The GLobalizing U.S. History Project
“Even for those school-age students today who will never in adulthood leave their native shores, the future is certain to be so heavily influenced by international developments and their lives within national boundaries so affected by factors emanating from outside those boundaries that they will be hugely disadvantaged by an education that has not raised their awareness of, sensitivity to and facility with issues arising from beyond a national “home” context. ” - Dr. Mary Hayden
Welcome! The Globalizing U.S. History project was born during my graduate work at Northeastern University. My basic premise was that in order to teach students to think with a global mindset, there needs to be content - primary and secondary sources - in multiple formats for teachers to use when they are designing their lessons. That's what you will find here, and much more.
With generosity from the Longview Foundation and collaboration with National Council for History Education (NCHE) the resources here are free for your exploration and use with your classes and colleagues. Additionally, my understanding of global education, global citizenship, and global history has been impacted by many scholars and organizations. Below I have highlighted videos from three of those influencers.
Globalizing U.S. history education involves an “opening” of students’ conceptions of the past through expanded content, broader methodology, and units of analysis that go beyond the nation. Supporting teachers to do this is essential for their instructional shifts and integral to student success in a complex and globalized world. Therefore, the Globalizing U.S. History project is a dynamic resource (updated monthly) that addresses the scarcity of professional development programs dedicated this approach. The resources we have assembled are designed to inspire, support innovation, and develop your leadership as an advocate for teaching U.S. History in a global context.
I want to thank the scholars and teachers who have contributed to this project. We hope you find joy exploring this resource and empowering your students. Stay in touch and post how you use this resource on twitter using #globalushistory.
Yours in global education – Craig Perrier
New Resources are Added Monthly!
May 2022
New resources added to the to the module US in a Globalization Context module:
April 2022
New resources added to the to the module US in a Globalization Context module: and the Multi-National Companies and International Organization module
March 2022
New resources added to the Multi-National Companies and International Organization module
February 2022
New Interactive Visuals from ThingLink have been created
January 2022
New C3 Inquiries added to the module Civil Rights Era in Global Context
December 2021
New Interactive Visuals from ThingLink have been created
November 2021
New C3 Inquiries added to multiple modules
The Long Civil Rights Movement added to the Civil Rights Era in Global Context module
What are the effects of US involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan since the Gulf War? added to Situating the US in Globalization Paradigms: 1980 - Present module
Guatemala: War, Migration, and the Pursuit of Justice added to the Beyond a Binary Cold War module
October 2021
New resources added to the Conflict in the British Empire module
"Letter from Jamaica", Simon Bolivar (1815)
"Address at the Congress of Angostura", Simon Bolivar (1819)
September 2021
New resources added to the module Civil Rights Era in Global Context
"What Paul Robeson Said", article in the Smithsonian (2011)
SNCC Project in Africa, website article and primary resources (1964)
John Lewis and Malcom X meet in Kenya, video interview with John Lewis (2012)
August 2021
New resources added to the module US in a Globalization Context module:
Letter sent by 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed to President Obama (2015- 2017)
20 years since 9/11 attacks, trial date must finally be set for conspirators, Opinion piece (2021)
July 2021
New resources added to the Myth of The Isolationism Module
When America Occupied Haiti, podcast (2015)
Mary Renda, Book Review by Kate Ramsey of Taking Haiti: Military Occupation & Culture of U.S. Imperialism 1915-1940 (2006).
Photo – A U.S. Marine inspecting a troop of Haitian soldiers. Credit U.S. Marine Corps/National Geographic Society, via Corbis (1920).
June 2021
New resources added to the Myth of The Isolationism Module
May 2021
New resources added to the Cold War Module 3 New C3 Inquiries on the Korean War!
April 2021
New resources added to the Civil Rights Era in Global Context
Rise of the Israeli Black Panther Party - Article (2018)
Rise of the Israeli Black Panther Party - ArcGIS Story Map (c. 2020)
The Black Panther Party Around the World - All that is Interesting (2017)
March 2021
New resources added to the US in a Globalization Context module: Focus on Global Conflict
Costs of War - Data Report (2021)
Global Conflict Tracker, Council on Foreign Relations (2021 updated frequently)
UN Peace Keeping Missions (2021 updated frequently)
January and February 2021
Happy New Year! We are working on a new website to launch by March! Stay tuned.
