POL 101 WebCalendar

Date	Lecture/Topic	Readings
8/22	Welcome to POL 101		Article Analysis Form
8/24	What in the World is Going On?	AE p. 1 AE1: McKibben
8/27	What in the World is Going On, 2	AE2: Friedman AE3: Sachs AE5: Diamond MCE xi-xvii	quiz
8/29	What in the World Is Going On, 3	Hoffman	Bring Laptop, quiz
8/31	What in the World Is Going On, 3	MC Ch #1	Ch#1 Worksheet due
9/3	Labor Day --- No Class
9/5	Nation-States and Political Geography	AE 4, Jurgensmeyer (handout) MC Ch #1	Quiz on AE 4 And Jurgensmeyer
9/7	More About Nations		MC Ch#2 Worksheet due Quiz on MC Ch #2
9/10	Even More About Nations Sticky Power	AE 19 MC Ch#2, grade distribution	Quiz AE 19
9/12	Demography	The webpage and links	Quiz on the webpage for today (including the links)
9/14	Demographics Continued	AE 6	Sub-Saharan map quiz Worksheet #3 due
9/17	A Short History of the World Classifications of Political Systems	AE 6, 7, 8 MCE #3	Quiz on AE 6, 7 and 8
9/19	Catch-up time	Study Guide
9/21	EXAM ONE
9/24	Return exam one Palestine	The Middle East and the West Listen to: Carving up the region	Middle East map quiz: Cyprus, Gaza Strip, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, West Bank, Yemen
9/26	Palestine, Continued	The Middle East and the West Listen to: Carving up the region	Quiz on link listening
9/28	Political Culture in Liberal Democracies	AE 29, MCE#4	Quiz on AE 29 Worksheet #4 due
10/1	Political Culture and Global Warming		Quiz on MC #4
10/3	Global Environmental Issues – A Snapshot	AE 9, 10	Quiz on AE 9, 10
10/5	Sub-Saharan Africa and the Environment	AE 11, 12	Quiz on AE 11, 12 Worksheet #5 due
10/8	The Political Institutions of Western Political Culture: Participation
10/10	The Political Institutions of Western Political Culture: Participation	MCE #6	Worksheet #6 due
10/12	No class
10/17	The Political Institutions of Western Political Culture: Electoral Systems	AE 43	Quiz on AE 43
10/19	The Political Institutions of Western Political Culture: Party Systems		Europe map quiz on 17th
10/22	Parties and Electoral Systems—Summary
10/24	Political Economy	AE pp. 51 and AE 13, 14	Quiz on AE p. 51 and AE 13, 14
10/26	Political Economy, Part 2	AE 15, 16, 17	Quiz on AE 15, 16, 17 Worksheets 7,8 due
10/29	Communist and Post-Communist	MC# 7, 8	Quiz on MCE 7,8
10/31	Dueling Discussion	Dueling Globalizations	Quiz on Dueling Globalizations
11/2	Economic Globalization Debate		Worksheet 10 due
11/5	Colonialism and Latin America	MCE 10	Latin and South America map quiz
11/7	Colonialism and Latin America	AE 18 and 35	Quiz on AE 18 and 35
11/9	EXAM TWO	Study Guide