Hello everyone,

I’m getting ready to enroll in a Master’s program with a focus on US and World History. I’m a middle school US and World History teacher as well. In my spare time I read about a pretty eclectic mix of topics and I would really like to find a way to synthesize these topics in a historical way. I’m having a difficult time thinking of a topic or focus area that combines these disciplines and I was hoping for some ideas from a fresh set of minds.

Areas that interest me:

1. Philosophy - specifically Stoicism as well as Ethics and Morality
2. Psychology - specifically Evolutionary Psychology
3. Neuroscience
4. Anthropology - specifically primatology.

I know this is a pretty broad set of interests. I want to find a way (with US or World History as an umbrella) to synthesize these broad topics into a focus area so I can gear my writings and readings toward these topics. I hope I’m being clear and that my writing isn’t as jumbled as my thoughts ha!

Thank you so much for any help you can offer and if I need to clarify anything, please don’t hesitate to ask!