CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
Due Friday 6/6: For your "Cold War case study," please read the assigned documents and fill in only your section of the handout "The Cold War: Case Studies of Intervention." If you're doing Guatemala, here is the video I'd like you to watch.
1 more class of new content!
Due Wed. 6/4:Read the last chapter of Christopher Browning's book, Ordinary Men Chapter 18. (p. 186-216 as you scroll through on the right). Read and write a 1.5-2 pg dbl space response. What is Browning's thesis? Do you believe that under the "right circumstances," anyone, even you, could become a killer? Why or why not?
Due Mon 6/2: Rough draft due - Sophomore Research Paper
Due Fri 5/30: Cold War primary sources: Read Molotov & Clifford docs and answer questions here.
Due Thurs 5/29: Modern genocide case study assgt (Armenia, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda) - be ready to share out in class.
Due Fri. 5/16: Read the following 2 articles and type your answers to the corresponding questions:
1) Rape of Nanking (questions here)
2) War Without Mercy" (questions here)
Thurs. 4/17: TEST on Interwar Period (we'll do some sort of review on Wed.)
Due Mon. 4/14: Read Benito Mussolini's "What is Fascism"? Annotate the document and answer in a few sentences (on the back of the sheet or in your notebook):What is the essence of fascism as described by Mussolini? What are the specific ways in which it differ from both socialism and democracy?
Due Thurs. 4/3: Read Mein Kampf and answer questions
Due Wed. 4/2: Read excerpt of Global Depression, from One Half Century of Crisis 1914-1945).
Take bullet notes (to show in class Wed.) on each heading, e.g. "Causation," "Debacle," "Worldwide Impact"
Links for WWI Essay Assignment (Due Fri 4/4)
BBC
Historiography of the Causes of World War I
Historyteacher.net: HUGE collection of sources that may be useful for this paper!
Primary Source Database, FirstWorldWar.com
Another database of primary sources
Causes of WWI DBQ
Lenin, "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism"
Due Wed. 3/5:
A) Prepare for our class debate on the Treaty of Versailles
B) Reflect on our examination of WWI propaganda and type a ~1 pg response to the following questions (1 paragraph each):
1) Why do governments use propaganda? Is it necessary?
2) A) Are propaganda posters lies? B) Is it right for your governments to use propaganda?
3) Do you owe your government your support during wartime? Should you support it in return for what it does during peacetime?
Due Friday 1/31: Read and annotate the Brian Platt article; be prepared to share your responses to these questions:
- What is his overall thesis? What arguments does he use to prove this thesis?
- To what extent are "modernization" and "westernization" different for Platt? What do YOU think?
Due Monday 1/27: Read p. 691-696. Complete full IDs in the ID section of your notes:
- Sun Yat Sen
- Revolution of 1911
- Yuan Shigai
- Early 20th Cent. Changes in Chinese Society
Due Wed. 1/15: Letter from Emperor Qianlong to King George III; read and answer questions (you can just annotate the parts of the text that answer these; focus on how he communicates his view of his own empire and that of the British)
Due Monday 1/13: Read document packet and complete Imperialism essay outline, including quotes from sources that you'll use in the paper
Due Friday 1/10: Excerpt from L.S. Stavrianos's Global Rift: The Third World Comes of Age (this is long; read and take notes)
Additional sources to use for essay assgt:
- Theories of Imperialism
- Hard copy packet of sources to be handed out in class Thursday 1/9.
- Hochschild excerpt from King Leopold's Ghost (class handout)
- Imperialism DBQ sources on Africa, India, and causes
- Dadabhai Naoroji reading & questions
Due Mon 12/16: Imp. syll #3 (India) + answer rest of questions on "Magnificent African Cake" video
Part 2 of video
Schedule for week: Mon. & Wed. we'll discuss Imperialism in India; Thursday we'll either go to the holiday concert (if space) or do some review, and Friday we'll have a "quest" on the last several reading sections (mostly multiple choice, a map of Africa, and one "triad" set of IDs - Reactions to IR (art, science), Imperialism in Africa, Imperialism in India.
Due Fri 12/13: A) Read excerpt from King Leopold's Ghost and my attached notes B) watch the corresponding video clip.
Then write a paragraph to both the clip and the readings, answering the following in a typed response (max 1 page dbl-spaced)
- How did the Belgians carry out a "regime of terror" in the Congo?
- How did this affect the Congo long-term?
- What are the issues with "historical memory" of what happened in the Congo? Why isn't this episode better known, do you think?
