History 210 Class Calendar 

WEEK	TOPICS, QUIZZES, TESTS AND ASSIGNMENTS	READINGS
Week 1 1/15-1/17	q Introduction to Contemporary World in Perspective q The Industrial Revolution and the rise of Europe q European Imperialism – case study: India Pretest:World Map Pay for the New York Times at the WT Bookstore by January 22 and receive an extra 2 points on your participation grade!Don’t be late!J	Current events discussion Duiker, Introduction, Chapter 1 NYT subscription begins January 16
Week 2 1/22-1/24	Nationalism I q Nationalism and the Nation  q Origins of World War One in Europe – the Balkans q Guest Professor:Dr. Brasington on World War One Thursday, Cornette Library, 7pm, Japan Film Series:Ran Extra Credit for signing attendance sheet AT FILM.	Duiker, Chapter 2, Chapter 4 (up to p. 85)
Week 3 1/29-1/31	Imperialism I q U.S. Empire in Latin America q The Dutch and the French in Southeast Asia q “Scramble for Africa” (interwar I, if possible) Film Clip:Col. Redl Quiz #1 – Europe (Unless otherwise announced, all quizzes and discussions will be on Thursdays.)	Chapter 5
Week 4 2/5-2/7	Imperialism II q China – Fall of the Qing Dynasty q The Boxer Rebellion q The Republican Revolution: Who was Ah Q? q Tokugawa Japan to the Meiji Restoration Quiz #2:Asia	Duiker, Chapter 3 Start reading Things Fall Apart

Week 5 2/12-2/14	Imperialism III – Decolonization I q The Russian Revolution  q The Interwar World -- Mandate System  q League of Nations and Ethiopia q Chinua Achebe and Africa – Case Study Nigeria Video:Bill Moyers interview with Chinua Achebe  Discussion #1 – Things Fall Apart	Duiker, Chapter 4  Achebe, Things Fall Apart, and Yeats, The Second Coming
Week 6 2/19-2/21	Nationalism I – Totalitarianism I q Japan –Taisho Democracy to Militant Nationalism q Global Origins and Experience of WWII	Duiker, Chapter 6 Part II Reflections (Review guides will be distributed.)
Week 7 2/26-2/28	Totalitarianism I, cont. q The Holocaust  q Mid-Term Review  q Mid-Term Thursday, Cornette Library, 7pm, Japan Film Series MINBO: THE GENTLE ART OF JAPANESE EXTORTION History 210 Mid-Term The midterm will take 75 minutes. Bring blue books, scantron answer sheets, a pencil and a pen. This is the last week you may drop with an automatic “X”.If you are concerned about your progress, I encourage you to see me before dropping.You may be doing better than you think!

Week 8 3/5-3/7	Totalitarianism II – Cold War I q Aftermath of World War Two :Memories of the War q The Cold War – Coexistence q The “German Question” q The Soviet Union Interim Journals Due:March 7th Film clips:My Neighbor Totoro	Duiker, Chapter 7, Chapter 8
Week 9 3/12	SPRING BREAK!	Duiker, Chapter 14
Week 10 3/19-3/21	Decolonization II and III q Shaping the Middle East: Religion and Statehood q Case Study:Israel and Palestine q Egypt, the Arab League and the Suez Crisis Video: Palestine March 21, Japanese Film series, 7pm, Library PRINCESS MONONOKE March 21 -- Quiz #3 – The Middle East	Duiker, Review Chapters 5 and Chapter 14
Week 11 3/26-3/28	Decolonization IV q The “Third World” q India and Pakistan q Mahatma Gandhi q Central Asia – Afghanistan and Iran – Unholy War? Video:Images of India, Atoms for Peace	Duiker, Chapter 11 Start reading Ah Q. View: Gandhi
Week 12 4/2-4/4	Cold War II q China – Communist Revolution  q The Great Leap Forward to the Cultural Revolution  q Capitalism in China q Social policy and human rights in China News Reports Begin April 2 Discussion #2 – True Story of Ah Q	Duiker, Chapter 9 and pp. 341-343. Finish reading Ah Q
Week 13 4/9-4/11	Cold War III q East Asia:Korea and Vietnam q Postwar Japan, Guest speaker q “Toward a Pacific Century?” Video:“Duck and Cover”, Dr. Strangelove Final Journals Due:April 11th News Reports Continue	Duiker, Chapter 12, Chapter 15 View:Farewell my Concubine
Week 14 4/16-4/18	Cold War IV – Decolonization V q The Resurgence of the Cold War q Africa Revisited– Nigeria, Angola and South Africa  q Latin America:Getting Past Cuba Video:Africa, CNN Cold War on Afghanistan Map #4:Africa News Reports Continue	Duiker, Chapter 13
Week 15 4/23-4/25	Cold War V -- New World Order  q European Union  q 1989 – A Banner Year:East European Revolutions Videos:CNN Cold War footage, European Union Video  Thursday, April 25:Japanese Film "Shall we Dance?" News Reports Continue	Duiker, Chapter 10 (pp. 204-212), and Chapter 16
Week 16 4/30	Final Review Last Day for News Reports – April 30	Duiker, Chapter 16& 17 (pp. 337-341)  Review:“Reflections” notes at the end of each chapter.
	The Final Exam will be held in Old Main 326 No make-ups! Section 4:Thursday, May 9, 10:30am Don’t forget to bring blue books, scantron answer sheets and a blue or black pen.