University of Dayton     Department of History

HST 103:  The West and the World


Dr. Juan C. Santamarina
Office Hours:  T-Th 9:30-10:30am, 12-1:15pm , and by appointment.  HM 443.
santamar@udayton.edu
Office Phone: (937) 229-2834

THIS WEBPAGE WAS LAST UPDATED 1/5/2010 at 10:00am



I.  COURSE BASICS
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

EXAM #1 REVIEW IS UPDATED
--ALL OTHER REVIEWS ARE NOT CURRENT

Get some help from your publisher:  Outline of Chapters

Document Analysis Worksheet--USE THIS WORKSHEET FOR EACH DOCUMENT DUE ON THURSDAYS


READINGS
COURSE DESCRIPTION, REQUIREMENTS, AND GRADING

II.  IMPORTANT DATES
Term Paper Proposals Due Thurs (Week 4)
Midterm Exam Review Posted Thurs (Week 7)
Midterm Exam
Thurs (Week 8)
Term Papers Draft Due for Peer Review Thurs April 15 (Week 15)
Print and bring with you this peer review
Term Papers Final Draft Due Thurs April 22 (Week 16)
FINAL EXAM WEDNESDAY APRIL 28, 2010, 2:30-4:20

III.  WEEKLY SCHEDULE
 

I. ORIGINS OF GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE, 1500-1800

Week 1 (1/5)

READ:  Primary Documents Selections

TOPIC:

Week 2 (1/12) READ:  Traditions and Encounters, Chpt. 23-25, Edible History of Humanity, Introduction

TOPIC:

  • Why did Europeans Expand into the Wider World?  Early Global Connections 
  • Encounter:  Spain in the Americas:  Conquistadors FILM
Week 3 (1/19)
READ:  Traditions and Encounters, Chpts. 26-27, Edible History of Humanity, Chapter 1
Equiano's Travels

Document Analysis Worksheet--USE THIS WORKSHEET FOR EACH DOCUMENT DUE ON THURSDAYS


TOPIC:

  • Good and Noble Savages:  What was happening in Europe that Contributed to Expansion?  A New World of Reason and Motion: The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, 1600-1800
  • Encounter:  Were There Other Empires?  Beyond Glory, Gold, and God:  African Empires and the Slave Trade
Week 4 (1/26) READ:  Traditions and Encounters, Chpts. 28-29, Edible History of Humanity, Chapter 2

TOPIC:

II. REVOLUTION, INDUSTRY, AND EMPIRE, 1750-1914

Week 5

READ:  Traditions and Encounters, Chpt. 30
READ FOR DISCUSSION:  John Locke, EXCERPTS FROM The Second Treatise of Civil Government (1690) and The Declaration of Independence, 1776

Document Analysis Worksheet--USE THIS WORKSHEET FOR EACH DOCUMENT DUE ON THURSDAYS

TOPIC:

Week 6
READ FOR DISCUSSION ON THURSDAY:  US CONSTITUTION

FILM IN CLASS--John Adams

Document Analysis Worksheet--USE THIS WORKSHEET FOR EACH DOCUMENT DUE ON THURSDAYS





Week 7
TUESDAY:  READ:  Traditions and Encounters, Chpt. 32, Edible History of Humanity, Chapters 3-4

TOPIC:




THURSDAY:  READ:  Traditions and Encounters, Chpt. 31, Edible History of Humanity, Chapter 5
Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England (1844)


Document Analysis Worksheet--USE THIS WORKSHEET FOR EACH DOCUMENT DUE ON THURSDAYS

TOPIC:

  • How did the New Emerging Economies Change the World?  Factories, Cities, and Families in the Industrial Age: The Industrial Revolution and Industrial Society
Week 8
TUESDAY--EXAM REVIEW

THURSDAY--MIDTERM EXAM

Week 10
SPRING BREAK
Week 10 (March 8)
READ:  Traditions and Encounters, Chpt. 33-34, Edible History of Humanity, Chapter 6
READ FOR DISCUSSION:  Captain F. D. Lugard, The Rise of Our East African Empire (1893)

Document Analysis Worksheet--USE THIS WORKSHEET FOR EACH DOCUMENT DUE ON THURSDAYS

TOPIC:
III. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Week 11 (March 15)

READ:  Traditions and Encounters, Chpt. 35, Edible History of Humanity, Chapter 7
Siegfried Sassoon, "Attack" And Other Poems

Document Analysis Worksheet--USE THIS WORKSHEET FOR EACH DOCUMENT DUE ON THURSDAYS


TOPIC:

  • Why did Europe Blow Itself Up?  Big Industry, Big Guns, and the Search for Big Peace:  War and Upheaval, 1900-1918
Week 12 (March 22)
READ:  Traditions and Encounters, Chpt. 36, Edible History of Humanity, Chapter 8
READ FOR DISCUSSION:  Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor (1935) 


Document Analysis Worksheet--USE THIS WORKSHEET FOR EACH DOCUMENT DUE ON THURSDAYS

TOPIC:

  • Western Society in Chaos:  World Depression
Week 13 (March 29)

LIBRARY PRESENTATION BY HEIDI GAUDER IN CLASS

Week 14 (April 5)
READ:  Traditions and Encounters, Chpt. 37, Edible History of Humanity, Chapter 9

TOPIC:

  • Why Did the World Blow Itself Up...Again?  America's Rise to Supremacy

Week 15 (April 12)
READ:  Traditions and Encounters, Chpt. 38-40, Edible History of Humanity, Chapter 10-Epilogue

TOPIC:

  • How did the World Change with the Dissolution of Formal Empires?  A new World Order Emerging
THURSDAY:

1--First Draft of Term Papers AND a copy of the PEER REVIEW WORKSHEET are due at the start of class.  Absolutely no late submissions.  I will collect the papers and redistribute to the class.  From Thursday until Tuesday you will review/edit/etc. and return to author.

IV. CONCLUSION

Week 16


 

TUESDAY:  FINAL EXAM REVIEW

THURSDAY APRIL 22 IS THE LAST DAY OF OUR CLASS
--FINAL DRAFT OF PAPERS ARE DUE

TURN IN:

1--Final Paper to Turnitin.com

2--In Class you will turn in the First Draft, Peer Review, and Final Draft

3--You will present to the class, in about 2 minutes:
  • Paper Topic
  • Thesis
  • Major findings/conclusions