History
112 World Civilization Post 1500 |
Welcome |
Themes |
Readings |
Grading and Due Dates |
Expectations |
Description of Course Elements |
Course Schedule |
Welcome to History 112 |
Course Description: Surveys the history of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas from approximately 1500 CE through the present. Lecture 3 hours per week. 3 credits. This is a Passport Transfer course.
General Course Purpose: HIS 112 surveys the general history of the world from approximately 1500 CE through the present and allows students to reach a basic understanding of the characteristic features of the worlds early historical development. Students will learn about important political, economic, social, intellectual, cultural and religious changes that shaped the world in this period of time. Connections and comparisons of human societies are made across space and time.
Course Prerequisite/Corequisite: None
Course Objectives: Upon completion the course, the student will be able to:
Written Communication
Express an understanding of forces that foster global connections among places, persons, groups, and/or knowledge systems through written activities.
Critical Thinking
Explain human and social experiences and activities from multiple perspectives from 1500 CE through the present.
Compare and contrast multiple perspectives or theories on global processes and systems throughout time.
Describe how global relations impact individual lives and the lives of others over time.
Develop multiple historic literacies by analyzing primary sources of various kinds (texts, images, music) and using these sources as evidence to support interpretation of historical events.
The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Suggested Context Trans-Oceanic and Trans-Continental Trade (ex. the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, Indian Ocean trade, Eurasian trade), Overseas Empires and Land-based Empires (ex. Spain, the Ottoman Empire, the Qing dynasty, Muscovy), The rise of the nation-state, Columbian Exchange, European Intellectual Movement
Identify the causes of the rise of modern states.
Analyze the development and impact of culture, economics, politics, society, technology, and religious and philosophical ideas.
Compare and contrast global and trans-oceanic connections.
Analyze complex primary and secondary sources.
Identify trans-global systems.
The Long Eighteenth Century: Suggested Context The Enlightenment, The Age of Revolutions (ex. Latin America, Haiti, USA, France), Nationalism and national identities (ex. France, Latin America, North America, the Caribbean), The Qing Dynasty,
Identify the causes of the rise of modern states.
Analyze the development and impact of culture, economics, politics, society, technology, and religious and philosophical ideas.
Compare and contrast global and trans-oceanic connections.
Analyze complex primary and secondary sources.
Examine the origins of nationalism and national identities.
The Nineteenth Century: Suggested Context The Race to Industrialization (ex. Europe, Asia, Latin America), Imperialism and Neo-Imperialism, Nationalism and national identities (ex. Italian and German unification), Resistance to Colonialism
Analyze the development and impact of culture, economics, politics, society, technology, and religious and philosophical ideas.
Compare and contrast global and trans-oceanic connections.
Analyze complex primary and secondary sources.
Examine the causes of and impact of industrialization and imperialism.
Examine the continuation and growth of nationalism and national identities.
The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries: Suggested Context The World Wars, The Cold War, Anti-colonial movements (ex. India, China, Pan-Africanism, Latin America), Decolonization (ex. in Africa and Asia), Globalization
Analyze the development and impact of culture, economics, politics, society, technology, and religious and philosophical ideas.
Compare and contrast global and trans-oceanic connections.
Analyze complex primary and secondary sources.
Examine movements of decolonization, liberation movements and resistance to imperialism.
Major Topics to be Included:
The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
The Long Eighteenth Century
The Nineteenth Century
The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Themes |
Readings |
Grading and Due Dates |
Course Element | Points | Due Date |
Attendance and Participation | 10% | Every Class
Session |
First Movie Review Discussion Board
Post |
5% |
1st Third of the Semester |
Second Movie Review
Discussion Board Post |
5% |
2nd Third of the Semester |
Third Movie Review
Discussion Board Post |
5% |
Last Third of the Semester |
Eight Discussion Board
Responses |
5% |
Variable |
Source Criticism Paper (2 pages) | 10% | Source
Proposal due March 3 Finished Paper due March 10 |
Midterm Exam | 10% | March 24 |
Annotated_Bibliography,
Part 1 |
10% | April 14 |
Annotated_Bibliography, Part 2 |
10% |
April 21 |
Research
Project |
25% | Topic Proposal
Due February 25 Finished Project Due April 28 |
Final Exam | 10% | May 5 |
Percentage |
Final Course Grade |
Above 90% |
A |
80-89% | B |
70-79% | C |
60-69% | D |
Below 60% |
F |
Expectations |
Disruptive Behavior: Please be
considerate. Disruptive behavior will not be tolerated.
