Tuesday
- Read: Strayer 449-457
- Due: notebook check (including exam review)
- terms should be defined and short essays outlined
- we will discuss long essays in class
- Silver economy & slave trade lecture
- Exam review
- exam 2
Week of October 30th
Great job on the research proposals! You all outlined some very interesting projects and I can't wait to move forward and watch them take shape over the remainder of the year. But first we need to turn our attention this week to the second quarterly exam, which will take place on Thursday. We will work to prepare you for that on Tuesday. There will be opportunities to ask questions about terms you are unsure of and most importantly the lecture will be specifically targeted to provide you with the information you'll need to write the long essays; you won't want to miss this one! See you soon...
Tuesday
Tuesday
Week of October 23rd
I am getting excited about these research projects. I have been very impressed with the breadth and diversity of your interests, and how readily you have been able to relate those interests to the development of an inter-connected world. I want you to focus all of your efforts on that assignment over the weekend. We will continue our regular course content (textbook and lecture content) as the week unfolds. I have posted our itinerary for the next two weeks so you can plan for what's coming. Note that we'll have an exam at the end of next week and reading each day between now and then. Please stay on top of your notebook as that will help ensure your success on the exam. I will check them twice in the next two weeks so bring them to class each day.
Monday
Monday
- Read: none
- Due: draft of your research project proposal
- In-class: comparative empires lecture
- Read: Strayer 433-439
- Due: notebook check
- In-class: trading-post empires lecture
- Read: Strayer 439-445
- Due: revised proposal
- In-class: silver economy lecture
Week of October 16th
Great job with the exams last week. Overall I am very pleased with how hard everyone has been working in the course and I think that work is reflected in the exam scores. No doubt some of you will want to make some adjustments to some of your study habits. There was a strong correlation between exam scores and the notebooks, so we will discuss that in class this week. But I am reassured that we now have a solid foundation in the primary aspects of the course, and this will now allow us to have some fun with the individual projects that we talked about on Friday. For Tuesday, I would like to take some time to meet with you one-on-one to talk about your ideas. Please take a few minutes to jot down some interests that you would like to explore. Don't worry if you can't immediately see how it relates to world history, I can help you with that. Bring this to class on Tuesday, and be sure to keep up with the reading.
Tuesday
Tuesday
- Read: Strayer 445-448; 421-424
- In-class: reading quiz
- Due: statement of interest for research project
- Read: Strayer 424-429
- Due: 1-paragraph reading response
- Compare the Mughal emperors Akbar & Aurangzeb.
Week of October 9th
We will be completing our first major unit of study this week with an exam on Wednesday. You now have the review sheet which includes all of the information that will be on the test, and we had a chance to go over that material one last time in class on Friday. Please spend some time preparing your essays, in particular. Also, remember that you have to submit your notebook with the exam, and that the notebook grade will be averaged with your raw exam score if it is higher, but not if it is lower.
Looking ahead, we will turn our attention to the study of empire and colonialism in the early modern world. We will begin by employing our comparative skills to the study of Russian, Chinese and Muslim empire-making to learn if those examples differed from European empires in the Americas.
Wednesday
Looking ahead, we will turn our attention to the study of empire and colonialism in the early modern world. We will begin by employing our comparative skills to the study of Russian, Chinese and Muslim empire-making to learn if those examples differed from European empires in the Americas.
Wednesday
- Read: none
- Due: notebook
- In-class: exam
- Read: Strayer, 417-421
- Due: 1 paragraph response to reading question: What motivated Russian empire building?
- In-class: Russian expansion & the fur trade
Week of October 2nd
We are nearing the end of our first unit, which has included an overview of world cultures in the 15th century and an introduction to colonial societies in 16th century America. Over the next week and a half we will assess our learning in several ways, including a paper and an exam. Please keep in mind that your performance on these two items will be graded in five distinct components (paper - intro, draft 1 & draft 2; exam - score & notebook). Try to focus on each of these smaller tasks one at a time. That will make each one much more manageable, and add up to the highest achievement possible overall.
Monday - Oct. 3
Monday - Oct. 3
- Read: none
- Due: complete draft of China/Europe essay
- Lecture: Colonialism in the Americas
- Read: Strayer 409-417
- Due: completed review sheet
- Lecture: Colonialism in the Americas, continued
- Read: none
- Due: revised draft of China/Europe essay
- In class: review session
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