Date of Award

8-2026

Degree Type

Creative Project

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

History

Committee Chair(s)

Julia Gossard (Committee Chair)

Committee

Julia Gossard

Committee

James Sanders

Committee

Christopher Conte

Committee

Lawrence Culver

Abstract

This Plan B project creates inquiry-based lessons that help students investigate the global tapestry of World History with its vast threads of transregional connections and diverse cultures that color our contemporary world and help prepare them to participate as global citizens. This project uses primary and secondary sources to create evidence-based lesson plans that will help history teachers provide opportunities for students to practice historical inquiry skills in Utah’s world history classrooms. These plans employ current scholarship and best teaching practices while following national and state standards for World History. In addition, these lessons were developed using inquiry-based historical thinking strategies such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close reading. Through these lesson plans, educators will empower their students to investigate history and improve historical thinking skills. The following lessons have been created to contribute to this effort: Lesson Plan #1: The Homeric Polis and the Iliad Lesson Plan #2: Livy and the Origins of Rome Lesson Plan #3: Jewish Life in the Ottoman Empire Lesson Plan #4: The Haitian Revolution

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This pdf provides the instructions for all the lessons and url for the Google slides.

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