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Jonathan Dresner Office: Russ Hall 406F Office Hours: MWF 10-2, TuTh 11-12 235-4315 |
date |
Topics, Administrative schedule |
Readings, Assignments |
M (8/23) | 1500 and All That | |
W (8/25) | Religious and Cultural Survey | email student information form to instructor jdresner@pittstate.edu
Resources: Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam, World Map, World Population |
F (8/27) | Humanism and Renaissance | Chapter 15 Renaissance Art |
M (8/30) | Columbian Exchange Last day to enroll or add without instructor permission. Last day for online enrollment. |
Columbian Exchange |
W (9/1) | Indian Ocean Trade and Joint Stock Cos. | Chapter 16 |
F (9/3) | Reformation | |
M (9/6) | Labor Day holiday | |
9/7 | Last Day to drop without ‘W’ | |
W (9/8) | Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal | Chapter 17 Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal |
F (9/10) | Early Modern Europe: Kennedy Thesis | Wealth and Government Powerpoints |
M (9/13) | Migration and social change | Chapter 18 |
W (9/15) | Africa and Historiography: World Systems Theory | Chapter 19 African Slave Trade |
F (9/17) | Early Modern: Definition and Application | Chapter 20 Early Modernity and Asian History Powerpoint |
M (9/20) | Scientific Revolution Eating History Chapter Selection |
Chapter 21 Scientific Revolution Powerpoint |
W (9/22) | catch-up/review Last day for half tuition refund |
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F (9/24) | Test #1 (Chapters 15-20) | |
M (9/27) | Enlightenment | Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment Chronology |
W (9/29) | American Revolution: Interpretations | Chapter 22 Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States |
F (10/1) | French Revolution | French Revolution/Napoleon Chronology |
M (10/4) | Eating History presentations | |
W (10/6) | Eating History presentations Eating History chapter summary and book selection due |
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F (10/8) | Napoleon and Reactions: Tegrity Lecture: Napoleon | Instructor Absent: online lecture |
M (10/11) | 19c Political thought Tegrity Lecture: 19th Century European Thought Columbus Day (not a holiday) |
Instructor Absent, online lecture Chapter 23 |
W (10/13) | Industrialization | |
F (10/15) | China: Opium and Religion | Chapter 24 |
M (10/18) | Japan: Meiji Midsemester D/F Grades Due |
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W (10/20) | North v. South | Chapter 25 North and South America |
F (10/22) | Fall Break | |
M (10/25) | New Imperialism: Korea | Chapter 26 Korea Under Imperialism |
W (10/27) | catch-up/review Last day to apply for December graduation |
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F (10/29) | Test#2 (Chapters 21-26) | |
M (11/1) | WWI: Fronts and Technologies | Chapter 27 World War One Technology of War, pt. 1World War One Powerpoint |
W (11/3) | WWI part 2 | |
F (11/5) | “Age of Anxiety” part 1 | |
M (11/8) | “Age of Anxiety” part 2 Early Enrollment for Spring begins |
The Age of Anxiety: 1920s Powerpoint |
W (11/10) | Politics: Nationalism, Wilsonianism, Totalitarianism | Chapter 28 |
F (11/12) | Great Depression: Origins and Responses | Mussolini’s What is Fascism? |
M (11/15) | Naziism & Holocaust Last day to drop single course. |
Chapter 29 Hitler’s 25-point Plan |
W (11/17) | WWII: technologies of total war | World War II Technology and Atrocities Powerpoint |
F (11/19) | ||
M (11/22) | Cold War Decolonization and Internationalism |
Chapter 30 Cold War Chronology and Proxy Wars Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
W (11/24) | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
F (11/26) | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
M (11/29) | 1980s Coalition & Globalization
Culture and Technology |
Chapter 31 Reagan and Leadership in the 1980s |
W (12/1) | Faiths and Freedoms, Law and Rights | Chapter 32 |
F (12/3) | catch-up/review | |
M (12/5) | Test#3 (Chapters 27-32) | |
W (12/8) | Book Review presentations | |
12/9 | Last day to withdraw from entire term. | |
F (12/10) | Last Day of instruction | Book Review presentations |
F (12/17) | Final Exam Essays | Essays due 10am, in my office or office mailbox. |