Sold Out History Talks! with Omar H. Ali

Omar H. Ali, Malik Ambar: Power and Slavery across the Indian Ocean

Join us for a special History Talks! with Omar H. Ali, Malik Ambar: Power and Slavery across the Indian Ocean.  Learn about the history of the Indian Ocean trade routes and the relationship between the slave trade and the rise and fall of Asian empires.

Participants will receive a primary source set curated by the Social Studies Department and the National Archives that can be paired with content from Dr. Ali’s presentation.  In addition, all attendees will receive a copy of Malik Ambar: Power and Slavery across the Indian Ocean.

During this professional learning session, participants will:

• explore teaching the practice of comparison and contextualization;
• be introduced to primary sources that can be used to gather, use, and interpret evidence paired with research on comparative slavery, the Indian Ocean Trade Network; and consider implications of using academic research in a social studies classroom.