Syllabus
in class: Introductions; signing of contracts; discussion; quick videos in class on al-Andalus and Dar al-Islam assigned reading (due next class): (from textbook) pp. 3 - 31 skip "The Americas," pp. 8 - 9; skip "Family Life," pp. 18 - 19; skip "religious traditions and challenges" on p. 23, skip "everyday life p.24-26, pick up again at "Expansion and Conquest," p. 26] Prepare for quick quiz next class -- see box below right regarding quizzes. Read class requirements and expectations.
assigned
writing (due next class):do
short/long answer questions (questions available by clicking here)
4 things to take special note of: (1) assignments appear in this syllabus on the day assigned and are due the next class, unless noted otherwise -- so the assignments listed directly above are due NEXT class [Thu., 1/31] (2) although the assigned reading amounts to only 12 pages and should take at most 50 - 60 minutes, the assigned writing will take time and care -- be sure to set aside enough time. Altogether, the whole assignment should take an average student about 1 hour and 40 minutes to do an do an "A+" job (3) Because I have both left several copies of this chapter on 3-hour reserve at the library and made available a downloadable version (see box to the upper right), neither an inability to get to the bookstore or an an inability to download the chapter will constitute a legitimate excuse for not doing this assignment. (4) Don't forget the quiz
discuss ancient manuscripts of Mali; image 1 and 2; assigned reading: read this recent article from the New York Times regarding Muslim immigrants in England assigned writing: short answer questions and quotation exercises (click here)
2
things to take special note of:
(1) assignments appear
in this syllabus on the day assigned and are due the next
class, unless noted otherwise -- so the assignments
listed directly above are due NEXT class [Thur., 02/02] (2)
This assignment
is worth 8% of your final semester grade
Short video excerpts on the Ming Chinese fleets circumnavigating the Indian Ocean. (Map of the voyages from the video & what's up with the giraffe?) and East African diaspora in India images
[all reading amounts to 11 pages]
3
things to take special note of: (1)
assignments appear in this syllabus on the day
assigned and are due the next class, unless noted otherwise
-- so the assignments listed directly above are due next class
(2)
if you don't bring the whole of the Wiesner chapter (pp.270 - 295)
from Electronic Reserves to class on Tuesday, Feb 7 you will LOSE
CLASS PARTICIPATION POINTS!
(3) The homework assigned today is a double-homework,
worth 3% of your final grade
Tuesday, Feb 7 (CLASS 4) in class: BRING THE WHOLE OF THE WIESNER CHAPTER (pp. 270 - 295) TO CLASS TODAY SO THAT WE CAN GET STARTED ON YOUR HOMEWORK IN CLASS-- STUDENTS WHO DO NOT RISK LOSING CLASS PARTICIPATION POINTS!; we will start your homework in class assigned reading (due next class): none assigned writing (due next class):do Trans-Asian Contacts: The Basis of a World System (900 -1450) Guide to the Sources and Homework Questions for Thurs. Feb 9 NO QUIZ NEXT CLASS!
Thursday,
Feb 9 in class: black death paragraph activity; short video on the plague & Cairo assigned reading (due next class): (textbook): pp. 79 - 87 [stop at "The Portuguese in Africa and Asia"]; be sure to read the textbook before reading excerpts (on-line, but NOT from electronic reserves) from Racism: A Short History [note: for the text of these excerpts I have created an on-line glossary,so you may want to do this short reading on the web] assigned
writing (due next class):do
short answer questions
1 thing to take special note of: (1) The quiz next class (Thursday) is "closed note," indicating you will not be allowed to use any reference notes -- unlike "open note" quizzes. (2) The assigned homework will set you up to do our first paper, so be sure to do the reading carefully. extra-credit possibility: Extra-credit opportunity exploring the genocide in Rwanda. Due Feb 23rd by the start of class time, worth 750 Fritz-points (or the equivalent of 3 regular assignments).
Tuesday, Feb 14th
Thursday,
Feb 16th End of extended e-mail hours for Prof. Fritz
in
class: activity on "Tribute
under the Aztecs"
Tuesday, Feb 21 NO CLASS!! Contact,
Commerce, and Colonialization 1450s - 1600 Thursday,
Feb 23 $25 DVD PURCHASE POSSIBILITY assigned
reading: (textbook): pp.
101 - 116 (start at "Columbian Exchange" but skip
"The Transformation of Europe," pp. 106 - 110)
1 thing to take special note of: (1) The quiz next class is "closed note," indicating you will not be allowed to use any reference notes -- unlike open note quizzes.
