|
 be
sure to pick up our textbook, Origins of the Modern World
at the bookstore. You won't need it, however, until 2/11
|
Syllabus
READING
THE SYLLABUS:
assignments
appear in this syllabus under the day they are assigned, not
the day due. |
| Turnitin.org:
By enrolling in the course you grant the professors permission
to automatically submit all work to turnitin.org, a plagiarism
detection service to which John Jay now subscribes. Moreover,
by enrolling in the course you also grant permission to the professor
to use your work in anyway he/she sees fit. |
| Textbook:
All students are required to own the textbook (see to right). |
SCHEDULE
AND ASSIGNMENTS:
Although this class meets only once a week, assignments will
be due TWICE a week. Generally, there will be assignments due
both every Monday and every Wednesday.
Assignments are due at the START of class time on the
days we meet in person; on the days we don't meet or meet on-line,
assignments are due at the END of class time, unless otherwise
specified.
Information
for classes that meet on campus appear in this syllabus under
the relevant date in black text.
Information regarding assignments not associated with a face-to-face
(f2f) session appear under the relevant date in blue
text. |
Looking Back From The Present: Hip-Hop Culture & Global Economics
Wed,
Jan 28th
(CLASS
1)
in
class: Introductions; signing of contracts;
review
computer-related issues, including blackboard.
 |
Bling: A Planet Rock
(2006)
The first
of the course's four films follows recording artists Tego Calderon
(left), Raekwon, Paul Wall, and writer Ishmael Bael
to Sierra Leone in order to chart the connections between hip-hop
culture in the United States and the recent civil war in that
West African country. In doing so, this documentary introduces
a recurring theme of the class: the deep but often invisible
linkages between seemingly disparate events and phenomena throughout
the world.
view
trailer |
assigned
viewing (due 2/2, classtime
): watch the video Bling
(10 copies available at the library's 3-hour reserve desk under my
name). You only need to watch the first hour and seven minutes;
if you want to answer the extra-credit questions, you need to watch
from 1hr:13 until the end. YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THE ASSIGNED WRITING
BELOW BEFORE STARTING THE VIDEO.
assigned
writing (due
2/02, classtime)do
short answer questions (questions available by clicking here).
Your answer to these questions will serve as the basis for your next
assignment, so be sure to do this homework with care.
The
Worlds of 1300
Monday,
Feb 2
(CLASS
2, On-line)
suggested
viewing (due 2/04): quick
video on
YouTube on the expansion of Islam and al-Andalus.
assigned reading (due 2/04, ):
(download chapter here,
might take as long as 5 minutes to download) pp.
3 - 31 skip
"The Americas," pp. 8 - 9;
skip "Family Life," pp. 18 - 19;
skip
"religious traditions and challenges" on p. 23, skip
"everyday life p.24-26, pick up again at "Expansion
and Conquest," p. 26] Prepare
for quick quiz next class -- see box below right regarding quizzes.
IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE DOWNLOADING, There are also 3 copies of Chapter
1at the library in 3-hour reserve.
Because questions 5 and 6 of the assigned writing (see below) refer
to the documentary Bling you watched for last class, you
may want to go directly to those questions BEFORE starting the reading,
and then go back to the reading and the questions associated with
the readings.
This
reading should take you about 1 hour and 10 minutes if you take about
3.5 minutes to read a page and the written homework below will take
you another hour and 5 minutes. How long preparing for the quiz takes
you will depend on how new to you is the textbook's vocabulary --
figure no less than 10 minutes and no more than 20. Altogether, then,
this on-line class&homework should take you two and half hours.
| Be
sure to read over the questions from the assigned writing
and quiz BEFORE starting on the reading itself, then
take notes as you read; doing so will help you know what to look
for in the reading and, accordingly, save you time. |
| Quick
Quizzes:
We
will often have a 7 to 10 minute quiz at the start of class.
These quizzes will cover key concepts, quotations, and terms
from the readings; the syllabus will alert you to the questions.
Some quizzes will be labeled"open note,"
indicating you will be allowed to use any HANDWRITTEN
notes you take as you read. You will not, however, be
permitted to refer to the textbook, printed or photocopied material.
OPEN
NOTE QUIZZES WILL ALWAYS HAVE AT LEAST ONE QUESTION ASKING YOU
TO EXPLAIN A SENTENCE FROM THE TEXZTBOOK THAT I PROVIDE YOU
Others
quizzes will be "closed note," indicating
you will not be allowed to use any
reference notes.
