Week of December 16th

Happy Holidays to all! Short week this week, but one more assignment before the break. See paper topic below.

Monday

• Read: none
• Lecture: finish Missionary Activity
• Workshop: Essay Prep
• Due: rough draft of essay OR substantial 1-2 page outline

Wednesday

• Short class due to holiday schedule
• In-class celebration
• DUE: argumentative essay
• In a 2-3 page response, address the following prompt:
• Compare the effects of the fur trade on native societies in North America, with the effects of the slave trade on native societies in Africa.
• Remember that this is an argumentative essay, so you thesis must be arguable. And since it is inherently comparative, you should create analytic categories in the structure of your essay.

Week of December 9th

Tuesday, Dec. 11

• Read: Strayer 461-467
• Lecture: Protestant Reformation
• Workshop: Plagiarism
• Due: 2 more annotations

Thursday, Dec. 13

• Read: Strayer 467-472
• Lecture: Missionary Activity
• Workshop: Argumentative Essay construction

Week of December 2nd

Monday, Dec. 3

• Read: Strayer 449-452; Equiano handout
• Lecture: Slave Trade
• Workshop: Discuss Equiano reading
• Due: Equiano Guided Reading Sheet

Wednesday, Dec. 5

• Read: Strayer 452-457
• Lecture: Slave Trade, cont.
• Workshop: exam review
• bring completed review sheet to class
• I will check these for a homework grade

Friday, Dec.7

• Exam 3

*Next 2 annotations will be due Tuesday, Dec. 11th*

Week of November 25th

I want to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy the time with your friends and family, and travel safely. When we return we will complete our unit on colonial trade networks by discussing the Atlantic Economy.

*Our next exam is tentatively scheduled for December 7th.*

Tuesday, Nov. 27

• Read: none
• Lecture: The Silver Trade
• Workshop: Research

Thursday, Nov. 29

• Read: Strayer 445-448
• Lecture: The Fur Trade
• Workshop: Mapping Global Trade
• Due: 2 more annotations

Week of November 11th

Wednesday

• Read: Strayer 439-442
• Lecture: Tools of the Colonial Economy
• Workshop: Annotated Bibliography - research time

Thursday

• Read: Strayer 442-445
• Lecture: Silver Trade
• Workshop: notebooks
• Due: 2 bibliography annotations

Week of November 4th

Monday, Nov 5

• Read: none
• Lecture: Portuguese in the Indian Ocean
• Workshop: annotated bibliography

Wednesday, Nov 7

• Read: Strayer 433-437
• Lecture: Portuguese, cont.
• Workshop: EasyBib

Friday, Nov 9

• Read: Strayer 437-439
• Lecture: Spain in the Phillipines
• Workshop: research time
• Due: 1 sample annotation

Week of October 28

*Post-Sandy Update*
As we discussed in class yesterday, we will go forward with our plans to take the second exam on Wednesday. I hope you all have remained safe and largely unaffected by the storm. See you tomorrow...

Monday

• Read: none
• Lecture: Review for exam
• Workshop: Exam prep
• Due: completed review sheet
• *optional essay*

Wednesday

• Exam 2

Friday

• no school

Week of October 21

Tuesday, Oct 23

• Read: Strayer 417-421
• Lecture: Russian Empire
• Workshop: Proposal Revisions

Thursday, Oct 25

• Read: 424-429
• Lecture: Muslim Empires
• Workshop: Exam Preparation
• Due: Final Research Proposal 

*our next exam will be on Wednesday, Oct. 31*

**the optional essay to replace summer reading assignment will be due Monday, Oct. 29**

•  Compare and contrast the relationship between the state and religion in at least two of the following four imperial contexts: Spanish America, Russia, Mughal India, Ottoman Europe

Week of October 14

Great job to everyone on the first unit. I was very pleased with the exam scores, and especially the amount of preparation everyone displayed through their notebooks. Hopefully you now have a sense of the rhythm of the course and what it takes to be successful. As we move into the next unit we will be spending a lot of time in class on the research projects. Remember that these are year-long projects. The more work you put in now will not only reward you at the end of the quarter, but will continue to pay dividends all year. 

