Western Civilization Since 1650
 
 

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SYLLABUS

Weekend College: Syllabus and Course Outline/Checklist

Session 2 Summer: Syllabus and Course Outline/Checklist

SEMESTER WEB ACTIVITIES

Web Activity One: A Tale of Two Cities
Web Activity Two: Life in Victorian England

Web Activity Three: The War on Terrorism
Handout for The War on Terrorism

Orientation (the following activities are described in a single document) or are available as separate sheets:
Activity 1.1. How Would You Do? Why Students Fail Standardized Tests in History
Activity 1.2 Personal Course Objectives
Activity 1.3 Textbook Evaluation

Introduction to Historical Research
Topic 1.1. Using Primary Sources
Topic 1.2. Comparing Primary and Secondary Sources

THE EARLY MODERN ERA
 
êThe Transition from Medieval to Modern
The Scientific Revolution
Topic 2.1. The Scientific Revolution
 
êThe Scientific Revolution (PowerPoint version)
 ê
The Scientific Revolution (PDF version)

Topic 2.2. Philosophy in the Wake of Science
 ê
Philosophy in the Wake of Science (PowerPoint version)
 êPhilosophy in the Wake of Science (PDF version)
 êAbsolutism vs. Constitutionalism (PDF)
 êHobbes vs. Locke (PDF)

Topic 2.3. Primary Sources: The Human Body

Early Modern Political Developments
Topic 3.1. Absolutism vs. Constitutionalism
Topic 3.2. Louis XIV and the Age of Absolutism

 êLouis XIV Biography (PowerPoint version)
 êLouis XIV Biography (PDF version)
 êA Day in the Life of the Sun King (PowerPoint version)
 êA Day in the Life of the Sun King (PDF version)
Topic 3.3. Primary Sources: Everyday Life
 êFILM: The Wars of the British

The Early Modern Economic Revolution
Topic 4.1. The Modern World System
 ê
Wallerstein's Modern World System (PowerPoint version)
 êWallerstein's Modern World System (PDF version)
Topic 4.2.  The Age of Expansion

Topic 4.3. Primary Sources: Landscapes and Interiors

The Early Modern Intellectual Revolution
Topic 5.1. The Enlightenment
 êThe Enlightenment (PowerPoint version)
 êThe Enlightenment (PDF version)
Topic 5.2. Modern Political Theory

Topic 5.3. Primary Sources: The Enlightened Despot

The Early Modern Political Revolution
Topic 6.1. The French Revolution
 êThe French Revolution (PowerPoint version)

 êThe French Revolution (PDF version)
Topic 6.2. The Age of Napoleon
Topic 6.3. Primary Sources: Revolutionary Values and the Propaganda Value of Art

THE 19TH CENTURY
Topic 7.1. The Industrial Revolution
 êThe Industrial Revolution (PowerPoint version)
 êThe Industrial Revolution (PDF version)
Topic 7.2. Industrial Society and the Modern Family
 êIndustrial Society (PowerPoint version)
 êIndustrial Society (PDF version)
 êThe Plight of Women in the Industrial Revolution (PDF)

Topic 7.3. Primary Sources: The Experience of Industrialization

In Defense of Industrialization
Topic 8.1. Nineteenth Century Liberalism
 êLiberalism (PDF)
Topic 8.2. Social Darwinism

Topic 8.3. Primary Sources: Women of Hastings and St. Leonard's
     Use this new URL to access the Women of Hastings and St. Leonard's website:
     http://www.hastingspress.co.uk/history/index.html

Responses to Industrialization, Part 1
FILM: The Old Curiosity Shop
Topic 9.1. Utopian Socialism
Topic 9.2. Debate Over Child Labor

Topic 9.3. Primary Sources: Victorian Values

Responses to Industrialization, Part 2
Topic 10.1. Marxism
Topic 10.2. Nationalism and Imperialism
 êNineteenth Century "ISMS" (PowerPoint version)

 êNinettenth Century "ISMS" (PDF version)
Topic 10.3. Primary Sources: Marxist vs. Evolutionary Socialism

THE 20TH CENTURY
Topic 11.1. World War I
 êThe Great War (PowerPoint version)
 êThe Great War (PDF version)
Topic 11.2. The Russian Revolution

Topic 11.3. Primary Sources: The Fourteen Points

Twentieth Century Totalitarianism, Part 1
Topic 12.1. Russian Communism
 êRussian Communism (PowerPoint version)

 êRussian Communism (PDF version)
Topic 12.2. Italian Fascism
 êItalian Fascism (PowerPoint version)

 êItalian Fascism (PDF version)
Topic 12.3. Primary Sources: What is Fascism?

Twentieth Century Totalitarianism, Part 2
Topic 13.1. German Nazism
 êGerman Nazism (PowerPoint version)

 êGerman Nazism (PDF version)
 êNazi Propaganda (PowerPoint version)
 ê
Nazi Propaganda (PDF version)

Topic 13.2. The Holocaust
 êNazi Holocaust (PowerPoint version)
 êNazi Holocaust (PDF version)

Topic 13.3. Primary Sources: Hitler's Globe

World War II and Its Aftermath
Topic 14.1. World War II
Topic 14.2. The Cold War
 êThe Cold War (PowerPoint version)

 êThe Cold War (PDF version)
Topic 14.3. Primary Sources: Wartime Propaganda

The Information Age
Topic 15.1. Soviet Disintegration
 êThe Collapse of Communism (PowerPoint version)

 êThe Collapse of Communism (PDF version)
Topic 15.2. The War on Terrorism
Topic 15.3. Primary Sources: The Berlin Wall