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Schedule: World History 1102, Fall 2020
| Assignment | Due Date |
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| Opening Quiz | Sunday, 10 p.m. |
| Lab Consultation | Wednesday, 10 p.m. |
| Lab Experiment | Thursday, 10 p.m. |
| Lab Reflection | Friday, 10 p.m. |
| Closing Quiz | Friday, 10 p.m. |
Week 1, August 24-27
Read or Screen:
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"Read this first" essay ESSENTIAL for your success in this class.
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Check Please: Lesson One: Read, Watch Videos, Answer questions and put questions in Experiment 1 discussion board.
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Historical Thinking Chart This chart gives you a cheat sheet for interrogating sources. You will find it especially useful during your quizzes.
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Wilde, Robert. "Primary and Secondary Sources in History." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/primary-and-secondary-sources-their-meaning-in-history-1221744 (accessed August 20, 2020).
Do: Week 1 opening quiz, lab experiment (Lesson 1 of Check, Please!(see assignments), lab consultation, lab reflection, closing quiz
Week 2, August 31 – Sept 4
Read or Screen:
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Check Please: Lessons 2, 3, and 4: Read and Watch Videos
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"What do we mean by academic integrity?"– Read all the sections, and ignore the references to the UK.
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Citations Read all the sections and do the exercises. The British only use a letter for the first name, but their citation formatting is otherwise similar to what we in the US do.
Do: Week 2 opening quiz, Lab experiment 2, lab consultation, lab reflection, closing quiz
Week 3,September 8 – 11 [Note Monday is Labor Day]
Read or Screen: You will need your Star ID to log in to our Library Databases for these sources.
Read, View, or Play: You will need your Star ID to log in to our Library Databases for these readings.
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Letter of Ogier Ghiseline de Busbecq from Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq to the Holy Roman Emperor around 1555-1562
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A virtual walking tour of the Suleymaine Mosque. (Must allow Flash in browser)
Do: Week 3 opening quiz, Lab experiment 3, lab consultation, lab reflection, closing quiz
Week 4, September 14-18
Read or Screen:
Do: Week 4 opening quiz, Lab experiment 4, lab consultation, lab reflection, closing quiz
Week 5, September 21-25
Read or Screen:
Read, View, or Play: You will use the following texts this week’s assignment. I do not expect you to read all of Shakespeare, Don Quijote, and Journey to the West. Rather, these texts will be input into our Voyant to do analysis.
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Complete works of Shakespeare who died in 1616
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Journey to the West A Classic Chinese Tale of the Stone Monkey king forced by Buddha to work with a Buddhist Monk, 1592.
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Don Quijote, Miguel de Cervantes, died 1616.
Do: Week 5 opening quiz, Lab experiment 5, lab consultation, lab reflection, closing quiz
Week 6, September 28- October 2
Read or Screen:
- British India Sections on domestic life (2) and economic life (2): family life, children, urban and rural life, work.
Do: Week 6 opening quiz, Lab experiment 6, lab consultation, lab reflection, closing quiz
Week 7, October 5 – October 9
Read or Screen:
- Tokugawa Japan Sections on Domestic life (2) and Economic life (2) – family life, children, urban and rural life, work.
Do: Week 7 opening quiz, Lab Experiment 7, lab consultation, lab reflection, closing quiz
Week 8, October 12 – 16 — Note: Students may turn in assignments early if they wish.
Read or Screen:
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Introduction to Islam Please read the following sections: Islam, History and Development, Spreading the Faith, The Popularity of Islam, Internal Arguments and Divides.
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Introduction to Buddhismm Pages 87-93.
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Introduction to Christianity Sections: Christianity, History & Development, The E. Orthodox Church is Established, The Reformation gives rise to Protestantism.
Do: Week 8 opening quiz, (Lab Experiment 8, lab consultation, lab reflection, closing quiz
Week 9, October 19 – 23
Read or Screen:
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"Buddha, Life of the, in Art" Entire article.
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Islam and Art Sections: Definitions and Dilemmas, The World in Islamic Art, An Ottoman Prayer Rug
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Christianity in Art Sections: Examples: Three Images of Mary and Jesus.
Do: Week 9 opening quiz, Lab Experiment 9, lab consultation, lab reflection, closing quiz
Week 10, October 26 – 30
Read or Screen:
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Sections "Populations and Samples" and "Displaying Data" in this article
Paying attention to the terms in the sidebar.
We will be using the website Gapminder this week. The information in gapminder will not be on your quiz, but you may wish to play with it prior to our discussions.
Do: Week 10 opening quiz, Lab experiment 10, lab consultation, lab reflection, closing quiz
Week 11, November 2 – 6
Read or Screen:
- "The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database" Guide Pages 1-28.
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Do: Week 11 opening quiz, Lab experiment 11:UPDATED-reload browser, lab consultation, lab reflection, closing quiz
Week 12, November 9 – 13
Read or Screen:
Do: Week 12 opening quiz, Lab Experiment 12, lab consultation, lab reflection, closing quiz
Week 13, November 16 – 20
Read or Screen:
Read or Screen: Ackermann, Marsha E., Michael J. Schroeder, Janice J. Terry, Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur, and Mark F. Whitters. "Major Themes in World History, 1750–1900." Encyclopedia of the Age of Revolution and Empire (1750 to 1900). Facts On File, 2016. Accessed November 13, 2019. online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=100853&itemid=WE53&articleId=244901.
Do: Week 13 opening quiz, Lab Experiment 13, lab consultation, lab reflection, closing quiz
Week 14, November 23 – 25: See due dates in D2L- short week
Read or Screen:
Do: Week 14 opening quiz, Lab Experiment 14, lab consultation, lab reflection, closing quiz.
Week 15, November 30 – December 4
Read or Screen:
- "Searching for Sara Baartman"
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Do: Week 15 opening quiz, Lab Experiment 15, lab consultation, lab reflection, closing quiz.
Week 16, December 7 – 11
Read or Screen: * "Social Media as a Primary Source: A Coming of Age"
"History on its own terms"
"What are the politics of colonial memory in Germany"
Do: Week 16 opening quiz,Lab Experiment 16. Note new due date, lab consultation, lab reflection, closing quiz.
