WORLD HISTORY (HST 106D)

Mondays and Fridays, 8:00-9:50, HSS 107

 

Dr. David Doellinger

Department of History (HSS 212)

503-838-8254; doellind@wou.edu

Office Hours: Mondays 10 to 11:50; Wednesdays, 9-9:50; or by appointment

http://www.wou.edu/~doellind/home.htm

 

 

DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES

World History 106D is the final part of a three-course sequence that considers the broad range of influences that have shaped the world.  Rather than examining history on the local level (e.g., the history of Portland) or on the national level (e.g., German history), this course will examine the traditions, processes of change, and cross-cultural interactions that have affected various cultures over long periods of time.  This quarter we will begin with a discussion of Pablo Picasso’s Guernica.  We will continue our discussion of this painting’s themes as we examine the scientific, intellectual, economic, cultural and political movements that have transformed the world from the eighteenth century to the present.

 

In order to introduce students to the discipline of history, we will examine a variety of approaches used by historians.  Some readings will emphasize political, economic, artistic, intellectual, or religious themes while others will focus on social, cross-cultural and gender relations.  Students will: (1) develop critical reasoning skills through the reading of texts and the evaluation of different viewpoints and arguments; (2) learn to communicate ideas and arguments clearly and persuasively through written and spoken means; and (3) become part of a larger intellectual community.

 

 

TEXTS

Voltaire, Zadig

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

Emile Zola, Germinal

Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

 

 

Recommended (On-Reserve at Hamersly Library):

Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions & Encounters

Longman Atlas of World History

Hammond Historical World Atlas

 

E-Reserves:

Several required readings are available on E-RESERVE and may be accessed through the Hamersly Library home page or by going directly to:  http://library.wou.edu/screens/reserves1.html

 

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Grades will be calculated as follows:

            Attendance and Participation                                                      15%

            Map Quiz                                                                                  5%

            In-class written assignments                                                       15%

            Two analysis papers                                                                  30%

            Midterm                                                                                    15%

            Final                                                                                         20%    

 

 

 

PROCEDURES & EXPECTATIONS

 

  1.  Your task for each class meeting will be to:

-          Complete the assigned readings.

-          Participate in class discussion.

-          Take good notes.

 

  1. All work must be turned in on time.  Late work will be accepted without penalty only with a medical excuse or in the case of a documented family emergency.  Late work will be penalized one full letter grade per day (including Saturdays, Sundays and days that the class does not meet).  After three days, late work will not be accepted and the student will receive an automatic F.

 

  1. All submitted work must follow the conventions of English grammar.  Students submitting assignments with grammar/writing problems will receive an F for the assignment and be directed to the campus writing center.  The assignment may be resubmitted with a note certifying that the student has met with an advisor from the writing center.   The student will receive an average of the two grades.  

 

  1. All formal essays must use include footnote or endnote citations that follow the Chicago/Turabian style.  Any submitted work that does not include footnote/endnote citations or does not follow the Chicago/Turabian style will be penalized at least one full letter grade.  For an online guide, see http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChicago.html.

           

5.       Students are expected to participate fully in every aspect of the course.  Attendance will affect your performance and grade.  It is not possible to make-up missed lectures, class discussions, and other in-class activities; any unexcused absence will have negative consequences.  Four or more unexcused absences will automatically result in a loss of the class participation grade (15%).  Excessive lateness and/or absences may have additional consequences in calculating the final grade.

 

6.       Our class will be characterized by academic honesty.  Students will take responsibility for learning and for providing work that is the product of their own analysis and study.  I will not tolerate academic dishonesty in any form. Academic dishonesty consists of representing the work of others as your own and/or using notes or other aids during an examination. A cheating student will receive no credit for the assignment or examination in question and will be subject to University discipline as outlined in the Code of Student Responsibility. If you have further questions, please consult the Social Science Division policy on academic dishonesty and the Code of Student Responsibility.

 

7.       Any student who feels that she or he may need an accommodation for any type of disability should make an appointment to see me during office hours the first week of the course or contact the Office of Disability Services (838-8250v/tty) in AP 405.

 

8.        Honest effort, class participation, and courtesy are expected and will positively affect your grade.


Students are encouraged to come to office hours to discuss any aspect of this course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES

 

Monday, March 30 - Introduction to Course

Pablo Picasso, The Guernica

 

The Age of Science, Reason and Progress

 

Friday, April 3 - The Scientific Revolution

Francis Bacon, from First Book of Aphorisms, online at

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/bacon-aphor.html

Galileo and Copernicus, Scientific Revolution (handout)

 

Monday, April 6 – The Enlightenment

Voltaire, Zadig, pp. 17-78.

 

Friday, April 10 – The Enlightenment

Voltaire, Zadig, pp. 79-102.

 

Map Quiz

 

Monday, April 13 – Progress and the Industrial Revolution

Emile Zola, Germinal, Parts I-II

 

Friday, April 17 – Industrial Revolution

Emile Zola, Germinal, Parts III-V

 

Monday, April 20 – Industrial Revolution

Emile Zola, Germinal, Parts VI-VII

 

 

Colonialism and World War

 

Friday, April 24 – Modernization in Japan

Commodore Matthew Perry, When We Landed in Japan, 1854, available online at:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1854Perry-japan1.html

Okuma, Fifty Years of New Japan, 1907-1908, available online at:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1908okuma.html

 

Essay #1 Due

 

Monday, April 27 –  Scramble for Africa

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart pp. 3-77.

Rudyard Kipling, “The White Man’s Burden” (E-Reserve)

 

Friday, May 1 – New Imperialism

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, pp. 78-148.

 

Monday, May 4

Midterm Exam

 

Friday, May 8 – World Wars and the Holocaust

Private Donald Fraser, My Daily Journal, 1915-1916, available online at

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1918fraser.html

Hermann Friedrich Graebe, “Account of Holocaust Mass Shooting, 1942”, available online at:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1942graebe.html

Film: World At War: Genocide

 

Monday, May 11 - The Atomic Age

Japanese eyewitness/survivor accounts of the Atomic Bomb, available online at:

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hidankyo/nihon/english/witness.htm

 

Friday, May 15 - The Cold War

George Kennan, “The Long Telegram” available online at:

            http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/coldwar/documents/episode-1/kennan.htm

Nikolai Novikov, “Telegram, September 27, 1946” available online at:

            http://isc.temple.edu/hist249/course/Documents/novikov_telegram.htm

 

 

Human Rights and Globalization

 

Monday, May 18 - Social Protest and de-Colonization in India

Mohandas Gandhi, selected readings (handouts)

 

Friday, May 22 -  Human Rights in the United States and Czechoslovakia

Martin Luther King, Jr. “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” online at:

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/popular_requests/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf

Václav Havel, “The Power of the Powerless” online at:

            http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/165havel.html

 

Monday, May 25

No Class – Memorial Day Holiday

 

Friday, May 29 – Economic Change in the US

Ehrenreich, Introduction & Chapter 1

 

Essay #2 Due

 

Monday, June 1 – Economic Change in the US

Ehrenreich, chapters 2 & 3

 

Friday, June 5 – Globalization

Ehrenreich, pp. 193-235.

Robert Reich, “Why the Rich are Getting Richer, and the Poor, Poorer” (handout)

 

Final Exam

Monday, June 28, 2-3:50 PM, Room TBA