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This article provides several concrete examples of places where the world history curriculum might include women.

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Given the vast expanse of world history courses, teachers often find it difficult to fit everything in. The author provides ways of thinking about the content and resources that might be useful in bringing greater gender-balance into teaching this challenging subject.

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Gender balancing curriculum doesn't always demand new resources or new information; sometimes it is just about asking new questions of the standard material.

Dr. Margaret S Crocco
Michigan State University

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This page is a summary of: Teaching About Women in World History, The Social Studies, December 2010, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/00377996.2011.532731.
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