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An essay is presented on planning a world history course. It offers the steps in building a case for world history that involves distinguishing between history and historical information, integrating a good history and assessment activities into the students' world history experience, and choosing the coverage in teaching world history. It mentions how teachers teach history in a world history course with topics examining time periods, events, or geographic areas that can be included or omitted.

The article reports on teaching history in middle grades. It discusses that everyone have a personal history, and that uniqueness can make each one a splendid participant in the narrative of his own time and place. The teachers in the middle grades can have a chance to help students make links between historical events and what they see as belonging to their own space and time. The history can be imparted to students with connections to their own family or neighborhood. Teaching history can be a memorable experience.