December 2020
New Resources added to the Civil Rights Module
Dr. Hasan Jeffries, Ted Talk, “Why We Must Confront the Painful Parts of US History” (2019)
The World, “Brazil’s long, strange love affair with the Confederacy ignites racial tension” (2019)
November 2020
New Resources added to the Civil Rights Module
James Baldwin’s “Pin Drop Speech” – video (1965)
Cambridge England – “Is the American Dream at the expense of the American Negro? James Baldwin and William Buckley, Full Debate on Video (1965)
Lynn Burnett, “The Global Context of the Civil Rights Movement” (2016)
October 2020
New resources added to the Cold War Module
Digital Archive: Sino-Soviet Relationship 1949 – 1989
Kwame Nkrumah speech: “I Speak of Freedom” (1961)
Fidel Castro speech to the UN denouncing imperialism and colonialism (1960)
September 2020
New resources added to the US in a Globalization Context Module: Context and Comparison
Democracy and Freedom Indices 2000 – 2019 (this links to a compilation of five indices that compares the US to other nations in specific areas like press freedom and corruption).
August 2020
New Resources added to the Civil Rights Module
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent Throughline podcast 2020
Reframing the Movement Teaching Hard History podcast 2020
The Protesters Are Upholding America’s Moral Authority Abroad The Atlantic 2020
July 2020
New resources added to the module Conflict in the British Empire: The American Revolution 1770-1800
African American’s During the American Revolution. An overview from the NPS (2008).
Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation and formation of the “Ethiopian Regiment” (1775).
“Boston King Chooses Freedom and the Loyalists during the War for Independence” (1798)
Lafayette’s Testimonial about revolutionary spy James Armistead Lafayette (1784)
June 2020
New Resources added to the Civil Rights Module
May 2020
New resources added to the Myth of The Isolationism Module
April 2020
New resources added to the US in a Globalization Context module: Focus on Health Care.
March 2020
New resources added to the US in a Globalization Context module: Focus on Health Care.
The GHS Index is the first comprehensive assessment of global health security capabilities in 195 countries. (2019).
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Ethiopian politician and academic who has been Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2017 Opening Speech, World Health Summit (2019)
Putting Coronavirus in Context: A History of Disease and Epidemics – webinar from the National Humanities Center (2020)
February 2020
New resources added to the Cold War Module with a focus on the Cuban Missile Crisis.
President Kennedy’s telephone call with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (Oct. 26, 1962)
Macmillan offers a deal to disarm some of their nuclear arsenal.
January 2020
New Resources added to the Civil Rights Module
December 2019
New resources added to the module Conflict in the British Empire: The American Revolution 1770-1800
November 2019
New resources add to the module “The Arab Spring: Democracy, Globalization, and US International Relations”
Speech by Jamal Khashoggi, journalist killed Saudi agents (2018).
Infographic: Views on Arab Women’s Full Participation in Society (2018)
October 2019
New Resources added to the Civil Rights Module
Teaching Hard History Podcast: Slavery Today (2019) Historian James Brewer Stewart discusses modern-day slavery happening across the world—and right here in the U.S.—showing educators how to connect the past with the present
Ho Chi Minh speech “On Lynching and the KKK” (1924) “What everyone does not perhaps know is that after sixty-five years of so-called emancipation, American Negroes still endure atrocious moral and material sufferings, of which the most cruel and horrible is the custom of lynching….”
The African Roots of Dr. King’s Vision (2018) “Ghana tells us that the forces of the universe are on the side of justice… An old order of colonialism, of segregation, discrimination is passing away now.”
September 2019
New resources added to the Myth of The Isolationism Module
When America Occupied Haiti, podcast (2015)
The Polar Bear Expedition: America’s Involvement in Russia’s Civil War, video (2017)
Imagining Haiti: Representations of Haiti in the American Press during the U.S. Occupation,
1915-1934, paper (2011)
August 2019
New Resources added to the Civil Rights Module:
July 2019
New DECLARATIONS of INDEPENDENCE resources added to the Cold War Module
June 2019
New Resources added to the Civil Rights Module:
Article on James Baldwin in Turkey (includes primary sources of Baldwin in the 1960s) (2017)
Article on Malcolm X and Fidel Castro meeting in New Your City in 1960 (includes primary sources). (2016)
Ho Chi Minh speech (excerpts) on lynching in the United States (1924).