Your
answers must be ENTIRELY IN YOUR OWN WORDS (rather than,
say, copied from the readings) |
assigned
writing (due next class):do
short/long answer questions (questions available by clicking here)
Concepts
for Quiz1 (next
class)
OPEN NOTE
worth 125 Fritz points, or 1.25% of your final grade |
Be sure to read the information
regarding the "explain this passage" question that
will appear on OPEN notes quizzes (but not closed note quizzes) |
There
will be one"explain
this passage" question on this quiz |
| Compare
and contrast the opportunities for joining the ruling/administrating
class in Europe and China at this time (requires synthesizing
material for from several pages of the reading)
USE
YOUR OWN WORDS |
describe
relationship between trade & diverse
ecological zones in the Islamic World
USE YOUR OWN WORDS |
explain
how Hinduism and varna functioned
to foster cultural diversity in India (requires synthesizing
material for from several pages of the reading)
USE
YOUR OWN WORDS |
Wednesday, Feb 4th
(CLASS
3)
in
class: quiz
discuss ancient
manuscripts of Mali; image 1
and 2;
suggested
viewing:quick video
on YouTube on Ibn
Battuta. The Ibn Battutu video will be helpful in doing your
homework.
| Useful
Hints!
1)
Because the skill taught in this assignment will be used
frequently in the course, I've encouraged you to do the
assignment with care by making it worth 6%
of your semester grade. 2)
remember to submit by
blackboard
|
asassigned
reading: none
assigned
writing (due 2/09):
quotation exercises (click
here) although this assignment is worth 6% of your grade, if
you don't submit this assignment you will lose 15% of your semester
grade with the points coming from your final exam.
|
Does
all this writing stuff matter in the REAL world?
Actually, yes. If you want a job,
that is.
As CNN
recently reported, a survey of major employers revealed that
"no matter your field or position, your ability to communicate
using the written word plays a major role in career success."
see
here |
Monday,
Feb 9th
(CLASS
4, On-line)
suggested
viewing (due next class):
quick video
on YouTube on the on the Ming Chinese
fleets circumnavigating the Indian Ocean. (Map
of the voyages from the video & what's
up with the giraffe?) and East African diaspora in India
images
assigned
reading (due
next class):
from
the previously downloaded chapter,
pp. 32 - 40 (here
if you haven't already dowloaded it)
[all reading
amounts to 11 pages]
assigned
writing (due
next class):
Do short
answer questions; BRING
THE WHOLE OF THE WIESNER CHAPTER (p. 270
- 295) FROM ELECTRONIC RESERVES TO THE NEXT CLASS SO THAT WE CAN GET
STARTED ON YOUR HOMEWORK IN CLASS -- STUDENTS WHO DO NOT WILL
LOSE POINTS ON THEIR QUIZ!
Concepts
for Quiz 2,
(worth 125 Fritz Points)
|
CLOSED
NOTE |
Identify
(who, what, where, and when) Pax Mongolica and explain
why it's significant
what does pax mean?
see here
USE
YOUR OWN WORDS
|
describe
relationship between Maluka, Arab markets, and Venice USE
YOUR OWN WORDS |
| how
did Islam spread in Southeast Asia? USE
YOUR OWN WORDS |
How did
the "Middle Kingdom" influence neighboring socities
USE YOUR OWN WORDS |
Wednesday, Feb 11th
(CLASS
5)
in
class: BRING
THE WHOLE OF THE WIESNER CHAPTER (pp.
270 - 295) TO
CLASS TODAY SO THAT WE CAN GET STARTED ON YOUR HOMEWORK IN CLASS--
STUDENTS WHO DO NOT RISK LOSING QUIZZ POINTS!;
we
will start your homework in class
assigned
reading: none
assigned
writing (due next class):do
Trans-Asian Contacts: The Basis of a World System (900
-1450) Guide to the Sources and Homework Questions.
BECAUSE
THIS ASSIGNMENT REQUIRES THE SUBMISSION OF A MAP, YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS:
A)
You can submit the map in person with the History Deptartment secretary
at 4317N by 4pm on Tuesday, 2/17 (the College is closed 2/16)
B)
You can scan the map and key and include it your assignment when you
send it to me through blackboard.
