Thursday, January 31, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Human Trafficking and drug violence
A difficult but true article linking human trafficking to drug violence.
http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/25/selling-little-girls-to-payback-debt/?hpt=hp_t2
http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/25/selling-little-girls-to-payback-debt/?hpt=hp_t2
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Monday, January 21, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
Ancient Migration: Genes link Australia with India
An interesting article (not required reading).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21016700
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21016700
Thursday, January 3, 2013
WH Schedule of Activities & Assignments
Andrews/World History – Spring 2013
Day-by-Day Schedule
of Activities & Assignments
WEEK ONE
January 9
Introductions, syllabus & course overview. Global eras
and periodization. What does it mean to be Modern?
January 11
The European Renaissance and the Modern world. Frequently
Asked Questions.
DUE: Strayer, Introduction to Part 4 (pp. 397-401).
Also, create your blog site using blogger.com & email
url to me at pandrews@ndnu.edu.
WEEK TWO
January 14
Colonial empires in the Americas.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 14 (pp. 403-417)
January 16
Other empires. Siberia. Assign research paper (proposal
& AB 2 pages, paper 5 pages).
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 14 (pp. 417-430)
January 18
The impact of one commodity, sugar, on the Early Modern
world.
DUE: handout: Weisner, “Sweet Nexus: Sugar and the
Origins of the Modern World”
WEEK THREE
January 21
No class, MLK, Jr. Day holiday
Extra Credit Opportunity: Attend or participate in an
organized MLK Day event & submit a 1-2 page written reflection on the
activity. (Due 1/25.)
January 23
Early Modern commerce in products.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 15 (pp. 433-448).
Also, Research Project Proposal & Annotated
Bibliography due (2 pages).
January 25
Early Modern commerce in people.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 15 (pp. 449-458).
Also, MLK Day XC reflection due.
WEEK FOUR
January 28
Religion in Early Modern societies. Female religious before
the Enlightenment.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 16 (pp. 461-477)
January 30
The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 16 (pp. 477-488).
February 1
The problem of Eurocentrism. The revolution in the North
American colonies.
DUE: Strayer, Introduction to Part 5 & Chapter 17
(pp. 491-504).
WEEK FIVE
February 4
The French Revolution.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 17 (504-507)
February 6
No class: comp day for participation in one or more
organized Founder’s Week events. You are especially encouraged, if possible, to
attend one of the Hallmarks Mini Retreats.
Written Requirement: Describe the activity or activities
in which you participated. What did you learn about our Foundresses, or about
the History or Mission of Notre Dame de Namur learning institutions during this
week? Discuss how the charism of the Foundresses might influence the career
choices, research pursuits or other professional activities of a History
graduate from NDNU. (2 pages. Due February 11.)
February 8
Formation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
DUE: Handout on SND
WEEK SIX
February 11
Echoes of revolutions.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 17 (507-524)
Also, Founders’ Week write-up due today.
February 13
Echoes of revolutions, cont’d
DUE: No new reading due
February 15
The Industrial Revolution.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 18 (pp. 527-556)
WEEK SEVEN
February 18
No class – Presidents’ Day holiday
February 20
Marxism and social classes. Political economy of
industrialization.
DUE: primary source reading TBA
February 22
Research Project presentations
DUE: Research Paper
WEEK EIGHT
February 25
Research Project presentations
February 27
1st half semester review & prep for midterm
exam
DUE: review notes and readings assigned so far this
semester
March 1
Midterm exam
DUE: Study for midterm
SPRING BREAK WEEK
March 4-8
Enjoy your week off!
WEEK NINE
March 11
One-on-one mid-semester reviews. Peer review of Research
Paper.
DUE: Nothing – enjoy your break
March 13
Review of the midterm exam. Best practices for writing good
exam responses.
March 14, 7:30 pm
DUE (homework for April 5): Attend the talk by Dolores
Huerta, co-founder with Cesar Chavez of the United Farmworkers Union. Tonight
at 7:30 pm on our campus.
March 15
Second wave of European colonialism. The “Scramble for
Africa.”
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 20 (pp. 589-606)
WEEK TEN
March 18
Identity and culture during the Colonial era.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 20 (pp. 607-614)
March 20
The ethics of Colonial relationships.
DUE: Excerpt from Thomas Massaro, Living Justice, Chapter 5… please read the Introduction, Section
1 (The Dignity of Every Person and Human Rights), and Section 7 (Colonialism
and Economic Development).
March 21 is CTA Day
Extra Credit Opportunity: Attend or participate in one of
NDNU’s Call to Action Day events & submit a 1-2 page written reflection on
the activity. How did the activity reflect the values of the SND de Namur as
you have come to understand them? (Due 3/27.)
March 22
The two World Wars & the Crisis of Europe.
DUE: Strayer, Introduction to Part Six and Chapter 21,
entire chapter
WEEK ELEVEN
March 25
Communism in Russia and China.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 22 (pp. 659-674)
March 27
Evolving notions of rights and responsibilities relating to
property and work relationships.
DUE: Massaro, Section 5 (Property Ownership in Modern
Society) and Section 6 (The Dignity of Work, Rights of Workers, and Support for
Labor Unions)
Also: CTA Day XC write-up.
March 29
No class, Good Friday holiday
WEEK TWELVE
April 1
The Cold War.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 22 (pp. 675-689)
April 3
Post-colonial Africa and Asia.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 23, entire chapter
April 5
Non-violent tactics… Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King,
Jr., Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta
DUE: If you were unable to attend the talk by Dolores
Huerta on March 14, please listen to the recording of that talk
WEEK THIRTEEN
April 8
Assign analytical essay (3 pages).
DUE: Article: Putin’s Challenge… and review the Hallmarks
of the SND de Namur
April 10
Workshop on analytical essay
DUE: Draft of essay
April 12
Economic globalization; American exceptionalism in the
post-modern world.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 24 (pp. 723-734)
WEEK FOURTEEN
April 15
Feminist movements around the world.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 24 (pp. 734-739).
Also, online reading TBA re role of feminists in the
“Arab Spring” of 2011.
April 17
Religious fundamentalism.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 24 (pp. 740-747).
Also: Analytical essay due
April 19
Global environmental issues.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 24 (pp. 747-755). Also, excerpt
from Jared Diamond’s Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Chapter 16 “The World as a Polder: What Does It
All Mean to Us Today”?
WEEK FIFTEEN
April 22
Semester review and final exam study guide.
April 24
Final exam
DUE: Study for the final
April 26
End of the year celebration.
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