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Grades – See the bottom of this page for an explanation of grades.
- Appetizer and 2nd Plate assignments are due Monday at 10 p.m.
- 1st Plate and Dessert Assignments are due Wednesday at 10 p.m.
- Unless otherwise notes in the schedule.
Week 1: August 21
Historical Thinking Skill: Leveling up digital literacy and history
Sources
Check Please! is both your Source and your Assignment for this week.
Assignments
- Appetizer- Due Sunday August 27 by noon.
- 1st Plate-Check Please: An introduction to the SIFT process for evaluating information credibility
Week 2: August 28
Historical Thinking Skill: Leveling up digital literacy and history
Sources
Return to Enter is both your Source and your Assignment for this week.
Assignments
Check Please! is both your Source and your Assignment for this week.
Week 3: Sept 4
What is Professional History and Why is History.com not it?
Sources
- How Historians Work – Please read "Evidence of the Past," " The Changing Past," and " The Contested Past."
- [Historical Thinking Chart]https://jacknorton.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Historical-Thinking-Chart.pdf
- [Video: What is the difference between history and memory?]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi-6E8zw1mA Christy Clark-Pujara, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Video: Primary vs Secondary Source
- Jim E. O’Connor, and John E. Costa. “The World’s Largest Floods, Past and Present: Their Causes and Magnitudes.” USGS Numbered Series. 1254, n.d. https://www.usgs.gov/publications/worlds-largest-floods-past-and-present-their-causes-and-magnitudes.
Assignments
- Appetizer- Note: You do NOT need to post this Appetizer assignment in a D2L discussion board. We will start that practices with the GIS Appetizer next week.
- 1st Plate-
Week 4: September 11
Historical Thinking Skill: Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Sources
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International Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, and The Indian Ocean Trade: Crash Course World History
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A Short Introduction to GIS Click on link to Download pdf.
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"Analyzing Maps". Read the Essay and Primary Sources
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Carver, Michael M. "Climate and Geography, 1450–1750." Climate and Geography in Modern World History. Facts On File, 2019. Accessed September 5, 2023. https://ndcproxy.mnpals.net/login?url=https://online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=100853&itemid=WE53&articleId=583154
Assignments
Week 5: September 18
Historical Thinking Skill: Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Sources
Aguilar-Moreno, Manuel. "Geography of the Aztec World." Handbook to Life in the Aztec World. Facts On File, 2005. Accessed September 11, 2023. https://ndcproxy.mnpals.net/login?url=https://online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=100853&itemid=WE49&articleId=223274
"Trans-Saharan Trade Routes" By Bennett Sherry https://www.oerproject.com/OER-Materials/OER-Media/PDFs/1200/Unit2/Trans-Saharan-Routes?Id=212723&share=link
Learn more at www.oerproject.com
Assignments
Week 6 September 25
Historical Thinking Skill: Object Analysis
Sources
Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E. "A New World of Connections, 1500 CE-1800 CE." In A Concise History of the World, 210-285. Cambridge Concise Histories. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Gale eBooks (accessed September 19, 2023). https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX7595200013/GVRL?u=mnanorman&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=ce748cfe.
I recommend you turn on "Book View" as it will help you navigate the pages more effectively and take better notes.
Assignments
Week 7: October 2
Historical Thinking Skill: Object Analysis
Sources
Christian art in India: Indo-Portuguese ivory statuettes Pay particular attention to the Christ Child as Good Shepherd rockery and its water usage.
Video Lecture: Water and Sound in Islamic Architecture
Shaded Dwellings among Streams and Mountains ca. 1622–25
Assignments
Week 8: October 9
Historical Thinking Skill: Metadata.
Sources
George, J.J. & Suarez, A.C., 2011. Inca Architecture and Urbanism. Handbook to Life in the Inca World. Available at: online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=100853&itemid=WE53&articleId=425346 [Accessed September 15, 2022].
Rinne, Katherine. “Trickle Down: Water in Late Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Rome.” Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 66 (2021): 151–83. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27129168.
Assignments
- Appetizer-
- 1st Plate-
Give yourself time to do this assignment.
Week 9: October 16 (note abbreviated week)
Historical Thinking Skill: Metadata
Sources
Worster, Donald. “The Flow of Empire: Comparing Water Control in China and the United States.” RCC Perspectives, no. 5 (2011): 1–23. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26240326.
Szczepanski, Kallie. "China’s Grand Canal." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/chinas-grand-canal-195117 (accessed October 10, 2023).
Assignments
Please fill out this mid-term survey
Week 10: October 23
Historical Thinking Skill: Computers and Words
- Citations for Content Generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools
- Generative AI and historical authority", published 19 October 2023.
- "Introduction: Algorithms of Oppression : How Search Engines Reinforce Racism"
- "Colonialism." In Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology, edited by Bryan S. Turner. Cambridge University Press, 2006. NOTE: If this link causes your computer to give you a security error, you can navigate to this page by going to the Normandale Library, scroll down and select "Databases" and then "Credo" and search of "colonialism."
