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

1^st 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.