Private conversations during lecture or class discussions all
distract and disturb your instructor and your classmates, and
will count against your participation grade. Repeated
instances of rude behavior may result your removal from the
classroom. If you have a question or a comment on the course
material, please raise your hand.
Description of Course Elements |
I am not asking you, nor do I want you, to download illegal or pirated copies of the movies
NOVA Library Online Films OnDemand, Kanopy, and Swank Digital Campus (https://www.nvcc.edu/library/) accessible on and off-campus with your myVCCS login
Your local library
Tubi
Freevee
Netflix
Amazon Prime
Disney+
Hulu
Peacock
Max (HBO Max)
iTunes
Paramount+
Google Play
OnDemand
YouTube
PBS's website
Your parents/neighbors/friends movie collection
If necessary, in-person NOVA Library at Loudoun some single copies of some of the movies are available to be checked out for in-library use.
First Third of the Semester |
Review Post Due Date | Response Due Date (only if you did not sign up for a review this week) |
Week 2 Movies (Pre-Modern Empires): Seven Samurai (1954, dir. Akira Kurosawa, available free on Kanopy with a MyNOVA login) Taj Mahal (1963, dir. M. Sadiq, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZUChE_wFJE-- Hindi without subtitles, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-dhjqigdRU, russian dubbed with subtitles) Elizabeth (1998, dir. Shekhar Kapur, rent or buy online) The Turks Are Coming: Sword of Justice (2020, dir. Kamil Ayden, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_YD4I6FVCk) |
February 13 |
February 14 |
Week 3 Movies (Conquest of the Western
Hemisphere) Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972, dir. Werner Herzog, available free on Tubi) Dispute in Valladolid (1992, dir. Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOCDdikVRSo) Apocalypto (2006, dir. Mel Gibson, available free on Tubi) We Shall Remain, Part 1: After the Mayflower (2009, dir. Chris Eyre, available free on Kanopy with a MyNOVA login) |
February 20 |
February 21 |
Week 4 Movies (The Slave Trade and the
Atlantic World) The Black Swan (1942, dir. Henry King, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwEG8sEscBQ) Sankofa (1993, dir. Haile Gerima, available on Netflix) Amistad (1997, dir. Steven Spielberg, available on Amazon Prime and Sling TV) 12 Years A Slave (2013, dir. Steve McQueen, available free on FilmsOnDemand with a MyNOVA login) Vazante (2017, dir. Daniela Thomas, available free on Tubi) |
February 27 | February 28 |
Week 5 Movies (Enlightenment and
Revolutions) Danton (1983, dir Andrzej Wajda, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpnT4xBr8-I) Amadeus (1984, dir. Milos Forman, rent or buy online) Quills (2000, dir. Philip Kaufman, available free on FilmsOnDemand with a MyNOVA login) Master & Commander (2003, dir. Peter Weir, available free on FilmsOnDemand with a MyNOVA login) Toussaint Louverture (2012, dir. Philippe Niang, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gau8RGiT5Do) |
March 5 | March 6 |
Second Third of the Semester |
Review Post Due Date | Response Due Date (only if you did not sign up for a review this week) |
Week 6 Movies (Industrialization) Modern Times (1934, dir. Charlie Chaplin, available free on Kanopy with a MyNOVA login) Germinal (1993, dir. Claude Berry, available free on Tubi) The Young Marx (2017, dir. Raoul Peck, available free on Tubi) Peterloo (2018, dir. Mike Leigh, available free on Freevee and Amazon Prime) |
March 19 |
March 20 |
