The author argues that college and university history curriculum should be based on different contexts of human life in terms of social structure and social change. Courses should be organized not around countries and time periods, but around thematic problems concerning the types of human contexts of life. (Author/RM)

Discusses problems inherent in planning the curriculum focus and goals of a world history course. Examines major options, including recent studies prepared by the College Board. Offers 17 specific goals for a world history course, from the definition of historical evidence to the role of science and technology throughout history. Concludes that…

Alternatives to the United States history survey course including the laboratory approach, local history approach, thematic content approach, comparative approach, and interdisciplinary approach are examined. (DE)