World History / Andrews – Fall 2019 Schedule of Activities & Assignments
WEEK ONE
First Week of Classes
August 27
Introductions. Syllabus. Definitions. FAQ. Upper division credit. Universe history.
August 29
Early Homo. Evolution & spread of Homo sapiens. Paleolithic migrations. Population of the planet.
DUE: Create your blog. READ & BLOG ON WW Prologue, Intro to Part One, AND… Chapter 1 (First Peoples), Sections: Out of Africa & The Ways We Were. If you don’t have your textbook yet, you’ll find some on reserve in the library. You can also borrow one from a friend. No excuses will be accepted for not doing the reading.
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WEEK TWO
Labor Day Week
September 3
The Neolithic revolution and the development of agriculture.
DUE: READ & BLOG ON Chapter 1 (First Farmers), Sections: Breakthroughs to Agriculture to end of Chapter
September 5
Primary sources. Evaluating evidence… how do we know anything about the pre-literate past?
DUE: TBD from Evidence section &/or handouts
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WEEK THREE
September 10
Workshop: analytical paper.
DUE: READ Handout from Discovering the Global Past. What do you think of Claudius and Xinchen as leaders? Which one is the better leader… why? Do the “Close Reading” exercise, and make extensive notes in the margins of the handout as you read and reflect.
September 12
The “civilizing” of human beings: Gilgamesh.
DUE: Draft of Analytical Paper
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WEEK FOUR
September 17
Ancient civilizations.
DUE: READ & BLOG ON Chapter 2 (First Civilizations)
September 19
Primary Sources. Comparing Ancient civilizations.
DUE: Analytical Paper. AND… READ & BLOG ON Chapter 2 Documents – choose one introductory question in the Documents section and respond to it in your blog post
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WEEK FIVE
September 24
The Classical Era in Eurasia.
DUE: READ & BLOG ON Intro to Part Two & Ch 3 (State & Empire)
September 26
Primary Sources, Confucian reflections on leadership.
DUE: READ Handout - The Analects of Confucius. Choose 2 or 3 that you feel would be good advice for our politicians who would like to run for president. Blog about these before class on Thursday.
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WEEK SIX
October 1
Eurasian cultural traditions.
Preflection for CTA Day
DUE: READ & Blog on Ch 4 (Culture & Religion) AND Close Reading of “Serving is Different from Helping and Fixing” http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=940
October 3
Classical Era – Society & Inequality.
DUE: READ & Blog on Chapter 5 (Society & Inequality)
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WEEK SEVEN
Call to Action Week
October 8
Participate in Call to Action Day.
October 10
Post-flection on CTA Day. Africa & the Americas.
DUE: READ & BLOG ON Chapter 6 (Commonalities & Variations)
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WEEK EIGHT
Midterms Week
October 15
Midterm Review.
DUE: Review / Highlight / Annotate all class notes; Review Own & Other Students’ Blogs
October 17
Midterm Exam
WEEK NINE
October 22
Midterm status review. Writing Workshop for Research Project.
DUE: Nothing due today… enjoy your midterm break
October 24
Comparing African societies.
DUE: Comparative African Societies worksheet
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WEEK TEN
October 29
Commerce & Culture: Silk Roads, Sand Roads & Sea Roads.
DUE: READ & BLOG ON Intro to Part Three & Ch 7 (Commerce & Culture). ALSO DUE: Annotated Bibliography Component of Research Paper
October 31
Islam
DUE: READ & Blog On Chapter 9 (The Worlds of Islam)
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WEEK ELEVEN
November 5
Christendom. The European Renaissance & early Modern thought world. Research Paper check.
DUE: READ & Blog On Chapter 10 (The Worlds of Christendom)
November 7
Independent research day. Use your class time this day to further an aspect of your research project using resources or e-sources beyond the classroom, such as the NDNU library, public library, success center or writing tutor. You must document how you spent your time and provide an email contact and name of librarian, tutor or other person you work with.
DUE: Self-assigned preparation for making constructive use of a dedicated research day
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WEEK TWELVE
November 12
The Golden Age of China
DUE: READ & BLOG ON Chapter 8 (China and the World)
November 14
Special topics & presentation skills.
DUE: Research paper
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WEEK THIRTEEN
November 19
Peoples who leave no written record; Nomadic civilizations: The Mongols.
DUE: READ WW Chapter 11 (Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage)
Thursday, November 21
The Worlds of the 15thCentury.
DUE: READ and blog on Chapter 12.
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WEEK FOURTEEN
November 26
Research Presentations – group 1
November 28
No class – Thanksgiving holiday.
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WEEK FIFTEEN
December 3
Final Exam.
December 5
Research Presentations – group 2.
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