History 2372 Class Calendar Fall 2004

WEEK	TOPICS, QUIZZES, TESTS AND ASSIGNMENTS	READINGS
Week 1 M 8/23 T 8/24	SECTION I – EUROPE q Introduction to Contemporary World in Perspective q Industrial Revolution q Rise of Europe and European Imperialism q Nationalism and the Nation-State News discussions will take place on most Fridays for the MWF class and from 11:45-12:15 on most Thursdays.	Duiker, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2, p. 26 (read these chapters before the exam)
Week 2 M 8/30T 8/31	q Origins of WWI – the Balkans q Impact of WWI on Europe and the World No class on Labor Day! Wave a red flag to honor a worker! Th/Friday Europe map quiz Study guide is available at: http://wtfaculty.wtamu.edu/~eclark.ess/mapeurope.html	Duiker, Chapter 4
Week 3M 9/6 T 9/7	q Rise of Hitler q Stalin and the Soviet Union q WWII & Holocaust Night and Fog No class Monday Sept. 6. Celebrate with your favorite working class hero!	Duiker, Chapter 6
Week 4M 9/13T 9/14	q Cold War and Nuclear Arms q Revolution in Eastern Europe, 1956, 1968	Duiker, Chapter 7 Duiker, pre-read 8, 10
Week 5M 9/20T 9/21	q European Union q Eastern Europe 1989 q The Breakup of Yugoslavia Film: No Man’s Land Haunted Land Book Discussion Europe Group articles due Friday	Duiker, Chapter 8, 10 Duiker, section on Europe in Ch. 17 Haunted Land – discussion guide online
Week 6M 9/27T 9/28	SECTION II -- ASIA q The Fall and re-Fall of China q Tragedy at Nanking, WWII in Asia	Duiker, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 and Chapter 5 sections on Asia
Week 7 M 10/4 T 10/5	q China's Revolution, 1949 q Cultural Revolution M/Tues. -- Asia Map quiz (study guide online) Dr. Clark expects to be out on Thursday Oct. 7 and Friday Oct. 8. Please use these days to catch up on your Wild Swans reading.	Duiker, Chapter 9 Review Ch. 6
Week 8 M 10/11 T 10/12	q Contemporary China Thursday/Friday Wild Swans discussion	Wild Swans
Week 9M 10/18T 10/19	q Sections of Farewell my Concubine will be shown in class during this week. Midterm Exam Thursday/Friday	Duiker, Review Ch. 5, Chapter 16
Week 10M 10/25T 10/26	q From Samurai to Meiji Reform in Japan q Japanese culture and Hiroshima q Contemporary Japan Film: Grave of the Fireflies	Duiker, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 16 Online articles by Donald Ritchie
Week 11M 11/1T 11/2	q The Korean War q Vietnam and Decolonization in SE Asia Asia Group articles due Thursday/Friday	Duiker, section on Asia in Ch. 17
Week 12M 11/8T 11/9	SECTION 3 – MID-EAST/AFRICA q Imperialism q What is the Third World? q India and Pakistan Th/Friday: Africa/Mid-East Map Quiz Video: Images of India	Duiker, Chapter 14, Chapter 15, Review Chapter 2 and chapter 5 on Africa/Mid-East. Start reading Things Fall Apart..

Week 13 M 11/15 T 11/16	q Africa – continent and cultures q Nigeria q South Africa and Zimbabwe Thursday/Friday Things Fall Apart Discussion and Response Essay Achebe video, Hunting bin Laden video, African World series	Review Chapter 14 Complete study guide for Things Fall Apart, bring to class and be prepared to discuss and write
Week 14 M 11/22 T 11/23	q Israel and Palestine q Islam and Terrorism No class on Thursday November 25 or Friday, November 26. Video: Palestine	Duiker, read all of Ch. 17.
Week 15M 11/29T 11/30W 12/1	q Africa/Mid-East News Discussion q Final Review T/Th class will meet only once. Africa group articles due (may also turn in during Week 14)	News articles
FINAL	MWF final: Wednesday, December 8 at 8am T/TH final: Thursday, December 9 at 10:30am Don’t forget to bring blue books, scantron answer sheets and a blue or black pen. If you are in the T/Th class and prefer to take the exam on Weds, you may do so, but please tell Dr. Clark ahead of time so she can prepare enough tests for all students. Sorry, it doesn’t work in reverse for MWF J.