Teacher-created lessons about Eastern Europe and Russia.
World History textbooks and courses often focus on Western European events and perspectives in historical narratives about Europe. This hinders student understanding of major historical processes: the end of the Roman Empire, the Protestant Reformation, the rise of liberalism, imperialism, and the Cold War, just to name a few. And, as we see now, it means students are missing necessary background to contextualize and make sense of current developments like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The lessons included here focus on 20th century and current events. The page also features resources teachers used during the program (including classroom-appropriate websites and videos).