Week 1: Introduction – August 26, 28

    • August 26
      • Welcome to History 125! 
        • Syllabus review and introducing course materials
      • Slack: Icebreaker
        • Post a picture that you feel represents history to you in Slack under #icebreaker
        • Comment on at least one post
      • Brief Survey:
        • Please record your responses to the questions here

Week 2:  Narratives and Frames – September 4

    • September 2 – No Class: Labor Day 

Week 3:  The Global Tapestry (1200-1450 CE) – September 9, 11

GRACE PERIOD TO TURN IN WORK FOR WEEKS ONE AND TWO ENDs 9/13/2024 at 9am. ANY LATE WORK WILL NOW HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE MAKE-UP DAYS (per instructions).

Week 4: Transoceanic Connections (1450-1750 CE) – September 16, 18

    • Week 4 Objectives
    • In-Class  – September 16
      • Housekeeping re: Global Tapestry Exercise from Week 3 and future in-class work
      • We will watch – John Leguizamo’s Latin American History for Morons (to finish in class on September 18)
    • In-Class – September 18
      • We will finish watching John Leguizamo’s Latin American History for Morons – questions to answer as homework on Blackboard
      • 15/20 minutes Global Tapestry Discussion
    • Homework – Due September 23 by 1pm 
      • Finish John Leguizamo’s Latin American History for Morons exercise if you haven’t alreadyHomework – Due September 25 by 1pm

Week 5: Transoceanic Connections (1450-1750 CE) continued – September 23, 25

MID-TERM MAKE-UP PERIOD

  • You can submit up to 2 late assignments from Week 1-5
    • I will not take any late work outside of this period (until the Final Make-Up Period at the end of the semester)
      • So, if you missed more than 2 assignments, plan accordingly to submit them during the Final Make-Up Period at the end of the semester.
  • You have from Midnight on October 3 to 11:59pm on October 6.
    • This Make-Up Period includes any work from the semester INCLUDING Assessments.
  • There will be a Make-Up Period Folder opened in Blackboard in which you can submit up to 2 assignments – CLEARLY MARK THE TITLE OF THE ASSIGNMENT.

Week 6: Liberal & National Revolutions (1750-1914 CE) – Sept 30, October 2

    • Ingredients for Revolution
    • Revolutions Around the World
    • Nationalism

Week 7: Industrialization (1750 -1914 CE) – October 7, 9

    • The Revolution Begins
    • Global Industrialization
    • Shifting Economics
    • Social Transformation

Week 8: Empires and Consequences of Revolution (1850-1950 CE) – October 16

    • October 14: No Class – Fall Break
    • The System of Imperialism
    • Empire and Imperialism
    • Colonialism/Responses to Colonialism
    • Housekeeping: Final Project Topic
      • Your topic for your final project must be approved by me no later than Week 9. Once you have identified your piece of/topic from history, you will locate a news story/current event that you think connects to your chosen subject/artifact/event in some interesting, meaningful way. You will submit your choice here for me to approve.

Week 9: Global Conflict (1914-1945 CE) – October 21, 23

    • World War I and Its Origins
    • Housekeeping
      • Final Project Topic: Your topic for your final project must be approved by me no later than Week 9. Once you have identified your piece of/topic from history, you will locate a news story/current event that you think connects to your chosen subject/artifact/event in some interesting, meaningful way. You will submit your choice here for me to approve

Week 10-11:  Convergence & Divergence – October 28, 30 and November 4, 6

    • November 5: No Class – VOTE!!!!
    •  Interwar | Totalitarianism or Liberal Internationalism? | WWII

Week 12: Cold War and Decolonization (1945-1990 CE) – November 11, 13

    • End of Empire and The Cold War

Week 13-15: Globalization (1900-Today) – November 18, 20, 25 & December 2, 4

    • Week 14 – November 27-28 – Thanksgiving Break

    • Age of Intense Globalization
    • Rights in the Global Age
    • Economics in the Global Age
    • Identity and Resistance
    • Globalization and the Environment

December 6- Make-Up Period Due Date

    • Final Make-Up Period: You can submit up to 8 late assignments.*
      • You have from Midnight on December 6 to 11:59pm on December 9. This Make-Up Period includes any work from the semester.
      • If you missed an assignment or five…plan accordingly. You can submit up to 8 late assignments. I will not take any late-work outside of this period.
      • There will be a Make-Up Period Folder opened in Blackboard in which you can submit up to 8 assignments – CLEARLY MARK THE TITLE OF THE ASSIGNMENT.
        • I WILL NOT GRADE WORK THAT IS NOT SUBMITTED THROUGH THIS FOLDER
        • Do not submit work via Slack or the original assignment Blackboard page.

December 12