Because of its breadth, world history can be a challenging subject for new teachers. However, even seasoned teachers can be tested when transitioning to a world history curriculum in courses that previously focused on Western civilizations. Over the last several years, the CHSSP has worked to improve instructional resources on global histories and increase equitability in world history curriculum.

May is national Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! In October 1992, when Congress permanently designated May as a celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage they noted the significance of May as both the month when Japanese immigrants first arrived in the United States and as the month when the Transcontinental Railroad was completed.

Jewish Americans are a significant population in the United States, comprised of individuals from varied racial and ethnic backgrounds. According to the latest Pew research, “U.S. Jews do not have a single, uniform answer to what being Jewish means.

Last year, in 2023, California passed Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 58, officially recognizing April as Arab American Heritage Month. This resolution recognizes California’s role in Arab American history as the state with the largest Arab American population - numbering upwards of 700,000 people. Dr.

This month at CHSSP we are celebrating Women’s History Month by highlighting teaching resources, recent scholarship, and children’s books on the topics of women’s and gender history. The use of gender as a tool of analysis in historical research and writing was a radical outgrowth of the late twentieth-century field of women’s history. In the selections below we are honoring both women in history and women historians by recognizing how this critical intervention shaped the field.

At CHSSP this February we are honoring Black History Month, while also incorporating UC Davis’s recognition of February as Black Futures Month. Black Futures Month is defined as “a shared vision of the trajectory for Black life on the UC Davis campus & beyond.” This vision encompasses the sharing and learning of Black history while also acknowledging current context and continued liberation.