Back Cover: Hovey's Cocoa Glycerine for Preserving & Dressing the Hair. Chromolithograph advertisement by J. H. Bufford, Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1860. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-pga-05565. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002718903/.

With flavors delectable to the taste and advertisements dazzling to the eye, the chocolate industry has delighted billions of people across generations and across the globe. But what else lies beneath the candy wrapper? Studying world history, evidence shows an industry built on the backs of exploited labor and atop exploited land. With curiously worded captions and in stereographic format, historical photographs from the early 1900s document cacao plantations dotted throughout the world, where men, women, and children produced the precious beans needed to satisfy the voracious appetite for such heavenly treats.

In Dominica, a photo of several young girls balancing massive baskets on their heads is captioned, "Youthful Toilers on a Lime and Cocoa Estate," while another photo of what appears to be a family is captioned, "Drying Cocoa in the Best Way—Under the Sun." Additional photos from Costa Rica, Ecuador, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Panama depict various faces—young and old—despite the captions not mentioning the people at all.

World history uniquely allows us to overcome our collective past, connecting all peoples of the earth regardless of time or place. While the sheer scope is daunting to even the most experienced teacher, our talented authors offer innovative, viable approaches by incorporating a multi-faceted exploration of world history through a singular lens--what we call Slices of World History.

Whither the Pineapple? World History on Students' Plates
  by Mairi Cowan and Christoph Richter   (pp. 9-31)

The History of Chocolate: From Footnote to Center Stage
  by Patricia Juárez-Dappe   (pp. 33-59)

The World in A Year: Exploring Contingency, Context, and the Politics of History in a Reimagined Global History Class
  by Caitlin C. Monroe   (pp. 61-86)

Introduction
  by Jane Dabel, The History Teacher   (pp. 87-88)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Frontier of Gender Roles in America
  by Laura Civillico, Senior Division   (pp. 89-101)

A "Social Frontier": Boy Scouts, Progressive Education, and the Turner Thesis
  by Henry Jones, Junior Division   (pp. 103-122)

Full Reviews Section   (pp. 123-138)

Brooks, Daphne A. Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound
  by Ruth Feldstein

Diallo, Bakary and Lamine Senghor. White War, Black Soldiers: Two African Accounts of World War I
  by Joe Lunn

Fairclough, Adam. Bulldozed and Betrayed: Louisiana and the Stolen Elections of 1876
  by Marius M. Carriere, Jr.

Haydu, Jeffrey. Upsetting Food: Three Eras of Food Protest in the United States
  by Jennifer Jensen Wallach

Hill Edwards, Justene. Unfree Markets: The Slaves' Economy and the Rise of Capitalism in South Carolina
  by John Majewski

Howell, William G. The American Presidency: An Institutional Approach to Executive Politics
  by John Robert Greene

Huyck, Heather A. Doing Women's History in Public: A Handbook for Interpretation at Museums and Historic Sites
  by Carla Gerona

Marcus, Alan I. Land of Milk and Money: The Creation of the Southern Dairy Industry
  by Peter A. Coclanis

Minkin, Shana. Imperial Bodies: Empire and Death in Alexandria, Egypt
  by Robert L. Tignor

Robinson, Francis. The Muslim World in Modern South Asia: Power, Authority, Knowledge
  by Michael O’Sullivan

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Dominica: Youthful Toilers on a Lime and Cocoa Estate, Dominica, B. W. I., ca. 1903.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2003690324/.

Dominica: Drying Cocoa, One of the Industries of Dominico [sic], West Indies, ca. 1906.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2003680282/.

Ecuador: Cacao Pod Cut Open, Showing "Beans" that Produce Chocolate and Cocoa, Plantation in Ecuador, ca. 1906.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2019635794/.

Dominica: Cocoa Fresh from the Pods, Dominica, B. W. I., ca. 1903.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2019635780/.

Dominica: Drying Cocoa in the Best Way—Under the Sun, Dominica, B. W. I., ca. 1903.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2019635779/.

Costa Rica: Opening the Pods and Drying the Cocoa Beans—On a Plantation near Port Limon, Costa Rica, ca. 1904.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2019634815/.

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Ecuador: Gathering Cacao Pods from which Chocolate and Cocoa are Produced, La Clementina, Ecuador, ca. 1907.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2019635793/.

Jamaica: Jamaica. Picking Cocoa, ca. 1860-1910.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2020684729/.

Nicaragua: Gathering Cacao for Chocolate Manufacturing, Nicaragua, C. A., ca. 1902.
https://www.loc.gov/item/89715954/.

Ecuador: Where Chocolate Comes From—Gathering Cacao Pods in Ecuador, ca. 1907.
https://www.loc.gov/item/90706164/.

Panama: Cacao Pods on Tree, Isthmus of Panama, ca. 1906.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2021639687/.

Jamaica: Picking the Pods of the Chocolate Cocoa, Jamaica, W. I., ca. 1900.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2020684710/.

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Ecuador: Raking Over 14 Tons of Cacao Beans on the "Driers" at La Clementina Plantation, Ecuador, ca. 1907.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2019636005/.

Ecuador: Houses on Stilts Where Laborers' Families Live—Cacao Plantation, La Clementina, Ecuador, ca. 1907.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2002699647/.

Laura Civillico is a sophomore in the Humanities Magnet Program at Poolesville High School in Poolesville, Maryland. Her paper, "Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Frontier of Gender Roles in America," won first place at the 2023 National History Day competition in the Senior Paper division. Laura is interested in government and the law, and she avidly follows U.S. politics. She has won several awards for her poetry, including a Scholastic Gold Key. Laura enjoys competitive public speaking, performing in school plays, and directing short films.

Mairi Cowan holds a Ph.D. from the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, and is currently an Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, in the Department of Historical Studies and the Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy at the University of Toronto Mississauga. She researches medieval Europe, early colonial North America, and the teaching and learning of history.

Henry James is currently a freshman at the Liberal Arts and Science Academy in Austin, Texas, where he lives with three cats and a dog named Benny. He loves History, Law, and English and hopes to continue these subjects in college. He is a junior member of the Debate Club, Art Club, and Banned Book Club. He loves to write about interesting topics and draw creepy creatures and characters.

Patricia Juárez-Dappe (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles) is a Professor of History at California State University, Northridge. Her research focuses on Argentine history and the history of commodities. Her first book, When Sugar Ruled, examines the social and economic impact of sugar production in Tucumán, Argentina. Her upcoming book, Partners in Crime, analyzes the ideological foundations of the last military dictatorship in Argentina. She is currently working on a project that explores teaching world history through the lens of cacao and chocolate.

Caitlin Monroe is an Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies at the University of Northern Colorado. She earned her Ph.D. from Northwestern University, where she first taught the "World in a Year" course featured in this issue of The History Teacher. She has teaching and research interests in history education, global gender and sexuality history, Ugandan intellectual history, and histories of storytelling.

Christoph Richter holds a Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of Otago in New Zealand. He is an Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, in the Department of Biology and the Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy at the University of Toronto Mississauga. His research focuses on sperm whales, urban ecology, and the impacts of co-teaching and students’ understandings of academic integrity.