Tag: World History

World History Puzzles

I have vague recollections of eating my packed lunch on the stone steps of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art after completing a scavenger hunt for facts about…

Facing History is Not a Walk in the Park

I recently returned from a two week mini “Grand Tour” of Europe. The last stop on our itinerary was the Bavarian capital, Munich. As a World History teacher,…

The Long Arc of History

My humanities moment is about a brilliant encyclopedia which covered the vastness of world history from the prehistoric times to the present day in a concise and engrossing…

Representing Southeast Asia

There’s a game I like to play in class called “Look At.” We practice our close reading skills by gazing at a picture for 3 minutes and then…

An Unexpected Insight

At the end of my sophomore year in high school, during the awards ceremony in June, I received my varsity letter for playing football. And then my history…

Origin Stories: Or, Making Sense of Surprises in the Family Tree

My Humanities Moment happened when my husband and I received the results of the genetic testing kits we’d ordered. The stories that my husband’s DNA told matched up…