History 1020-001: Western Civilization II Spring 2014, 9:00-9:50 am, EDUC 220 Dr. Nancy Vavra nancy.vavra@colorado.edu Mailbox: Hellems 204 Office: Hellems 337 Office hours: MWF: 10-10:30 am, W: 12-12:30 pm & by appt. Course Description: This course provides a survey of significant events shaping European and world history from 1600 to the present. Topics include revolution, industrialization, war, European expansion, and the social and economic transformations that accompanied these events. In addition to a chronological survey of major political forces, we will focus on the development of ideas and ideologies and consider how isms, (such as liberalism, socialism and Fascism) influenced events, individuals and states. Readings include a textbook, primary source documents, and three books presenting historic events through the experience of those who survived them. Required Books: Hunt, et al, The Making of the West: Peoples and Culture, Vol 2: Since1500 and Sources of The Making of the West by Katherine Lualdi. Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz Helen Zenna Smith, Not So Quiet Jakob Walter, The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier 1
Course requirements: History courses include lectures, discussions, and large amounts of reading; students are expected to attend class regularly and complete the assignments on time. An attendance sheet will circulate at the beginning of each class. I will consider attendance in the case of grades that fall on the border. (For ex, a 79.5 may receive a B-.) I also make announcements at the beginning of class that may not be posted elsewhere so prompt attendance is essential. Students who arrive after ten minutes lose the opportunity to sign the attendance sheet. Course structure: We will have class discussions and watch documentary material, but lectures make up most of the course. I place a keynote (power-point) with an outline and images on the board with every lecture. These are NOT posted on D2L so students should attend class and copy the outlines before or during class. These outlines contain themes, key terms, and events that will appear on exams. Please note that checking email and browsing the web will not be tolerated in this course. Laptops are for taking notes. Open phones and computers with email and social networking are distracting to the students around you and infuriating to the instructor. GRADES are assessed on a 300 point scale based on the following: 25 pts one map quiz. 100 pts - two midterms (50 pts each)- short essay, IDs and/or multiple-choice. 75 pts - three short in-class quizzes (25 pts each) on primary source readings. 50 pts - two short papers (25 pts each) on primary source readings. 50 pts - final exam IDs, essay, and multiple-choice. A 300-279 B 249-260 C 219-130 D 189-200 A- 270-278 B- 240-248 C- 210-218 D- 180-188 B+ 261-269 C+ 231-239 D+ 201-209 F 179 The breakdown equivalent: A 93-100 B 83-86.5 C 73-76.5 D 63-66.5 A- 90-92.5 B- 80-82.5 C- 70-72.5 D- 60-62.5 B+ 87-89.5 C+ 77-79.5 D+ 67-69.5 F 59-0 No make-ups without prior arrangements or documented excuse. Late papers are accepted, but incur a 2 pt deduction per day late. I do not post grades online; students should keep track of their totals. 2
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Lecture topics and assignments (the schedule may change due to class discussions) changes will be announced at the beginning of class Week 1- Jan 13-17 Intro to the course and to Western Civ.; review the Reformation and Thirty Year s War. Begin discussing Absolutism and state building; intro to Louis XIV. In The Making of the West, (referred to as text ), skim Chapters 14 & 15 for background and read Chapter 16. Week 2- Jan 22 & 24 (no class Monday) Absolutism and state building continued: the HRE, Peter I & Russia, English Civil war and Glorious Revolution, Dutch Republic and commercial culture. Finish text, Chapter 16 and from Sources of the Making of the West, read pp 63-71, by Hobbes and Locke. Week 3- Jan 27-31 The Atlantic system and slavery; Scientific Revolution to the Enlightenment. Jan 27- First short paper due, (25 pts), on Hobbes, and Locke. Read text, Chapters 17 & 18 and in Sources read Olaudah Equiano pp 75-78. Week 4- Feb 3-7 Enlightenment thought continued and the French Revolution. Read text, Chapter 19 and from Sources, read Mary Astell, pp 89-93 and the political cartoon, pp 117-118. 4
Week 5- Feb 10-14 French Revolution cont., midterm, Napoleon, and Europe at war. Feb 12, First Midterm, (50 pts). Read text, Chapter 20 and read The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier. Week 6- Feb 17-21 Conclusion to French revolution and Napoleon, the Congress of Vienna, restoration and the balance of power. A century s legacy: nationalism, liberalism, conservatism, and romanticism. Feb 17, first in-class quiz, (25 pts) on The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier. Begin text, Chapter 21. Week 7- Feb 24-28 Industrialization and consequences: class formation, urbanization, social ferment and socialism. Finish text, Chapter 21 and from Sources, read parts 1-4: Factory Rules in Berlin, Women, Laborers, and Engels, pp 151-165. Week 8- March 3-7 Nation building, nationalism, and unification; Russia: the Crimean and Russo- Japanese Wars. March 3, second quiz/short paper due (25 pts) on the Sources readings from Week 7, pp 151-165. Read text, Chapters 22 and 23. Week 9- March 10-14 The second Industrial revolution, the new Imperialism, and the carving of Africa. Tensions, mass politics, and the road to war. 5
Read text, Chapter 24 and from Sources, read Zola, pp 210-214 and Pankhurst, pp 215-217. March 14, 2 nd Midterm, (50 pts). Begin reading Not So Quiet Week 10- March 17-21 The Great War and the shaping of the twentieth century. The Russian Revolution. Read text, Chapter 25 pp 803-817 and from Sources. read Kipling, pp 218-221. Finish Not So Quiet March 19, second in-class quiz, (25 pts) on Not So Quiet Week 11- March 24-28 SPRING BREAK- NO CLASSES Week 12- March 31-April 4 Interwar years: an era of despair, Stalinism and terror in Russia, and Mussolini and fascism in Italy. Finish text, Chapter 25 and from Sources, read Sassoon and women, pp 226-231 and Mussolini and Hitler, pp 235-242. April 2 -Map Quiz, (25 pts), on Europe 1918. Week 13- April 7-11 The Spanish Civil War, Hitler and Nazism in Germany, and begin World War II. Read text,chapter 26 and from Sources, read Goebbels, pp 243-245 and Guernica, pp 246-249. Begin Survival in Auschwitz. 6
Week 14- April 14-18 Continue World War, the Holocaust, and the Nuremberg Trials. Finish reading Survival in Auschwitz and from Sources, read the Final Solution pp 252-258. April 18, third in-class quiz, (25 pts) on Survival in Auschwitz & the Holocaust readings. Week 15- April 21-25 The conferences, the east, the west, decolonization and the third world, and the beginning of Cold War. Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, and the Warsaw Pact. Begin post-stalin Soviet Russia. Read text, Chapter 27 and from Sources, read Truman, pp 267-270 and Simone de Beauvoir, pp 273-275. I will pass out the final exam study questions this week. Week 16- April 28- May 2 The Cold War cont.: Khrushchev, Kennedy, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Gorbachev, Perestroika, Glasnost, the year of miracles, and the collapse of communism. A new global age. Review. From Sources, read JFK on fallout, pp 275-277, read text, Chapter 28, and study for final exam. Final exam in classroom 50 pts Wed, May 7 7:30-10:00 PM 7