identity categories, such as gender, race, class, and sexuality, and examines how technology offers possibilities for new social relations and how to evaluate them.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Gender and Sexuality Studies; History; Social Science
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Surkan, K.J.
Date Added:: 02/01/2013

Gender and the Law in U.S. History

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Gender and the Law in U.S. History

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This subject explores the legal history of the United States as a gendered system. It examines how women have shaped the meanings of American citizenship through pursuit of political rights such as suffrage, jury duty, and military service, how those political struggles have varied for across race, religion, and class, as well as how the legal system has shaped gender relations for both women and men through regulation of such issues as marriage, divorce, work, reproduction, and the family. The course readings will draw from primary and secondary materials in American history, as well as some court cases. However, the focus of the class is on the broader relationship between law and society, and no technical legal knowledge is required or assumed.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Gender and Sexuality Studies; History; Law; Philosophy; Social Science; U.S. History
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Capozzola, Christopher
Date Added:: 02/01/2004

Global Africa: Creative Cultures

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Global Africa: Creative Cultures

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This course examines contemporary and historical cultural production on and from Africa across a range of registers, including literary, musical and visual arts, material culture, and science and technology. It employs key theoretical concepts from anthropology and social theory to analyze these forms and phenomena. It also uses case studies to consider how Africa articulates its place in, and relationship to, the world through creative practices. Discussion topics are largely drawn from Francophone and sub-Saharan Africa, but also from throughout the continent and the African diaspora.

Subject:: Anthropology; Arts and Humanities; Career and Technical Education; English Language Arts; Film and Music Production; History; Literature; Performing Arts; Reading Literature; Social Science; Visual Arts; World History
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Edoh, M. Amah
Date Added:: 02/01/2018

Global Perspectives on Industrialization

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Global Perspectives on Industrialization

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This course will focus on the emergence and evolution of industrial societies around the world. The student will begin by comparing the legacies of industry in ancient and early modern Europe and Asia and examining the agricultural and commercial advances that laid the groundwork for the Industrial Revolution. The student will then follow the history of industrialization in different parts of the world, taking a close look at the economic, social, and environmental effects of industrialization. This course ultimately examines how industrialization developed, spread across the globe, and shaped everyday life in the modern era. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: identify key ideas and events in the history of industrialization; identify connections between the development of capitalism and the development of modern industry; use analytical tools to evaluate the factors contributing to industrial change in different societies; identify the consequences of industrialization in the 19th and 20th centuries in different societies; critique historical interpretations of the causes and effects of industrialization; and analyze and interpret primary source documents describing the process of industrialization and life in industrial societies. (History 363)

Subject:: Economics; History; Social Science; World History
Material Type:: Assessment; Full Course; Lecture; Lecture Notes; Reading; Syllabus; Textbook
Provider:: The Saylor Foundation
Date Added:: 11/21/2011

Globalization: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between

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Globalization: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between

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This subject examines the paradoxes of contemporary globalization. Through lectures, discussions and student presentations, we will study the cultural, linguistic, social and political impact of globalization across broad international borders.
We will pay attention to the subtle interplay of history, geography, language and cultural norms that gave rise to specific ways of life. The materials for the course include fiction, nonfiction, audio pieces, maps and visual materials.

Subject:: Anthropology; Arts and Humanities; Business and Communication; Cultural Geography; Economics; History; Languages; Literature; Philosophy; Political Science; Social Science; World History
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Resnick, Margery; Terrones, Joaquín
Date Added:: 09/01/2016

The Grand Siècle in Movement: Negotiations, Circulations, Dynamics

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The Grand Siècle in Movement: Negotiations, Circulations, Dynamics

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40th Annual International Conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies

Word Count: 30528

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Subject:: English Language Arts; History; World History
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: University of Central Florida
Date Added:: 10/11/2021

Great Depression Online Course for Teachers and Students

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Great Depression Online Course for Teachers and Students

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History holds many economic lessons. The Great Depression, in particular, is an event that provides the opportunity to teach and learn a great deal about economics-whether you're studying the economic reasons that the Depression took place, the factors that helped it come to an end or the impact on Americans who lived through it. This curriculum is designed to provide teachers with economic lessons that they can share with their students to help them understand this significant experience in U.S. history.

Subject:: Economics; History; Social Science; U.S. History
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Provider Set:: Economic Lowdown Lessons
Date Added:: 09/11/2019

The Great Inflation Online Course for Teachers and Students

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The Great Inflation Online Course for Teachers and Students

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In this course, superhero Jack of All Trades and his sidekick Andy are confronted by a villain that threatens to disrupt society and rob the world of the certainty people have come to expect. And this dastardly villain is...Inflation. Jack and Andy time travel to the period known as The Great Inflation to discover the truth about inflation. With the help of Dr. Equilibrium, professor of economics, they learn that inflation is the result of too much money chasing too few goods and that the Federal Reserve System plays a key role in maintaining stable prices.

