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SOUTHERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
South Portland Campus
SPRING 2015
Title: World History Since 1500
Meeting TR 9:30AM-10:45AM
Instructor: Anthony Filippone
Room: Jewett Hall, Room #121
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (617) 319-6858
Cat # HIST 125 02
Lecture/Discussions
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus*
Course Description:
This is an introductory survey covering the history of the global past from the 15th century through contemporary
times, from the moment of European contact in the western hemisphere during the late-15th century through the
modern global context. This course will introduce the process of thinking historically: students will seek to
understand the problems, events, and people of the global past under their own terms and in the broadest contexts.
Students will examine important historical issues such as: How did the modern world evolve? How have
institutions such as slavery, religion and capitalism shaped the global experience? What caused nations to emerge
and how does nationalism affect individuals? Students will develop an appreciation of how our contemporary
world emerged from and is shaped by these critical issues.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Improve critical reading skills used for both primary and secondary sources.
2. Construct essays with strong thesis statements, body and conclusions.
3. Augment verbal communication skills.
4. Comprehend and analyze this survey of five hundred years of history from multiple
perspectives with little to no ethnocentrism.
Text:
The Earth and its Peoples: A Global History, Brief Edition Fifth Edition, Vol II
Eds Bulliet,Headrick,Johnson,Crossley,Hirsch and Northrup.ISBN:978-0-495-91313-9
The Human Record: Sources of Global History Vol. II Since 1500 Seventh Edition, eds Andrea and Overfield
ISBN:978-0-495-91308-5
Supplemental readings may be added during the course.
Course Requirements, Student Evaluation and Grading:
Class participation
15%
A
Reading Quizzes
15%
AMidterm Exam
15%
B+
Essays (2)
20% (10% each)
B
Timeline Presentation 10%
BFinal Exam
25%
C+
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93-100
90-92
87-89
83-86
80-82
77-79
C 73-76
C- 70-72
D+ 67-69
D 60-66
F Below 60
This syllabus is subject to revision.
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Topical Outline of Instruction
Week #1
Tues. 1/13
 Introduction. Syllabus overview.
 Lecture: Important themes, eras, Events and People in Global History pre 1500
 Reading assignment: Introduction, pages xiii-xxxii.Chapter 15, The Maritime Revolution to 1550,(Bulliet
et al): pages: 354-377. The Portuguese Imperial Venture;Alfonso D’ Albuquerque, Speech, August 11,
1511. (Overfield et al) pages 8-10. What Columbus and His Patrons Hoped to Gain:(Overfield et al) pages
10-12.
Thurs. 1/15
 Free Write on the The Maritime Revolution
 Lecture:The Columbian Exchange and the beginnings of Globalization
 Reading Assignment for 1/22:Chapter 16, Transformations in Europe, (Bulliet et al): pages 384-406.
Week #2
Tues. 1/20
 Quiz on Chapter 16
 Topic: Transformations in Europe 1500-1750, chapter 16
Thurs. 1/22
 Lecture: The Reformation, The Scientific Revolution , the Early Enlightenment and Witch Hunts
 Readings: Religious Controversy in the Reformation Era- Religious Controversy in the Reformation Era
and Art as Propaganda (Overfield) pages 16- 24. Pick a scientist Assignment: Nicolas Copernicus,
Galileo Galilei, Iaasc Newton .
 *Essay handout
Week #3
Tues. 1/27
 Quiz on Religious Controversy in the Reformation Era- Art as Propaganda (Overfield) and the individual
scientist that you chose.
 Lecture: The Americas, The Atlantic and Africa
 Reading:Chapter 17, The Americas, The Atlantic and Africa, 1530-1770 (Bulliet al): pages 408-430.
Encounters in the Americas;(Overfield et al) pages 91-97.
Thurs. 1/29
 Quiz on Chapter 17, The Americas, The Atlantic and Africa
 Lecture: Slavery and Sugar
 Readings: The African Slave Trade and Its Critics; (Overfield pages 192-202). Sugar Love: A not so sweet
story http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/sugar/cohen-text.
Week #4
Tues. 2/3
 Quiz on Sugar and Slavery
 Lecture: The Haitian Revolution. PBS/WGBH—Africans in America: The Haitian Revolution
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p2990.html
 Discussion of essay parameters
Thurs. 2/5
 Discussion of Essay topics
 Lecture: The French Revolution
 Reading: Chapter 20, Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World 1750-1850 (Bulliet et al): pages 482502. The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon;(Overfield):pages 174-183
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Week #5
Tues. 2/10
 Topic: Chapter 20, Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World. The French Revoultion.
