A Primer for Teaching Indian Ocean World History is a guide for college and high school educators who are teaching Indian Ocean histories for the first time or who want to reinvigorate their courses. It can also serve those who are training future teachers to prepare their own syllabi as well as those who want to incorporate Indian Ocean histories into their world history courses. Edward A. Alpers and Thomas F. McDow offer course design principles that will help students navigate topics ranging from empire, geography, slavery, and trade to mobility, disease, and the environment. In addition to exploring non-European sources and diverse historical methodologies, they discuss classroom pedagogy and provide curriculum possibilities that will help instructors at any level enrich and deepen standard approaches to world history. Alpers and McDow draw readers into strategically designing courses that will challenge students to think critically about a vast area with which many of them are almost entirely unfamiliar.
A Primer for Teaching Indian Ocean World History is a guide for college and high school educators who are teaching Indian Ocean histories for the first time or who want to reinvigorate their courses. It can also serve those who are training future teachers to prepare their own syllabi as well as those who want to incorporate Indian Ocean histories into their world history courses. Edward A. Alpers and Thomas F. McDow offer course design principles that will help students navigate topics ranging from empire, geography, slavery, and trade to mobility, disease, and the environment. In addition to exploring non-European sources and diverse historical methodologies, they discuss classroom pedagogy and provide curriculum possibilities that will help instructors at any level enrich and deepen standard approaches to world history. Alpers and McDow draw readers into strategically designing courses that will challenge students to think critically about a vast area with which many of them are almost entirely unfamiliar.
“Edward A. Alpers and Thomas F. McDow provide a multidimensional
map to guide educators in their Indian Ocean World history teaching
journey. Thematically organized and pedagogically innovative, the
student-centered digital technology assignment ideas are designed
to bring the Indian Ocean World to life. These design principles
will make Indian Ocean history accessible for educators seeking to
go boldly beyond conventional world history or area studies by
incorporating or recentering their teaching on this fascinating and
cosmopolitan region.”
*Kerry Ward, Associate Professor of History, Rice University*
“The importance and prominence of the Indian Ocean World for
research and teaching is growing exponentially. The region offers
countless opportunities to enhance and challenge students’
normative understanding of subjects such as slavery, empire, and
the social and physical geographies of space. With this in mind,
Edward A. Alpers and Thomas F. McDow have produced a vital guide
that offers innovative teaching strategies with which to
engage students.”
*Ocean of Trade: South Asian Merchants, Africa, and the Indian
Ocean, c.1750–1850*
"This is an accessible and very well-thought-out book. . . .
Educators in North America will find that A Primer for Teaching
Indian Ocean World History is a valuable resource for developing
innovative syllabi in Indian Ocean World history moving
forwards."
*Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies*
"Alpers and McDow are to be congratulated on providing a
well-developed primer that is a reference work in its own right,
particularly for the eastern and northern shores of the Indian
Ocean."
*The Great Circle: Journal of the Australian Association of
Maritime History*
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