WORLD HISTORY (HST 106D)

Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:00-3:50, HSS 110A

Dr. David Doellinger

Department of History (HSS 212)

503-838-8254; doellingerd@wou.edu

Office Hours: Mondays 10 to noon; Wednesdays, 9-10, 1-2:00; or by appointment

http://www.wou.edu/~doellingerd/home.htm

DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES

World History 106D is the final part of a three-course sequence that considers the broad range of influences that have shaped the world. Rather than examining history on the local level (e.g., the history of Portland) or on the national level (e.g., German history), this course will examine the traditions, processes of change, and cross-cultural interactions that have affected various cultures over long periods of time. This quarter we will begin with a discussion of Pablo Picasso’s Guernica. We will continue our discussion of this painting’s themes as we examine the scientific, intellectual, economic, cultural and political movements that have transformed the world from the eighteenth century to the present.

In order to introduce students to the discipline of history, we will examine a variety of approaches used by historians. Some readings will emphasize political, economic, artistic, intellectual, or religious themes while others will focus on social, cross-cultural and gender relations. Students will: (1) develop critical reasoning skills through the reading of texts and the evaluation of different viewpoints and arguments; (2) learn to communicate ideas and arguments clearly and persuasively through written and spoken means; and (3) become part of a larger intellectual community.

TEXTS

Jerry H. Bentley and Herbert F. Ziegler, Traditions & Encounters, 2e

Voltaire, Zadig

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

E-Reserves:

Several required readings are available on E-RESERVE and may be accessed through the Hamersly Library home page or by going directly to: http://library.wou.edu/screens/reserves1.html

On-Reserve at Hamersly Library:

Bentley and Ziegler, Traditions & Encounters

Longman Atlas of World History

Hammond Historical World Atlas

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Grades will be calculated as follows:

Attendance and Participation 15%

Map Quiz 5%

In-class written assignments 15%

Two analysis papers 30%

Midterm 20%

Final 15%

PROCEDURES & EXPECTATIONS

1. Your task for each class meeting will be to:

- Complete the assigned readings.

- Participate in class discussion.

- Take good notes.

2. All work must be turned in on time. Late work will be accepted without penalty only with a medical excuse or in the case of a documented family emergency. Late work will be penalized one full letter grade per day (including Saturdays, Sundays and days that the class does not meet). After three days, late work will not be accepted and the student will receive an automatic F.

3. Students are expected to participate fully in every aspect of the course. Attendance will affect your performance and grade. It is not possible to make-up missed lectures, class discussions, and other in-class activities; any unexcused absence will have negative consequences. Four or more unexcused absences will automatically result in a loss of the class participation grade (15%). Excessive lateness and/or absences may have additional consequences in calculating the final grade.

4. Our class will be characterized by academic honesty.  Students will take responsibility for learning and for providing work that is the product of their own analysis and study.  I will not tolerate academic dishonesty in any form. Academic dishonesty consists of representing the work of others as your own and/or using notes or other aids during an examination. A cheating student will receive no credit for the assignment or examination in question and will be subject to University discipline as outlined in the Code of Student Responsibility. If you have further questions, please consult the Social Science Division policy on academic dishonesty and the Code of Student Responsibility.

5. Any student who feels that she or he may need an accommodation for any type of disability should make an appointment to see me during office hours the first week of the course or contact the Office of Disability Services (838-8250v/tty) in AP 405.

6. Honest effort, class participation, and courtesy are expected and will positively affect your grade.

Students are encouraged to come to office hours to discuss any aspect of this course.

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES

Monday, March 28 - Introduction to class

The Age of Science, Reason and Progress

Wednesday, March 30 - The Guernica

Traditions and Encounters, pp. 658-664.

Monday, April 4 - Scientific Revolution

Francis Bacon, “Novum Organum” (E-Reserve)

Voltaire, Zadig, pp. 17-78.

Map Quiz

Wednesday, April 6 - Enlightenment

Traditions and Encounters, pp. 807-830.

Voltaire, Zadig, pp. 79-102.

Monday, April 11 - Industrial Revolution

Traditions and Encounters, pp. 841-868.

Rebecca Harding Smith, “Life in the Iron Mills” (E-Reserve)

Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto (E-Reserve)

Wednesday, April 13 - Modernization in Japan

Traditions and Encounters, pp. 903-930.

“The Emergence of Modern Japan: documents and images” (E-Reserve)

Colonialism and World War

Monday, April 18 - Scramble for Africa

Traditions and Encounters, pp. 933-951.

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart pp. 3-52.

Rudyard Kipling, “The White Man’s Burden” (Traditions and Encounters, pp. 937)

Essay #1 Due

Wednesday, April 20 - Imperialism

Traditions and Encounters, pp. 951-963.

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, pp. 53-148.

Monday, April 25

Midterm Exam

Wednesday, April 27 - The First World War

Traditions and Encounters, pp. 971-1000.

Henry S. Clapham, “Mud and Khaki, Memoirs of an Incomplete Soldier” (E-Reserve)

“Comments of the German Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference on the Conditions

of Peace, October 1919” (E-Reserve)

Monday, May 2 – An Age of Anxiety

Traditions and Encounters, pp. 1003-1034.

Wednesday, May 4 - The Second World War and the Holocaust

Traditions and Encounters, pp. 1037-1066.

Rudolf Höss, “Memoirs” (E-Reserve)

Warsaw Ghetto Diaries, excerpts (E-Reserve)

Monday, May 9 - The Atomic Age

Henry L. Stimson, “The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb” (E-Reserve)

Iwao Nakamura and Atsuko Tsujioka, “Recollections” (E-Reserve)

Wednesday, May 11 - The Cold War

Traditions and Encounters, pp. 1069-1082.

George Kennan, “The Long Telegram” (E-Reserve)

Nikolai Novikov, “Telegram, September 27, 1946” (E-Reserve)

Monday, May 16 - Korea and Vietnam

Traditions and Encounters, pp. 1082-1090.

Le Ly Hayslip, “When Heaven and Earth Changed Places,” excerpt (E-Reserve)

Human Rights and Globalization

Wednesday, May 18 - Social Protest and de-Colonization in India

Traditions and Encounters, pp. 1099-1133.

Mohandas Gandhi, selected readings (E-Reserve)

Monday, May 23 – Human Rights in the United States and Czechoslovakia

Martin Luther King, Jr. “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (E-Reserve)

Václav Havel, “The Power of the Powerless” (E-Reserve)

Essay #2 Due

Wednesday, May 25 - The Collapse of Communism

Traditions and Encounters, pp. 1090-1096.

Deng Xiaoping, “Speeches and Writings” (E-Reserve)

Mikhail Gorbachev, “Perestroika” (E-Reserve)

Monday, May 30

No Class - Memorial Day Holiday

Wednesday, June 1 - Globalization: Economic Development and Terror

Traditions and Encounters, pp. 1125-1168.

Robert Reich, “Why the Rich are Getting Richer, and the Poor, Poorer” (E-Reserve)

Osama Bin Laden, “Declaration of Jihad against Americans Occupying the Land of the Two

Holy Mosques” (E-Reserve)

Final Exam Week, June 6-10