A Primer for Teaching World History

"Antoinette Burton has done everyone who teaches world history a great service: she shows how the most significant new work by scholars can be incorporated in ways that make world history more exciting, satisfying, and successful at introducing students to historical thinking and writing. No one who teaches this survey will remain untouched by what she has to say." Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History, University of California, Los Angeles "Antoinette Burton's concise but meaty book provides essential advice for the many new and experienced instructors faced with the daunting challenge of teaching world history in what are often ever-larger classes. Its emphasis on creating a course around certain design principles is both welcome and timely, allowing instructors to develop a course that is both meaningful and manageable." Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Distinguished Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee "This book is recommended reading for all teachers and PhD students who want to know more about world history and are looking for practical suggestions on how to design and organise their syllabus. As Burton acknowledges in the introduction, a lot of the advice she gives on the structure of courses and on testing strategies, mainly - if not only - applies to the Anglo-American university system." - Dario Miccoli, European Review of History, March 2013