History
1112 (3)
Spring
2013
TR
11-12:15
TLC
1203
Dr.
Michael de Nie
TLC
3204
Office
Hours: TR 10-11, 1-3:30, and by appointment
Tel.:
678.839.6033
Email:
This
class will survey the history of the world from the Reformation and voyages of
discovery to the present day. The course will use a comparative approach,
exploring similarities and differences between regions, taking special note of
interactions and exchanges between cultures as well as the lives of everyday
people. Particular attention will be paid to cultural and ideological
interchanges among the world’s civilizations and the evolution of the “global
community.” Students will gain an understanding of the social forces and trends
in social, religious, political, and philosophic thought that laid the
foundations of the modern world. Students will demonstrate the ability to think
historically through understanding of the political, social, economic, and
cultural dimensions of World History; comprehension of causal relationships and
patterns of change and continuity over time; and awareness of the social
significance of ethnicity, gender, race, and class in historical events and
study. The lectures will incorporate a number of multimedia elements, including
slides, film, and music.
Preparation
is an integral part of class. Read the complete assignment before arriving and
be prepared to discuss it in class.
Please
note that tape recording of lectures is not permitted.
Grade:
Your
grade in this course will be based on three exams (75%) and a 3-5 page essay on
an assigned topic (25%). Exam and paper due dates are noted below. I do not
accept late or electronically submitted papers.
Required
Reading:
William
J. Duiker and Jackson Spielvogel, The Essential World History Vol. 2
since 1500 (Text)
Olaudah
Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Lynn
Hunt (ed.), The French Revolution and Human
Rights
Ernst
Jünger,
Storm
of Steel
Additional
Readings accessed via the online syllabus
CourseDen/D2L:
The CourseDen page for this course is accessed via the
My Courses link on the My UWG homepage. There you can access the syllabus,
download assignments and exam review sheets, and find messages regarding the
class. You must visit the online syllabus to download the documents listed
below. Print them out and bring them with you to class on the dates listed
below. Do not wait until the last minute to print these documents. Computer
error is not an acceptable excuse for not having the documents on the assigned
date.
Statement
on Plagiarism
Please
note that anyone committing plagiarism in any written assignment will earn an F
for the course and may face further disciplinary action. Plagiarism is defined
in the University of West Georgia Handbook as “representing
the words or ideas of another as one’s own. Direct quotations must be indicated
and ideas of another must be appropriately acknowledged.” Please see the UWG’s
History Department statement on plagiarism at http://www.westga.edu/~history/plagiarismhtm.htm
and the UWG English Department’s guide for avoiding plagiarism at: http://www.westga.edu/~engdept/Plagiarism/index.html.
Course
Schedule and Assignments:
Week
1
1/8
Introduction
1/10 Exploration and
Conquest
Text, 332-345, 351-358
Week
2
1/15
Europe Transformed: The Reformation / Absolutism
and Constitutional Monarchy
Text, 361-382
Documents: The Putney Debates (excerpt), An Agreement of the People
1/17 The Islamic Empires /
Early Modern China
Text, 385-409 / 410-422
Week
Three
1/22 Early Modern Japan / Africa and the Atlantic
World
Text, 422-432 /
345-351
Document: A Voyage Made in the Hannibal of London (accessed on CourseDen)
1/24 Class discussion of Equiano, The
Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Week
Four
1/29
The Scientific
Revolution
Text, 436-438
1/31
The Enlightenment and Eighteenth-Century
Society
Text, 438-442
Week Five
2/5
The French
Revolution
Text, 450-458
2/7 First Exam
Week
6
2/12 Class discussion of Hunt, The French Revolution and Human
Rights
2/14 The Industrial
Revolution
Text, 465-473
Paper Option
#1 Due
Week
7
2/19 Industry, Class, and
Society
2/21
The
Age of “Isms”
Text,
473-479
Document: The Communist Manifesto (accessed on CourseDen)
Week 8
2/26 Religion, Science, and
Nationalism
Text, 506-509, 476-482
Paper Option #2
Due
2/28
Imperialism and Colonialism
Text, 514-537
Documents: “The White Man’s Burden,” "On French Colonial Expansion," “China’s
Opium Debate” (last document accessed on CourseDen)
Week
9
3/5
Imperialism in Asia
Text,
540-562
3/7 Women and Gender
Roles
Text,
500-502
Week
10
3/12 Second
Exam
3/14 World War I
Text,
565-580
Documents: Siegfried Sassoon, “How to Die”; Wilfred Owen, “Dulce et Decorum Est”;
Wilfred Gibson, “Back”
3/19-3/21 Spring
Break
Week
11
3/26
The Post-War
World
Text, 580-586, 589-601
3/28 Class discussion of Jünger, Storm of Steel
Week
12
4/2 Interwar China and
Japan
Text, 601-609
4/4
The Rise of Fascism
Text, 616-620
Week
13
4/9
Nazi
Germany
4/11
World War
II
Text, 620-635
Paper Option #3 Due
Week
14
4/16 The
Holocaust
Document: Treblinka (accessed on CourseDen)
4/18 The Cold
War
Text, 635-638, 644-668,
698-700
Final
Exam – Tuesday, April 23, 11AM