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World History Since 1500: An Open and Free Textbook
John Rankin , East Tennessee State University Follow Constanze Weise , East Tennessee State University Follow
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World History Since 1500: An Open and Free Textbook is designed to cover world history from 1500 to the present in 15 chapters. The OER-supported textbook can be downloaded as a pdf or viewed online. The textbook serves to weave insights from many perspectives into stories and narratives that will help students develop a framework to organize and connect ideas, geographical locations, and timelines allowing them to think critically and broadly about the world around them. In addition to helping students master the sequence and scope of world history from 1500, the textbook helps develop empathy for people who live and lived in different parts of the world and during different historical times leading to the creation of empathic and knowledgeable global citizens who are aware of and concerned about the world around them.
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Funded by a Tennessee Board of Regents Open Educational Resources Grant.
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Rankin, John and Weise, Constanze. 2022. World History Since 1500: An Open and Free Textbook . Johnson City: East Tennessee State University. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-oer/13
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