Week 7 Movies (Neo-Imperialism) Clive of India (1935, dir. Richard Boleslawski, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gUkBja_S6E) Lawrence of Arabia (1962, dir. David Lean, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9boARnzvG8) The Man Who Would Be King (1975, dir. John Huston, available free on Tubi) Zulu Dawn (1979, dir. Douglas Hickox, available free on Tubi) Amigo (2011, dir. John Sayles, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6eBb9K4CH0) |
March 26 |
March 27 |
Week 8 Movies (Culture & Identity in the Early 20th
Century) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930, dir. Lewis Milestone, available free on Tubi) Viva Zapato (1952, dir. Elia Kazan, available free on FilmsOnDemand with a MyNOVA login) Paths of Glory (1957, dir. Stanley Kubrick, available free on Tubi) Fiddler on the Roof (1971, dir. Norman Jewison, available free on Tubi) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, dir. Wes Anderson, available free on FilmsOnDemand with a MyNOVA login) Dance of the 41 (2020, dir. David Pablos, available of Netflix) |
April 2 |
April 3 |
Week 9 Movies (Communist Revolutions) Battleship Potemkin (1923, dir. Sergei Eisentstein, available free on Kanopy with a MyNOVA login) Dr. Zhivago (1965, dir. David Lean, available free on Tubi) The Killing Fields (1984, dir. Roland Joffι, available free on Swank Digital Campus with a MyNOVA login) The Last Emperor (1987, dir Bernardo Bertolucci, available on Max) Mao's Last Dancer (2009, dir. Bruce Beresford, available free on Tubi) The Death of Stalin (2017, dir. Armando Iannucci, available free on Tubi) |
April 9 |
April 10 |
Last Third of the Semester |
Review Post Due Date | Response Due Date (only if you did not sign up for a review this week) |
Week 10 Movies (World War II) Children of Hiroshima (1952, dir. Kaneto Shindo, available free on Tubi) The Pianist (2002, dir. Roman Polanski, available free on Tubi) Downfall (2004, dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel, available free on Tubi) Letters From Iwo Jima (2006, dir. Clint Eastwood, rent or buy online) Pans Labyrinth (2006, dir. Guillermo del Toro, rent or buy online) The Imitation Game (2014, dir. Morten Tyldum, available on Tubi and Netflix) |
April 16 |
April 17 |
Week 11 Movies (Decolonization) The Battle of Algiers (1967, dir. Gillo Pontecorvo, available free on Kanopy with a MyNOVA login) Touki Bouki (1973, dir. Djibril Diop Mambιty, available free on Kanopy with a MyNOVA login) Indochine (1992, dir. Rιgis Wargnier, rent or buy online) Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002, dir. Phillip Noyce, available free on Swank Digital Campus with a MyNOVA login) The Motorcycle Diaries (2004, dir. Walter Salles, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNgAOzJQqfc) Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013, dir. Justin Chadwick, available free on Tubi) |
April 23 | April 24 |
Week 12 Movies (The Cold War) The Third Man (1949, dir. Carol Reed, available free on Tubi) Dr. Strangelove (1964, dir. Stanley Kubrick, available on Max) Fail Safe (1964, dir. Sidney Lumet, available free on Swank Digital Campus with a MyNOVA login) The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965, dir. Martin Ritt, available free on Pluto TV) Atomic Blonde (2017, dir. David Leitch, rent or buy online) |
April 30 |
May 1 |
Week 13 Movies (Pre-Millennial Tensions) El Norte (1983, dir. Gregory Nava, available free on Pluto TV) Do The Right Thing (1989, dir. Spike Lee, available free on Swank Digital Campus with a MyNOVA login) Office Space (1999, dir. Mike Judge, available on Max) Hotel Rwanda (2004, dir. Terry George, available free on Tubi) Slumdog Millionaire (2008, dir. Danny Boyle, availble on Hulu) Omar (2013, dir. Hany Abu-Assad, available free on Tubi) |
May 4 |
May 5 |
See the description of the Research Project below
for a list of sites to begin finding relevant primary
sources.
