Week of September 25

Monday, Sept. 26
  • Read: Strayer 403-409
    • *in-class quiz*
  • Lecture: Columbian Exchange
Wednesday, Sept. 28
  • Read: Strayer 382-388
  • Lecture: Indigenous America
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Week of Sept. 18

I will assign your first argumentative essay this week, which will ask you to compare European and Chinese civilizations during the 15th century. Because our reading and writing on this subject is spread out over several days it will be necessary for you to begin the comparative work as you read. For Tuesday, please draw up a simple chart that shows differences and commonalities between the two societies, similar to the quiz we took on Friday but in greater detail. You can draw on Friday's reading from Strayer, as well as Tuesday's reading from the packet. We will conduct a workshop on this subject in class Tuesday, and the first component of the paper will be turned in next week.

Tuesday, Sept. 20
  • Read: first 1/2 of reading packet (introductory mtl. and 2 essays on Zheng He)
  • Homework: begin to document the comparison of Europe & China (described above)
Thursday, Sept. 22
  • Read: second 1/2 of packet (2 selections on Columbus)
  • Homework: continue to document the comparison using analytic categories.
  • Due: turn in homework from Tuesday and Thursday
    • should include one broad comparison between Europe and China, then the details of that comparison broken into analytic categories
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Week 1 - Welcome & Introduction

Welcome to Modern World History. We will introduce the course in class this week, including the many functions this blog serves. The most important is that you can always find reading and homework assignments posted here. So for this week you have three things to do:
  • Wednesday Sept. 14th
    • Read: Strayer, 363-369
  • Friday Sept. 16th
    • Read: Strayer, 369-378
    • DUE: Summer reading assignment
    • DUE: Map exercise (see below)
      • **Please identify the regions that the following cultures inhabit on the map of Africa that I distributed in class:
        • Yoruba
        • Bini
        • Igbo
        • Fulbe
      • I'd like you to use the internet (Google, Wikipedia, I'm not particular) to try and identify where these people were living during the 15th century. Also see if you can find out some basic information about them to share with the class on Friday. This doesn't have to be a big deal, just spend a few minutes learning more about these examples that the textbook gives, because they will help us make the broader processes of cultural exchange more tangible.

See you soon...
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