History 2 (Western Civilization II), Fall 2014
TTH 8-9:25 a.m., NEA 119 (Section # 0732)
Dr. Theresa Ursic
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Textbook:
Lynn Hunt, et al., The Making of the West. Peoples and Cultures A
Concise History. Volume II: Since 1500. Fourth Edition.
Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013.
You will also need to purchase ten Form No. 815-E Scantrons and two blue books.
Course Summary: This course is a continuation of History 1 covering the development
of western civilization from the Renaissance to the present.
Student Learning Objectives:
1) Identify individuals and people groups that have contributed to the political,
economic, and social development of western civilization in the modern period.
2) Formulate a chronology and analyze the role of the European nation-state in the
period 1500 to the present.
3) Evaluate the political and economic philosophies and systems that develop in the
modern period.
4) Examine the development and repercussions of the industrial revolution in the
Western World.
5) Explain the Western intellectual tradition and evaluate its influence.
6) Clarify the motivations and results of European imperialism and colonization in the
period 1500 to the present.
7) Complete maps of Europe from the Renaissance through the 21 century.
8) Locate primary and secondary sources in the library and on the Internet and examine,
evaluate, and organize sources into a logical argument.
Quizzes and Exams
1. A total of ten multiple choice quizzes will be given worth ten points each. Quizzes are
based on lectures and the textbook. There are no make-up quizzes; however, I will
drop the lowest score out of the ten quizzes. Quizzes are given at the beginning of
class. If you are late for class, you will miss your chance to take the quiz.
2. A midterm and a final will be given. The midterm and final will be a combination of
maps, chronology, terms, and essay questions. The midterm is worth 50 points and
the final 60 points. I will give you a study guide for each exam.
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Map Assignments
There are three required map assignments due during the semester. Map one is worth 10
points, and maps two and three are worth 5 points each. You have one week to turn in
late assignments.
Primary Source Essay
(Note: This is a required assignment. I will only count the extra credit if this
assignment has been done.)
The industrial revolution brought about great changes to European society. What were
the working conditions like for the men, women and children who were forced to work in
the mines and cotton mills? Use a secondary source to provide the necessary
background information and both of the following primary sources:
The Physical Deterioration of
The Textile Workers:
www.victorianweb.org/history/workers2.html
Testimony Given by
Ashley’s Mines Commission: www.victorianweb.org/history/ashley.html
For help using the Chicago Style go to the following Harbor College Library website
“Writing and Research Guides”: www.lahc.edu/library/research.html
Consider the following questions when writing your essay:
1. Who are the authors of the primary sources?
2. Why were these primary sources written?
3. How does “An Independent Observer,” in The Physical Deterioration of the Textile
Workers, describe the appearance of adults and children in the cotton mills?
4. The witnesses for Lord Ashley’s Mines Commission were responding to questions
from middle-class commissioners. What did the commissioners seem interested
in? Why? (Continued on next page.)
5. Describe the work of Patience Kershaw, Mary Barrett, Isabella Read, & Isabel
Wilson.
6. What labor laws were eventually passed?
The essay is worth 20 points. Your essay is to be double spaced, typed using 12 point
font and three to four pages long. You need to include endnotes and a bibliography.
Make sure that the introduction of your paper includes the thesis statement. The thesis is
the main idea of your paper which you will support with evidence in the body of your
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paper. Also, make sure to have a conclusion where you summarize the main points of
your essay. The due date for the essay is Thursday November 13, 2014. I will not
accept papers that are more than a week late. Note: If your paper is one class
session late, your grade will be reduced by five percent, a week late, by ten percent.
Extra Credit Museum Visit
You can visit a museum and write an essay on your visit for ten extra credit points.
Acceptable museums for the extra credit are: the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles,
LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) on Wilshire near the La Brea Tar Pits;
the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino; the Getty
Center in Los Angeles; the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. To get credit for the
visit, you need to turn in some proof of your visit, such as a ticket stub and/or museum
brochure, and write a two to three page double spaced essay describing your visit. Write
about some of the art, sculptures, furniture, dishes, coins, tapestries, etc., from the
Renaissance to the present, that you saw in the museum and who they were created by.
