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Kristina Markman Department of History World History Since 1500 Course Description This is a survey course of world history from c. 1500 to the present. The purpose of this course is twofold. First, the course will assist students to develop skills in critical reading, thinking, speaking, and writing. Second, the course will introduce students to the political, social, economic, and cultural dimensions of world history. This course will focus specifically on the interaction of cultures from around the world. Students will be expected to consider commonalities and differences between the societies, nations, and cultures as well as the way major trends of world history have impacted and shaped our contemporary world. Course Format There are two scheduled class meetings each week. 1. The first meeting will consist of lecture intended to provide the students with background to the period and readings for that week. In preparation, students are expected to have read the assigned textbook assignment. There maybe occasional popquizzes on the readings at the beginning of class. Please note that lectures will provide information supplemental to the readings. Attendance is mandatory. Property of Kristina Markman Created:2/23/2015 Property of Kristina Markman DO NOT REPLICATE DO NOT REPLICATE

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Kristina  Markman                                Department  of  History      

World  History  Since  1500      

Course  Description    This  is  a  survey  course  of  world  history  from  c.  1500  to  the  present.  The  purpose  of  this  course  is  two-­‐fold.  First,  the  course  will  assist  students  to  develop  skills  in  critical  reading,  thinking,  speaking,  and  writing.  Second,  the  course  will  introduce  students  to  the  political,  social,  economic,  and  cultural  dimensions  of  world  history.    

This  course  will  focus  specifically  on  the  interaction  of  cultures  from  around  the  world.  Students  will  be  expected  to  consider  commonalities  and  differences  between  the  societies,  nations,  and  cultures  as  well  as  the  way  major  trends  of  world  history  have  impacted  and  shaped  our  contemporary  world.  

 

Course  Format  

There  are  two  scheduled  class  meetings  each  week.      1.  The  first  meeting  will  consist  of  lecture  intended  to  provide  the  students  with  background  to  the  period  and  readings  for  that  week.  In  preparation,  students  are  expected  to  have  read  the  assigned  textbook  assignment.  There  maybe  occasional  pop-­‐quizzes  on  the  readings  at  the  beginning  of  class.  Please  note  that  lectures  will  provide  information  supplemental  to  the  readings.  Attendance  is  mandatory.  

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 2.    The  second  meeting  will  consist  of  primary  source  discussion.  This  meeting  will  function  as  a  seminar  providing  students  with  an  opportunity  for  active  learning  and  a  forum  to  present  ideas.  Students  are  expected  to  have  read  all  the  assigned  primary  sources  carefully  before  the  class  and  be  prepared  to  discuss  them  critically  and  creatively.  In  the  days  leading  up  to  the  class  meeting,  students  will  receive  a  reading  question  via  e-­‐mail.  During  the  first  10-­‐15  minutes  of  class,  students  will  be  required  to  write  a  brief  response  to  this  question.  This  is  meant  to  be  an  exercise  in  critical  thinking  and  a  way  to  help  stimulate  discussion.  Students  will  receive  full-­‐credit  for  the  reading  responses  simply  by  turning  them  in  at  the  end  of  class.      Course  Objectives  

1. To  provide  an  overview  of  major  political,  social,  cultural,  and  intellectual  currents  of  modern  history.  

2. To  familiarize  students  with  the  practice  of  history  and  the  historical  method  including  the  basic  principles  of  historical  analysis:  cause  and  effect,  continuity  and  change,  perspective,  and  significance.    

