May 2025 Vol.14 Issue.1 Pages 1-20 https://www.tuhed.org 35 ERKEN GÖRÜNÜM The effect of a unit prepared with a global history approach on the academic success of high school students: The example of the unit on Türkiye and the World during World War II Abdurrahman GÜLMEZ 0009-0001-3624-9786, E-mail: agulmez81@gmail.com Institution: Gazi University, ROR ID: https://ror.org/054xkpr46 Bahri ATA 0000-0002-2214-0560, E-mail: bahriata@gmail.com Institution: Gazi University, ROR ID: https://ror.org/054xkpr46 Abstract: The global history approach emerged as a method for understanding the interactions and connections that have shaped the modern world, preventing fragmentation and providing a specific perspective on world-building. In this study, the global history approach, which has rapidly developed within the discipline of history and has become widespread not only in the United States but also in Europe and Asia, was examined and its effect on the academic achievement of high school students was analysed. This research, in which a quasi- experimental design was used, was limited to a total of 6 lesson hours for 3 weeks, taking into account the acquisitions of the unit. While the unit reflecting the global history perspective was applied to the students in the experimental group, the unit in the current history curriculum was presented to the students in the control group. High school 12th grade students, who were thought to be suitable for the subject and purpose of the study, were determined as the study group. In this context, the 5th unit of the Turkish Revolution History and Kemalism textbook, ‘Türkiye and the World in the World War II Process’ unit, and three different public schools, namely vocational and technical Anatolian High School, Anatolian High School and Anatolian Imam Hatip High School in İpekyolu district of Van province, were selected as schools. In the study, achievement test was applied to the students in both experimental and control groups as pre-test and post-test. The achievement test, consisting of 30 questions in total, was selected from the questions related to the research topic between 1998 and 2022 by ÖSYM. As a result of the research, it was determined that the history unit prepared with the global history approach had a significant and positive effect on the academic achievement of high school students. Research Article Keywords: global history, teaching global history, Eurocentrism, history education, national history Received: 4.11.2024 Accepted: 29.12.2024 Published: Early Release Corresponding Author Abdurrahman Gülmez (agulmez81@gmail.com) To Cite This Article Gülmez, A. & Ata, B. (2025). The effect of a unit prepared with a global history approach on the academic success of high school students: The example of the unit on Türkiye and the World during World War II. Turkish History Education Journal, [Early Release]. https://doi.org/10.17497/tuhed.1578852