On Top of the World

Dave Eaton & Matt Drwenski
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On Top of the World

A podcast about how we teach World History and why we teach what we do.

  1. 09/20/2019

    Ep 48: Buy My Book

    Your hosts discuss Dave's new book: World History Through Case Studies: Historical Skills in Practice. Dave tells us about how studying things like the history of veiling, yoga, or the World Cup will engage your students and help them think like a historian. Ditch the textbook and buy Dave's book!  Bloomsbury Amazon

    33 min

  2. 08/08/2019

    Ep 47: The New AP World History CED with Eric Beckman

    The new AP World History Course and Exam Description (CED) is out and we have to figure out the best and most responsible way to teach it.  In this episode, Matt interviews Eric Beckman, a veteran teacher and winner of the 2018 William H. McNeill World History Association Teacher Scholarship. What exactly has changed? Where and how should we start this new truncated course? Are Texans taking over World History? How can we best create an anti-racist and global course within the parameters of the new standards?  With our goal of helping students do better on the exam, making the course more coherent, and making the course less Eurocentric, this episode will help both novice and experienced teachers grapple with the 2019 standards from College Board.    Links: Learning, Online by Eric Beckman Eric's Twitter The AP World History: Modern CED

    1h 1m

  3. 07/12/2019

    Ep 46: How to Hide an Empire

    Are mountains of bird sh*t, a doctor giving his patients cancer, and the width of screw threads central to the rise of American imperialism? Yes! Matt and Dave discuss How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr. This a text that will leave North American readers like Matt and Dave, saying "Oh sh*t! That really happened?" It is also history that weaves together mass politics, insane personal stories, and the twists of fate that shaped the changes and continuities of American history beyond and across the boundaries of "logo map." Recommendations:  Dave - A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine Matt - Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800-1850 by Andrew J. Torget How English Became the Global Language by David Northrup Dave's book is available for pre-order right now! World History through Case Studies: Historical Skills in Practice by Dave Eaton

    56 min

  4. 03/07/2019

    Ep 45: Against the Grain

    Dave and Matt return from a winter break to discuss the future of AP World and review James C. Scott's book Against the Grain.  Recommendations: Dave: Webb, Humanity's Burden and Klieman, "The Pygmies Were Our Compass" Matt: Wrangham, Catching Fire Music Eric Jones, Angkor Feist, Let It Die MIMS, This Is Why I'm Hot

    56 min

  5. 12/28/2018

    Ep 44: Texting in Class - Panorama

    Texting in Class makes a triumphal return! Matt and Dave review Panorama: A World History by Laura J. Mitchell and Ross E. Dunn.   Recommendations: Dave - Empires of Ancient Eurasia: The First Silk Roads Era, 100 BCE – 250 CE by Craig Benjamin Matt - The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution by Julius S. Scott Dave - Grand Valley Journal of History for undergraduate students   Music: Angkor - Eric Jones I Can See For Miles - The Who Atomic Bomb - William Onyeabor

    48 min

  6. 12/28/2018

    Ep 43: Playing with Paradox Games

    Matt and Dave are joined by special guests Henrik Lohmander and Peter Nicholson, computer game designers and historians with Paradox Interactive. We discuss their fascinating jobs working on the historical strategy games, how to break into historical game development, and the challenge of balancing history and player fun.  Recommendations:  All - Imperator: Rome Henrik - A Social History of the Deccan, 1300–1761: Eight Indian Lives, Richard M. Eaton Dave - Empires of Ancient Eurasia: The First Silk Roads Era, 100 BCE – 250 CE, Craig Benjamin Matt - Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century, Geoffrey Parker   Music: Angkor, Eric Jones Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Tears for Fears  Caesar, Ty Seagull  Personal Jesus, Depeche Mode

    44 min

  7. 12/17/2018 · BONUS

    BONUS: Document Analysis Practice

    New episodes are on the way! In the meantime, you can listen to Matt and Dave talking through some primary source analysis best practices, document analysis, and lesson ideas. We hope that you or your students find this episode helpful! We originally did this as a video stream for the fine folks over at Fiveable but on the condition that it would be free to the public and that we could share it with our listeners too. Here is the link to all the documents used in the episode.

    1h 20m

  8. 10/31/2018 · BONUS

    BONUS: The Traitor Baru Cormorant

    Put on your masks and get out your account books! Matt and Dave are joined by a very special guest, Dungeon Master Rob! They discuss Seth Dickinson's groundbreaking fantasy novel, The Traitor Baru Cormorant. Although it is a work of fiction, the book's approach to race, queerness, and empire can help us as world historians break free from some of the limitations of the archive.  Happy Halloween and happy the Monster Baru Cormorant day!   Links: Dungeon Master of None, Rob's podcast (Matt also co-hosts) The Traitor Baru Cormorant  The Monster Baru Cormorant   Recommendations: Dave - A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe Dave - Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o  Dave - Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India Nicholas B. Dirks Rob - The Divine Cities Trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett  Matt - Purchasing Whiteness: Pardos, Mulattos, and the Quest for Social Mobility in the Spanish Indies by Ann Twinam   Music: Angkor, Eric Jones  Rebel, Rebel, David Bowie Empire State of Mind, Jay Z. feat. Alicia Key Mask Off, Future

    1h 22m
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A podcast about how we teach World History and why we teach what we do.

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  • Creator
    Dave Eaton & Matt Drwenski
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2019
  • Episodes
    54
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    On Top of the World

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