3. To  develop  analytical  and  critical  reading  skills  necessary  for  analyzing  primary.  4. To  develop  the  ability  to  frame  historical  questions  and  think  critically  about  the  

significance  of  historical  events.        Course  Requirement*    

Active  Participation   10%  

Paper  #1   15%  

Midterm   20%  

Paper  #2   25%  

Final   30%    The  midterm  and  final  will  consist  of  essay  questions  (number  and  length  TBD)  and  students  will  have  a  choice  of  questions  to  answer.      Both  papers  will  be  based  on  the  themes  of  the  course  and  will  require  extensive  and  in-­‐depth  use  of  assigned  primary  source  material.      *Note:  Assignments  are  worth  more  at  the  end  of  the  course.  Since  this  is  a  process-­‐based  learning  course,  student  progress  and  improvement  will  be  taken  into  consideration.    All  written  assignments  are  due  in  hard  copy.  Please  use  Chicago-­‐Style  Format.    http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html      Academic  Integrity      

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The  punishments  are  severe,  so  don’t  do  it!  For  further  information  on  Academic  Integrity  please  visit    http://www.miracosta.edu/officeofthepresident/board/downloads/5505BP-­‐AcademicIntegrity-­‐Adopted5-­‐5-­‐09-­‐Amended2-­‐15-­‐11_000.pdf        Required  Texts    Textbook:    McKay,  Hill,  Buckler,  et  al.,  A  History  of  World  Societies,  Volume  2:  Since  1450    [listed  below  as  World  Societies]    Primary  Source  Reader:  Andrea  and  Overfield,  eds.,  The  Human  Record:  Sources  of  Global  History,  Volume  II:  Since  1500  [listed  below  as  Reader]    Reading  assignments  are  listed  below  on  the  syllabus  by  the  lecture  to  which  they  relate.  You  must  complete  all  assigned  readings  before  that  class  meeting.      Course  Outline    Week  1:  Introduction    The  task  of  the  historian  is  to  complicate,  not  to  clarify.”—J.  Z.  Smith      What  is  history?  What  does  a  historian  do?  What  are  the  tools  of  a  historian?      Week  2:  Transformations  in  Europe    World  Societies,  Chapters  15-­‐17  Reader,  #  4,  5,  9,  10,  11    Martin  Luther,  Letter  to  the  Archbishop  of  Mainz  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/lutherltr-­‐indulgences.html  St.  Ignatius  of  Loyola,  The  Spiritual  Exercises  (to  be  provided)  

 Week  3:  The  Atlantic  Age    World  Societies,  Chapter  19  Reader,  #  18-­‐24,  43    Leo  Africanus,  Description  of  Timbuktu    http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/leo_africanus.html  Montezuma,  Greeting  to  Hernando  Cortez  http://phobos.ramapo.edu/~fkarpiel/articles/MOCTEZUMA'S%20GREETING%20TO%20HERNAN%20CORTES.htm  

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Bartolome  de  las  Casas,  Preface,  Short  Account  of  the  Destruction  of  the  Indies  http://www.uvawise.edu/history/wciv1/casas.html  Oladuah  Equiano,  The  Life  of  Gustavus  Vassa  (Chapters  2  and  5)  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/Vassa.html  Black  Bart,  The  Articles  of  Captain  Roberts  http://www.fieldmuseum.org/pirates/pdf/shipsarticle.pdf  Governor  Glen,  The  Role  of  Indians  in  the  Rivalry  between  Spain,  France,  and  England  http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1751-­‐1775/indians/glen.htm  Adam  Smith,  Of  Colonies  and  The  Cost  of  Empire;  http://cclce.org/files/ResourceCD/documents/world/1776_Adam_Smith_The_Wealth_of_Nations_The_Cost_of_Empire.html  