Due Wed. 12/11: Imperialism Syllabus #1 & 2
1900 House part 2/4
1900 House part 3/4
Due Wed. 12/4: Read Ch. 19 Section 4; identify the key terms and answer the first 2 essential questions in your notes. For Thursday 12/5, read Ch. 20 Section 4; identify the key terms and answer the last 3 essential questions in your notes. Mini-Unit Syllabus: Reactions to the I.R. and the "Age of Progress"
Due Wed. 11/27: TEST: INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Study guide
Also, by Wednesday's class: Hans Rosling's TED talk (2010; ~9 min. video) and type up a paragraph response to it, to be collected. He's a brilliant statistician with a nutty sense of humor; the video is entertaining but has some interesting things to say, I think, about the Industrial Revolution and its meaning for us today.
In your response, please address the following questions (can do as 1 big response or by question):
- Why does he focus on something as seemingly mundane as a washing machine?
- What is the argument of Rosling's lecture? What does he think about the Industrial Revolution? About capitalism and the "wealth gap" world-wide?
- To what extent do you agree with his arguments?
- To what extent is industrialization "progress"? (explain your own opinion, based on what you've learned in this unit, this video, etc.)
Due Wed. 11/20: Read Communist Manifesto and complete corresponding questions sheet
Due Monday 11/18: IR Syll#2, Sean Price Child Labor Reading w/ questions
Due Friday 11/15: Capitalism sources: Malthus & Smith
Due Thurs 11/14: Essay Feedback sheet (access your paper on turnitin.com)
Due Wed. 11/13: IR Syllabus #1, Putting Out vs. Factory System handout
Due Friday 11/8: Baines, "Why Great Britain?"
Read actively and write down as many reasons as you can find why Great Britain was the first country to industrialize.
Due Monday 11/4: TEST: NATIONALISM UNIT
Study Guide
Due Thursday. 10/31: Read up on your assigned country/region and write up 1 written page on its experience with nationalism:
- Give a brief summary of this case study; what happened? How does it connect to our class discussions of nationalism?
- Consider the "boiling pot of isms" - to what extent do liberalism and conservatism play a role here?
- How is this case study similar to/different from other case studies of nationalism (e.g. Germany)?
- What problems did nationalism solve? Which new problems did it create?
Consult these sources:
Haiti: Video clips, document packet from old textbook handed out in class
Mexico/South America: readings on Bolivar & Hidalgo, document packet from old textbook handed out in class
Due Wed. 10/30: Read the following two articles and write a detailed paragraph in response to these questions:
- What did you learn from these articles?
- What similarities and differences between 1848 and the Arab Spring of 2011 (or 2011 and ongoing?)
- Are there any lessons we can learn from 1848 in thinking about the more recent revolutions in the Middle East?) 1848: The Year of Revolutions and "Every Revolution is Different"
Due Mon. 10/28: "Nationalism in the News"
Due Mon. 10/21: Nationalism sources
1 more class of new content!
Due Wed. 6/4:Read the last chapter of Christopher Browning's book, Ordinary Men Chapter 18. (p. 186-216 as you scroll through on the right). Read and write a 1.5-2 pg dbl space response. What is Browning's thesis? Do you believe that under the "right circumstances," anyone, even you, could become a killer? Why or why not?
Due Mon 6/2: Rough draft due - Sophomore Research Paper
Due Fri 5/30: Cold War primary sources: Read Molotov & Clifford docs and answer questions here.
Due Thurs 5/29: Modern genocide case study assgt (Armenia, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda) - be ready to share out in class.
Due Fri. 5/16: Read the following 2 articles and type your answers to the corresponding questions:
1) Rape of Nanking (questions here)
2) War Without Mercy" (questions here)
Thurs. 4/17: TEST on Interwar Period (we'll do some sort of review on Wed.)
Due Mon. 4/14: Read Benito Mussolini's "What is Fascism"? Annotate the document and answer in a few sentences (on the back of the sheet or in your notebook):What is the essence of fascism as described by Mussolini? What are the specific ways in which it differ from both socialism and democracy?
Due Thurs. 4/3: Read Mein Kampf and answer questions
Due Wed. 4/2: Read excerpt of Global Depression, from One Half Century of Crisis 1914-1945).
Take bullet notes (to show in class Wed.) on each heading, e.g. "Causation," "Debacle," "Worldwide Impact"
Links for WWI Essay Assignment (Due Fri 4/4)
BBC
Historiography of the Causes of World War I
Historyteacher.net: HUGE collection of sources that may be useful for this paper!
Primary Source Database, FirstWorldWar.com
Another database of primary sources
Causes of WWI DBQ
Lenin, "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism"
Due Wed. 3/5:
A) Prepare for our class debate on the Treaty of Versailles
B) Reflect on our examination of WWI propaganda and type a ~1 pg response to the following questions (1 paragraph each):
1) Why do governments use propaganda? Is it necessary?
2) A) Are propaganda posters lies? B) Is it right for your governments to use propaganda?
3) Do you owe your government your support during wartime? Should you support it in return for what it does during peacetime?
Due Friday 1/31: Read and annotate the Brian Platt article; be prepared to share your responses to these questions:
- What is his overall thesis? What arguments does he use to prove this thesis?
