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Monday |
Monday to Wednesday |
Wednesday - Sunday |
by Sunday night |
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Week
starts |
For hybrid students:
SEC Room 601 11-12:20
(topics TBA - online students welcome to attend but not required)
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First:
Read and hear
Lecture & Documents:
There is no textbook, so background reading is recommended |
Then collect and compose historical theses in Moodle
Primary source due Wed midnight, thesis post due Sunday night |
Take the multiple-choice lecture/reading quizzes,
essay exams, and assessments in Moodle
(you must have an account and log in) |
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Before class starts: Self-enroll
in Moodle by using enrollment code number that matches
the section you're in: 1605 for the hybrid section,
or 1606 for the fully online section. See this
tutorial for how to do that.
Optional: You are welcome to join the Facebook
group for all my history students. |
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The Study
Questions Guide [rtf] contains all the questions for all the
quizzes.
HELP For
help about the class, please post in the Help!
I Have a Question forum. For private questions, use Messages
in Moodle, email me, or send a Facebook message. |
| 1 |
M 1/23 |
Welcome and hello
Release forms for anyone attending at San Elijo (so I can record
or broadcast class sessions for students at home) |
Lecture:
The Story So Far
Our
Learning Scheme -- Being a Historian |
Start
here at the Tavern
(This forum is for everyone in both hybrid and online) |
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| 2 |
M 1/30 |
Discussion:
Europe before 1648
Intro: 17th century
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Background overview: 17th
century and timeline
Lecture: 17th
century Politics and Culture
(workbook documents are linked from inside the lecture) |
Post
sources and writing
The primary source post is always due Wednesday midnight, thesis
post (response to Lisa's " *Take discussion from here")
is always due Sunday night.
(Starting this week, the forums are separate) |
- Quiz
1 due 5 pm Sunday 2/5
(quizzes are 25-35 multiple choice questions from lectures
and documents, with one attempt allowed -- they are not timed but
if you take too long your ISP may time you out)
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| 3 |
M 2/6 |
Discussion Thesis: The power struggles of the 17th century
were all about sovereignty.
Slideshow:
17th c art
Intro: Science and Sentiment |
Background overview: Science and Enlightenment
Lecture:
Science and Sentiment (The Enlightenment) |
Post
sources and writing |
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| 4 |
M 2/13 |

Discussion: Science and Sentiment
Intro: 18th c. Economy and Society
discuss essay exam |
Background reading: 18th
century summary and Wealth
of Nations
Lecture: 18th
century Economy and Society
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Post
sources and writing
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- Quiz
3 due 5 pm Sunday 2/19
- Essay Exam #1 opens 2/19
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T 2/21 |
(no San Elijo class Monday - holiday)
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Background overview: French
Revolution
Lecture: Political
Revolutions
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Post
sources and writing
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- Quiz
4 due 5 pm Sunday 2/26
- Essay
Exam #1 due Monday 5 pm Monday 2/27
- See good sample essays from this exam here
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M 2/27 |
Discussion: French Revolution
Intro: Industrialization |
Background overview: Industrial
Revolution
Lecture:
Industrialization |
Post
sources and writing
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M 3/5 |
Discussion:
Industrialization
Intro: Socialism and Romanticism
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Lecture:
Socialist and Romantic Response |
Post
sources and writing
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M 3/12 |
Discussion: Socialist and Romantic Response
Intro: 19th c Society |
Background reading: Victorian
morality
Lecture: Nineteenth-Century
Society
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Post
sources and writing
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Spring Break |
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M 3/26 |
Discussion: Victorian society
Intro: Modern Nationalism |
Background overview: Nationalism
definition and Imperialism
Lecture: Origins
of Modern Nationalism |
Post
sources and writing
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- Quiz
8 due Sunday 5 pm 4/1
- Essay exam #2 opens 4/1
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| 10 |
M 4/2 |
Discussion:
Nationalism
Intro: WWI and Russian Revolution |
Background overview: World
War I and Russian
Revolution
Lecture: Great
War and Russian Revolution
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Post
sources and writing
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M 4/9 |
Discussion: Great War and Russian Revolution
Intro: 1920s and 30s |
Background reading: Modernist
literature
Lecture:
Twenties and Thirties
Review Our
Learning Scheme: Being a Historian
Theme
Tutorial and Self-Quiz
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Post
sources and writing
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M 4/16 |
Discussion:
1920s and 1930s
Themes
Intro: WWII |
Background overview: World
War II
Lecture: World
War II
Historical
Theme Tutorial
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Post
sources and writing
(Topic choice due for final exam essay)
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M 4/23 |
Discussion: WWII
Intro: Cold War |
Background overview: Cold
War
Cold War |
Post
sources and writing
(Topic revision and source approach due for final exam essay)
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M 4/30 |
Discussion:
Cold War
Intro: Social Revolution |
Additional reading: Western
culture
Social Revolution |
Post
sources and writing
(rough draft due for final exam essay)
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Extra credit/Quiz makeup May 6-11 only: you may email
Lisa for a password for one quiz you missed. You must include
the class name (History 104) and quiz number in your request, and
email again when finished. If you have no missed quizzes, email
Lisa for the password to the Quiz
Question Roulette for extra credit. This option is only
available to students who never missed a quiz, so let me know
that's your case in your email. |
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M 5/7 |
Discussion: Social Revolution
Intro: Contemporary West |
Background overview: 1980
to the present
Contemporary
West
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Post
sources and writing
(expanded rough draft due for final exam essay) |
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| 16 |
M 5/14 |
Discussion: Contemporary West
Final exam prep |
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Post
sources and writing
(revised draft due for final exam essay)
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| F |
W 5/23 |
No Monday (other classes have finals)
10:30-12:30 Final exam option at San Elijo - email
me if you want to
take the final on campus |
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