Globalizing American History: The AHA Guide to Re-Imagining the U.S. Survey Course [Paperback]

Designed to contribute to the discussion of repositioning the American history survey course in light of the nations global context, Globalizing American History serves as an overview to the issues involved in internationalizing this staple of the school and college history curriculum in light of earlier, exploratory inquires.Designed to contribute to the discussion of repositioning the American history survey course in light of the nations global context, Globalizing American History serves as an overview to the issues involved in internationalizing this staple of the school and college history curriculum in light of earlier, exploratory inquires.Preface by Noralee Frankel and Peter N. StearnsReport Presented on Internationalizing Student Learning Outcomes in History by Dane Kennedy and Noralee FrankelInternalizing Student Learning Outcomes in History: A Report to the American Council on Education by Noralee Frankel, Kevin Gaines, John R. Gillis, Dane Kennedy, Patrick Manning, Sonya Michel, Kevin Reilly, and Peter N. StearnsPart II: Ideas for ImplementationWhys and Hows of Globalizing by Peter N. StearnsTeaching Thinking in Introductory History Courses by Kevin ReillyEmancipations, Empires, and Democracies: Locating the United States in the World, 1840-1900 by David QuigleyWhat Will It Take to Globalize American History? by John R. GillisPeter N. Stearns is provost and professor of history at George Mason University. He has written extensively on topics in world history and American cultural and social history, often within the framework of comparative analysis.Noralee Frankel is AHA assistant director for women, minorities, and teaching. She is senior executive staff to the AHA's Teaching Division and the author of Freedom's Women: Black Women and Families in Civil War Era Mississippi.