History 102.007
Spring 2003

Jan 21 - Introduction to the Course
Link: The World c. 1500

Jan 23 - Ch. 16: The Age of European Expansion and Religious Wars
Link: Revolutions in Technology and in Religion

Jan 28 - Ch 16 concluded.; Ch. 17: Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Europe
Link: Absolutism in France, England, and the East
Abstract 1 due: "A Foreign Traveler in Russia"

Jan 30 - Ch. 17, concluded

Feb 4 - Ch. 18: Toward a New World View in the West
Link: Scientific Revolution;
Link: Enlightenment
Link: Changes in Daily Life

Feb 6 - Ch. 18 concluded Ch. 19: The Changing Life of the People of Europe
Abstract 2 due: "A New Way to Educate Children"

Feb 11 - Ch. 19 concluded; Ch. 20: Africa: 1400-1800

Feb 13 - Ch. 21: The Middle East and India
Abstract 3 due: "The Abolition of the Slave Trade"

Feb 18 - Ch. 22: China and Japan, 1400 - 1800

Feb 20 - Ch 23: Revolution in Western Politics, 1775 - 1815
Abstract 4 due: "Revolution and Women's Rights"
Link: The French Revolution

Feb 25 - Ch 23, concluded.

Feb 27 - Ch 24: The Industrial Revolution in Europe
Link: Economic Revolutions

March 4 - MARDI GRAS BREAK

March 6 - Ch. 25: Ideologies and Upheavals, 1815-1871
Ch. 25: Ideologies and Upheavals, 1815-1871
Abstract 5 due: "Faith in Democratic Nationalism"
Link: Nationalism, Romanticism, Socialism
Link: Revolutions, 1815-1848

March 11 - Ch. 25, concluded; Ch. 26: "European Life in the Age of Nationalism"

March 13 - Chapter 26 concluded

March 18 - STUDY DAY
Link: Study Guide

March 20 - EXAM 1

March 25 - Ch. 27: The World and the West
Link: 19th Century Ideologies
Link: Parliamentary Democracies

March 27 - Ch. 27, concluded
Abstract 6 due: "A Scholar's Defense of Imperialism"
Link: Nation Building, 1850-1870
Link: Imperialism

April 1 - Ch. 28: Nation Building in the Western Hemisphere and Australia

April 3 - Ch 28, concluded
Link: Scientism and the Age of Progress

April 8 - Ch. 29: The Great Break: War and Revolution
Link: Causes of World War I
Link: Consequences of World War I

April 10 - Ch. 29, concluded
Abstract 7 due: "German War Aims and the Treaty of Versailles"
Link: Russian Revolution

April 15 - Ch. 30: Nationalism in Asia

April 17 - Ch 31: The Age of Anxiety in the West; Ch 32: Dictatorships and the Second World War
Abstract 8 due: "A Christian View of Evil"

April 22 - Easter Break
April 24 - Easter Break

April 29 - Chapter 32, concluded

May 1 - Chapter 33: Recovery and Crisis in Europe and the Americas
Abstract 9 due: "George Marshall's Plan for European Recovery, 1947"
Link: Totalitarian Dictators of the 20th Century
Link: World War II (fighting)

May 6 - Tomorrow's World
Abstract 10 due: to be assigned
Link: Totalitarianism and the Future of Democracy

May 8 - EXAM 2

Final exam

Text book: A History of World Societies, McKay, Hill and Buckler. 5th edition.
Two LARGE-FORMAT Blue Books

Grading: Your grade will be based on a ten-point scale (i.e., 90-100 = A, 80-89 = B, etc), and taken from the following:
200 points (two100 point exams)
100 points (final exam)
100 points (ten "Listening to the Past" abstracts @ 10 points each)
100 points (three movie abstracts @ 50 points each)

Attendance: Because this class is largely lecture, audio and video work, and discussion, it is extremely important that you attend regularly. If you miss more than 3 classes, we will assume that you want to drop the class unless you make an appointment and explain otherwise.

"Listening to the Past" abstracts:
Nine of these readings are taken from your text, and identified in the syllabus. The tenth will be provided later. Each of the readings in the text is followed by four questions. Answer these questions (briefly!) in one of your Blue Books. Write NO MORE than two pages for each assignment - all ten must fit into one book. Each of these assignments is worth 10 points, for a total of 100. They will NOT BE ACCEPTED for credit after the date on which they are due. In an emergency, you can submit these by e-mail, and then hand them in with your Blue Book. This is your chance to make some easy points that could counter-balance weak test scores.

Movie abstracts:
At the end of the semester, you will hand in your second Blue Book, with three movie abstracts. Below you will find a list of movies with Historical topics, relating to various parts of the course, arranged in sections. You can find most of these are movies at a rental place; some are still in the theaters; a few are classics. More may be added later in the semester.
Choose any three ... BUT NO MORE THAN ONE CAN COME FROM ANY ONE SECTION.
The movie abstracts should follow these rules:
· Each abstract should be no more than two pages long.
· Spend no more than 1/4 of one page telling us the plot of the movie.
· Most of the abstract should discuss how the movie relates to the historical period or event it purports to be based on: is it accurate? Is it nonsense?
· Be sure to compare the movie to facts taken from the lecture and/or the text.

Section One: Section Two:
The Return of Martin Guerre The Madness of King George
The Man in the Iron Mask The Mission
Cyrano de Bergerac The Patriot

Section Three: Section Four:
Kim David Copperfield
The White Feather Nicholas and Alexandra

Section Five: Section Six:
The African Queen The Quiet American
Amistad The Last Emperor
The Informer

Section Seven: Section Eight:
Tea with Mussolini The Longest Day
Life is Beautiful Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List Black Hawk Down

Section Nine:
The Lord of the Rings (see me about this one)

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