Migration in Modern World History 1500-2000
Contents

Introduction

Unit 1. Migrations in world history, 1500-2000
    Unit question:  What can we learn about ourselves and the world by studying migration in history?
    Mode of Analysis:  Formulate Issues 

Unit 2. Exploration and conquest, 1400-1600
    Unit question: How have migrants and those they encountered viewed each other?
    Mode of Analysis: Sift Evidence

Unit 3. Commerce and religion, 1500-1700          
    Unit question: What has been the impact of merchants and missionaries on their homes and destinations?
    Mode of Analysis: Critique Interpretations

Unit 4. Families on the move, 1550-1750
    Unit question: How have the various stages of migration influenced gender roles?
    Mode of Analysis: Construct Narrative 

Unit 5. Carrying and borrowing culture, 1650-1750
    Unit question: How have cultural practices moved and changed with migration?
    Mode of Analysis: Connect Patterns

Unit 6. Forced migration, 1700-1850
    Unit question: How did migration create systems of power and dominance?
    Mode of Analysis: Sift Evidence

Unit 7. Migration and identity, 1750-1850
    Unit question: What was the role of migration in creating modern notions of race, nation, and ethnicity?
    Mode of Analysis: Critique Interpretations

Unit 8. Global economy, regional migrations, 1800-1900
    Unit question: Was industrialization tied more to long-distance or to short-distance migration?
    Mode of Analysis: Construct Narrative

Unit 9. Empire and migration, 1850-1920
    Unit question: Was large-scale emigration from Europe linked to new imperial conquests?
    Mode of Analysis: Connect Patterns

Unit 10. Diasporas and culture, 1880-1950
    Unit question: In what ways do diasporas and national culture create cosmopolitan culture?
    Mode of Analysis: Sift Evidence 

Unit 11. Nations and Refugees, 1900-1980
    Unit question: How can nationalism lead to genocide?
    Mode of Analysis: Critique Interpretations

Unit 12. \Families in cities, 1920-1990
    Unit question: How does migration change family structure?
    Mode of Analysis: Construct Narrative

Unit 13. Identities in a global age, 1970-2000
    Unit question: What choices in identity do people now face? Which people adopt a global identity?
    Mode of Analysis: Connect Patterns

Reference

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