Subject:: Economics; History; Social Science; U.S. History
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Provider Set:: Economic Lowdown Lessons
Date Added:: 09/11/2019

A Guide to Conducting Institutional Oral History Projects in Classrooms

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A Guide to Conducting Institutional Oral History Projects in Classrooms

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Word Count: 3069

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Subject:: History
Material Type:: Textbook
Author:: Fatemeh Rezaei; Harvey Sky
Date Added:: 10/11/2021

A Guide to the Gothic

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A Guide to the Gothic

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A Gothic anthology of selections from more than 200 years of Gothic works in the public domain, this textbook covers major trends, tropes and periods in the development of Gothic literature from 1764 to the present.

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A Guide to the Gothic is an openly licensed, online textbook that presents a comprehensive examination of the genre. In addition to critical essays exploring major periods, tropes and trends of the Gothic tradition, A Guide to the Gothic includes selections from more than 200 years of Gothic works that are in the public domain. Intended for instructors of Gothic literature seeking a collaborative resource to educate and inspire the next generation of Gothic scholars.

Word Count: 216403

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Subject:: History; World History
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: University of North Texas
Author:: Jeanette A. Laredo
Date Added:: 07/29/2019

HST 201 - US History: Colonial & Revolutionary

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HST 201 - US History: Colonial & Revolutionary

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This course provides an overview of the United States from pre-Columbian North American and European antecedents to colonization, Colonial America, Revolutionary America; development of U.S. government, economy, and society to 1840.
Course Outcomes:
1. Articulate an understanding of key historical events from pre-Columbian North America and European antecedents to colonization, the development of slavery, Native American history, Colonial America, Revolutionary America and the development of U.S. government, economy, and society to 1840.
2. Identify and investigate historical theses, evaluate information and its sources, and use appropriate reasoning to construct evidence-based arguments on historical issues.
3. Construct an historical argument integrating both primary documents and secondary sources.

Subject:: History; U.S. History
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: Linn-Benton Community College
Author:: Linn Benton Virtual College
Date Added:: 07/09/2020

HS+ Washington State History, Art and English (2020)

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HS+ Washington State History, Art and English (2020)

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This theme-based English course integrates reading, writing, listening, speaking, and critical thinking skills around assignments and activities focusing on Washington State History and Art. This competency-based class allows students to work at their own pace, exit at a level appropriate to demonstrated skills and knowledge, and earn high school credits in English, Lab Science, and/or electives.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; English Language Arts; History; U.S. History
Material Type:: Full Course
Author:: SBCTC Admin
Date Added:: 10/30/2020

Healing and Reconciliation Through Education

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Healing and Reconciliation Through Education

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This open educational resource is focused on teaching the history of the colonial legacy of Residential Schools, with an emphasis on exploring the unique history of the Shingwauk Residential School which operated in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. This project builds upon decades of archival research and data collection, including the recording of oral histories, under the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre’s (SRSC) mandate of ‘sharing, healing, and learning.’ ‘Realizing Healing and Reconciliation through Education’ is designed to increase the capacity of the SRSC to educate local, regional, and national audience about the history of Residential Schools.

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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Final Report cited healing, reconciliation, and restoring the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians as a critical priority for all Canadians. Moreover, the Commission exhorted Canada’s museums and galleries to work with Indigenous Peoples to better present their cultures and histories, including histories of assimilation, cultural loss and reclamation. The Shingwauk Residential Schools centre (SRSC) is taking up the charge to realize this vision through a multi phase education and outreach strategy, this ebook is part of that educational project.

This open educational resource is focused on teaching the history of the colonial legacy of Residential Schools, with an emphasis on exploring the unique history of the Shingwauk Residential School which operated in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. This project builds upon decades of archival research and data collection, including the recording of oral histories, under the SRSC’s mandate of ‘sharing, healing, and learning.’ ‘Realizing Healing and Reconciliation through Education’ is designed to increase the capacity of the SRSC to educate local, regional, and national audience about the history of Residential Schools.

Word Count: 13410

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Subject:: Ethnic Studies; History; Social Science
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Author:: Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Date Added:: 02/27/2019

Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner

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Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner

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This course examines major works by Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner, exploring their interconnections on three analytic scales: the macro history of the United States and the world; the formal and stylistic innovations of modernism; and the small details of sensory input and psychic life. WARNING: Some of the lectures in this course contain graphic content and/or adult language that some users may find disturbing.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; History; Literature; U.S. History
Material Type:: Full Course; Lecture; Lecture Notes; Syllabus
Provider:: Yale University
Provider Set:: Open Yale Courses
Author:: Wai Chee Dimock
Date Added:: 04/30/2012

Hispanic America: One Hundred Years of Literature and Film

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Hispanic America: One Hundred Years of Literature and Film

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This course explores artistic achievement in a culture that over the past century has engaged in constant and intense imaginative self-renewal. The class studies film, narrative (e.g., Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude), and poetry. Conducted in Spanish.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; English Language Arts; History; Languages; Literature; Reading Literature; Social Science; World Cultures; World History
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Garrels, Elizabeth
Date Added:: 02/01/2014