HIST 102 B Foundations of Western Civilization II

HIST 102 B Foundations of Western Civilization II

Section 50 Prof. E. Boia

Spring 2008 Office: RT 1911 Ph # 216-523-7192

MW 6:00 -7:50pm Hrs. MW 5:00-5:50pm or by appointment

Room MC 436 HIS Dept. Ph # 216-687-3920

This is a course on western civilization from the Age of Absolutism in the 17^th century to the end of the 20^th century, with emphasis on the struggle for power between monarchs and national assemblies, scientific and cultural developments, the Age of Enlightenment, the French and Industrial revolutions, Napoleonic era, conservatism, nationalism, and socialism, the revolutions of 1830 and 1848, national unifications, Anew@ imperialism, the road to World War I and its political and social effects, the interwar political, social, and economic developments, World War II and its aftermath, and the international struggle known as the ACold War@ from 1945 to 1991.

Required Reading:

Text: Kagan/Ozment/Turner, The Western Heritage, Vol. II: Since 1648. Brief Fifth Edition (Teaching & Learning Classroom Edition).

Docs: Select documents from Western Civilization Documents CD-Rom (included with Text).

J. K. Sowards, Makers of the Western Tradition, Vol. 2 (7th ed.)

Online material: CSU History Dept. http://www.csuohio.edu/history/web_courses spring 2008

Outlines GUIDE I GUIDE II GUIDE III GUIDE IV GUIDE V

Examinations:

There will be three examinations: two one hour Amid-terms@ and a final.

Each exam consists of three parts.

$ Part I is worth 50% of the exam grade, and consists of a choice of 5 out of 9 short-essay identification questions in which the answers must indicate (1) who or what it was, (2) when and where it happened, and (3) the historical significance.

$ Part II [35%] consists of a choice of 1 out of 2 longer essay questions.

$ Part III [15%] is a mandatory question on one of the readings in the Makers of the Western Tradition book by Sowards.

The tentative dates are indicated in the course assignments. Material from both lectures and readings will be covered.
The final examination will not be comprehensive.

Makeup examinations will be given only to those students who have an official excuse for missing an exam and have contacted the instructor directly prior to the scheduled exam.

Please bring blue/green examination books to exams and use ink pens only!

Quizzes:

$ There will be two 10-minutes quizzes on the Documents CD-Rom (Docs)

$ There will also be three unscheduled quizzes (without makeup option) on the names, terms, institutions, etc., from your reading and the lectures listed in the Study GuidesBthe two highest scores will be credited toward your final grade.

Please note that academic dishonesty will not be condoned. Anyone who knowingly gives or receives help on an examination or quiz or who uses unauthorized materials during an exam or quiz will be subject to the penalties prescribed by the University for academic dishonesty.

Grading Policy:

the first and second examinations will count 20% each toward the final grade

$ the final examination will count 30%

$ 2 10-minutes quizzes on the Docs. 10% each

$ 2 unscheduled quizzes (5% each)

A = 90-100 B = 80-89 C = 70-79 D = 60-69 F = 0-59

A GUIDE ABOUT CONDUCT IN A LARGE CLASS

This is a large class but you are not a small part of it!

To make our time together as valuable as possible, we both have to work hard at it.

The following basic principles may give us some guidelines:

Every student has the right to learn as well as the responsibility not to deprive others of their right to learn.

Every student is accountable for her or his actions.

In order for you to get the most out of this class, please consider the following:

1. Attend all scheduled classes and arrive on time.

Late arrivals and early departures are very disruptive and violate the first principle listed above.

2. Please do not schedule other engagements during this class.

You probably would not like it if I did! I will try to make class as interesting and informative as possible, but I cannot learn the material for you.

3. Pagers and cellular phones are neither to be seen nor heard.

The sound of a pager or a cellular phone going off in a classroom is extremely disruptive and will not be tolerated!

4. If you have trouble hearing the lecture or media presentation because of distractions around you, quietly ask those responsible for the distraction to stop.

If the distraction continues, please let me know. It is often impossible to hear such things from my position in the classroom.

5. Please let me know immediately if you have any problems preventing you from performing satisfactorily in this class.

I am looking forward to working with you this semester.

ASSIGNMENTS: [available on line: OUTLINE LECTURES and STUDY GUIDES]

January 14-16 Course Introduction. Absolute Monarchy: England; France.

Text, Ch. 13; Sowards, ALouis XIV@

Docs. 15.1; 15.2; 15.3

January 21 Martin Luther King Day B NO CLASSES

January 23 Absolute Monarchy: Russia; Prussia; Austria (Habsburg state).

Text, Ch. 15; Sowards, ACatherine the Great@

Docs. 15.6; 16.3

January28-30 Scientific Revolution; Mercantilism.

Text, Chs. 14, 16.

January 30 First Quiz (10 min.) on Docs. STUDY GUIDE I

February 4-6 The Eighteenth Century; Enlightenment.

Text, Ch. 17. Sowards, AVoltaire@

Docs. 15.5; 17.3; 17.5; 18.1; 18.3; 18.4; 20.5

February 11-13 French Revolution; Napoleonic Era.

Text, Chs. 18, 19; Sowards, ANapoleon@

Docs. 19.1; 19.2; 19.3; 19.4; 19.5; 20.3

February 18 Presidents= Day B NO CLASSES

February 20 First Examination [first hour] STUDY GUIDE II

February 20 Industrial Revolution.

Text, Chs. 20, 23 (564-578); Sowards, ACharles Darwin@

Docs. 18.7.

February 25-27 Europe, 1815-1848; Revolutions of 1848.

Text, Chs. 20, 21;

Docs. 21.1; 21.4; 21.5; 21.7; 23.4.

March 3-5 National Unifications: Italy; Germany.

Text, Ch. 22.

MARCH 9-16 Spring Recess B NO CLASSES

March 17-19 1850s-1914: Russia; France; Great Britain; Germany.

Text, Chs. 22, 24;

Docs. 24.2

March 24-26 Imperialism; International Rivalries; World War I.

Text, Chs. 23 (578-587), and 25; Sowards, ACecil Rhodes@

Docs. 25.1; 25.2; 25.5; 25.6; 26.4; 26.9.

March 31- Peace Settlement;

April 2 Text, Ch. 26 Sowards, ALenin@

April 2 Second Examination [first hour] STUDY GUIDE III

April 7-9 Dictatorships: Soviet Russia; Italy; Germany.

Text, Chs. 26 [648-656; 660-667], and 27 [675-685];

Sowards, AAdolf Hitler@

Docs. 27.4; 28.1; 28.2; 28.3; 28.7

April 14-16 Western Democracies; From Crisis to Conflict.

Text, Chs. 26 [656-660], and 27 [670-675];

Docs. 27.5; 29.1

April 16 Fourth Quiz (10 min.) on Docs. STUDY GUIDE IV

April 21-23 World War II; Cold War; Reconstruction of Europe; Eastern Bloc.

Text, Chs. 28, and 29; Sowards, AStalin and the Iron Curtain@ February 1946 Speech