A Primer for Teaching Women, Gender, and Sexuality in World History is a guide for college and high school teachers who are teaching women, gender, and sexuality in history for the first time, for experienced teachers who want to reinvigorate their courses, for those who are training future teachers to prepare their own syllabi, and for teachers who want to incorporate these issues into their world history classes. Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Urmi Engineer Willoughby present possible course topics, themes, concepts, and approaches while offering practical advice on materials and strategies helpful for teaching courses from a global perspective in today's teaching environment for today's students. In their discussions of pedagogy, syllabus organization, fostering students' historical empathy, and connecting students with their community, Wiesner-Hanks and Willoughby draw readers into the process of strategically designing courses that will enable students to analyze gender and sexuality in history, whether their students are new to this process or hold powerful and personal commitments to the issues it raises.
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface: This Book and How to Use It
- Part I . Starting from Scratch
- One. Setting Goals: Why Teach Women’s, Gender, or Sexuality History?
- Two. Choosing a Focus and a Title: Women, Gender, or Sexuality?
- Three. Organizing Material: Chronological and Thematic Approaches
- Four. Incorporating Key Issues: Theory and Concepts from Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Part II. Modifying Existing Courses
- Five. Integrating Gender More Fully as a Category of Analysis: Beyond “Add Men and Stir"
- Six. Globalizing a Regionally Based Course: Teaching What You Do Not Know
- Seven. Incorporating Feminist Pedagogy as You Move Online: Feminist Principles in a Virtual World
- Part III. Common Challenges and Opportunities
- Eight. Fostering Historical Empathy: Ethical Frameworks and Contextualization
- Nine. Developing Assessments That Fit Your Course Goals: Tests, Papers, and Assignments
- Ten. Connecting with the Community: Opportunities for Local Research and Civic Engagement
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index