| WOH 1030-13 | Mr. John Braswell |
| 3:35-4:50 MW | Office: 330 Bellamy |
| 116 Bellamy | Office hrs: 4:50-6:00 MW |
| Fall 1997 | Office #: 644-5888 |
The objective of this course is to familiarize you with the development
of the modern world and increase your awareness of the human experience.
If you do your job, attend class and do the readings, you will
be able to intelligibly discuss World History between 1815 and
the present, and to connect the relevance of past events to today's
cultures and their values. This course will use a thematic approach.
Each week's class meetings will be spent evaluating and tracing
a specific theme in world history. For example, the second week's
meetings will be focused on the history of the family and women
from 1815-1997. Because text books using this approach are difficult
to find, you will be responsible for reading excerpts from different
chapters of your text book and selective readings from the source
book.
The Internet will play an important role in this course. Therefore,
the first week of class will concentrate on how to activate your
free internet and e-mail accounts. There are two primary purposes
for using the internet in this course. First by using the internet
and e-mail you will be improving your computer skills which is
increasingly essential on the job market. The second reason is
that searching historical topics on the internet can be fun. On
the course web site, http://mailer.fsu.edu/~jbraswel/,
you will find a copy of the course syllabus, the current weeks
lecture outlines, the Gordon Rule assignments, and relevant historical
links.
This course has three examinations. Each test will be divided
into three parts. The first will consist of 25 multiple choice
and fill in the blank questions. The second part will be 5 short
answer identification questions that must answer who, what, when,
where and why it is significant. In the last part of the test,
you will select one of two essay questions. The first two parts
count 25 points each, and the essay question is worth 50 points.
You are responsible for lecture material and the reading assignments.
It is essential that you attend class, to do well in this course.
The first examination is scheduled for September 29,
and the second examination will be on November 3.
The final examination (cumulative) will be given on December
11 (Thursday) from 10:00-12:00 noon in Bellamy 116. Make-up
examinations will not be given except in the case of an excused
illness or family emergency.
The Gordon Rule requires students
to write 3,000 words in order to receive liberal studies credit.
For the Gordon Rule, you are required
to write one 200 word World history related web sites reviews
each week. Each review will count 10 points apiece. The 10 reviews
with the highest grades will be combined to count 100 points.
The entire Gordon Rule assignment
will count 25 % of your final grade. The reviews are due at the
beginning of each week's Wednesday class. These
reviews must be typed or computer printed in courier 12 font.
They must be doubled spaced with one inch margins on all sides
with page numbers. There will be no extensions on paper deadlines.
For each class day that one of your papers is late, a penalty
of one letter grade will be levied. Your papers will be graded
for content, spelling, grammar, punctuation, language, organization,
originality and ability to follow instructions. These reviews
will be combined to make-up 25 % of your final grade. To meet
the State requirement for the Gordon Rule, you must make a C-,
or better, on these papers to pass the course and get liberal
studies credit. If you do not do these assignments, you cannot
get any better than a D in the course, regardless of test grades.
Students are strongly urged to attend all classes. The majority
of the test questions will be based directly on lecture and discussion
material. Since this course is being taught thematically, it will
be virtually impossible to know what I am going to emphasize without
attending class. Attendance is an essential key to success in
this course and therefore will be taken daily. If you show-up
for class late once or twice, I will overlook it, but if you consistently
come to class late, it will effect your grade.
| Examination #1 | 25% |
| Examination #2 | 25% |
| Final Examination | 25% |
| Gordon Rule Assignments | 25% |
A 100-94; A- 93-90; B+ 89-87; B 86-84; B- 83-80; C+ 79-77; C 76-73;
C- 72-70 D 69-60; F 59 and below. You must make a C- in the course
to receive liberal studies credit.