Monday - Oct 15

• Read: Strayer 409-412
• Lecture: Colonial Spanish America
• Workshop: Research Methods & Resources
• Due: Topic Statement draft

Wednesday - Oct 17

• Read: Strayer 412-415
• Lecture: The Plantation Economy
• Workshop: The Research Plan

Friday - Oct 19

• Read: Strayer 415-417
• Lecture: North American Comparison
• Workshop: TBA
• Due: Research Plan draft

Week of October 7

**No school Monday**

Tuesday, Oct 9

• Read: Strayer 403-406
• Lecture: Age of Exploration
• Workshop: notebook and exam recap
• Due: Research Project Statement of Interest
• If Global Connection, write one paragraph that describes the topic and how it represents a global connection. Locate in time and space
• If Colonial Encounter, identify the members of your team and their roles, the European country doing the colonizing and the region being colonized (Asia, Africa or Latin America). Include as much information about why you made those selections as possible.

Thursday, Oct 11

• Read: Strayer 406-409
• Lecture: Founding Colonies in the Americas
• Workshop: Research Projects, phase 1

Week of September 30

This week marks the end of our first unit of study. I feel as though we have set a good tone for the year in our first unit. It seems that you have all worked hard to establish some good study skills and habits that will continue to serve you well all year if you maintain them. Good luck on the exam. On Thursday we will begin to work on the research projects that will continue all year.

Tuesday

• Exam 1

Thursday

• Read: none
• Lecture: Research Design & Methods
• Workshop: Intro to year-long research projects

Week of September 23

This week we will be completing our first unit of study, the survey of the world in the 15th century. Therefore only a small amount of new material will be presented this week. However, you must begin to prepare for the exam, which will be held on October 2. Please note that I will check completed exam review sheets in class on Friday. 

Tuesday, Sept 25

• Read: Strayer 386-389
• Lecture: The Americas, pt 2
• Workshop: Exam Prep

Friday, Sept 28

• Read: none
• Lecture: miscellaneous
• Workshop: Exam Review
• Due: completed review sheet

Week of September 16

Wow, what a great first week of classes! Over the next several weeks I will be rolling out some new and interesting assignments, including some that contain multiple components for you to complete over the course of the year. Try to be diligent about developing and reinforcing some good study habits over these next few weeks as the course becomes more complex. It will be important to have a firm foundation. Remember to focus on note-taking with reading assignments and keep organizing your materials in the notebook.

Wednesday, Sept. 19

• Read: Strayer 378-382
• Lecture: The Islamic World
• Workshop: Comparing Islamic Empires
• Due: Summer Reading Essay

Friday, Sept. 21

• Read: Strayer 382-386
• Lecture: Indigenous America
• Workshop: Comparing Across Cultures

First two weeks of school (Sept. 5 - Sept. 14)

Here is an outline of what you can expect in Modern World History during the first two weeks of class.

*Please note that things are due to be completed on the day they are listed. For example, you are expected to complete the reading "Strayer 363-369" before class on Monday, Sept. 10.

Wednesday, Sept. 5

• In-class: welcome, introductions & distribution of course materials
• this will be a shortened class (30-35 minutes)

Thursday, Sept. 6

• Read: Strayer, xli-xliv (prologue)
• Lecture: BIG history & Periodization
• David Christian on TED 
• Workshop: note-taking strategies

Monday, Sept. 10

• Read: Strayer 363-369
• Lecture: Subsistence Patterns
• Workshop: introductory discussion of Achebe
• Due: identify the following 4 terms
• hunter/gatherer
• agricultural village
• pastoralism
• civilization

Wednesday, Sept. 12

• Read: Strayer 369-372
• Lecture: 15th century China
• Workshop: the art of comparison

Friday, Sept. 14

• Read: Strayer 372-378
• Lecture: 15th century Europe
• Workshop: Achebe discussion
• Due: China/Europe comparative chart
• create 3-5 analytic categories for your comparison of China and Europe
• come up with at least two points of comparison for each category
• you can do these as T-charts or Venn diagrams, but you should do one for each analytic category, not just one overall

Getting Ready for School

Hi Everybody:

Just a couple of quick things as we're all getting ready to head back to school next week.