 Lecture: Separate Spheres
 Readings: Economic and Social Liberation (Overfield) Women in Society: From “Separate Spheres” to
Suffragism pages 279-297. Additional Reading TBA
 Essay due
Thurs. 2/12
 Quiz on Economic and Social Liberation
 Lecture: Impact of the Industrial Revolution_
 Reading: Chapter 21(Bulliet et al) The Early Industrial Revolution 1760-1851 pages 505-523. (Overfield
et al)Working class and Middle Class in Nineteenth- Century Europe, pages 250-259. The Marxist
Critique of Industrial Capitalism, pages 261-265
Week # 6
Tues. 2/17
 Quiz on The Early Industrial Revolution
 Review for the Mid-term exam
Thurs. 2/19
 Mid-Term Exam
Week #7
Tues. 2/24
 Activity/ Video TBA
 Lecture: The Qing Empire. The Ottoman Empire and The Russian Empire.
 Reading: Land of Empires in the Age of Imperialism 1800-1870 (Bulliet et al): 526-548.Painting and
Imperial Power Under Qianlong,(Overfield et al) pages 230-235. Negotiating with the Qianlong
Emperor(Overfield) pages 235-238
Thurs. 2/26
 Quiz on the Land of Empires in the Age of Imperialism
 Lecture: Confronting the West
 Readings: National and Imperialism in the Late 19th Century (Overfield et al) 290-297. East and Southeast
Asia Confront the West, (Overfield et al) pages 343-349.
Week #8
Tues. 3/3
 Quiz on National Imperialism in the Late 19th Century
 Lecture: India under British Rule
 Reading: Chapter 23, Africa, India and the New British Empire 1750-1870 (Bulliet et al) pages 550-567
and A Call to Expel the British (Overfield et al) pages 337-339
Thurs. 3/5
 Lecture: Africa, India and the New British Empire 1750-1870
3/10 – 3/15
 Spring Break
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Week #9
Tues. 3/17
 Quiz on Africa, India and the New British Empire and a Call to Expel the British
 Lecture: Nationalism and the Rise of Germany, Italy and Japan
 Reading: The Emergence of Modern Japan the End of Imperial China(Overfield) pages 359-367
Thurs. 3/19
 Quiz on Rising Nationalism
 Lecture: New Technologies and the World Economy
 Reading: The New Power Balance 1850-1900 (Bulliet et al) pages 574-596. New Labor Migrations –
European Migrations (Overfield 269-276) The Principles of Darwinism(Overfield 266-269)
Week #10
Tues. 3/24
 Quiz on The New Power Balance
 Lecture: China’s Revolutions
 Reading: the End of Imperial China (Overfield et al)pages 367-372.
 Essay due
Thurs. 3/26
 Discussion of essay topics
 Lecture: The New Imperialism : Hawaii and the Philippines
 Readings: New Imperialism, 1869-1914 (Bulliet et al) pages 602-624
Week #11
Tues. 3/31
 Quiz on New Imperialism
 Lecture: The Great War
 Reading: The Crisis of Imperial Order, 1900-1929. (Bulliet et al) pages 627-649. The Reality of War in
Art, (Overfield et al)pages 386-389
Thurs. 4/2
 Quiz on the Crisis of Imperial Order and The Great War.
 Lecture: The Russian Revolution
 Reading: pages 389-396(Overfield et al) The Russian Revolution and The Foundation of the Soviet State
The Marxist Critique of Industrial Capitalism (Overfield et al) pages 260-265
Week #12
Tues. 4/7
 Quiz on the Russian Revolution
 Lecture: The Second World War and Striving for Independence in India, Africa and Latin America.
 Reading : Collapse of the Old Order 1929-1949; (Bulliet et al) pages 652-675
Thurs. 4/9
 Quiz on the Collapse of the Old Order and The Second World War
 Lecture: Genocide
 Reading: The Cold War and Decolonization (Bulliet et al) pages 703-715. Dreams of the Fuhrer
(Overfield et al) pages 400-414
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Week #13
Tues. 4/14
 Quiz on The Cold War and Decolonization
 Lecture: Striving for Independence
 Reading: Challenges of the New Century (Bulliet et al) pages: 730-757. Gandhi’s Vision for India
(Overfield et al)pages 442-447.
Thurs. 4/16
 Free Write on Challenges of the New Century
 Lecture: Globalization
 Timeline Presentation Review
 Reading: Economic and Social Development in a New Era of Globalization (Overfield et al) pages 526529
Week #14
Tues. 4/21
 Presentation preparation.
Thurs. 4/23
 Timeline Presentations on Topic of interest
Week #15
Tues. 4/28
 Timeline Presentations on Topic of Interest
Thurs. 4/30
 Prepare study guide for the final exam
Week #16
Tues. 5/5
 Group study for final exam
Thurs. 5/7
 Final Exam
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Attendance Policy:
Attendance is Mandatory. Failure to attend class regularly will result in a lower course grade. If you miss the first
two classes you will be reported as a NO SHOW to the administration and dropped from the class. Missing 3
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You will lose one point from your grade for each class missed, and missing more than 2 weeks’ worth of classes
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SMCC Pay-for-Print Policy
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Duplex (two-sided) pages are discounted 50% from the listed page costs.
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