A primer for teaching Pacific histories : ten design principles

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A primer for teaching Pacific histories : ten design principles

Matt K. Matsuda

(Design principles for teaching history)

Duke University Press, 2020

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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A Primer for Teaching Pacific Histories is a guide for college and high school teachers who are teaching Pacific histories for the first time or for experienced teachers who want to reinvigorate their courses. It can also serve those who are training future teachers to prepare their own syllabi, as well as teachers who want to incorporate Pacific histories into their world history courses. Matt K. Matsuda offers design principles for creating syllabi that will help students navigate a wide range of topics, from settler colonialism, national liberation, and warfare to tourism, popular culture, and identity. He also discusses practical pedagogical techniques and tips, project-based assignments, digital resources, and how Pacific approaches to teaching history differ from customary Western practices. Placing the Pacific Islands at the center of analysis, Matsuda draws readers into the process of strategically designing courses that will challenge students to think critically about the interconnected histories of East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas within a global framework.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Objectives 1 Part I. Foundations 1. Begin with the State of Our Knowledge 19 2. Secure the Fundamentals: Navigation, Diaspora, Settlement 25 3. Underscore the Connections: Encounters in the Contact Zone 33 4. Review Disputed Legacies and Arguments 51 Part II. Devising Strategies 5. Imperialism as a Teaching Tool 67 6. Anthropology and Ethnology as Teaching Tools 89 7. Conflict as a Teaching Tool 95 8. Identity as a Teaching Tool 105 Part III. Performed Histories 9. Distinguish Representations and Realities 113 10. See the Process of Enacting Knowledge 121 Notes 145 Selected Bibliography 155 Index 161

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