Themes in World History (2013-14)

Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 AM WI 1016 (Fall) - MP 103 (Spring) Instructor Alexandra Guerson E-‐mail [email protected] Office Wetmore Hall 50L Office hours Tuesdays 2-‐3 pm Website http://portal.utoronto.ca

Teaching Assistants

Patricia Kmiec [email protected] Janine Rivière [email protected] Kathryn Segesser [email protected]

Cross-‐cultural contact and the origins of globalization

Description Human history can be summarized in one short sentence: it is the history of 100,000 years of global dispersion followed by 1,000 to 2,000 years of reconnection. In many ways, the past is the present. As we will explore in this course, the factors that affect our history today started long ago. One of the main developments shaping our lives in the twenty-‐first century is the phenomenon of globalization, when developments in one part of the world affect the rest of the globe. In this course we will survey the development of human societies from its origins to the twenty-‐first century in order to understand the origins of globalization as well as factors shaping cross-‐cultural relations through time. The first half of the course will focus on the premodern past while the second half will take us to the making of the modern world. It would be impossible in a course of this nature to cover every event in human history; emphasis will be placed in exploring the connections between peoples, regions, and ideas. With that in mind, lectures and discussions take a comparative approach, with examples drawn from Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Students will also have the opportunity to develop academic skills by reading, writing, and discussing primary sources and engaging with the work of other scholars.

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Course Goals: 1. To introduce to the history of Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas from Human

Origins to the twenty-‐first century. 2. To provide a historical context for understanding the world in which we live. 3. To develop analytical skills in reading, thinking and writing through the

examination of primary and secondary sources. 4. To develop research skills. 5. To assist the transition between high school and college-‐level academic

expectations

Course Themes: Ø the relationship of human beings to their environment Ø cultural development and interaction Ø social, cultural, political, religious, and economic relations both within and

between communities Ø gender relations Ø the relationship between global patterns and local developments

Required texts (available for purchase at the University of Toronto Bookstore – upper floor, under New College)

Ø Kevin Reilly, ed., Worlds of History 2 volumes (Bedford-‐St.Martins; 5th edition) Ø Kevin Reilly, The Human Journey: a Concise Introduction to World History

(Toronto: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012) You are required to purchase an iClicker remote for in-‐class participation. iClicker is a response system that allows you to respond to questions I pose during class, and you will be graded on that feedback and/or your in-‐class participation. The iClickers are available for purchase at the University of Toronto Bookstore. If you are unable to purchase an iClicker, come and see me or your TA.

Marking scheme Library assignment (3 parts) 20% Museum Assignment 5% History Essay 20% Term test 10% Quizzes & Attendance (via iClicker) 5% Final Exam (Exam period) 20% Tutorial Participation 20%

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Blackboard Blackboard is the course management platform used by this course. In addition to a blog where you are expected to interact with other students, it's where you can download all the handouts, check your marks, submit assignments and keep up to date on announcements. It is your responsibility to check it regularly. Occasionally, I might send an email to the class as a whole using Blackboard. All email sent via Blackboard will go to your UTOR email address. To access IFP100Y Blackboard site, go to the U of T portal login page at http://portal.utoronto.ca and log in using your UTORid and password. Once you have logged in to the portal using your UTORid and password, look for the My Courses module, where you’ll find a link to the IFP100Y course website. Information on how to activate your UTORid and set your password for the first time, please go to http://www.utorid.utoronto.ca

Responsibilities Instructor: to give interesting and informative lectures, to facilitate class discussions, to maintain regular office hours, to answer e-‐mails in a timely manner, to provide feedback on assignments, to write fair exams. Teaching Assistants: to facilitate tutorial discussions, to maintain regular office hours, to answer e-‐mails in a timely manner, to provide feedback on assignments. Students: to attend class and be on time, to listen during lectures, to read assigned material prior to arriving in class, to participate in discussions, to hand in assignments on time, to keep informed of course requirements.

Assignments

Ø Library Assignment (20%) – The goal of this assignment is to develop your research skills using library sources. A separate assignment packet will be distributed with more detailed information. Due dates: Step 1 – Sept 30th; Step 2 – Oct 28th; Step 3 – Nov 25th.

Ø Attendance & Quizzes (5%) – There will be quizzes in lecture throughout the year. There will be no make-‐up quizzes for those who cannot attend lectures.

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Ø History Essay (20%) – The aim of this assignment is to compare and contrast arguments in various sources. The essay should be 5 double-‐spaced pages. Proposal – Jan 20th; First Draft – Feb 10th; Final Essay – Mar 10th.

Ø Term Test (10%) –The goal of this test is to evaluate your understanding of the material presented in the first half of the course and challenge you to integrate it into the main themes of the course. This will also be an opportunity to prepare you for the final exam. December 3rd.

Ø Museum Assignment (5%) – The goal of this assignment is to think critically about objects as a historical source and the way the public learns history outside the classroom. It is a very short assignment that will get you out of the classroom. Due February 24th.

