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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)

Protestant and Catholic Reformations

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Reading: Continue de las Casas, Destruction of the Indies
                     Perry, Western Civilization, pgs. 196-208


Week 3 (September 7 & 9)

17th Century Wars of Religions

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Reading: Continue de las Casas, Destruction of the Indies
                     Perry, Western Civilization, pgs. 208-223


Week 4 (September 12, 14, & 16)

Encounter of Two Worlds, Old and New

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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


LAB 1 DUE (September 23, 11:59 pm)



UNIT 2: REVOLUTION

Week 6 (September 26, 28, & 30)

Revolution in Science
Enlightenment

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Reading: Start Shelley, Frankenstein
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               Perry, Western Civilization, 238-263

Week 7 (October 3, 5, & 7)

The French Revolution and its Aftermath

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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


EXAM 1 (October 14)



UNIT 3: WORK

Week 9 (October 17 & 19)

Industrialization, Reform, and Socialism

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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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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


LAB 2 DUE (November 4, 11:59 pm)



UNIT 4: EXTREMES

Week 12 (November 7, 9, & 11)

World War and Western Civilization in Crisis

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Reading: Start Browning, Ordinary Men

                   
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               Perry, Western Civilization, pgs. 397-452

Week 13 (November 14, 16, & 18)

Interwar Upheavals
Fascism

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Reading: Continue Browning, Ordinary Men

                     Perry, Western Civilization, pgs. 455-504



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

EXAM 2 (December 5)