The Haitian Revolution was the largest and most successful slave revolt in the world. Why is it rarely discussed or taught in U.S. classrooms?   

Spotlighting a sample lesson on the expansion of Islam in West Africa, the author demonstrates the important role that direct instruction plays in fostering inquiry-based instruction.  

Examining an eighteenth-century casta painting offers a perfect entry point into a lesson on the social construction of race in Latin America.

When teachers create lessons that include historical sources, it’s important to pay attention to source choice and source attribution. 

Aesthetic-based teaching, such as the featured lesson using Picasso’s Guernica to study the Spanish civil war, helps students emotionally connect to the past while also advancing academic performance.

Three key strategies can help teachers implement successful projects in world history.

Promising practices offer educators opportunities to confront the perspective of white settler colonialism that has permeated the study of the history of Indigenous peoples.

Exploring digitized archives, such as the featured exhibit about a young Holocaust survivor, can spark important classroom discussions about prejudice and the responsibilities of ordinary citizens.

The three approaches to teaching about the legacies of nuclear development outlined in this article can advance students’ critical literacy skills as they analyze artifacts of popular culture.

Teaching difficult histories has many challenges but it also offers important opportunities.