Ø Final Exam (20%) – April exam period: The goals of the exam are to evaluate whether you have understood the main issues and themes covered in the course and to assess your ability to use the information that you have learned to form convincing and thoughtful arguments. You will be asked to identify some key terms from the second half of the course as well as write essays that will draw from material from the entire course. The Final Exam will take place in the Examination Period.

Ø Tutorial participation (20%) -‐ The tutorial sessions of this course are designed to provide you with the opportunity to focus upon lecture topics in more depth and to analyze written sources. It also gives you the chance to learn and/or practice skills that will be helpful well beyond this course and your university years. Students should read carefully and be prepared to discuss in tutorial the assigned weekly readings. It is essential that you attend tutorials regularly if you want to do well in this course. Participation in the class blog will count toward tutorial participation

Ø Blog Participation -‐ To facilitate in-‐class and tutorial discussions and allow a space for shy students to be heard, students are required to post on the tutorial blog on Blackboard before their tutorial meeting each week. The post can take one of several forms:

- a reaction to the readings – e.g. which reading you liked best and why? Or which document was the most informative/challenging/irrelevant and why?

- a connection between the readings and previous readings or lectures - an Aha! moment – an Aha! moment is a moment in which something you

have been reading or contemplating make sense with unexpected clarity. Anybody who posts an Aha! moment and explains how and why suddenly something made sense to them will earn extra points.


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Course Policies EXTENSIONS: Requests for extensions for term work may be granted by your T.A. for up to a maximum of one week, provided that you request the extension before the due date. If you have trouble keeping up with course work, it is your responsibility to seek help. LATE PENALTIES: No papers will be accepted via e-‐mail and computer problems are not an excuse for late work. NO LATE PAPERS will be accepted, except by discretion of the course instructor. Protect yourself by managing your time and backing up your work. Do not leave your work for the last possible minute. Consider using Dropbox to save your work instead of memory keys and print drafts of your essays. If you need help managing your technology, please come and see me. ASSIGNMENTS: All assignments should be submitted through Turnitin.com. Detailed instructions on how to upload assignments will be distributed before the first assignment is due. OFFICE HOURS & EMAIL ETIQUETTE: Office hours are specific times in which instructors are available to meet students to go over any questions they may have about the course. It is not necessary to make appointments during office hours. Students are strongly encouraged to come to office hours to introduce themselves and to discuss any aspect of the course. Teaching Assistants (TAs) will announce their own office hours at the beginning of the year. If my office hours are not suitable to your schedule, please contact me for an alternative arrangement. E-‐mail is the best way of contacting the course instructor and the TAs. I will respond to emails within 24 hours during the week and 48 hours during the weekend; if you get no acknowledgement of your email within that time frame, please do not hesitate to send a second message. Although email is usually reliable, it has happened in the past that students’ emails ended up in my spam box. By university rules, you should always use your UTOR email to communicate with your professors and TAs. PLAGIARISM: Plagiarism is using information or original wording in a paper without giving credit to the source of that information or wording; it is also not acceptable. Do not submit work under your name that you did not do yourself; you may not submit work for this class that you did for another class. Refer to http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/plagsep.html for further information. Be forewarned that this class adopts a zero-‐tolerance policy towards plagiarism. Students have failed the course in the past for this reason.

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TURNITIN.COM Normally, students will be required to submit their course essays to Turnitin.com for a review of textual similarity and detection of possible plagiarism. In doing so, students will allow their essays to be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database, where they will be used solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism. The terms that apply to the University's use of the Turnitin.com service are described on the Turnitin.com web site.


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LECTURE TOPICS AND READINGS

Fall term

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Introduction Course introduction – Why History? No readings Understanding the World Reilly, The Human Journey, page 3-‐14

1. Development of Agriculture The Agricultural Revolution: from hunter/gatherer societies to settled societies

Reilly, The Human Journey, page 14-‐25 Life in the first rural village and the origins of patriarchy

Reilly, The Human Journey, pp 25-‐35; Marjorie Shostak, "Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman", in Worlds of History, 9-‐15;

2. Development of Cities/States The Urban Revolution and “Civilization”

Reilly, The Human Journey, p. 39-‐67

Ancient Civilizations: Comparing China and Rome Reilly, The Human Journey, p. 84-‐103

Ancient Civilizations: Comparing China and Rome Reilly, The Human Journey, p. 71-‐84

The invention of wine and the spread of Roman and Greek culture Women in Classical Civilizations: Patriarchy in the Ancient World Reilly, Worlds of History, Chapter Five, Document # 1, Hughes & Hughes, "Women in the Classical Era" 3. Religion and the spread of ideas The Spread of Salvation Religions

Reilly, The Human Journey, 107-‐116

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Oct 17

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Oct 24

Oct. 29

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Nov 5

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Nov 12

Worlds of History, Chapter 6, Document #1-‐“Hinduism: Svetasvatara Upanishad”; Document #2-‐“Buddhism: Gotama’s Discovery”; Document #6-‐“Judaism and the Bible: Prophecy and the Apocalypse”

