Schedule

World History / Andrews – Fall 2018                              Schedule of Activities & Assignments

WEEK ONE

First Week of Classes

August 28

Introductions. Syllabus. Definitions. FAQ. Upper division credit. Universe history. 

August 30

Early Homo. Evolution & spread of Homo sapiens. Paleolithic migrations. Population of the planet.

DUE: Create your blog. READ & BLOG ON WW Prologue, Intro to Part One, AND… Chapter 1 (First Peoples), Sections: Out of Africa & The Ways We Were. If you don’t have your textbook yet, you’ll find some on reserve in the library.

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WEEK TWO 

Labor Day Week

September 4

The Neolithic revolution and the development of agriculture.

DUE:  READ & BLOG ON Chapter 1 (First Farmers), Sections: Breakthroughs to Agriculture to end of Chapter

September 6

Primary sources. Evaluating evidence… how do we know anything about the pre-literate past?

DUE: TBD from Evidence section

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WEEK THREE

September 11

Workshop: analytical paper. 

DUE:   READ Handout from Discovering the Global Past. What do you think of Claudius and Xinchen as leaders? Which one is the better leader… why? Do the “Close Reading” exercise, and make extensive notes in the margins of the handout as you read and reflect.

September 13

The “civilizing” of human beings: Gilgamesh.

DUE: Draft of Analytical Paper

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WEEK FOUR

September 18

Ancient civilizations.

DUE: READ & BLOG ON Chapter 2 (First Civilizations)

September 20

Primary Sources. Comparing Ancient civilizations.

DUE: Analytical Paper. AND… READ & BLOG ON Chapter 2 Documents – choose one introductory question in the Documents section and respond to it in your blog post

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WEEK FIVE

September 25

The Classical Era in Eurasia. 

DUE:  READ & BLOG ON Intro to Part Two & Ch 3 (State & Empire)

September 27

Primary Sources, Confucian reflections on leadership.

DUE:   READ Chapter 3 Documents… choose one to blog about

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WEEK SIX

October 2

Eurasian cultural traditions. 

Preflection for CTA Day

DUE: READ & Blog On Ch 4 (Culture & Religion) AND Close Reading of “Serving is Different from Helping and Fixing” http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=940

October 4

Classical Era – Society & Inequality.

DUE: READ & Blog On Chapter 5 (Society & Inequality)

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WEEK SEVEN

Call to Action Week

October 9

Participate in Call to Action Day. 

October 11

Post-flection on CTA Day. Africa & the Americas. 

DUE:  READ & BLOG ON Chapter 6 (Commonalities & Variations)

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WEEK EIGHT

Midterms Week

October 16

Midterm Review.

DUE:  Review / Highlight / Annotate all class notes; Review Own & Other Students’ Blogs

October 18

Midterm Exam

WEEK NINE

October 23

Oral portion of midterm. Writing Workshop for Research Project.

DUE: Nothing due today… enjoy your midterm break

October 25

Commerce & Culture: Silk Roads, Sand Roads & Sea Roads.

DUE:  READ & BLOG ON Intro to Part Three & Ch 7 (Commerce & Culture)

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WEEK TEN

October 30

Islam

DUE:  READ & Blog On Chapter 9 (The Worlds of Islam)

November 1

Christendom. The European Renaissance & early Modern thought world. 

DUE:  READ & Blog On Chapter 10 (The Worlds of Christendom)

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WEEK ELEVEN

November 6

The Golden Age of China. 

DUE:  READ & BLOG ON Chapter 8 (China and the World)

November 8

Meet with Debate teams.

DUE: As self-assigned by debate teams

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WEEK TWELVE

November 13

China Debate

DUE: Prepare talking points for in-class debate as self-assigned by teams

November 15

Attend Freshman Research Conference, location TBD, 3:30 to 5:30 pm. Support our freshmen by showing interest in their work! If you can’t make the Research Conference, please come to class at the normal time for a “study hall” session. Bring an assignment you need to catch up on or for which you need some help.

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WEEK THIRTEEN

November 20

Peoples who leave no written record; Nomadic civilizations: The Mongols.

DUE:  READ WW Chapter 11 (Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage), AND reflection on Freshman Research Conference

Thursday, November 22

No class – Thanksgiving holiday.

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WEEK FOURTEEN

November 27

The Worlds of the 15^thCentury. 

DUE: READ and blog on Chapter 12. 

November 29

Special topics & presentation skills.

DUE: Research paper

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WEEK FIFTEEN

December 4

Final Exam. 

December 6

Research Presentations.