May 2019
New resources added to the Cold War Module
The Angolan Civil War 1975 – 2002: “The Angolan civil war may have been considered a Cold War proxy war by the rest of the world, but Pearce’s study finds few ordinary Angolans cared about that ideological divide. “
National Security Meeting Minutes, June 1975. President Ford is briefed on the situation in Angola and requests possible options that the US could pursue to be made ready.
Memo of Conversation between the White House and China about Angola, December 1975. The Chinese emphasize that South Africa must exit the conflict if there is to be any chance of rallying other African states to oppose Neto.
April 2019
New resources about global walls added to the US in a Globalization Context module
March 2019
New resources add to the module “The Arab Spring: Democracy, Globalization, and US International Relations”
February 2019
New 2019 resources Added to the Library !
January 2019 (Happy New Year)
New resources added to the Myth of The Isolationism Module
Chase Madar article. Ostrich America (2010)
Frontline Documentary: Firestone and the Warlord (2014)
“Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World”: The Principles of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (1920)
December 2018
New resources added to the module US in a Globalization Context module:
Chicago Council on Global Affairs Report: America Engaged (2018)
Khan Academy – Globalization Resource (2018)
Mr. Sebastian Kurz, Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs for Austria Speech at the United Nations (2016 – Video, Audio, and Translation)
President Trump’s “America First” speech at the United Nations (2018 – text and video)
November 2018
New resources added to the module Conflict in the British Empire: The American Revolution 1770-1800
Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant letter to British Secretary of State Lord George Germain (1776)
Short bio of Mohawk Chief Thayendanegea, Native History: Chief Joseph Brant Walked in Two Worlds (2013)
Overview of Native Americans during the American Revolution (2018)
October 2018
New resources add to the module “The Arab Spring: Democracy, Globalization, and US International Relations”
Foreign Policy Association series of short videos on the Arab Spring from the series “Great Decisions”
Collection of Feminist Street Art in Egypt
September 2018
New Resources added to the Civil Rights Module:
Nelson Mandela’s speech in Havana celebrating Cuba’s role in ending Apartheid (1991)
For All the World to See: Online Exhibit explores the historic role of visual culture in shaping, influencing, and transforming the fight for racial equality and justice in the United States from the late-1940s to the mid-1970s (2010)
President Obama’s Speech At The Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture (2018)
August 2018
New Resources added to the Civil Rights Module:
Deni, Viktor, “The Democracy of Mr. Lynch” (1930).
Moor, Dmitri, “Freedom to the prisoners of Scottsboro!” (1932).
Soviet poster ‘Under capitalism’ and ‘Under socialism’ (1948).
July 2018
NEW MODULE COMPLETED! – Check out our new module “The Arab Spring: Democracy, Globalization, and US International Relations” sponsored by the Qatar Foundation International. It contains the following items:
Topic Overview and Essential Questions
Teacher Designed Activities
Unique Scholar Presentation/Screencast
Dozens of Primary and Secondary Sources
June 2018
Multiple Resources Added to the Module Conflict in the British Empire: The American Revolution 1770-1800
New Interactive Map added: Native Land
May 2018
Multiple Primary Resources Added to the Cold War Module
Speech by Mao Tse-tung “The People Of Asia, Africa And Latin America Should Unite And Drive American Imperialism Back To Where It Came From” (1959)
Speech by Mao Tse-tung “American Imperialism Is Closely Surrounded By The Peoples Of The World” (1964)
Shah of Iran’s final speech (1968)
April 2018
Multiple Resources Added to the Module Conflict in the British Empire: The American Revolution 1770-1800
Scholar Presentation: The British Empire and the Causes of the American Revolution presented by Professor Andrew O’Shaughnessy (2016)
Library of Congress: British Prints and Cartoons Collections (over 150 resources!)