You can also write about the setting of the museum, if applicable, i.e. for the Getty
Center. If you visit the Museum of Tolerance, write about some of the exhibits that you
saw. If you decide to do the extra credit, it is to be turned in no later than Thursday
December 11, 2014.
Classroom Courtesy Policy
Food and beverages are not allowed in the classrooms. All portable phones,
beepers, radios, CD players, and walkie-talkies must be turned off.
Class Attendance
20 points are given at the beginning of the semester for perfect class attendance.
Each time the student is absent, two points will be deducted from the 20 points. If
you leave class early, I will count you as being absent.
ABSCENCES: It is important that you attend every class meeting. If you miss
three classes in a row up until Thursday November 20, 2014 you will be excluded
from class.
TARDIES: It is important that you show up on time for each class meeting. Role is
taken at the beginning of each class and/or towards the end of class. If you are late or
leave early, you will be counted as absent.
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SUMMARY OF POINTS FOR QUIZZES, EXAMS, AND WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
1. Midterm
50 points
2. Final
60 points
3. 10 Quizzes
90 points (10 points/quiz)
4. Primary Source Essay
20 points
5. 3 Map assignments
20 points
6. Perfect attendance
20 points
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260 points total in course
The Final grade is based on the following points
A= 233-260 points
B= 207-232 points
C= 181-206 points
D= 155-180 points
F= 0-154 points
DISTRICT ACADEMIC DISHONESTY POLICY
Board Rule 9803.28. “Violations of Academic Integrity include, but are not limited
to, the following actions: cheating on an exam, plagiarism, working together on an
assignment, paper or project when the instructor has specifically stated students
should not do so, submitting the same term paper to more than one instructor, or
allowing another individual to assume one’s identity for the purpose of enhancing
one’s grade.”
An example of plagiarism is when you copy, word-for-word, from a book without citing
your source. Even when you paraphrase, you must cite your source. Also, you need to
cite in your paper the sources of all the ideas that are not your own. Neither cheating nor
plagiarism will be tolerated. Students who help other students cheat will also be subject
to the same disciplinary action.
ACCOMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Please inform the instructor and contact the Special Programs and Services Office at
(310) 233-4622 if you need special accommodations because of a disability.
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ASSIGNMENTS
Week 1: Tuesday September 2, 2014
1. Begin lecture on the Renaissance.
2. Read: Chapter 14, pp. 437-439, 443, 450-452.
Thursday September 4, 2014
1. Finish lecture on the Renaissance.
Week 2: Tuesday September 9, 2014
1. Begin lecture on the Reformation.
3. Read: Chapter 14, pp. 436-438, 440-450, 452-458.
Thursday September 11, 2014
1. Quiz 1—On the Renaissance.
2. Finish lecture on the Reformation.
3. Begin lecture on the Religious Wars.
4. Read: Chapter 15, pp. 461-448, 487-4904.
Week 3: Tuesday September 16, 2014
1. Lecture on the Religious Wars contd.
Thursday September 18, 2014
1. Finish lecture on the Religious Wars.
2. Begin Lecture on Absolutism.
3. Read: Chapter 15, pp. 472, 475; Chapter 16, 493-501, 513-518, 522:
Chapter 17, 549-552,
Week 4: Tuesday September 23, 2014
1. Finish lecture on Absolutism.
2. Begin lecture on Constitutionalism.
3. Read: Chapter 16, pp. 502-509.
Thursday September 25, 2014
1. Quiz 2—On the Reformation & the Religious Wars.
2. Finish lecture on Constitutionalism.
3. Lecture on the Scientific Revolution.
4. Read: Chapter 15, pp. 481-485.
5. Lecture on the Enlightenment.
6. Read: Chapter 16, pp. 508-509; Chapter 17, 552-553, 554-559 Chapter 18
563-71, 57-555
Week 5: Tuesday September 30, 2014
1. Finish lecture on the Enlightenment.
2. Begin lecture on the French Revolution.
3. Read: Chapter 19.
Thursday October 2, 2014
1. Quiz 3—On Absolutism & Constitutionalism.
2. Finish lecture on French Revolution
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Week 6: Tuesday October 7, 2014
1. Begin lecture on Napoleon.
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2. Read: Chapter 20, 627-641.
