UNIT 1: BELIEF
Week 1 (August 26)
Course Introduction
Reading: Start de las Casas, Destruction of the Indies
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Week 2 (August 29 & 31, September 2)
Reading: Continue de las Casas, Destruction of the Indies
Perry, Western Civilization, pgs. 196-208
Week 3 (September 7 & 9)
Week 4 (September 12, 14, & 16)
Reading: Finish de las Casas, Destruction of the Indies
Perry, Western Civilization, 225-236
Week 5 (September 19 & 21)
DISCUSSION WEEK #1
Mon: Groups 1-3 meet in class
Groups 4-6 complete lab
Wed: Groups 4-6 meet in class
Groups 1-3 complete lab
Groups 4-6 complete lab
Wed: Groups 4-6 meet in class
Groups 1-3 complete lab
LAB 1 DUE (September 23, 11:59 pm)
UNIT 2: REVOLUTION
Week 6 (September 26, 28, & 30)
Reading: Start Shelley, Frankenstein
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Perry, Western Civilization, 238-263
Week 7 (October 3, 5, & 7)
Reading: Finish Shelley, Frankenstein
Perry, Western Civilization, 266-292
Week 8 (October 10 & 12)
DISCUSSION WEEK #2
Mon: Groups 1-3 meet in class
Groups 4-6 prepare for exam
Wed: Groups 4-6 meet in class
Groups 1-3 prepare for exam
Groups 4-6 prepare for exam
Wed: Groups 4-6 meet in class
Groups 1-3 prepare for exam
EXAM 1 (October 14)
UNIT 3: WORK
Week 9 (October 17 & 19)
Reading: Start Marx, Communist Manifesto
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Perry, Western Civilization, pgs. 294-324, 349-363
Week 10 (October 24, 26)
Modernity, Mass Politics, and Consumption
**NO CLASS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28th
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**NO CLASS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28th
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Reading: Finish Marx, Communist Manifesto
Perry, Western Civilization, pgs. 366-395
Week 11 (October 31, November 2)
DISCUSSION WEEK #3
Mon: Groups 1-3 meet in class
Groups 4-6 complete lab
Wed: Groups 4-6 meet in class
Groups 1-3 complete lab
Groups 4-6 complete lab
Wed: Groups 4-6 meet in class
Groups 1-3 complete lab
LAB 2 DUE (November 4, 11:59 pm)
UNIT 4: EXTREMES
Week 12 (November 7, 9, & 11)
Reading: Start Browning, Ordinary Men
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Perry, Western Civilization, pgs. 397-452
Week 13 (November 14, 16, & 18)
Week 14 (November 21 & 23)
Holocaust & Postwar Challenges
Reading: Finish Browning, Ordinary Men
Perry, Western Civilization, pgs. 506-558
Week 15 (November 28 & 30, December 2)
DISCUSSION WEEK #4
Mon: Groups 1-3 meet in class
Groups 4-6 prepare for exam
Wed: Groups 4-6 meet in class
Groups 1-3 prepare for exam
Groups 4-6 prepare for exam
Wed: Groups 4-6 meet in class
Groups 1-3 prepare for exam
