Syllabus
in class: Introductions; signing of contracts; discussion; quick videos in class on al-Andalus, Dar al-Islam, & Ibn Battuta. assigned reading (due next class): (from textbook) pp. 3 - 18 [end where "Family Life" begins, and skip "The Americas," pp. 8 - 9]; Prepare for quick quiz next class -- see box below right regarding quizzes. Read class requirements and expectations. assigned writing (due next class):do short answer questions and quotation exercise
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 [Tu., 2/01] (2)
although the assigned reading amounts to only 10 pages and should
take at most 30 - 40 minutes, the assigned writing will take
time and care (3)
This first assignment is worth 10% of your final
semester grade, and unlike other homeworks, your grade you
for this assignment can NOT be one of the 2 lowest homework grades
I drop at the end of the semester. In short, it makes a lot of sense
to to do this first assignment completely and with care (4)
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.
extra-credit
possibility: the
Guggenheim
Museum in NYC has a superb exhibit
of Aztec art that closes 2/13. If you
visit the exhibit before it closes and answer some questions by (tu)
2/15, you may potentially receive up to the equivalent of 2 homework
assignments. Details here. Tuesday, February 1st (CLASS 2) in class: quiz (see 1/27); discuss ancient manuscripts of Mali; image 1 and 2;
Short video
excerpt on the Ming Chinese fleets circumnavigating the Indian Ocean.
(Map of the voyages from the
video & what's up with
the giraffe?)
[all reading amounts to 16.5 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
[Th. 2/03] (2)
if you don't bring the whole of the Wiesner reading from Electronic
Reserves to class on Thursday, February 3rd, you will LOSE
CLASS PARTICIPATION POINTS!
(3) The homework assigned today is a double-homework,
worth 3% of your final grade (see details of grades here);
moreover, skipping a double-homework eats up
two of your "dropped grades" at the end of the semester
(see details of dropped grades here)
Thursday, February 3rd (CLASS 3) in class: BRING THE WHOLE OF THE WIESNER READING 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 Tu., 02/08 3 things to take special note of: (1) If this week is particularly busy for you, you may want to consider taking a "reschedule" for portions of this assignment. I will accept requests for such a reschedule on this assignment BY E-MAIL up to Monday, 2/7, at noon -- rather than the 7 days notice I generally require. (2) Be aware, however that this special reschedule date will NOT be available to you if you did not turn in one or more of the previous homeworks, no exceptions. (3) DO NOT ASSUME YOU HAVE RECEIVED A RESCHEDULE UNLESS YOU HAVE HEARD FROM ME DIRECTLY ON THE MATTER NO QUIZ NEXT CLASS! extra-credit possibility:the Guggenheim Museum in NYC has a superb exhibit of Aztec art that closes 2/13. If you visit the exhibit before it closes and answer some questions by (tu) 2/15, you may potentially receive up to the equivalent of 2 homework assignments. Details here.
Tuesday,
February 8th in class: black death paragraph activity; short video on the plague & Cairo assigned
reading (due next class):
(textbook):
pp. 79 - 92; 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
2 things 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:the Guggenheim Museum in NYC has a superb exhibit of Aztec art that closes 2/13. If you visit the exhibit before it closes and answer some questions by (tu) 2/15, you may potentially receive up to the equivalent of 2 homework assignments. Details here.
Thursday, February 10th
3 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)
If you turn in the short
answer questions by Blackboard's Digital Dropbox
(details
on drop box here; details on
logging on to blackboard here)
by the start of class time on 2/15,
then (and only then) you do NOT
have to come to class on 2/15 Tuesday,
February 15th Writing
Day BLACKBOARD WORKSHOP and WRITING WORKSHOP on the essay due 2/17
extra-credit possibility: movie/reading: Hotel Rwanda. Due March 1st by dropbox.
Thursday,
February 17th Contact,
Commerce, and Colonialization 1450s - 1600 Tuesday,
February 22nd $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. extra-credit possibility: movie/reading: Hotel Rwanda. Due March 1st by dropbox. Worlds Entangled, 1600 - 1750 Thursday,
February 24th
Tuesday,
March 1st
assigned writing: short (and long) answer questions (due next Thursday -- as 03/08 is a reading day)
1 thing to take special note of: (1) The quiz next class (03/08) is "closed note," indicating you will not be allowed to use any reference notes -- unlike open note quizzes. Tuesday,
March 8th Thursday,
March 10th DOUBLE
QUIZ IN CLASS! WORTH TWO QUIZ SCORES! (see 10/05) 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, 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 Tuesday,
March 15th
assigned reading: (electronic reserves) David Brion Davis, "Sugar and Slavery from the Old to the New World" (pp. 14 - 23);(electronic reserves) John Thornton's Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, pp. 36 - 39 (start at "Oceanic Navigation"); (textbook) pp. 131 - 136
2
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.
Thursday,
March 17th 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) Cultures of Splendor and Power 1600 - 1780 Tuesday, March 22 (CLASS 14) in class:short video except in class on the Ottoman Empire
assigned reading: (textbook)
pp.49 - 50, pp. 53 - 54, 119 - 120 (stop at "increasing Economic
linkages"), pp. 136 – 146 (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
1 thing to take special note of: (1) The quiz on 3/31 is a double quiz, meaning that not only is it worth twice as much as a regular quiz, skipping it will eat two of the 4 lowest scores I drop at the end of the semester image
1 Thursday,
March 24th Tuesday, March 29th NO CLASSES, JOHN JAY ON VACATION
assigned
reading: (textbook) pp. 179 - 186 (start with
"The Enlightenment in Europe" end with "Hybrid Cultures") Tuesday, April 5th (CLASS 16) in
class: activity,
"Enlightenment
and Racism"
Reordering the World, 1750 - 1850 Thursday,
April 7th assigned
reading: (textbook) pp. 197
– 203 ; 208 - 213 1
thing to take special note of: (1)
this assignment is worth TWO
homeworks Colonialism Tuesday April 12th No Class!!! Reading Day!!! assigned
reading: (textbook), 227
- 230, read "Colonial Reorderings in India"
Thursday,
April 14th assigned
reading: (electronic reserves)
R. Marks on Industrialization Alternative
Visions of the Nineteenth Century
1 thing to take special note of: (1) BRING "EMPIRE" TRANSCRIPT TO CLASS ON 4/21 SO THAT WE CAN GET STARTED ON YOUR HOMEWORK IN CLASS; STUDENTS WHO DO NOT RISK LOSING CLASS PARTICIPATION POINTS! Thursday,
April 21st
in
class: we will start working
with Sepoy Rebellion Chart assignment
Images Tuesday, April 26th NO CLASSES, JOHN JAY ON VACATION extra-credit possibility: 1898 & Puerto Rico, Philippines details TBA, due May 3rdThursday,
April 28th Retreat
From Globalization in
class: Video on Great Depression
in Global Perspective
Decolonization
Thursday,
May 5th 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) 378 -
379 start with paragraph that begins "Hindus also sought to claim
a political on the basis of religious identity" (second column)
until "Chinese Nationalism"; 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)
Tuesday,
May 10th
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
Thursday,
May 12th assigned
reading: (electronic reserves) In the
name of Identity, by Maalouf Tuesday,
May 17th
2 things to take special note of: (1) be sure that you send the revised thesis statements and outlines to the writing tutor's digital dropbox, not Prof. Umbach's; the short answer questions, however go to Prof. Umbach's (2) You can not receive credit for the final paper if you fail to do the revised thesis statements and outlines & send those items to the writing tutor's digital dropbox
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