WEEK ONE
January 11
Introductions, syllabus & course overview. Global eras and periodization. What does it mean to be Modern?
January 13
The Renaissance and the Modern world. Syllabus quiz.
DUE: Strayer, Introduction to Part 4 (pp. 397-401). Also, create your blog site using blogger.com or another blog service & email url to me at pandrews@ndnu.edu.
WEEK TWO
January 16
No class, MLK, Jr. Day holiday
Extra Credit Opportunity: Attend or participate in an organized MLK Day event & submit a 1-2 page written reflection on the activity. (Due 1/18.)
January 18
Colonial empires in the Americas.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 14 (pp. 403-417)
January 20
Other empires. Assign research paper (Proposal 2 pages, paper 5 pages).
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 14 (pp. 417-430)
WEEK THREE
January 23
The impact of one commodity, sugar, on the Early Modern world.
DUE: handout: Weisner, “Sweet Nexus: Sugar and the Origins of the Modern World”
January 25
Early Modern commerce in products.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 15 (pp. 433-448)
January 27
Early Modern commerce in people. Post-Modern commerce in people.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 15 (pp. 449-458). Also, Research Project Proposal due (2 pages).
WEEK FOUR
January 30
No class: comp day for participation in one or more organized Founder’s Week events.
Written Requirement: Describe the activity or activities in which you participated. What did you learn about the History or Mission of Notre Dame de Namur learning institutions during this week? Discuss how the charism of the Foundresses of the SND de Namur might influence the career choices, research pursuits or other professional activities of a History graduate from NDNU. (2 pages. Due February 3.)
February 1
Religion in Early Modern societies.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 16 (pp. 461-477)
February 3
The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 16 (pp. 477-488). Also, Founders’ Week write-up due today.
WEEK FIVE
February 6
Political philosophy of the Enlightenment
DUE: primary source reading TBA
February 8
The problem of Eurocentrism. What does it mean to be an American?
DUE: Strayer, Introduction to Part 5 (pp. 491-497). Also, handout: Fernandez-Armesto, The Americas: A Hemispheric History
February 10
The revolution in the North American colonies.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 17 (pp. 499-504)
WEEK SIX
February 13
The French Revolution.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 17 (504-507) + primary source reading TBA
February 15
Echoes of revolutions.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 17 (507-524)
February 17
Assign analytical essay (3 pages).
DUE: TBA
WEEK SEVEN
February 20
No class – Presidents’ Day holiday
Extra Credit Opportunity: Attend or participate in an organized Presidents’ Day event & submit a 1-2 page written reflection on the activity. (Due 2/22.)
February 22
The Industrial Revolution. Marxism and social classes.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 18 (pp. 527-541)
February 24
Industrialization outside of Western Europe.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 18 (pp. 541-556).
WEEK EIGHT
February 27
Political economy of industrialization.
DUE: primary source reading TBA
February 29
1st half semester review & prep for midterm exam
DUE: Analytical Essay
March 2
Midterm exam
DUE: Study for midterm
SPRING BREAK WEEK
March 5-9
Enjoy your week off!
WEEK NINE
March 12
One-on-one mid-semester reviews. In-class writing activity TBA.
DUE: Nothing – enjoy your break
March 14
Second wave of European colonialism. The “Scramble for Africa.”
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 20 (pp. 589-606)
March 16
Identity and culture during the Colonial era.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 20 (pp. 607-614)
WEEK TEN
March 19
The ethics of Colonial relationships.
DUE: Excerpt from Thomas Massaro, Living Justice, Chapter 5… please read the Introduction, Section 1 (The Dignity of Every Person and Human Rights), and Section 7 (Colonialism and Economic Development).
March 21
Research project paper and presentation (first group).
March 22 is CTA Day
Extra Credit Opportunity: Attend or participate in one of NDNU’s Call to Action Day events & submit a 1-2 page written reflection on the activity. (Due 3/26.)
March 23
The two World Wars.
DUE: Strayer, Introduction to Part Six and Chapter 21, entire chapter
WEEK ELEVEN
March 26
Communism in Russia and China.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 22 (pp. 659-674)
March 28
Evolving notions of rights and responsibilities relating to property and work relationships.
DUE: Massaro, Section 5 (Property Ownership in Modern Society: Rights and Responsibilities) and Section 6 (The Dignity of Work, Rights of Workers, and Support for Labor Unions)
March 30
The Cold War.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 22 (pp. 675-689)
WEEK TWELVE
April 2
Post-colonial Africa and Asia.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 23, entire chapter
April 4
Non-violent resistance… Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
DUE: short primary source reading TBA
April 6
No class, Good Friday holiday
Extra Credit Opportunity: Using arguments from any faith-based, philosophical or other moral reasoning tradition, write a 500-word essay on the subject of ethical resistance to injustice. (Due April 9.)
WEEK THIRTEEN
April 9
Research project paper and presentation (second group).
April 11
Economic globalization; American exceptionalism in the post-modern world.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 24 (pp. 723-734)
April 13
Feminist movements around the world.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 24 (pp. 734-739). Also, online reading TBA re role of feminists in the “Arab Spring” of 2011.
WEEK FOURTEEN
April 16
Religious fundamentalism.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 24 (pp. 740-747). Also, reading TBA re role of religion in politics in the American Presidential race of 2012.
April 18
Global environmental issues.
DUE: Strayer, Chapter 24 (pp. 747-755). Also, excerpt from Jared Diamond’s Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Chapter 16 “The World as a Polder: What Does It All Mean to Us Today”?
April 20
Research project paper and presentation (third group).
WEEK FIFTEEN
April 23
Semester review and final exam study guide.
April 25
Final exam
DUE: Study for the final
April 27
TBA
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