Workshop series encourages K-12 teachers to explore historical sites around the world
HSS Framework Planning
California History-Social Science Framework for K-12 Public Education
Chapter 11 - World History and Geography: Medieval and Early Modern Times
Curriculum Resources and Planning Guides / UCLA History-Geography Project
HSS Framework Resources / UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project
Grade 6-12 HSS Common Core Standards / California State Board of Education
Primary Sources
Yijing’s Descriptions of Srivijaya (c. 671 to 695 CE)
The Talang Tuwo Inscription from Palembang, South Sumatra (684 CE)
Compiled by Professor Lance Nolde, CSU Channel Islands
Recommended Readings
Hall, Kenneth R. A History of Early Southeast Asia: Maritime Trade and Societal Development, 100-1500. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2011. (Chapter 4).
Lockard, Craig A. Southeast Asia in World History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. (Chapters 2 & 3).
Other Curriculum Materials
Intersections: World Arts and Local Lives - Audio & Lesson Guides / UCLA Fowler Museum
Weavers' Stories from Island Southeast Asia - Videos / UCLA Fowler Museum
Art of the Austronesians: The Legacy of Indo-Pacific Voyaging - Podcasts / UCLA Fowler Museum
Lesson Plans
Art in Action: Textiles of Southeast Asia / UCLA Fowler Museum
Lesson Plans for World History / UCLA History-Geography Project
How did trade connections between the Gupta Empire in India facilitate the spread of Buddhist and Hindu ideas and beliefs in Srivijaya? / UCLA History-Geography Project
Did the Caste System Unite Ancient Indian Society? / UCLA History-Geography Project
Workshop emphasizes medieval Baghdad and Nishapur as sites of global knowledge exchange
HSS Framework Planning
What Does a HSS Framework-aligned History Classroom Look Like? / UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project
The Futile Quest for Coverage, Part II / Beth Slutsky, Ph.D., California History-Social Science Project
Lecture Recordings
Nishapur: Professor Beeta Baghoolizadeh (Bucknell)
Baghdad: Professor Michael Cooperson (UCLA)
Recommended Readings
Baghoolizadeh, Beeta and Alex Shams, Rustin Zarkar, "Ferdowsi's Legacy Examining Persian Nationalist Myths of the Shahnameh." Ajam Media Collective, 17 Jan. 2013.
Bulliet, Richard W. The Patricians of Nishapur: A Study in Medieval Islamic Social History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972. (Introduction & Chapter 1)
Cooperson, Michael, "Daily Life in Baghdad." In E. Selove (Ed.), Baghdad at the Centre of a World, 8th-13th Century: An Introductory Textbook (pp. 23-29). Theran Press, 2019.
Güther, Sebastian, "Knowledge and Learning in Baghdad." In E. Selove (Ed.), Baghdad at the Centre of a World, 8th-13th Century: An Introductory Textbook (pp. 83-91). Theran Press, 2019.
Curriculum Resources
Excavations at Nishapur / Metropolitan Museum
Artifacts from medieval Nishapur / British Museum
Zahak in World War II / Postcards drawn by Kem (Kimon Evan Marengo 1907-1988) for the British Ministry of Information
Historical maps of the Middle East / Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago
Other Curriculum Materials
Teaching the Middle East: A Resource for Educators / University of Chicago Library
Rethinking the Region: New Approaches to 9-12 U.S. Curriculum on the Middle East & North Africa / teach-mena.org
Lesson Plans
Daily Life in Mediaval Nishapur from Art of the Islamic World: A Resource for Educators / Metropolitan Museum
Common Core Math and Islamic Art / Philadelphia Museum of Art
Islamic Art and Geometric Design: Activities for Learning / Metropolitan Museum
How was the city of Nishapur a site of encounter? / UCLA History-Geography Project
How does poetry help us understand how people thought and felt in 1200s-1300s Southwest Asia? / UCLA History-Geography Project
What is the significance of Islamic navigation tools? / UCLA History-Geography Project
Tracing global convergence and interconnection from Malacca & Ottoman Empire
HSS Framework Planning
Year Course Map/Unit Guides for 7th Grade History / UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project
Sites of Encounter Course Map for 7th Grade / UCLA History-Geography Project
C3 Inquiry Design Model Unit Planning Guide / UCLA History-Geography Project
Lecture Recordings
Malacca: Professor Leonard Andaya (University of Hawai'i at Manoa)
Ottoman Empire: Professor Nina (Ergin) Macaraig
Recommended Readings
Andaya, Barbara Watson and Leonard Andaya. A History of Malaysia, 3rd Edition. New York/London: Palgrave Macmillan Press, 2017.