Part 2 of your Annotated Bibliography should include:
Sources:
- Do Your Own Thing (If You Can Convince Me): You can also propose your own format for a Research Project, but you will need to explain why you think this particular format is interesting and a good way to discuss your particular topic. If I agree, I will approve the proposal; if not, you will need to pick one of the other Research Project formats. The format also will need to meet the same requirements as the others in terms of both page length/word count and number and types of sources used. Power Point or other slide-based presentations are extremely boring, and definitely will not be approved.
For
primary sources, you might consult the following resources (some
of these sites also contain secondary sources as well):
Directory
of
World History Primary Sources
Research Project Element | Description | Due Date |
Proposal | You should submit a Research Project Proposal using the
relevant link in Canvas which describes the option and
topic. You may not turn in an Annotated Bibliography or a
finished Research Project without getting your Topic
Proposal approved in advance. |
Feb. 25 |
Annotated Bibliography, Parts 1 and 2 |
You should
submit a bibliography of the sources which you intend to use
for your Research Project. The bibliography should include
at least 5 primary sources (historical documents from the
past) and 5 scholarly secondary sources (including at least
one scholarly journal article and one scholar monarch). Each
source should be accompanied by a brief paragraph of
analysis (See the Annotated Bibliography
assignment description for more detailed information). |
Part 1: April 14 Part 2: April 21 |
Finished Research Project |
You should submit a Research
Project using the appropriate link on the course Canvas
page. See below for complete descriptions of the various
Research Project Options. |
April 28 |
You should make sure to refer to or quote specific examples from the sources in order to support your arguments, and to cite them using Chicago-format footnotes. Please follow the guidelines for written work in this class. See this rubric for a more detailed description of how you will be graded.
The themes themselves are too broad to be the focus or your paper, so your topic should narrow the focus down in some way (For example, the topic, "Gender in World History" is too broad). Here are some sample research questions. You are free to pick one of these, modify one of these to deal with another region, or to suggest your own. Note that you should be thinking not just in terms of questions which interest you, but also about what sorts of sources you can find in languages which you read. It's no good to come up with a fascinating topic on which you are unable to find evidence.
- What role did religion play in reinforcing racism during the imperial age? (theme: race)
- How have attitudes toward sex and sexuality changed in Africa during the past century?(theme: gender)
- What does the rise of spectator sports in Europe between 1900-2000 reveal about ideals of masculinity? (theme: gender)
- What was life like under communism behind the Iron Curtain, 1945-1989? (theme: government)
- What are the political roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? (theme: race, government)
- What role did economic inequality play in the origins of political revolutions in 19th century Latin America ? (theme: government and social class)
- What was working class life like in Britain during the Industrial Revolution? (theme: social class)
- How and why did Fascism become popular in Interwar Europe? (theme: government and race)
- Was the Vietnam War primarily about Cold War issues or was it a war on national liberation? (theme: government)
- What role did racism play in justifying Western imperialism? (theme: race)
- What role did Anti-Semitism play in leading to the rise of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust? (theme: race)
- What factors explain the Japanese attempts to conquer large parts of Asia during the 1930s and 1940s?(theme: government)
- How have women's lives in the Middle East changed over the course of the 20th century? (theme: gender)
- How did feminism change the way women lived in modern France? (theme: gender and government)
- What was the impact of Enlightenment ideas on the Haitian Revolution? (theme: government)
- To what extent were Marxist ideas important to the decolonization movements in Africa during the 20th century?(theme: government and social class)
Day In The Life Video Option:
For this version of the Research Project you will need to choose a time period and region relevant to some aspect of the subject matter of this class. Then select three different people from the same basic time and place in history to portray. They can be either specific individuals from history, or different types of people (ie, from different social classes, professions, nationalities, ethnicities, genders, etc.). Your topic cannot primarily deal with American history.