- To what extent are "modernization" and "westernization" different for Platt? What do YOU think?
Due Monday 1/27: Read p. 691-696. Complete full IDs in the ID section of your notes:
- Sun Yat Sen
- Revolution of 1911
- Yuan Shigai
- Early 20th Cent. Changes in Chinese Society
Due Wed. 1/15: Letter from Emperor Qianlong to King George III; read and answer questions (you can just annotate the parts of the text that answer these; focus on how he communicates his view of his own empire and that of the British)
Due Monday 1/13: Read document packet and complete Imperialism essay outline, including quotes from sources that you'll use in the paper
Due Friday 1/10: Excerpt from L.S. Stavrianos's Global Rift: The Third World Comes of Age (this is long; read and take notes)
Additional sources to use for essay assgt:
- Theories of Imperialism
- Hard copy packet of sources to be handed out in class Thursday 1/9.
- Hochschild excerpt from King Leopold's Ghost (class handout)
- Imperialism DBQ sources on Africa, India, and causes
- Dadabhai Naoroji reading & questions
Due Mon 12/16: Imp. syll #3 (India) + answer rest of questions on "Magnificent African Cake" video
Part 2 of video
Schedule for week: Mon. & Wed. we'll discuss Imperialism in India; Thursday we'll either go to the holiday concert (if space) or do some review, and Friday we'll have a "quest" on the last several reading sections (mostly multiple choice, a map of Africa, and one "triad" set of IDs - Reactions to IR (art, science), Imperialism in Africa, Imperialism in India.
Due Fri 12/13: A) Read excerpt from King Leopold's Ghost and my attached notes B) watch the corresponding video clip.
Then write a paragraph to both the clip and the readings, answering the following in a typed response (max 1 page dbl-spaced)
- How did the Belgians carry out a "regime of terror" in the Congo?
- How did this affect the Congo long-term?
- What are the issues with "historical memory" of what happened in the Congo? Why isn't this episode better known, do you think?
Due Wed. 12/11: Imperialism Syllabus #1 & 2
1900 House part 2/4
1900 House part 3/4
Due Wed. 12/4: Read Ch. 19 Section 4; identify the key terms and answer the first 2 essential questions in your notes. For Thursday 12/5, read Ch. 20 Section 4; identify the key terms and answer the last 3 essential questions in your notes. Mini-Unit Syllabus: Reactions to the I.R. and the "Age of Progress"
Due Wed. 11/27: TEST: INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Study guide
Also, by Wednesday's class: Hans Rosling's TED talk (2010; ~9 min. video) and type up a paragraph response to it, to be collected. He's a brilliant statistician with a nutty sense of humor; the video is entertaining but has some interesting things to say, I think, about the Industrial Revolution and its meaning for us today.
In your response, please address the following questions (can do as 1 big response or by question):
- Why does he focus on something as seemingly mundane as a washing machine?
- What is the argument of Rosling's lecture? What does he think about the Industrial Revolution? About capitalism and the "wealth gap" world-wide?
- To what extent do you agree with his arguments?
- To what extent is industrialization "progress"? (explain your own opinion, based on what you've learned in this unit, this video, etc.)
Due Wed. 11/20: Read Communist Manifesto and complete corresponding questions sheet
Due Monday 11/18: IR Syll#2, Sean Price Child Labor Reading w/ questions
Due Friday 11/15: Capitalism sources: Malthus & Smith
Due Thurs 11/14: Essay Feedback sheet (access your paper on turnitin.com)
Due Wed. 11/13: IR Syllabus #1, Putting Out vs. Factory System handout
Due Friday 11/8: Baines, "Why Great Britain?"
Read actively and write down as many reasons as you can find why Great Britain was the first country to industrialize.
Due Monday 11/4: TEST: NATIONALISM UNIT
Study Guide
Due Thursday. 10/31: Read up on your assigned country/region and write up 1 written page on its experience with nationalism:
- Give a brief summary of this case study; what happened? How does it connect to our class discussions of nationalism?
- Consider the "boiling pot of isms" - to what extent do liberalism and conservatism play a role here?
- How is this case study similar to/different from other case studies of nationalism (e.g. Germany)?
- What problems did nationalism solve? Which new problems did it create?
Consult these sources:
Haiti: Video clips, document packet from old textbook handed out in class
Mexico/South America: readings on Bolivar & Hidalgo, document packet from old textbook handed out in class
Due Wed. 10/30: Read the following two articles and write a detailed paragraph in response to these questions:
- What did you learn from these articles?
- What similarities and differences between 1848 and the Arab Spring of 2011 (or 2011 and ongoing?)
- Are there any lessons we can learn from 1848 in thinking about the more recent revolutions in the Middle East?) 1848: The Year of Revolutions and "Every Revolution is Different"
Due Mon. 10/28: "Nationalism in the News"
Due Mon. 10/21: Nationalism sources
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