Week of January 15

Tuesday
  • Read: Strayer 513-516; 520-523
  • Lecture: 19th c. Social Movements
  • Workshop: exam review
    • please bring completed review sheet to class
Thursday
  • Exam 4

Week of January 8

Tuesday
  • Read: Strayer 507-513
  • Lecture: Haitian Revolution
  • Workshop: DBQ
  • Homework: components of DBQ
    • identify groups
    • write 3 PoV analyses
    • suggest additional document
Thursday
  • Read: Strayer 516-520
  • Lecture: Spanish American Independence
  • Due: DBQ

Week of January 1

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a relaxing break. For the next three weeks we will be working pretty hard to complete a unit on the Atlantic Revolutions. Remember that the second quarter ends January 20th - so we will have a DBQ essay due next week and an exam the week after. Welcome back...

Wednesday
  • Read: none
  • Lecture: American Independence
    • revolution, independence, or civil war?
  • Workshop: PoV analysis
Friday
  • Read: Strayer 499-507
  • Lecture: French Revolution
  • Due: term ids
    • John Locke
    • popular sovereignty
    • social contract
    • Third Estate
    • Maximilien Robespierre

Week of December 11th

Tuesday, Dec. 13
  • Read: Strayer 477-482
  • Lecture: Scientific Revolution
  • Due: 2 scientist biographical sketches
Thursday, Dec. 15
  • Read: Strayer 482-487
  • Lecture: Enlightenment
  • Due: 2 enlightenment thinker bio sketches

Week of December 4th

Monday, Dec. 5
  • Read: Strayer 445-457
  • Homework: complete review sheet
  • Lecture: Atlantic Economy
  • Workshop: review session
Wednesday, Dec. 7
  • EXAM 3
Friday, Dec. 9
  • none - get some rest and enjoy the show!

Week of November 27th

Tuesday
  • Reading: none
  • Lecture: Asian Commerce
  • Due: Reilly reading questions (the ones we worked on in class before the break)
Thursday
  • Reading: Strayer 434-442
  • Lecture: Silver Trade
  • Due: Asian Commerce ids.
    • trading post empire
    • cartaz
    • East India companies
    • Tokugawa Shogunate
    • daimyo

Week of November 13

Monday
  • Reading: Strayer 417-424
  • Lecture: Empires in Russia & China
  • Workshop: DBQ essay development
  • Homework check: introductory outline to DBQ essay
    • including a thesis, and at least 3 arguments consistent with your grouping of the documents
Wednesday
  • Reading: Strayer 424-425; Reilly 640-643
  • Lecture: Muslims & Hindus in Mughal Empire
  • Discussion: "Akbar and Religion"
  • Workshop: DBQ development
    • please bring a well-developed outline or a draft of your DBQ essay to class
Friday
  • Reading: Strayer 425-429; Reilly 640-649
  • Lecture: Muslims & Christians in Ottoman Empire
  • Discussion: "Ottoman Inter-communal Relations"
  • Due: DBQ essay