Andaya, Barbara Watson and Leonard Andaya, "Malacca: Cosmopolitan Trading Port of the Early Modern World (1400-1824)." In A. Mackinnon and E. Mackinnon (Ed.), Places of Encounter: Time, Place, and Connectivity in World History Volume I. Routledge, 2012.
Ergin, Nina, "Costantinople/Istanbul: A Vortex of Peoples and Cultures (324-1500)." In A. Mackinnon and E. Mackinnon (Ed.), Places of Encounter: Time, Place, and Connectivity in World History Volume I. Routledge, 2012.
Other Curriculum Materials
When the World Came to Southeast Asia: Malacca and the Global Economy / Education about Asia by the Association for Asian Studies
Maritime Southeast Asia: Not Just a Crossroads / Education about Asia by the Association for Asian Studies
Writing Regional and National Histories in Southeast Asia - Video / Cornell Southeast Asia Program Golay Lecture 2015 with Barbara Watson Andaya and Leonard Anadaya
Indonesian Food and the Early Modern Period - Video / UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies Panel with Barbara Andaya (UH Manoa), Leonard Andaya (UH Manoa), and Peter Lape (University of Washington)
The Sociopolitical World of Ottoman Hamams - Nina Ergin / Ottoman History Podcast
The Ottoman Empire's Sonic Past - Nina Ergin / Ottoman History Podcast
Social Histories of Ottoman Istanbul - Ebru Boyar & Kate Fleet / Ottoman History Podcast
Lesson Plans
Melaka: Bridging Global Citizenship and World Heritage / A Teacher's Guidebook by Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding
Global Asia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow / A Teacher's Guide by University of Washington and The Seattle Times
Maritime Asia: War and Trade / Developed by Professors Adam Clulow and Xing Hang and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University
In what ways did trade in Malacca promote cultural diversity? / C3 Inquiry Design Model Lesson / UCLA History-Geography Project
Lesson Plans on Turkey / Turkish Cultural Foundation
HSS Framework Planning
Sites of Encounter Blueprint / UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project
Making History Modules / UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project
Recommended Readings
"They Left Guatemala for Opportunities in the United States. Now They Want to Help Others Stay" / Ciara Nugent / Times
"The Stargazers" / Joshua Sokol / Science
Alberto, Lourdes, "Coming Out as Indian: On being an Indigenous Latina in the US." Latino Studies 15.2 (2017).
Fromherz, Allen James, "Marrakech: The Founding of a City." In The Near West. Medieval North Africa, Latin and the Mediterranean in the Second Axial Age. Edinburgh University Press, 2016.
Hansen, Valerie. The Silk Road: A New History. Oxford University Press, 2016.
Other Curriculum Materials
Mapping Indigenous LA / UCLA American Indian Studies Center
Reimagining Latinx / Video Series / UCLA History-Geography Project
Native Knowledge 360 / National Museum of the American Indian
Towards a Black History Framework / Video / UCLA History-Geography Project Lecture by Professor LaGarrett King, University at Buffalo
Digital Dunhuang / Dunhuang Academy
Sounds of the Silk Road / American Museum of Natural History
Cave Temples of Dunhuang / Getty Museum & Getty Research Institute
Lesson Plans
How to write a land acknowledgment statement / Amanda Sandoval @historysandoval
How does Quetzaltenango invites us to reimagine how we connect to a place across time? / Vanessa Herrera / UCLA History-Geography Project
What might we learn from native peoples of the Americas about sustainable farming and caring for the environment? / Middle School LatinX C3 Inquiry Design Model Lesson / UCLA History-Geography Project
How did encounters in Marrakesh spur innovations in the early modern world? / C3 Inquiry Design Model Lesson / UCLA History-Geography Project
Primary Sources & Activities on the city of Marrakesh / Compiled by Professor Allen James Fromherz, Georgia State University
Dunhuang Cave Day Lesson / Shane Manley, UC Berkeley Institute for East Asian Studies
International Dunhuang Project