Week 1: Introduction – August 29 (No class on August 27)

  • Week 1 Course Content – Why Do We Study World History?
    • Welcome to History 125! 
      • Syllabus review and introducing course materials
  • Homework -what we do not finish in class is due September 3 by Noon
    • 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
    • Details for each assignment found here: Week 1 Course Content – Why Do We Study World History? Submit your answers by clicking section 025 under each assignment, which will take you to Blackboard
      • Why Do We Study World History?
        • Questions from lecture
      • The Danger of a Single Story
        • Video (started in class)
      • Overview – History Stories
        • Reading

Week 2:  Narratives and Frames – September 3, 5

Week 3:  The Global Tapestry (1200-1450 CE) – September 10, 12

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

Week 4: Transoceanic Connections (1450-1750 CE) – September 17, 19

  • Course Prep (to complete before class on September 17)
  • Week 4 Objectives
  • In-Class  – September 17
    • You will have 10 minutes to wrap up your Global Tapestry Exercise from Week 3
    • We will watch – John Leguizamo’s Latin American History for Morons (to finish in class on September 19)
  • In- Class – September 19
    • 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 24 by Noon
  • Homework – Due September 26 by Noon
    • Finish John Leguizamo’s Latin American History for Morons exercise if you haven’t already

Week 5: Transoceanic Connections (1450-1750 CE) continued – September 24, 26

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) –  October 1, 3

    • Ingredients for Revolution
    • Revolutions Around the World
    • Nationalism

      Week 7: Industrialization (1750 -1914 CE) – October 8, 10


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

  • Week 8: Empires and Consequences of Revolution (1850-1950 CE) – October 15, 17

    • 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 22, 24


    • 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 29, 31 and November 7

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

  • Week 12: Cold War and Decolonization (1945-1990 CE) – November 12, 14

    • End of Empire and The Cold War

  • Week 13-15: Globalization (1900-Today) – November 19, 21, 26 and December 3, 5



    • 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