Once your characters have been approved, you should craft a video of approximately 5 minutes (so 15 minutes total), where each character introduces themselves and discusses what their daily life is like. Consider discussing topics such as the characters work, living conditions, family relationships, food, political and social opinions, etc. The idea is to provide as vivid, interesting, and historically accurate portrayal as possible. Feel free to use appropriate accents or slang if you like. You can use friends or family members in your videos if you like, as long as you are the one who writes the script.
Important stuff that you shouldnt forget:
- Your video should advance a clear, specific argument or thesis about what the lives of the three people portrayed reveal about the particular era in which they lived.
- You also should include a list of all of your sources at the end of the video.
- All Research Project videos must be posted on YouTube or Vimeo. You must upload the link for the instructor to grade. Do not set your video to private or select any other access restrictions. It must be public for the instructor to grade.
- In order to receive a grade for the Research Project, you must submit your written script and a link to the video using the appropriate link in Canvas.
Here are some suggestions for software to use when editing your videos:
- iMovie
- Movie Maker
- Final Cut Express
- Camtasia
- WeVideo
For this version of the Research Project you will need to choose a time period and region relevant to some aspect of the subject matter of this class. Then select at least five specific geographic sites or events from that particular time and place to discuss. These can be specific buildings or monuments, neighborhoods, dwellings, shops, taverns, battles, revolutions, speeches, spectacles, festivals, ceremonies, etc. Your topic cannot primarily deal with American history.
Once your choice has been approved, you should craft a written narrative in which you visit each of the sites in turn, describing what you witness at stop along your journey. Make sure to mention what you see, hear, small, taste, do, etc. The idea is to provide as vivid, interesting, and historically accurate portrayal as possible. It is up to you whether you adopt the persona of a traveler from the time period in question, or travel back in time in some manner. Youve got a lot of leeway here-- be creative!
Your finished product should be in the form of a website which is posted online, and which is viewable by anyone. The website should be a visually interesting as possible, and should include a variety of (correctly sourced and cited) images and/or maps.
Important stuff that you shouldnt forget:
- Your Travel Log website should advance a clear, specific argument or thesis about what the sites visited and/or events witnessed reveal about the nature of life at that particular place and time in history.
- You also should include a list of all of your sources somewhere in the website.
- The website should be publicly viewable, and should not require a password to access.
- In order to receive a grade for the Research Project, you must submit the weblink for your Travel Log website as well as a .pdf, .doc, or .rtf file containing the text of your Travel Log (so it can be checked for plagiarism) using the appropriate link in Canvas.
Here are some suggestions for free public web hosting for your website:
- Google sites
- Blogger
- Wix
- Weebly
- WordPress
- TravelDiaries
Part 1) Time Line (5 Paragraphs): Provide a Time Line which lists in chronological order what you think are the five most important events in the history of the world from 1500-1900. ALL OF YOUR EXAMPLES MUST BE EVENTS OR DEVELOPMENTS WE DISCUSSED IN CLASS! No more than three of your examples should be drawn from European or United States history. Each item on your Time Line should be a paragraph long and should contain the following information:
- What happened.
- When it happened (approximate dates are okay).
- Why it happened.
- The major Consequences of the event.
- How is this event significant or important?
Part 2) Primary Source Analyses: You will be given the titles of two primary sources which you have read during the first half of the semester (See the exam description in Canvas for the specific sources), and asked to briefly discuss the following elements:
- The identity and point of view of the author.
- The historical context of the document (what circumstances influenced the author?).
- The basic contents of the document.
- What does the document tell us about the specific time and place it was written?
Part 1) Time Line: Provide a Time Line which lists in chronological order what you think are the five most important events in the history of the world after 1900. ALL OF YOUR EXAMPLES MUST BE EVENTS OR DEVELOPMENTS WE DISCUSSED IN CLASS! No more than three of your examples should be drawn from European or United States history. Each item on your Time Line should be a paragraph long and should contain the following information:
- What happened.