15 Minute History Podcast: The American Revolution in Global Context
March 2018
3 Primary Sources added to the Myth of The Isolationism Module
Newspaper accounts of US Marines in the Dominican Republic (1922)
Political cartoon of US arbitration of treaty between Peru and Chile (1922)
President Coolidge Speech in Cuba, 1928
February 2018
NEW MODULE – Check out our new module “The Arab Spring: Democracy, Globalization, and US International Relations” sponsored by the Qatar Foundation International. It is currently under construction. Stay tuned.
January 2018
1 New Article was Added to the US in a Globalization Context module: from the Globalist
1 New Inforgraphic and Article to the US in a Globalization Context module: about views of globalization from Business Insider.
December 2017
1 New Video from the Atlantic You Tube Channel Added to the module Conflict in the British Empire: The American Revolution 1770-1800
November 2017
1 New Video from the Atlantic You Tube Channel Added to the module Civil Rights Module
1 New Article from the Smithsonian to the module Cold War Module
October 2017
1 Article added to the module US in a Globalization Context module: NY Times Editorial “Americas’s Forever War”
September 2017
New Module Created! Conflict in the British Empire: The American Revolution 1770-1800
August 2017
2 Articles added to the Myth of The Isolationism Module
Finding the King’s Fortune! California Discovers Oil in Saudi Arabia
Visual History of Saudi Aramco 1930s
July 2017
7 Global “Meeting of the Minds” lessons added to the lessons section!
June 2017
New Resources added to the Library Resources
1994 Martha Nussbaum, “Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism”
1997 Kwame Anthony Appiah, “Cosmopolitan Patriots”
May 2017
New Resources added to the Civil Rights Module:
April 2017
New Conference Webinar added to the US in a Globalization Context module
March 2017
New Videos added to the Library Resources
Dr. Maria Montoya introducing the new textbook, Global Americans.
Introducing the authors of the textbook Great Americans.
February 2017
New Video Resources added to the Civil Rights Module: Dr. King’s “Massey Lectures: Conscience and the War in Vietnam” delivered in Canada 1967.
January 2017
New Video Resources added to the Civil Rights Module: Dr. King’s “Massey Lectures: Conscience for Change” delivered in Canada 1967.
December 2016
New C3 Inquiries added!
1 Added to the Cold War Module
1 Added to the Globalization Module
1 Added to the International Organizations Module
New Podcast
1 Added to the Globalization Module – Nigerian Civil War and the Origins of US Humanitarianism
November 2016
2 Original Interactive Thinglink visuals added under Comparative and Transnational approach.
US Freedom of Press – Comparative
The Globalized US Military Footprint – Transnational
2 Video Collection from the Choices Program linked in the Civil Rights Module.
October 2016
3 Web tools added to the module, US in a Globalization Context module: “If I were at home”, “Global Terrorism Database” , and “Freedom House” reports and rankings.
1 Article added to the Multi-National Companies and International Organization module on FARC and world peace.
September 2016
3 Podcasts Added to the Library from the website Historical Thinking addressing the concept of history, historical thinking, and global citizenship.
2 sources on US intervention in the Dominican Republic added to to the The Isolationism Module
August 2016
1 Online Book Added to the Library Human and Citizens Rights in a Globalized World (2016) by Magdalena Gawin Barbara, Markiewicz Agnieszka, and Nogal Rafał Wonicki
2 Articles Added to the Library , Deconstructing ‘Uncle Tom’ Abroad: The Case of an American President by Ana Stevenson and “Placing the American Revolution in a Global Perspective” by Steven Pincus.
1 Radio Broadcast added to the module, US in a Globalization Context module: How the World Views the U.S. Presidential Election.
July 2016
New Section Added – Interactive Visuals! – with 3 visuals on:
The Enlightenment and U.S. Independence
The U.S.Civil War
Social and Political Music in the Atlantic World
June 2016
1 Primary Source Added to Cold War Module
1 Data Analysis Tool Added to Primary Sources in the Globalization Module
1 Primary Source Added to Civil Rights Module
1 Primary Source Added to the Multi-national Companies Module
May 2016
1 Supplemental Powerpoint Presentation added to the The Isolationism Module
1 C-SPAN Video Added to the Cold War Module
1 Podcast Added to Civil Rights Module
1 Podcast Added on Terrorism added to US and Globalization Module
April 2016:
2 Articles added to Interwar Isolationism and Civil Rights modules
2 Political Cartoons added to Cold War Module