The
Black Death assignment requires submitting a certain number
of comments to a discussion board (explained elsewhere) by certain
dates. Pay attention to these dates:
By
Tues, 2/17 8:00 PM: At least 4 comments
Between 2/17 and 2/19 @ 10:00 PM:At least 4 additional comments
Paragraph:
due at classtime on 2/23 by blackboard and can NOT be turned
in late
|
Monday,
Feb 16th
(CLASS
6, On-line)
assigned
reading:textbook (Origins of the Modern
World) 1 - 16. Prep notes on chapter
(it's important that your read about the purpose of these notes
and their relationship to our final). . NOTES WILL BE DUE
IN CLASS 2/25.
on-line
activity and assigned writing (various due
dates, see assignment):
Black
Death document activity
Tuesday,
Feb 17th
don't
forget your comments (see box to right)
Wed,
Feb 18th
Class
today is required only if you got less 84 or less on homework 3. For
everyone else, it's optional;.
Monday,
Feb 23rd
Black
Death Paragraph Due by class time;
(CLASS
7, On-line)
assigned
reading: textbook.
21-32, 36 - 39; excerpts
(on-line, but NOT from electronic reserves) from
Racism: A Short History
[note: for the text of these excerpts I have created an on-line
glossary,so you may want to do this short reading on the web]
assigned
writing (due next class):Prep
the
chapter, do short answer
questions
Wed, Feb 25th
(CLASS
8)
in
class: discussion of
Racism: A Short History,
start essay in class;
today we will also schedule a mandatory visit to the
writing center for revision of this essay sometime between March 9th
and the 11th. Your final grade will be calculated from 30% of your
first grade plus 70% of your grade on this revised version of this
essay. The revision will be due March 23rd at classtime. If
you got a B+ or higher on the first draft of the essay, however, you
do not have to revise the paper and will, accordingly, get
some free time.
image 1and image 2
assigned reading: none
assigned writing (due 2/27 at 12:20
PM): essay
Moday,
March 2nd
(CLASS
9, On-line)
 |
"When
we saw the city built in the water, and that straight and level
causeway leading to Tenochtitlan we were astounded. These great
buildings rising from the water, all made of stone, seemed like
a city made by a sorcerer" |
assigned reading: (electronic reserves) Fernandez-Armesto,
489-493; 507-512, 553- 557
assigned writing:
(due next class) five questions
Contact,
Commerce, and Colonialization 1450s - 1600
Wed,
Mar 4th
(CLASS10)
assigned
reading: p. 102 from Tignor's Worlds Together, Worlds
Apart available here;
textbook, 43 - 54; 57 (starting with
"Europe and the Gunpowder Epic")- 64; Prep
the chapter.
assigned writing: short
answer question
images
of trade goods
(SPECIAL
CLASSES)
Monday
March 9th-Wed March 11th
NO
CLASSES THESE DAYS!!! MANDATORY VISIT BY TUESDAY
MARCH 20 TO WRITING CENTER TO REVISE paper
on the origins of European racism (HW 8); Your
final grade will be calculated from 30% of your first grade plus
70% of your grade on this revised version of this essay.
-- in short you get an opportunity to improve your grade. The revision
will be due March 22nd . You will fail the assignment if you do
not go to the writing center (the center keeps records and reports
back to me).
If you got a B+ or higher on the first draft of the essay, however,
you do not have to revise the paper and will, accordingly, get
some free time.
NAME
YOUR REVISION: hussein_sa_8revision.doc
assigned
reading: textbook,
67-92; Prep
the chapter
Worlds
Entangled, 1600 - 1750
Monday
March 16th
(class 11 -- online class)
assigned reading: (electronic reserves)
Tignor, pp. 120 - 131 (start
at "Increasing Economic Linkages" and stop at "The
Slave Trade and Africa," a topic we will address in great length
later on); on-line reading from American
Colonies (on-line, but not electronic reserves);
"Hispanics Debate Census
Plan to Change Racial Grouping" from
the New York Times and "ten
things everyone should know about race"
assigned writing: short
answer questions
Concepts
for Quiz 3
(worth 200 Fritz Points)
|
open
note |
| there
will be 3, true/false questions on the ten
things excerpt |
|
There
will be one"explain
this passage" question on this quiz
(use your own words) |
|
2 things to take special note of: (1)
the
reading from American Colonies is not on electronic reserves,
but rather linked directly from our website (click
here); there will be 2 true/false questions on the ten
things excerpt. If
you do the readings, you will be prepared. You do NOT need to memorize
names, etc..
Wed
March 18th
(class 12)
in
class: activity on
the construction of race in the New World
image 1
assigned reading: none
assigned writing: finish
essay started in class on race in the New
World (the is the first of the four short/long
option papers)
3
things to take special note of: (1)
Both the short and the long options on this paper
are due via
Blackboard's Digital Dropbox (details on drop
box here) (2
With the 4 short/long option papers
assigned between 3/16
and 4/27, you
must choose to do the long option on 1 paper and then the short
option on the remaining 3 papers -- but which paper you choose to
do the long option on is entirely up to you (3)
remember that while long-option essays can be turned in late (with
a penalty), short option papers may not. See details here
Monday,
March 23rd
(CLASS
13 on-line)
REVISION
OF RACISM PAPER DUE TODAY
assigned reading: (electronic
reserves) A. Taylor, "Canada and Iroquoia: 1500-1660"
in American Colonies
assigned
writing: short (and
long) answer questions
| Concepts
for Quiz 4 |
WORTH
200 Fritz Points! |
closed
note quiz |
identify
(who, what, where, when, and why significant):
manitou
(use your own words)
|
identify
(who, what, where, when, and why significant):"The
country of the Hurons is no longer where it was"
(use your own words)
|
identify
(who, what, where, when, and why significant);
Kristoni
(use your own words)
|
identify
(who, what, where, when, and why significant):
Deganawida
(use your own words)
|
identify
(who, what, where, when, and why significant):
Great
League
(use your own words)
|
identify
(who, what, where, when, and why significant):
"The
English have no sense"
(use your own words)
|
Wed,
March 25th
(CLASS
14)
in
class:
Black
Robe viewing guide
assigned viewing: watch
rest of Blackrobe at home
assigned writing: Essay
(the is the second of the four short/long option
papers)
NO
QUIZ NEXT CLASS!
3
things to take special note of: (1)
Both the short and the long options on this paper are
due via
Blackboard's Digital Dropbox (details on drop
box here) (2
With the 4 short/long option papers
assigned between 3/16
and 4/27.
you must choose to do the long option on 1 paper and then the short
option on the remaining 3 papers -- but which paper you choose to
do the long option on is entirely up to you (3)
remember that while long-option essays can be turned in late (with
a penalty), short option papers may not. See details here
Monday,
March 30th
(CLASS 15)
assigned
reading: (electronic reserves)
Gilbert, Africa in World History, pp. 121 - 133;David Brion
Davis, Challenging the Boundaries of Slavery, pp. 17 - 19;
Thornton, The Birth of the Atlantic World; Tignor, pp. 131
- 136 NOTE: GILBERT APPEARS IN TWO PARTS IN
THE ELECTRONIC RESERVES
assigned writing: short
answer questions (get an early start on
this assignment)
Note
that you have to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art before the mini-test
(worth 3.5% of your final grade or 350 Fritz Points) on April 22nd.
See details here.
Note that the Met
is closed on Mondays.
| Apologies
for the Slave Trade? |
| See
this video on reserve
at the library |
4
things to take special note of: (2)
The first question of your short
answer questions will require filling out a map (details
and map in the assignment itself); you will be turning in this map
BY HAND on the day assigned rather than by black board. The rest of
the questions, however, should be turned in by blackboard. (2)
In the past, some students have said this reading
took longer than they expected. (3)Note that
you have to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art before the mini-test
(worth 3.5% of your final grade or 350 Fritz Points) on April 22nd.
See details here. Note that the Met is
closed on Mondays.(4) note that you will have to bring to class a
receipt of your visit to the Met; if
not, I will count you absent for the Met visit day.
| Adanggaman
Directed by: Roger Gnoan M'Bala
Language: In Bambara, Baule and French with English subtitles
|
 |
Wednesday,
April 1st
(class
16)
Discussion
of Slave Trade
two
images
assigned reading:none,
finish film at home
assigned writing: essay
(the is the third of the four short/long option
papers)
3
things to take special note of: (1)
Both the short and the long options on this paper are
due via
Blackboard's Digital Dropbox (details on drop
box here) (2
With the 4 short/long option papers
assigned between 3/16
and 4/27,
you must choose to do the long option on 1 paper and then the short
option on the remaining 3 papers -- but which paper you choose to
do the long option on is entirely up to you (3)
The short option on this paper can not
be revised, see details here
Note
that you have to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art before the mini-test
(worth 3.5% of your final grade or 350 Fritz Points) on April 22nd.
See details here. Note that the Met is
closed on Mondays.(4) note that you will have to bring to class a
receipt of your visit to the Met; if not, I will count you absent
for the Met visit day.
Monday
April 6th
assigned
reading: electronic reserves, Tignor,
Worlds Together, Worlds Apart, p. 165 - 167. Excerpts
from Mazower's, Balkan History (DUE APRIL 20th)
assigned writing: short
answer questions
| Concepts
for Quiz 5 |
WOTH
200 Fritz Points!
|
Open Note |
There
will be one"explain
this passage" question on this quiz
|
identify
(who, what, where, when, and why significant):
millets
(use your own words) |
|
|
Describe
the significance of
tekke for the textbook's argument regarding
an Ottoman "synthesis"
BE SPECIFIC
(use your own words)
|
identify
(who, what, where, when, and why significant):
devshirme
(use your own words) |
image
1
Wed,
April 8th
NO CLASS, START OF SPRING BREAK
Monday, April 20th
(CLASS 19)
assigned
reading: (electronic reserves), Tignor, Worlds
Together, Worlds Apart, 179-186 (start with "The Enlightenment
in Europe" end with "Hybrid Cultures")
assigned writing: short
answer questions
Wednesday,
April 22nd
(CLASS 20 on-line)
in
class:
Mini Test on visit
the Metropolitan Museum of Art; bring your receipt
from the museum. QUIZ WORTH 300 Fritz
Points See details here.
in
class: activity,
"Enlightenment
and Racism"
assigned reading: (on-line, but not Electronic
Reserves) The
Enlightenment and Human Rights (read
only the 4 pages in this section, stop at "Paris and the Politics
of Rebellion"); (ON electronic reserves) Lynn Hunt, Inventing
Human Rights, pp. 186 - 187)
assigned writing:finish "Short/Long
Essay on Enlightenment and Racism" (due next class)
the is the last of the four short/long option papers
assigned between 3/16 and 4/27,
you must choose to do the long option on 1 paper and then the short
option on the remaining 3 papers -- but which paper you choose to
do the long option on is entirely up to you (3)
The short option on this paper can not
be revised, see details here
Monday
April 27th
(CLASS 21)
assigned
reading: Textbook, 95 - 119
Industrial Revolution AND (electronic
reserves) Topik, "Sweet Success"
assigned writing: Prep
chapter by answering short answer questions (bring handwritten
responses to class)
Wednesday April 29th
(CLASS 23)
in-class:
discussion of nationalism
assigned
reading:
(electronic reserves): Strayer, Ways of the World, pp. 516
- 520; excerpts from Nial Ferguson, The War of the World,
pp. xxxiv - xxxvii, xli, li-lxi. FERGUSON READING
ALSO AVAILABLE HERE AS PDF DELIVERED TO YOUR
DESKTOP
assigned
writing: questions
Monday,
May 4th
(class 24)
assigned
viewing: Episode 1 ("The Clash of Empires") in
Nial Ferguson, The War of the World available at the library's
3-hour reserve
assigned
writing: questions
Wed, May 6th
(CLASS 25)
assigned
reading: (electronic
reserves): pp. 44 - 59, 102 - 105 of Why the Cocks Fight:
Dominicans, Hatians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola; excerpts
from Human Rights Watch's report "Illegal
People: Haitians And Dominico-Haitians In The Dominican Republic"
-- read Section III, "Background" pp. 7 - 11.
assigned
writing:Outline
due next class; the essay itself is due by
blackboard May 25th at class time
optional
video viewing: Race
and Racism in the Dominican Republic
Monday, May 11th
(CLASS 26)
assigned
viewing:Episode
2 ("Tainted Victory") in Nial Ferguson's The War of
the World,
available
at the library's 3-hour reserve
assigned
writing:questions on Episode
2 and optional questions on Episode 3 for extra-credit (both due May
15th at midnight)
Wednesday, May 13th
(class 27)
In class writing clinic
I WILL
BE HOLDING OFFICE HOURS THROUGHOUT EXAM WEEK TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR
PAPERS; I CAN'T, HOWEVER, MEET OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS. I WILL, AS
ALWAYS, TAKE QUESTIONS BY E-MAIL AND TELEPHONE.
Monday, May 25th
Final essay
due viablackboard by class time