- When it happened (approximate dates are okay).
- Why it happened.
- The major Consequences of the event.
- How is this event significant or important?
Course
Schedule |
Thursday,
February 1 Introduction |
Discussion
Source: List
of Zheng Hes Expeditions (1431) Watch "Is History B.S.?" Watch Was Columbus B.S.? Read Allosso and Williford, "Chapter 1: Modern World History Begins in Asia" |
Hybrid Activities This
Week: Introduction Post |
Introduction Discussion Post Due
February 6.
|
Assignments to Complete: | Read
through the entire
syllabus, and submit the Syllabus Quiz by 11:59 pm on February 4 using
the appropriate link under "Assignments" in the class
Canvas page. Make sure to check the feedback you received
to see if you need to resubmit it.
Look over the movie list for the first third of the semester, and sign-up for a movie you would like to review using the appropriate sign-up sheet in Canvas (first come, first served). |
Thursday, February 8: Pre-Modern Empires |
Discussion
Source: Evliya Ηelebi, Excerpts
from The Book of Travels (c. 1630) Watch Is The History of Great Men B.S.? Read Allosso and Williford, "Chapter 2: Europe and Africa" |
Hybrid
Activities This Week: |
If you're
doing a Movie Review Discussion
Board Post this week, that is due February 13. If
not, your discussion response to one of your classmates
reviews is due February 14. |
This Week: |
February 13 is the last date to drop the class with refund. |
Thursday, February 15: The Conquest of the Western Hemisphere |
Discussion Source: The Mayan Account of the Spanish Conquest in the Chilam Balam (1540-1546); Sor Juana Inιs de la Cruz, Selected Poems (It also will be helpful to read this brief encyclopedia entry for some context on Sor Juana's life) Read Allosso and Williford, "Chapter 3: The Americas and Columbus" |
Hybrid Activities This Week: |
If you're doing a Movie Review Discussion Board Post this week, that is due February 20. If not, your discussion response to one of your classmates reviews is due February 21. |
Thursday, February 22: The Slave Trade and the Atlantic World |
Discussion Source: Excerpts from King Afonso
of Congo, Letters
on the Slave Trade (1526) Watch Was the Atlantic Slave Trade B.S.? Read Allosso and Williford, "Chapter 4: Early Globalization and Revolutions" |
Hybrid Activities This Week: |
If you're doing a Movie Review Discussion Board Post this week, that is due February 27. If not, your discussion response to one of your classmates reviews is due February 28. |
Assignments to Complete: | Project Proposal for the Research Project due February 25.
Make sure to check the professor's feedback on
Canvas to see if your topic has been approved, or if you
need to resubmit this assignment. |
Thursday, February 29: Enlightenment and Revolution |
Discussion
Source: Toussaint Loverture's
Saint-Domingue Constitution of 1801 Watch Was The Enlightenment B.S.? Watch Was The French Revolution B.S.? Watch Was The Haitian Revolution B.S.? |
Hybrid Activities This Week: |
If you're
doing a Movie Review Discussion
Board Post this week, that is due March 5. If not,
your discussion response to one of your classmates reviews
is due March 6. |
Assignments to Complete: | Source
Proposal for Source Criticism Paper due
March 3. Make sure to read the directions for the Source Criticism Paper in the syllabus CAREFULLY before filling out the form. Also, you might want to watch this video: How to Find a Scholarly Journal Article |
Thursday, March 7: Industrialization |
Discussion Readings: "The Life of the
Industrial Worker in Nineteenth-Century England" (1832),
Women Miners in
the English Coal Pits (1842). Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, excerpts from The Communist Manifesto (1848). Watch Was The Industrial Revolution B.S.? Watch How Can You Tell If A Website Is B.S. Or Not? Read Allosso and Williford, "Chapter 5: Troubled Nineteenth Century" |
Hybrid Activities This Week: |
