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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