1. Supplies - Organization is an important skill in any class, but especially one that studies 500 years of history. In order to keep our materials organized, I recommend that you keep notes, homework and handouts in one large (3" or so) three-ring binder with multiple dividers. Because that may become cumbersome to carry back and forth to class every day, it might also help to have a smaller binder or folder (with pockets) for the current unit so you can leave the big one at home. There will be periodic assessments of your notebook. I will distribute a rubric the first week of class.
2. Summer Reading - We will begin discussing the summer reading assignment the first week of class, and the essay will be due the second week. Those assignments are posted on Sharepoint, which is accessible through the MPH Intranet Portal, or through this link directly:  Summer Reading Assignments

I'm really looking forward to kicking off the year. See you soon.


Mr. Stegeman

Week of May 27

Tuesday, May 29

•  Exam 9

Thursday, May 31

• Course Wrap-Up
• End of year celebration

Week of May 20

Tuesday, May 22

• Read: Strayer 705-710
• Lecture: Politics in the Global South
• Workshop: finish Mandela film

Thursday, May 24

• Read: Strayer 710-715
• Lecture: Economies of the Global South
• Workshop: exam review
• Due: film analysis notes & worksheet 
• note - read the article below for help answering some questions ("Goodbye Bafana" is an alternate title for "The Color of Freedom")
• The Guardian - Reel History column

Week of May 13

***Year-long research projects are due Wednesday. Remember to work on your project a little each day, and follow the plan you laid out on your progress worksheet last week.***

Monday, May14

• Read: Strayer 700-703
• Lecture: Ending Apartheid in South Africa
• Workshop: citation formatting

Wednesday, May 16

• Read: none
• In-class: Nelson Mandela/Apartheid South Africa video
• Due: year-long research project

Friday, May 18

• Read: none
• Workshop: discussion of South Africa video, comparison of cases
• In-class writing exercise: comparative essay
• What does it mean to become free of colonial domination? How can a comparison of India and South Africa illustrate an ongoing lack of freedom, following formal independence?

Week of May 6

Tuesday

• Read: Strayer 696-700
• Lecture: Independence in South Asia
• Workshop: research project work session

Thursday

•  Watch: YouTube video (link below)
• **be sure to watch all 6 segments - only the first is linked**
• Lecture/Discussion: India & Ghandi
• Workshop: Research

Ghandi - Road to Freedom

Week of April 29

Monday

• Read: none
• Lecture: conclusion of WWII
• Workshop: exam review; research conferences

Wednesday

• Exam 8

Friday

• Read: Strayer 691-696
• Lecture: Intro to Decolonization
• Workshop: final draft planning

Week of April 22

Tuesday, April 24

• Read: Chang from Rape of Nanking (in packet)
• Lecture: World War II
• Workshop: discuss war crimes; research conferences
• Homework: create 1/2 of comparative chart on aggression in WWII (Japan section)

Thursday, April 26

• Read: Steiner from Treblinka (in packet)
• Lecture: conclusion of WWII
• Workshop: exam prep; research conferences
• Due: 1-2 comparative graphic organizer
• Compare and contrast the roles of Japanese and German aggression in WWII

**next exam will be held Wednesday, May 2nd**

Week of April 15

Welcome back from Spring Break everybody. I hope you all had a restful vacation. This week we will continue our discussion of interwar Europe and begin the transition to World War II.

Monday

• Read: none
• Lecture: Fascism in Japan
• Workshop: vacation recap & research planning

Wednesday

• Read: 645-648
• Lecture: Intro to WWII
• Workshop: TBD

Friday

• Read: 648-653
• Lecture: WWII pt 1
• Workshop: TBD

Week of April 1

Monday

• Exam 7

Wednesday

• no homework - just a little historical film action in class

Week of March 25

Tuesday

• Read: Strayer 633-638
• Lecture: Great Depression & Interwar Europe

Thursday

• Read: Strayer 638-645
• Lecture: Rise of Fascism in Italy & Germany
• Workshop: Exam prep

* our next exam will take place on Monday, April 2 *

Week of March 18

This week we will be concluding the major components of the third quarter. We will begin talking about the twentieth century, a remarkable time in the human experience. Some of our subjects will be quite complex, so remember to continue with the organizational and study tools we have learned over the course of the year - especially the value of reading notes.

Monday, March 19

• Read: Strayer 617-626
• Lecture: Intro to 20th Century
• Workshop: rough draft writing

Wednesday, March 21

• Read: none
• Lecture: WWI
• Due: Research Project Rough Draft
• about 5 pages at least (or the equivalent)
• Workshop: Trench Warfare

Friday, March 23

• Read: Strayer 626-632
• Lecture: WWI
• Due: Guided-reading question - 2-paragraph response
•  Explain the system of alliances that led to the outbreak of WWI. Describe how the war was fought, and how and why the tactics differed from earlier conflicts.

