Teaching World History as Mystery offers a philosophy, methodology, and examples for history instruction that is active, imaginative, and provocative. A series of balanced case studies engages instructors and students in teaching and learning world history as mystery. The text is designed to draw readers into the detective process that characterizes the work of professional historians and social scientists, sharing raw data, defining terms, building interpretations, and testing competing theories as ways of stimulating interest, building critical self-confidence, and promoting reasoning and judgment.