Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

HIST 212: World Civilization since 1500 6  Secondary Source : “Sir Archibald Mapsalot III,” The Daily Show , September 4, 2013. Video, 4:32.  Friday, March 22:  Primary Source : Vladimir Llyich Ulyanov (Lenin), Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, (1916).  ICE : Debate – how did WWI create the modern Middle East? Week 11: World War II  Monday, March 25:  Textbook: Stearns, et al. “Chapter 35,” 833-858.  Analytical Essay : Outline Due  Wednesday, March 27:  Secondary Source : Friedburg, “Elie Wiesel and the Agony of Bearing Witness.” The Atlantic , July 9, 2016.  Friday, March 29:  Primary Source : Student selection of 2 types of primary sources from U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Archive, https://collections.ushmm.org/search/  ICE : PSA on the Holocaust Week 12: Cold War Begins  Monday, April 1:  Textbook: Stearns, et al. “Chapter 36,” 859-888.  Analytical Essay : Rough Draft Due  Wednesday, April 3:  Secondary Source : Taylor, “Map: The World of Coups since 1950.” The Atlantic , July 22, 2016.  Friday, April 5:  Primary Source : United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)  PSA or SSA: Last day to submit a PSA or SSA for Section 3  ICE : Group Presentation – How did the wars of “The West” reshape the world? Section 4: A World of Paradoxes: Cold War, Independence, & Globalization 1968-2000s Week 13: The Americas & Interdependence  Monday, April 8:  Textbook: Stearns, et al. “Chapter 37,” 889-910.  Analytical Essay : Revised Prospectus Due or Final Draft Due  Wednesday, April 10:  Secondary Source : Perez, Jr., “The Calculus of Nation in the Cuban Revolution.” Diplomacy & Statecraft , 20 (2009): 229-235.  Friday, April 12:  Primary Source :  Che Guevara, At the Afro-Asian Conference in Algeria (1965)  Che Guevara, Imperialism Speech (1965)  ICE : SSA - How did the Cuban Revolution define the Cold War? Week 14: The “Third World” and Independence  Monday, April 15:  Textbook: Stearns, et al. “Chapter 38,” 911-936.  Analytical Essay : Outline Due  Wednesday, April 17:  Secondary Source :  Blanchot, “Mahatma Gandhi.” Journal for Cultural Research 16 Issue 4 (2012): 366-370.