Do you have favorite activities or discussion prompts that encourage students to identify patterns, draw comparisons, or analyze long-term developments? I’d love to hear how you guide students to expand their historical thinking and make meaningful connections across time periods!
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One thing I like to do is bring in local organizations that are doing current work in the same area. Like for example, we learned about the Khmer Rouge in my World History class, but then we also learned about some local orgs including VietLead in Philly that did work to help rebuild with the southeast asian refugees that came to philadelphia, including Cambodian people. Or like, we learned about the Taíno people and then like colonial farming practices in PR, and so then we looked at Norris Square Neighborhood Project and what they have done to bring some of the Taíno farming practices to our city. Things like that, that show how things are connected and also more local than the name "world history" suggests.
