World History

IU Department of History World History specialization.

Historical Teaching and Practice resources.

Relevant Organizations

• World History Dataverse from the World History Center at the University of Pittsburgh. This relatively new resource collocates data sets covering four hundred years of health, environment, and social science statistics.
  
• World History Association. Includes information about affiliates and conferences, as well as bibliographies and links to research aids.
  
• World History Network. Still under development, this site has some links to useful teaching resources and scholarly organizations.
  
• National Council for the Social Studies. Curriculum standards and teaching resources for social studies.
  

Archives & Teaching Resources

• Empire Online--thematic essays and primary sources from the 15th to the 20th century.
• Making of the Modern World--economic and business literature from the 15th through the 19th century.
• ArchiveGrid--access to finding aids of numerous North American university libraries and museums.
• World History Matters.org--thematic collections intended to be used in the classroom

World History sub-fields