World History / Andrews – Fall 2016 Schedule
of Activities & Assignments
Week One
August 29, August 31,
September 2
Introductions. Syllabus. Definitions. FAQ. Universe history.
Early Homo. Evolution & spread of
Homo sapiens. Upper division credit.
Paleolithic migrations; Population of the planet.
DUE AUGUST 31: Create your blog. READ & BLOG ON WW
Prologue, Intro to Part One, and Ch 1 (First Peoples), Sections: Out of Africa
& The Ways We Were
~~~~~~~~~~
Week Two
September 7,
September 9
(September 5 – Labor
Day Holiday)
The Neolithic revolution and the development of agriculture.
Primary sources. Evaluating evidence… how do we know anything about the
pre-literate past?
DUE SEPTEMBER 7: READ & BLOG ON Chapter 1 (First Farmers),
Sections: Agriculture to end of Chapter & Nissa’s Story in the Documents
section – what do you think of Nissa’s account as a description of what
Paleolithic peoples might have been like?
~~~~~~~~~~
Week Three
September 12,
September 14, September 16
Workshop: analytical paper. The “civilizing” of human
beings: Gilgamesh. Ancient civilizations.
DUE SEPTEMBER
12: READ Handout from Discovering the
Global Past. What do you think of Claudius and Xinchen as leaders? Which one is
the better leader… why? Make extensive notes in the margins of the handout as
you read and reflect.
DUE SEPTEMBER 14:
READ & BLOG ON Chapter 2 (First Civilizations)
~~~~~~~~~~
Week Four
September 19,
September 21, September 23
Primary Sources. Comparing Ancient civilizations.
DUE SEPTEMBER
19: READ & BLOG ON Chapter 2 Documents –
choose one introductory question in the Documents section and respond to it in
your blog post
DUE SEPTEMBER
21: Analytical Paper. AND Come to class prepared with notes
comparing two of the ancient civilizations discussed in this chapter. You may
compare any of the two EXCEPT that you may not compare Egypt and Mesopotamia
~~~~~~~~~~
Week Five
September 26,
September 28, September 30
The Classical Era in Eurasia. Primary Sources, Confucian
reflections on leadership.
DUE SEPTEMBER
26: READ & BLOG ON Intro to Part Two
& Ch 3 (State & Empire)
DUE SEPTEMBER
28: READ Chapter 3 Documents
~~~~~~~~~~
Week Five
October 3, October 5,
October 7
Eurasian cultural traditions. Classical Era – Society &
Inequality.
DUE OCTOBER 3: READ Chapter 4 (Culture & Religion)
DUE OCTOBER 5: READ Chapter 5 & BLOG ON the readings for
this week
~~~~~~~~~~
Week Six
October 10, October
12, October 14
Africa & the Americas. Midterm Review.
DUE OCTOBER 10: READ & BLOG ON Chapter 6 (Classical Era
Variations)
~~~~~~~~~~
Week Seven
October 17, October
19
(October 21 is
midterm break holiday)
Midterm Exam: written portion Monday… oral portion Wednesday
~~~~~~~~~~
Week Eight
October 24, October
26, October 28
Midterm status review. Writing Workshop for Research Project.
Commerce & Culture: Silk Roads, Sand Roads & Sea Roads.
DUE OCTOBER 26: READ & BLOG ON Intro to Part Three &
Ch 7
~~~~~~~~~~
Week Nine
October 31, November
2, November 4
Islam & Christendom
DUE OCTOBER 31: READ Chapter 9 (The Worlds of Islam)
DUE NOVEMBER 2: READ Chapter 10 (The Worlds of Christendom)
BLOG ON the readings for this week.
~~~~~~~~~~
Week Ten
November 7, November
9, November 11
The European Renaissance & early Modern thought world. The
Golden Age of China. Debate.
DUE NOVEMBER 7: READ & BLOG ON Chapter 8 (China and the
World)
DUE NOVEMBER 9: READ Chapter 8 documents
~~~~~~~~~~
Week Eleven
November 14, November
16, November 18
Peoples who leave no written record; Nomadic civilizations:
The Mongols. Debate.
DUE NOVEMBER 14: READ WW Chapter 11 (Pastoral Peoples on the
Global Stage)
DUE NOVEMBER 16: PREPARE
talking points for in-class debate
~~~~~~~~~~
Week Twelve
November 21, November
23
(November 24-25 is
Thanksgiving holiday)
The Worlds of the 15th Century.
DUE NOVEMBER 21. READ
Chapter 12. AND: Research paper
~~~~~~~~~~
Week Thirteen
November 28, November
30, December 2
Special topics & presentation skills.
~~~~~~~~~~
Week Fourteen
December 5, December
7, December 9
Final Exam. Research Presentations.
No comments:
Post a Comment