Strayer = the textbook. All other readings are either on ereserve through isidore (eres); embedded in a link on the schedule; or handed out ahead of time in class. This will be indicated below.

Introduction to the course: doing history Week One Jan. 4 Introduction to the course. Jan. 6 Doing history: "Marco Polo: Explorer or Impostor?" Assignment: begin Strayer, Ch. 13 Jan. 8 NO CLASS

Week Two Jan. 11 Discussion of "Marco Polo" and doing history. Assignment: hand-outs; "Comparison of Eight Themes in Chinese and U.S. history textbooks"(eres) Jan. 13 Doing global history. Assignment: "The Rise of the West" (hand-out) Jan. 15 NO CLASS

Part One: Empires, Trade, and Global Contact, 1450-1700 Week Three Jan. 18 NO CLASS - Martin Luther King's birthday Jan. 20 The world before 1500. Assignment: Strayer, Ch. 13  Jan. 22 Imperial China. Assignment:  Ma Huan on Zheng He's Voyage (eres); "Family Instructions for the Mui Lineage" (hand-out); Strayer, 422-424

Week Four Jan. 25 Islam and the Islamic world. Assignment: Muhammad and the Quran (eres);  My Travels (eres); Strayer  Jan. 27 Islamic Empires. Assignment: Strayer, review 378-382; read 424-429. Jan. 29 Quiz #1. Click here for a sample quiz question; and here for terms for weeks 1-4. Begin: the Making of the Atlantic world. Assignment: Strayer, 403-417; Common humanities readings. Click here.

Week Five Feb. 1 The Making of the Atlantic world, cont; and global trade. Assignment: prepare for discussion by clicking here and following instructions. Feb. 3 Global trade and the Atlantic slave trade. Assignment: Strayer, Ch. 15 (433-458) Feb. 5 Global trade and the Atlantic slave trade. Assignment: Appeal to the King of Portugal (eres) and Slave Trader (eres)

Week Six Feb. 8 Discussion of the slave trade.Click here for instructions. Assignment: Ch. 2 from The Life of Olaudah Equiano (click here for reading) Feb. 10 Religious upheaval and reform. Assignment: Strayer, 461-477.  Feb. 12 Scientific revolution. Assignment: Strayer, 477-487 Quiz #2. Click here for terms for weeks 5-6.

Part Two: The Modernization of the World and the Rise of a New Imperialism Week Seven Feb.15 Atlantic Revolutions. Assignment: Strayer, Ch. 17  Feb. 17 Atlantic Revolutions, cont. Assignment: Declaration of The Rights of Women; Declaration of the Rights of Man; On Patriotism and Tolerance; Toussaint L'Ouverture (all on eres);  Feb. 19 Discussion on new discourse on rights. Assignment: click here for discussion questions (including a writing assignment)

Week Eight Feb. 22  Midterm exam. Click here for information. Feb. 24 The industrial revolution in global context. Assignment: Strayer, Ch. 18; The Industrial Revolution and Its Consequences" (eres) Feb. 26 Discussion of the industrial revolution. Assignment: Factory Rules in Berlin; Oral Records of Crossing Nogumi Pass (eres) Start reading The River Between for discussion and paper after break.

Week Nine - NO CLASSES- SPRING BREAK

Week Ten Mar. 8 Imperialism. Assignment: Strayer, 559-577, 586 Mar.10 Focus on China. Assignment: Lin Zixu Letter of Advice to Queen Victoria (click here) Mar. 12 Focus on the Middle East. Assignment:  review Strayer; Gulhane Decree (reform in the Ottoman Empire); click here

Week Eleven Mar. 15 Imperialism: economic, cultural and social dimensions. Assignment: Strayer, 589-614; Burke Speech on India (click here);  Mar. 17 Quiz #3. Click here for terms. Context for The River Between: imperialism in Africa. Assignment: review Strayer; The Black Man's Burden (click here). Mar. 19 Discussion of The River Between. Assignment: have finished The River Between.

Part Three: Modernity's Challenges: Wars, Revolutions, and Anti-colonialism Week Twelve Mar. 22 World War I. Assignment: Strayer, 625-633;  Balfour Declaration (click here); Fourteen Points (click here) Mar. 24 Revolution in Russia. Assignment: Strayer, 659-675;  Mar. 26 Interwar years: "China in Revolution: the Battle for Survival." Assignment: Paper on The River Between due.

Week Thirteen Mar. 29 Rise of fascism and World War II. Assignment: Strayer, 633-657 Mar. 31 The Cold War. Assignment: Strayer, 675-688;  Universal Declaration of Human Rights Start reading Wild Thorns for discussion and paper after break. Apr. 2 NO CLASS - Easter break

Part Four: Three Worlds Into One? Post-colonialism, Globalization and Their Discontents Week Fourteen Apr. 5 NO CLASS - Easter break Apr. 7 Independence struggles and decolonization. Assignment: Strayer, 691-705; Post-colonial Nationalist Philosophies (eres)  Apr. 9 Context for Wild Thorns: the Palestinian Israeli Conflict. Assignment: read MERIP primer on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict (click here);

Week Fifteen Apr. 12 Discussion of Wild Thorns. Assignment: finish reading Wild Thorns Apr. 14  No class: Stander Symposium Apr. 16 TBA. Assignment: Paper on Wild Thorns due. Click here for the assignment.

Week Sixteen Apr. 19  Decolonization, cont; the post-colonial world and the end of communism. Assignment: Strayer, 680-688, 696-719 Apr. 21 Quiz #4. Click here for terms. Globalization and its discontents. Assignment: Strayer, 723-755. Apr. 23 Challenges of the 21st century; discussion of "Planet of Slums" and final exam. Assignment: read "Planet of Slums" (ereserve)

Final exams. Section 17: Apr. 26, 12:20-2:10.Section 22: Apr. 30, 10:10-12:00