Schedule

World History – Andrews

Summer 2018

Tentative Schedule of Meetings & Assignments

Week 1            Introductions. Syllabus and guidelines. Course overview. Blog setup. Big History –
      Cosmic, Gaic. Early humans. Timeline of major eras.

Week 2      Neolithic and Ancient civilizations.
      Due: WW Prologue & Part 1:
                  Intro, Ch 1 (First Peoples), Ch 2 (First Civilizations)

Week 3      Early Classical Era.
      Due: WW Part 2:
                  Ch 3 (State & Empire), Ch 4 (Culture & Religion), Ch 5 (Society & Inequality),
                  Ch 6 (Africa & Americas)

Week 4      Late Classical Era. Quiz 1 on WW Prologue to Chapter 6. Writing workshop for RA.
      Due: WW Part 3:
                  Intro, Ch 7 (Commerce & Culture), Ch 8 (China & the World),
                  Ch 10 (the Worlds of Christendom)

Week 5            Late Classical Era. Research methodologies.
      Due: RA, WW Part 3:
                  Ch 9 (Worlds of Islam), Ch 11 (Pastoral Peoples), Ch 12 (Worlds of 15^thC)

Week 6      Early Modern World. Quiz 2 on WW Chapters 7-12. Work session & RP check-ins.
      Due: WW Part 4:
                  Intro, Ch 13 (Empires & Encounters), Ch 14 (Commerce & Consequence),
                  Ch 15 (Religion & Science)

Week 7      Western expansion & globalization.

                        Due: WW Part 5:
                  Intro, Ch 16 (Atlantic Revolutions), Ch 17 (Revolutions of Industrialization),
                  Ch 18 (Colonial Encounters)

Week 8      The 20^thCentury. 21^stCentury conflicts & issues. Quiz 3 on WW Ch’s 13-18.

                        Due: Research Paper. WW Part 6:
                  Intro, Ch 19 (Empires in Collision), 20 (Collapse at Center), Ch 21 (Rise & Fall of World Communism)
                  

Week 9      Self-Guided Study Week. 21st Century conflicts and issues. Quiz 4.   Ch 22 (End of Empire), Ch 23 (Capitalism & Culture)

Week 10    Semester review. World Historical Feast. Project presentations.          
                  Due: Preparation for formal presentation of research results. Quiz 4.