Hist 102: World History from 1500
Fall 2009, sections 2 and 4
Jonathan Dresner Office: Russ Hall 406F Office Hours: MWF 10-11, 1-2; TuTh 10-12 235-4315 |
Schedule
Administrative Deadlines and Instructional Holidays are in Italics
Assignments and Tests are in Bold
Date | Readings and Assignments | Topics |
M (8/24) | ||
W (8/26) | Chapter 15. Maritime Expansion in the Atlantic World, 1400–1600, | Humanism and Renaissance (Renaissance Art) |
F (8/29) | Columbian Exchange Chart | Columbian Exchange |
M (8/31) | Chapter 16. Maritime Expansion in Afro-Eurasia, 1500–1700
Last day to enroll or add without instructor permission. |
Hideyoshi Invasion and Confucianisms |
W (9/2) | Reformation | |
F (9/4) | Indian Ocean Trade and Joint Stock Cos. | |
M (9/7) | Labor Day holiday | |
9/8 | Last Day to drop without ‘W’ | |
W (9/9) | Chapter 17. Religion, Politics, and the Balance of Power in Western Eurasia, 1500–1750 | Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal |
F (9/11) | EM Europe: Kennedy Thesis | |
M (9/14) | Chapter 18. Empires, Colonies, and Peoples of the Americas, 1600–1750, | World Systems Theory(Comparison Chart) |
W (9/16) | Chapter 19. The Atlantic System: Africa, the Americas, and Europe, 1550–1807 | Migration and Social Change |
F (9/18) | EM Africa and Historiography | |
M (9/21) | Chapter 20. Empires in Early Modern Asia, 1650–1818
Last day for half tuition refund |
Early Modern: Definition |
W (9/23) | 19c Narratives: dynastic cycles, decline, impact/response | |
F (9/25) | Catch-up/Review | |
M (9/28) | Test | |
W (9/30) | Chapter 21. European Science and the Foundations of Modern Imperialism, 1600–1820 | Scientific Revolution |
F (10/2) | Chronological Bibliography of Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment | Enlightenment |
M (10/5) | Chapter 22. Revolutions in the West, 1750–1830, | American Revolution: Interpretations |
W (10/7) | Book Summary Due | French Revolution: Rorshach |
F (10/9) | Guest Lecturer: Dustin Strong | Napoleon and Reactions |
M (10/12) | Chapter 23. The Industrial Revolution and European Politics, 1780–1880,Columbus Day (not a holiday) | Industrialization |
W (10/14) | 19c Political thought | |
F (10/16) | Fall Break | |
M (10/19) | Chapter 24. China, Japan, and India Confront the Modern World, 1800–1910,
Midsemester D/F Grades Due Book Thesis Due (also revised summaries, if required) |
China: Opium and Religion |
W (10/21) | Japan: Meiji | |
F (10/23) | Inauguration of PSU President Dr. Steven Scott, 2pm. Classes dismissed. | |
10/24 | Homecoming | |
M (10/26) | Chapter 25. State Building and Social Change in the Americas, 1830–1895 | North v. South (Comparison Chart) |
W (10/28) | Chapter 26. The New Imperialism in Africa and Southeast Asia, 1830–1914 | New Imperialism: Korea (Chronology) |
F (10/30) | Catch-up/ReviewBook Argument/Evidence Due
Last day to apply for December graduation |
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M (11/2) | Test | |
W (11/4) | Chapter 27. War, Revolution, and Global Uncertainty, 1905–1928 | WWI: Fronts and Technologies (Chronology) |
F (11/6) |
Last day to drop single course. |
“Age of Anxiety” |
M (11/9) | Book Context Due
Chapter 28. Responses to Global Crisis, 1920–1939 |
Politics: Nationalism, Wilsonianism, Totalitarianism |
W (11/11) | Veteran’s day (not a holiday) | Great Depression: Origins and Responses |
F (11/13) | Chapter 29. The Second World War and the Origins of the Cold War, 1939–1949 | Naziism & Holocaust |
M (11/16) | Guest Lecturer: Dustin Strong | WWII: technologies of total war |
W (11/18) | WWII: Atrocities | |
F (11/20) | Instructor Absent | |
M (11/23) | Chapter 30. The Cold War and Decolonization, 1949–1975, | Cold War (Chronology), Proxy Wars |
W (11/24) | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
F (11/26) | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
M (11/30) | Chapter 31. Toward a New World Order, 1975–2000 | 1980s Coalition & Decolonization and Internationalism |
W (12/2) | Globalization, Culture and Technology | |
F (12/4) | Chapter 32. Voyage into the Twenty-First Century, | Disease and Migration, Law and Rights |
M (12/7) | Catch-up/Review | |
W (12/9) | Test | |
12/10 | Last day to withdraw from entire term. | |
F (12/11) | Complete Book Review Due
Last Day of instruction |
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12/15 | Final Exams Due, noon, Russ Hall 406F |
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