Simon Sebag Montefiore's book "The World" investigates the history of humanity through families - the Caesars and Borgias, the Kims and Tudors, Roosevelts and the House of Saud. The book spans a ...

"World history textbooks have historically largely portrayed imperialism as a means of spreading 'civilization' or 'modernity ...

The textbook, which is a compulsory reading for students in the final year of secondary education, rewrites a large part of world history from 1945 to the present day, El Pais said. Putin ...

After 17 years in the classroom, Luke Rosa created a set of free online textbooks that are now transforming the way history and geography are taught around the world. These user-friendly textbooks ...

MONTEFIORE: So I hope that one finds as much variety here as one does in the book as one does in world history. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ODE TO BILLIE JOE") BOBBIE GENTRY: (Singing) It was the 3 of ...

For both the book and journal article, Jackson analyzed world history textbooks used in Texas classrooms. "Texas makes a really good case study. They were one of the first to adopt world history ...