Week of March 11

Tuesday, March 13

• Exam 6
• you may bring your prepared review sheet to the exam
• this should not exceed one 8.5 x 11" sheet of paper (both sides)

Thursday, March 15

• Writing workshop
• work on research project rough drafts
• bring all necessary research materials to class

Week of March 4

Monday 3/5

• Read: Strayer 577-585
• Lecture: Japan
• Workshop: Research project
• Due: outline of major research sections

Wednesday 3/7

• Read: none
• Workshop: exam prep
• Due: Detailed Outline

Week of February 26

I hope everyone had a nice winter break. Welcome back to school. We'll be finishing up the third quarter with a unit on 19th century imperialism in Asia and Africa. Also on the docket is phase three of our long-term research projects. We will lay our our plan in greater detail during class this week.

Tuesday

• Read: none
• Lecture/Activity: learning-style survey
• Workshop: research project phase 3

Thursday

• Read: Strayer 564-571
• Lecture: British Imperialism in China
• Workshop: research project planning
• bring proposal and annotated bibliography to class
• I will assign a homework grade for coming prepared 
• Due: 3-paragraph typed learning reflection
• make use of learning styles

Week of February 12

Monday

• Homework: bring complete review sheet to class
• In-class: review session

Wednesday

• Exam 5

Friday

• Winter Carnival

Week of February 5

Tuesday 2/7

• Read: Strayer 561-564
• Lecture: Industrialization & Imperialism
• Homework: bring draft or substantial outline to class
• Workshop: final essay construction

Thursday 2/9

• Read: none
• Lecture: Odds & Ends
• Due: Comparative Essay
• Workshop: exam prep
• Exam 5 - Wednesday, Feb. 15

Week of January 29

Monday

• Read: Strayer 541-545
• Lecture: US Industrialization
• Workshop: intro comparative essay assignment

Wednesday

• Read: Strayer 545-548
• Lecture: Russian Industrialization
• Workshop: comparative essay
• Due: comparative chart
• compare processes of industrialization in US & Russia

Friday

• Read: Strayer 548-550
• Lecture: intro to Latin American Industrialization
• Due: reading notes for week of Jan 29

**Comparative essay - due next week**

Analyze similarities and differences between the processes of industrialization in Britain and 2 of the following 3 contexts:

• United States
• Russia
• Latin America

Week of January 22

Tuesday 1/24

• Read: Strayer 527-532
• Lecture: Intro to Industrial Revolution
• Workshop: textile industry film

Thursday 1/26

• Read: Strayer 532-538
• Lecture: Industrialization and Social Change
• Workshop: field trip to Mrs. Salter's room
• Due: 1-2 paragraph reading response
• Why did the Industrial Revolution happen in Europe? Why did it happen in Britain?

Week of January 15

**Update **

Due to the snow day on Friday, we will move everything back one class. The outline below reflects the new schedule.

Monday 1/16

• no school - MLK Day

Wednesday 1/18

• Read: Strayer, 520-524
• Lecture: 19th c. social movements
• Workshop: exam review

Friday 1/20

• Exam 4

Week of January 8

Monday, Jan. 9

• Read: Strayer, 513-516
• Lecture: Abolition
• Homework: work on annotations

Wednesday, Jan. 11

• Read: Strayer, 516-520
• Lecture: Nationalism
• Due: Annotated Bibliography

Friday, Jan. 13

• Read: Strayer, 520-524
• Lecture: Feminism
• Workshop: exam review

Week of January 1

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had an exciting and restful break. This week we will start slow, with some review of the things we talked about before break, then work hard to complete our unit on the Atlantic Revolutions in the next three weeks. Remember, the quarter ends January 20th - your annotated bibliographies will be due next week, and we'll have an exam the week after that.

Tuesday Jan. 3

• Reading: none
• Lecture: French Revolution
• incl. review of American Independence and revolution / independence / civil war discussion
• Workshop: annotated bibliography

Thursday Jan. 5

• Reading: Strayer 504-510
• Lecture: Haitian Revolution
• Due: Reading notes