Sources
Assignments
Week 11: October 30
Historical Thinking Skill: Computers and Words
Sources
Optional: 30 minute introductory video to what is ChatGPT, what harms does it present to students, and how to potentially use it.
Hovden, Eirik. "Water." In Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, edited by Richard C. Martin. Gale, 2016. https://ndcproxy.mnpals.net/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/galeislam/water/0?institutionId=2786
Morris, Lawrence. "The Meaning of Ritual Baptism." In Daily Life through History, ABC-CLIO, 2022. Accessed October 20, 2022. https://dailylife2-abc-clio-com.ndcproxy.mnpals.net/Search/Display/1437997.
Trang, Corinne. "Tea as an Icon Food." In Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, edited by Solomon H. Katz, 388-394. Vol. 3. New York, NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2003. Gale eBooks (accessed October 20, 2022). https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3403400569/GVRL?u=mnanorman&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=2db3701e.
Assignments
Week 12: November 6
Historical Thinking Skill: Podcasting
Sources
Please read Chapter 3 in Sound Reporting and listen to the podcasts.
Kern, Jonathan. Sound Reporting: The NPR Guide to Audio Journalism and Production. University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Chapter 3: Writing for Broadcast
NPR’s history podcast ‘Throughline’ revisits the fall of Tenochtitlán, accessed 2023-11-01
Drawing A Line In The Mud: Scientists Debate When ‘Age Of Humans’ Began, accessed 2023-11-01.
How to harvest water from clouds of fog
What The Haitian Revolution Tells Us About The U.S. Movement For Racial Equality
Assignments
Week 13: November 13
Historical Thinking Skill: Podcasting
Sources
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Video- The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 | Africa’s Great Civilizations– watch video .
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Audio- ‘Loot’ explores issues of colonialism, art and plunder in 18th-century India and Europe
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Audio- Where ‘Human Zoos’ Once Stood, A Belgian Museum Now Faces Its Colonial Past
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Audio- Women in the Boxer Rebellion – From the start to
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Video- Hong Kong
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Audio- A Chapter In U.S. History Often Ignored: The Flight Of Runaway Slaves To Mexico
Assignments
- 2nd Plate- – Write your podcast.
- Dessert– Note- this dessert is different from others and asks that you record your podcast.
Week 14: November 20 (note alternate turn in)
Historical Thinking Skill: Podcasting
Sources
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Sections "Populations and Samples" and "Displaying Data" in this article
Pay attention to the terms in the sidebar.
We will be using the website Gapminder this week.
Assignments
- Appetizer-
- 1st Plate- Answer all the questions. Gapminder changes its look periodically, so your webiste may look slightly different than the examples.
Week 15: November 27
Historical Thinking Skill: Numerical Literacy
Sources
Davis, R. Hunt. "Colonialism in Africa." Encyclopedia of Colonial Africa (1850 to 1960). Facts On File, 2017. Accessed November 4, 2022. online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=100853&itemid=WE53&articleId=256986.
Campo, Juan E. "Colonialism and Islam." Encyclopedia of Islam, Second Edition. Facts On File, 2016. Accessed November 4, 2022. online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=100853&itemid=WE53&articleId=406325.
Davis, R. Hunt. "Disease in Colonial Africa." Encyclopedia of Colonial Africa (1850 to 1960). Facts On File, 2017. Accessed November 4, 2022. online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=100853&itemid=WE53&articleId=256813.
Assignments
Week 16: December 4
Historical Thinking Skill: Numerical Literacy
Sources
Assignments
- Appetizer-
Link for Appetizer spreadsheet– must login with Normandale email.- 1st Plate-: This is the same link as the appetizer, as the final project is all related.
Finals Week: No class meeting
- Second Plate
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Final Dessert: Note alternate questions.
Assignments and Grades
Assignment Descriptions
Every two weeks you’ll do four assignments for each learning module:
- Appetizer: Engage your historical sources for the week by explaining how one source relates to one item in the news. 20% of module grade.
- 1st Plate: The major history project you’ll complete for the week using historical sources and digital tools. 30% of module grade.
- 2nd Plate: A major improvement or extension of your 1st Plate with new material from the second week of the teaching module. 30% of module grade.
- Dessert: A paragraph of writing reflecting on what you learned from the week’s assignment and from your fellow classmates. 20% of module grade.
Overall Grades Weights
The first three weeks and last two weeks have 20% and 10% total weight of your grade. All the other modules (two weeks of assignments) are worth 10% of your total grade.
| Assignment | Module Grade Value | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Leveling Up | 20% | 1-3 |
| GIS | 10% | 4-5 |
| Art Analysis | 10% | 6-7 |
| Metadata | 10% | 8-9 |
| Podcasting | 10% | 10-11 |
| Computers and Words | 10% | 12-13 |
| Numerical Literacy | 10% | 14-15 |
| Portfolio | 15% | 15-Final |
| Citizenship | 5% | 16 |
Late assignments and grade drops.
Late work is not accepted nor are extensions offered except in the case of hospitalization or deployment.
Instead, two weeks of assignments are automatically dropped, much like jobs offer paid time off. I drop assignments by curving the class 12%. The final grades look like this:
