World History / Andrews – Fall 2017 Schedule
of Activities & Assignments
WEEK ONE
First Week of Classes
August 29
Introductions. Syllabus. Definitions. FAQ. Upper division
credit. Universe history.
August 31
Early Homo.
Evolution & spread of Homo sapiens.
Paleolithic migrations. Population of the planet.
DUE: Create your
blog. READ & BLOG ON WW Prologue, Intro to Part One, AND… Chapter 1 (First
Peoples), Sections: Out of Africa & The Ways We Were. If you don’t have
your textbook yet, you’ll find some on reserve in the library.
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WEEK TWO
Labor Day Week
September 5
The Neolithic revolution and the development of agriculture.
DUE: READ & BLOG ON Chapter 1 (First Farmers),
Sections: Breakthroughs to Agriculture to end of Chapter
September 7
Primary sources. Evaluating evidence… how do we know
anything about the pre-literate past?
DUE: TBD from
Evidence section
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WEEK THREE
September 12
Workshop: analytical paper.
DUE: READ Handout from Discovering the Global
Past. What do you think of Claudius and Xinchen as leaders? Which one is the
better leader… why? Make extensive notes in the margins of the handout as you
read and reflect.
September 14
The “civilizing” of human beings: Gilgamesh.
DUE: Draft of
Analytical Paper
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WEEK FOUR
September 19
Ancient civilizations.
DUE: READ & BLOG
ON Chapter 2 (First Civilizations)
September 21
Primary Sources. Comparing Ancient civilizations.
DUE: Analytical
Paper. AND… READ & BLOG ON Chapter 2 Documents – choose one introductory question
in the Documents section and respond to it in your blog post
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WEEK FIVE
September 26
The Classical Era in Eurasia.
DUE: READ & BLOG ON Intro to Part Two & Ch
3 (State & Empire)
September 28
Primary Sources, Confucian reflections on leadership.
DUE: READ Chapter 3 Documents… choose one to blog
about
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WEEK SIX
October 3
Eurasian cultural traditions.
Preflection for CTA Day
DUE: READ & Blog On Ch 4 (Culture &
Religion) AND Close Reading of “Serving is Different from Helping and Fixing” http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=940
October 5
Classical Era – Society & Inequality.
DUE: READ & Blog On Chapter 5 (Society &
Inequality)
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WEEK SEVEN
Call to Action Week
October 10
Participate in Call to Action Day.
October 12
Post-flection on CTA Day. Africa & the Americas.
DUE: READ & BLOG ON Chapter 6 (Commonalities
& Variations)
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WEEK EIGHT
Midterms Week
October 17
Midterm Review.
DUE: Review / Highlight / Annotate all class
notes; Review Own & Other Students’ Blogs
October 19
Midterm Exam
WEEK NINE
October 24
Midterm status review. Writing Workshop for Research Project.
DUE: Nothing due
today… enjoy your midterm break
October 26
Commerce & Culture: Silk Roads, Sand Roads & Sea
Roads.\
DUE: READ & BLOG ON Intro to Part Three &
Ch 7 (Commerce & Culture)
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WEEK TEN
October 31
Islam
DUE: READ & Blog On Chapter 9 (The Worlds of
Islam)
November 2
Christendom. The European Renaissance & early Modern
thought world.
DUE: READ & Blog On Chapter 10 (The Worlds of
Christendom)
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WEEK ELEVEN
November 7
The Golden Age of China.
DUE: READ & BLOG ON Chapter 8 (China and the
World)
November 9
Meet with Debate teams.
DUE: As self-assigned
by debate teams
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WEEK TWELVE
Week of the Research
Conference
November 14
China Debate
DUE: Prepare talking
points for in-class debate as self-assigned by teams
November 16
Attend Freshman Research Conference, location TBD, 3:30 to
5:00 pm. Support our freshmen by showing interest in their work!
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WEEK THIRTEEN
Thanksgiving Week –
No class Thursday
November 21
Peoples who leave no written record; Nomadic civilizations:
The Mongols.
DUE: READ WW Chapter 11 (Pastoral Peoples on the
Global Stage), AND reflection on Freshman Research Conference
Thursday, November 23
No class – Thanksgiving holiday.
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WEEK FOURTEEN
November 28
The Worlds of the 15th Century.
DUE: READ and blog on
Chapter 12.
November 30
Special topics & presentation skills.
DUE: Research paper
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WEEK FIFTEEN
December 5
Final Exam.
December 7
Research Presentations.