If you're doing a Movie Review Discussion Board Post this week, that is due March 19. If not, your discussion response to one of your classmates reviews is due March 20. |
Assignments to Complete: | Source Criticism Paper due March 10. (Your sources MUST be approved by the instructor before you turn this in). |
Thursday,
March 21: Neo-Imperialism |
Discussion
Source: Thomas Babington
Macaulay, On Empire and Education
in India (1833-1835) Watch Was The English East India Company B.S.? Watch Was Imperialism in Congo B.S.? Watch Was The Meiji Restoration B.S.? Read Allosso and Williford, "Chapter 6: Imperialism" |
Hybrid
Activities This Week: |
If you're doing a Movie Review Discussion Board Post this week, that is due March 26. If not, your discussion response to one of your classmates reviews is due March 27 |
Assignments to Complete: | Midterm Exam due March 24 |
Thursday, March 28: Culture and Identity in the Early Twentieth Century |
Discussion Source: Bahithat al-Badiya, Excerpts from "A Lecture in the Club of the Umma Party"(1909) Watch Was World War I B.S.? Watch Was The 1918 Influenza B.S.? Read Allosso and Williford, "Chapter 7: The Great War" |
Hybrid Activities This Week: | If you're doing a Movie Review Discussion Board Post this week, that is due April 2. If not, your discussion response to one of your classmates reviews is due April 3. |
Assignments to Complete: | Last day to
withdraw from the class without grade penalty is
March 28 |
Thursday, April 4: Communist Revolutions |
Discussion
Reading: V. I.
Lenin, "The
April Theses
(1917)" Watch Was The Russian Revolution Of 1917 B.S.? Read Allosso and Williford, "Chapter 8: Modern Crisis" |
Hybrid Activities This Week: |
If you're doing a Movie Review Discussion Board Post this week, that is due April 9. If not, your discussion response to one of your classmates reviews is due April 10. |
Thursday, April 11: World War II |
Discussion
Reading: Adolf
Hitler, Excerpts from
Several Speeches (1923, 1930,
1932) Watch Is Fascism B.S.? Watch Is Modern Anti-Semitism B.S.? Read Allosso and Williford, "Chapter 9: World War II" |
Hybrid Activities This Week: |
If
you're doing a Movie Review Discussion
Board Post this week, that is due April 16. If not,
your discussion response to one of your classmates reviews
is due April 17. |
Assignments to Complete: |
Annotated Bibliography Part 1
due April 14 |
Thursday, April 18: Decolonization |
Discussion Reading: Sarojini Naidu, Excerpts from Several Speeches (1917, 1918, 1946) Read Allosso and Williford, "Chapter 10: Decolonization" |
Hybrid Activities This Week: |
If you're doing a Movie Review Discussion Board Post this week, that is due April 23. If not, your discussion response to one of your classmates reviews is due April 24. |
Assignments to Complete: | Annotated Bibliography Part 2 due April 21 |
Thursday, April 25: The Cold War |
Discussion Reading: Excerpts
from the Memoir of Rigoberta Menchϊ (1984) Watch Was the Cold War B.S.? Watch Was The CIA Coup In Guatemala In 1954 B.S.? Read Allosso and Williford, "Chapter 11: Cold War" |
Hybrid Activities This Week: |
If you're doing a Movie Review Discussion Board Post this week, that is due April 30. If not, your discussion response to one of your classmates reviews is due May 1. |
Assignments to Complete: | Research Project due April 28 |
Thursday, May 2: Pre-Millennial Tensions |
Discussion Reading: Demet Demir, Filipa
de Souza Award Address (1997) Watch Was the End of the Cold War B.S.? Watch Is Globalization B.S.? Read Read Allosso and Williford, "Chapter 12: Neoliberal Globalization" and "Chapter 13: Limits to Growth?" |
Hybrid Activities This Week | If you're doing a Movie Review Discussion Board Post this week, that is due May 4. If not, your discussion response to one of your classmates reviews is due May 5. |
Assignments to Complete: | Final Exam Due May 5
(This assignment may not be turned in late) |