Buddhism beyond India The Human Journey, Chapter Four, 116-‐122

Christianity beyond Palestine

The Human Journey, Chapter Four, 122-‐129 Worlds of History, Chapter Six, Document #8-‐“ Paul, Letters”

Islam beyond Arabia

The Human Journey, Chapter Four, Chapter Four, 129-‐135 Worlds of History, Chapter Seven, Document #6-‐“The Islamization of the Silk Road”

4. Cross-‐cultural trade and conflict Globalization 1.0: Migrations, Trade, and Travel

Reilly, The Human Journey, Chapter Five, 141-‐150, 155-‐158, 161-‐164 Craig A. Lockard, "The Sea Common to All": Maritime Frontiers, Port Cities, and Chinese Traders in the Southeast Asian Age of Commerce, ca. 1400-‐1750”, Journal of World History (June 2010), 21 (2), pg. 219-‐247.

The Crusades

Worlds of History, Chapter Ten, Document #1-‐“An Account of Pope Urban’s Speech at Clermont”

The Mongols in Eurasia

The Human Journey, Chapter Five, 150-‐155 Worlds of History, Chapter Eleven, Document # 1 -‐ Gregory Guzman, "Were the barbarians a negative or positive factor in ancient and medieval history?"

The Viking Invasions Worlds of History, Chapter Eleven, Document #3-‐“The Western Vikings”

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Nov 14

Nov 19

Nov 21

Nov 26

Nov 28

Dec 3

Black Death The Human Journey, Chapter Five, 173-‐174

Cross-‐cultural contact and climate change 5. Making of a Global World

Maritime Expansions: Zheng He vs Christopher Columbus

Reilly, The Human Journey, Chapter seven, 217-‐221; 228-‐232; 244-‐245; Chapter Eight, 249-‐252

The Columbian Exchange

Reilly, The Human Journey, Chapter Six, 193-‐206; Chapter Eight, 253-‐256

Review ******Midterm test (in class)******

Winter Term Jan 7

Jan 9

Jan 14

Jan 16

Natives and Europeans in Canada Reading to be posted Society in the Americas: Spirits, Sugar, and Slaves Sparks, Randy J. “Two Princes of Calabar: An Atlantic Odyssey from Slavery to Freedom.” The William and Mary Quarterly 59, no. 3 (July 1, 2002): 555–584. (On Blackboard) Reilly, The Human Journey, chapter eight, 260-‐264

6. The Age of Revolutions and the Making of the Modern World The Scientific Revolution and exchange of ideas around the globe

Reilly, The Human Journey, Chapter Eight, 269-‐273; Chapter Nine, 277-‐281

Industrial Revolution

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Jan 21 & 23

Jan 28

Jan 30

Feb 4

Feb 6

Feb 11 & 13

Feb 25 & 27

Mar 4

Mar 6

Mar 11

Reilly, The Human Journey, Chapter Nine, 282-‐289

Enlightenment and Revolution around the World , 1650-‐1850 Reilly, The Human Journey, Chapter Nine, 289-‐296

7. The Making of the Modern World: The age of ‘isms The product of revolutions: the age of ‘isms

Reilly, The Human Journey Chapter Nine, 296-‐298 Nationalism

Reilly, The Human Journey Chapter Nine, 298-‐300 Feminism

Reilly, The Human Journey Chapter Nine, 300-‐303 Racism

Reilly, The Human Journey Chapter Ten, 324-‐327

8. Global Empires Colonized & Colonizers: Europeans in Asia and Africa Reilly, The Human Journey, Chapter Ten, 307-‐324; 327-‐329

Westernization & Nationalism

Theodore Von Laue, "The World Revolution of Westernization", in Reilly, Worlds of History, ch. 23, doc 1 Reilly, The Human Journey, Chapter Ten, 329-‐333

9. The 20th Century

World War I

Reilly, The Human Journey, Chapter Ten, 333-‐338; Chapter Eleven, 343-‐346

The Great Depression & WW II Reilly, The Human Journey, Chapter Eleven, 346-‐348 The Holocaust Reilly, The Human Journey, ch 11


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April 1

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The Cold War Reilly, The Human Journey, Chapter Eleven, 348-‐358; 367-‐371 Decolonization & New Democracy Movements Reilly, The Human Journey, Chapter Eleven, 358-‐368; 371-‐372 10. Globalization and Modernity Cultural globalization Reilly, The Human Journey, Chapter Twelve, 376-‐380; 398-‐404

Economic globalization Reilly, The Human Journey, Chapter Twelve, 381-‐391 Political globalization Reilly, The Human Journey, Chapter Twelve, 391-‐398; 404-‐405 Conclusion: How do we assess globalization and cross-‐cultural contact in the 21st century? ****** Final Exam in Examination Period ******

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