 Week  4:  Transformations  in  the  Middle  East  and  Asia    World  Societies,  Chapters  20-­‐21  Reader,  #  12-­‐17,  27-­‐29    Ogier  Ghiselin  de  Busbecq,  The  Turkish  Letters  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1555busbecq.html  Sidi  Ali  Reis,  The  Mirror  of  Countries  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/16csidi1.html    Zheng  He,  Inscription  in  the  Temple  of  the  Celestial  Spouse  http://www.hist.umn.edu/hist1012/primarysource/source.htm    Week  5:  The  Scientific  Revolution  and  The  Age  of  Enlightenment    World  Societies,  Chapter  18  Reader,  #  30-­‐76    Montesquieu,  The  Persian  Letters  http://rbsche.people.wm.edu/teaching/plp/    Week  6:  The  French  Revolution  and  the  Napoleonic  Era    World  Societies,  Chapter  22  Reader,  #  38-­‐40    Week  7:  The  Industrial  Revolution  and  Liberalism    World  Societies,  Chapters  23-­‐24  Reader,  Chapter  8,  Multiple  Voices  1-­‐4  Reader,  #    Carlyle,  The  Mechanical  Age  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/carlyle-­‐times.html  Dickens,  Hard  Times  [excerpts]  http://web.archive.org/web/19981206085048/http://pimacc.pima.edu/~gmcmillan/ht.html    Week  8:  Imperialism  and  Nationalism  

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 World  Societies,  Chapters  25-­‐26,  44,  45  Reader,  #41-­‐41,  62-­‐64    The  People  of  Canton,  Against  the  English  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1842canton.html    Quin  Long,  Letter  to  King  George  III  http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/qianlong.html    Commissioner  Lin,  Letter  to  Queen  Victoria  http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/com-­‐lin.html    Anthony  Trollope,  The  Diamond  Fields  of  South  Africa  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1870trollope-­‐southafrica.html    George  Thompson,  The  Great  Market  of  Tripoli    http://  www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/1890tripoli.html    Eustache  de  Lory,  The  Persian  Bazaars  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/Islam/1910persiabazaars.html    John  Stuart  Mill,  Of  Colonies  and  Colonization  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1849jsmill-­‐colonies.html    Week  9:  WWI    World  Societies,  Chapter  28  Reader,  #  82-­‐84    Week  10:  Marxism  and  Revolution  in  Russia    World  Societies,  Chapter  28  Reader,  #  54,  85,  86    Karl  Marx,  The  Communist  Manifesto  http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/classics/manifesto.html    A.  O.  Avidenko,  Hymn  to  Stalin  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/stalin-­‐worship.html  George  Orwell,  The  Road  to  Wigan  Pier  http://www.cooper.edu/humanities/core/hss3/g_orwell.html    Week  11:  Revolutions:  China  and  Mexico    World  Societies,  Chapter  29    Reader,  #75,  80,  81,      The  New  York  Times;  The  Nanking  Massacre  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/nanking.html  

Week  12:  Fascism  and  WWII    World  Societies,  Chapter  30  

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Reader,  #  88-­‐91  and    Chapter  11,  Multiple    Voices    National  Socialist  Party,  Twenty  Five  Points  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/25points.html    Elie  Wiesel,  The  Perils  of  Indifference  http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/wiesel.htm    Joseph  Stalin,  Speech  November  7,  1941  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IGbjPqFFvA  Douglas  McArthur  Farewell  Address  to  Congress  http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/douglasmacarthurfarewelladdress.htm      Week  13:  The  Cold  War    World  Societies,  Chapter  31  Reader,  #  103,  104    Winston  Churchill,  Sinews  of  Peace  http://www.hpol.org/churchill/    John  Kennedy,  Address  on  the  Cuban  Missile  Crisis  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OOGA-­‐xrLyg    Week  14:  Decolonization:  India  and  China    World  Societies,  Chapter  32  Reader,  #  72,  73,  74,  96,  101,  102,  105,  107,  114    Ghandi  1931  Address  at  Kinsley  Hall  http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mohandasgandhi.html  Jawaharlal  Nehru,  Marxism,  Capitalism,  and  India's  Future  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1941nehru.html    Week  15:  Decolonization:  Vietnam  and  the  Middle  East    World  Societies,  Chapter  32  Reader,  #  95,  97,  108,  109    Week  16:  The  Fall  of  Communism  and  the  American  Century    World  Societies,  Chapter  34    Week  17:  FINAL      

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