FSUs Academic Honor Code states that:
Students with disabilities covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act should follow these steps:
(Aug. 25) Syllabus Review
TEXT BOOK:
815-914
SOURCE BOOK:
The Genius of Christianity p.137
Abbey Graveyard in the Snow p.138
(Sept. 1) Holiday: "Labor
Day"
TEXT BOOK:
771-781
792-799
857-862
SOURCE BOOK:
Testimony for the Factory Act of 1833 p.118
The Hatch Family p.136
Self Help: Middle Class Attitudes
p.125
(Sept. 8) Industry & Urbanization
TEXT BOOK:
781-792
842-857
SOURCE BOOK:
Urbanization and Demographic Change p.13
Self Help p.125
TEXT BOOK:
890-895
SOURCE BOOK:
The Knights of Labor p.121
Banning Chinese Immigration to the
US p.161
(Sept. 15) Conservatism & Liberalism
TEXT BOOK:
804-809
SOURCE BOOK:
Conservative Principles p.97
The Social Contract p.80
On Liberty p.99
TEXT BOOK:
809-815
874-877
SOURCE BOOK:
The Communist Manifesto p.122
Socialist Realism p.262
TEXT BOOK:
752-754
851-857
880-881
SOURCE BOOK:
A Vindication of the Rights of Women p.78
Women Social and Domestic Character
Declaration of Sentiments p.158
TEXT BOOK:
862-866
SOURCE BOOK:
The Origin of Species p.129
The White Man's Burden p.227
(Sept. 29) EXAMINATION #1
(Oct. 1) Revolutions in Europe
TEXT BOOK:
738-752
819-828
SOURCE BOOK:
Declaration of Independence p.152
Rights of Man and Citizen p.92
The First Chartist Petition p.102
(Oct. 6) Revolutions in Latin America
TEXT BOOK:
914-927
SOURCE BOOK:
Independence in South America p.153
For Land and Liberty p.160
TEXT BOOK:
828-833
SOURCE BOOK:
Text Book Picture p.832
(Oct. 13) Nationalism in Germany & Austria
TEXT BOOK:
833-838
SOURCE BOOK:
Text Book Picture p.834
Removal of Native Americans in the US. p.157
Manifest Destiny p.163
(Oct. 15) Imperialism in Africa
TEXT BOOK:
895-903
927-945
SOURCE BOOK:
Indirect Rule in Nigeria p.286
The Rise of Our East African Empire p.225
The Roosevelt Corollary p.230
(Oct. 20) Imperialism in China & Japan
TEXT BOOK:
883-890
1012-1021
SOURCE BOOK:
Japan, Reject the Westerners p.182
Japanese Constitution p.183 Foreigners
at Yokohama p.189
(Oct. 22) Imperialism in India (Gordon Rule Assignment Due)
TEXT BOOK:
903-909
1006-1012
SOURCE BOOK:
Discovery of India p.195
Imperialism Glorified p.233
Hindus and Muslims in India p.285
TEXT BOOK:
1026-1038
SOURCE BOOK:
Text Book Picture P.857
The Freudian Model of Human Nature p.147
The Philosophy of Existentialism
p.352
(Oct. 29) Bismarck's Diplomacy
TEXT BOOK:
866-874
SOURCE BOOK:
Speech at Hamburg , 1901 p.224
The Short Century----It's Over p.348
(Nov. 3) EXAMINATION #2
TEXT BOOK:
960-987
SOURCE BOOK:
Reports from the Front: Verdun, 1916 p.245
World War I: The Home Front and Women p.258
The Fourteen Points: Woodrow Wilson
p.246
(Nov. 10) Prosperity & Depression
TEXT BOOK:
1038-1040
1044-1049
SOURCE BOOK:
(Nov. 12) Authoritarianism in Russia & Italy
TEXT BOOK:
1054-1068
SOURCE BOOK:
April Thesis: The Bolshevik Strategy p.248
Problems of Agrarian Policy: USSR p.254
Socialist Realism p.261
TEXT BOOK:
1068-1074
SOURCE BOOK:
The Doctrine of Fascism p.250
Nazi Mythology p.260
TEXT BOOK:
1074-1085
SOURCE BOOK:
The Informed Heart p.253
Japanese Nationalism and Expansionism p.278
Text Book Picture p.1084
TEXT BOOK:
1090-1095
1108-1118
1130
SOURCE BOOK:
The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan p.307
The Gorbachev Strategy p.341
(Nov. 26) Cold War in Asia (Gordon Rule Assignment Due)
TEXT BOOK:
1032-1040
SOURCE BOOK:
Chinese Communist Mobilizes the Masses p. 280
Communism in China p.309
Nationalism and Colonialism in Vietnam p.229
Revolutionary Nationalism in Vietnam
p.284
(Dec. 1) 1960s
TEXT BOOK:
1095-1108
1118-1127
SOURCE BOOK:
Letter from Birmingham Jail p.321
Televised Violence p.357
Women in Chinese Communism p.282
A Feminist Manifesto p.350
(Dec. 3) Contemporary World
TEXT BOOK:
1153-1167
1172-1222
SOURCE BOOK:
The Western and Non-Western Worlds p.339
The Japanese Comic Book p.358
The Earth in Deficit p.360
Declaration Against Colonialism
p.315
December 11 (Thursday) from 10:00-12:00
noon in Bellamy 116