Worlds
Entangled, 1600 - 1750
Thursday,
March 2nd
assigned writing: short (and long) answer questions (due 3/14)
1 thing to take special note of: (1) The quiz next class (3/14) is "closed note," indicating you will not be allowed to use any reference notes -- unlike open note quizzes. Thursday, March 9th
NO CLASS!!! READING DAY! Note DOUBLE, CLOSED NOTE, Quiz 3/14! Tuesday,
March 14th DOUBLE
QUIZ IN CLASS! WORTH 150 FRITZ POINTS! (see 3/07) in
class: First half of
Black Robe (do not plan to miss this day -- it will be difficult
for you to get the film on your own, and only second half of the film
is on your DVDs) 3 things to take special note of: (1) Both the short and the long options on this paper are due via Blackboard's Digital Dropbox (details on drop box here) (2 With the 4 short/long option papers assigned between 3/02 and 4/06, you must choose to do the long option on 1 paper and then the short option on the remaining 3 papers -- but which paper you choose to do the long option on is entirely up to you (details on short/long paper options here) (3) remember that while long-option essays can be turned in late (with a penalty), short option papers may not. See details here Thursday,
March 16th
assigned reading: (electronic reserves) Gilbert, Africa in World History, pp. 121 - 133;David Brion Davis, Challenging the Boundaries of Slavery, pp. 17 - 19; Thornton, The Birth of the Atlantic World, pp. 25 - 29; (textbook) pp. 131 - 136
Note that you have to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art before the mini-test (worth 3% of your final grade or 300 Fritz Points) on March 30th. See details here. Note that the Met is closed on Mondays.
4 things to take special note of: (1) The quiz next class is "closed note," indicating you will not be allowed to use any reference notes -- unlike open note quizzes. (2) The first question of your short answer questions will require filling out a map (details and map in the assignment itself); you will be turning in this map BY HAND on the day assigned rather than by black board. The rest of the questions, however, should be turned in by blackboard. (3) In the past, some students have said this reading took longer than they expected. (4)Note that you have to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art before the mini-test (worth 3% of your final grade or 300 Fritz Points) on March 30th. See details here. Note that the Met is closed on Mondays. Tuesday,March 21st No
Class!!
Reading / Museum Visit Day Thursday, March 23rd
(CLASS 14) in
class: film, Adanggaman
(do not plan to miss this day -- it will be impossible
for you to get the film on your own, there is no transcript on our
website, and only the second half is on your dvd) Note that you have to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art before the mini-test (worth 3% of your final grade or 300 Fritz Points) on March 30th. See details here.
Tuesday,
March 28th No
Class!!
Reading / Museum Visit Day
Cultures
of Splendor and Power 1600 - 1780
assigned reading: (textbook)
pp.49 - 50, pp. 53 - 54, 119 - 120 (stop at "increasing Economic
linkages"), pp. 136 – 144 (start with "Asia the 17th
& 18th century"), 163 - 170 (skip, if you wish, "Safavid
Culture," pp. 167 - 168); (on-line, but not electronic
reserves), excerpts
from Mazower's, Balkan History
assigned
reading: (textbook) pp. 179 - 186 (start with
"The Enlightenment in Europe" end with "Hybrid Cultures") Thursday,
April 6th in
class: activity,
"Enlightenment
and Racism"
Tuesday,
April 11th
SPRING BREAK !!!
Reordering
the World, 1750 - 1850 assigned
reading: (electronic reserves)
R. Marks on Industrial Revolution AND Topik,
"Sweet Success" Alternative
Visions of the Nineteenth Century
1 thing to take special note of: (1) BRING "EMPIRE" TRANSCRIPT TO CLASS ON 05/02 SO THAT WE CAN GET STARTED ON YOUR HOMEWORK IN CLASS; STUDENTS WHO DO NOT RISK LOSING CLASS PARTICIPATION POINTS
extra-credit possibility: Revolt in Jamaica, due 05/02 worth 200 Fritz Points Tuesday, May 2nd (CLASS 21) BRING "EMPIRE" TRANSCRIPT TO CLASS 05/02 SO THAT WE CAN GET STARTED ON YOUR HOMEWORK IN CLASS; STUDENTS WHO DO NOT BRING THE TRANSCRIPT RISK LOSING CLASS PARTICIPATION POINTS!
in
class: we will start working
with Sepoy Rebellion Chart assignment
Images
Retreat
From Globalization in
class: Video on Great Depression
in Global Perspective
Decolonization
Tuesday
May 9th in class:Video, Earth (do not plan to miss this day -- it will be impossible for you to get the film on your own and only the second half is on your dvd) assigned
reading: (textbook) 374 -
379; start with "Anti-Colonial Visions of Modern Life,"
skip "African Stirrings"; on-line reading (but not
electronic reserve) Indian Partition
(pp.102 - 106); on-line reading (but not electronic reserves)
Encyclopedia of the Twentieth Century,
"South Asia" (one paragraph)
Thursday
May 11th
1
thing to take special note of: (1)
The quiz next class is
"closed note,"
indicating you will not
be allowed to use any reference notes -- unlike open note quizzes.
Characteristics of the New Global Order
Tuesday,
May 16th assigned
reading: (electronic reserves) Why
the Rest Hates the West, Meic Pearse (due last day of class --
see 5/23-5/25 below) Tuesday,
23rd - 25th (depending on section)
1 thing to take special note of: (1) You can not receive credit for the final paper if you fail to do the revised thesis statements and outlines & send those items to digital dropbox.
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