Thursday October 9, 2014
1. Quiz 4—On the Scientific Revolution & the Enlightenment.
2. Finish lecture on Napoleon.
3. Begin lecture on Restoration of Europe.
4. Read: Chapter 20, pp. 627-653.
Week 7: Tuesday October 14, 2014
1. Finish lecture on the Restoration of Europe.
2. Begin lecture on the Industrial Revolution & Urbanization.
3. Read: Chapter 21, pp. 659-670, 689-691; Chapter 22, pp. 712-713; Chapter
23, pp. 740-751.
Thursday October 16, 2014
1. Quiz 5—On the French Revolution, Napoleon & the Restoration of
Europe.
2. Map 1 due: Napoleon’s Empire & Europe after Napoleon.
3. Lecture on the Industrial Revolution & Urbanization contd.
Week 8: Tuesday October 21, 2014
1. Review for Midterm.
Thursday October 23, 2014
1. Midterm –covers Renaissance to the Restoration of Europe.
Week 9: Tuesday October 28, 2014
1. Finish lecture on the Industrial Revolution & Urbanization.
2. Begin lecture on New Ideologies.
3. Read: Chapter 20, pp. 655; Chapter 21, 678-683, 672-675, 677-683;
Chapter 22, pp. 722-724.
Thursday October 30, 2014
1. Quiz 6—On the Industrial Revolution & Urbanization.
2. Discuss primary source assignment.
3. Lecture on lecture on the Revolutions of 1830 & 1848.
4. Read: Chapter 20, pp. 653, Chapter 21, pp. 684-689.
5. Begin lecture on Constructing the Nation-State.
6. Read: Chapter 22, pp. 695-709, 717-719; Chapter 24, 784.
Week 10: Tuesday November 4, 2014
1. Finish lecture on Constructing the Nation-State.
2. Begin lecture on Imperialism.
3. Read: Chapter 21, pp. 676-677; Chapter 22, pp. 715-717; Chapter 23, pp.
731-740, 742-743; Chapter 24, pp. 786-793.
Thursday November 6, 2014
1. Quiz 7— On New Ideologies, Revolutions of 1830 & 1848, & On
Constructing the Nation-State.
2. Finish lecture on Imperialism.
2. Begin lecture on the Alliance System, Route to War, & World War I.
3. Read: Chapter 23, pp. 758-762; Chapter 24, pp. 793-798; Chapter 25, pp.
803-823. Maps on pp. 799 & 820.
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Week 11: Tuesday November 11, 2014—Veteran’s Day—no class
Thursday November 13, 2014
1. Primary source essay due.
2. Lecture on the Alliance System, Route to War, & World War I contd.
Week 12. Tuesday November 18, 2014
1. Finish lecture on the Alliance System, Route to War, & World War I.
2. Begin lecture on the Inter-War Period.
3. Read: Chapter 25, pp. 821-827, 834-836; Chapter 26, 841-860.
Thursday November 20, 2014
1. Quiz 8— On Imperialism and the Alliance System, Route to War &
World War I.
2. Map 2 due: Europe at the Outbreak of WW I.
3. Lecture on Inter-War Period contd.
Week 13: Tuesday November 25, 2014
1. Finish lecture on Interwar Period.
2. Begin lecture on World War II.
3. Read: Chapter 26, pp. 860-877; map on p. 876.
Thursday November 27, 2014— Thanksgiving- no class
Week 14: Tuesday December 2, 2014
1. Finish lecture on World War II.
2. Begin lecture on the Cold War.
3. Read: Chapter 27, pp. 881-906; Chapter 28, 929-943
Thursday December 4, 2014
1. Quiz 9—On the Inter-War Period & World War II
2. Map 3 due: Europe at the End of World War II.
3. Finish lecture on Cold War Europe.
Week 15: Tuesday December 9, 2014
1. Lecture on Post-Cold War Europe.
2. Read: Chapter 28, pp. 943-949; Chapter 29, pp. 953-958.
Thursday December 11, 2014
1. Quiz 10— Cold War Europe & Post-Cold War Europe.
2. Last day to turn in extra credit museum papers.
3. Review for final.
Week 16: Tuesday December 16, 2014—Final Exam.
1. Final from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.
2. Final will cover the material from the Industrial Revolution &
Urbanization to the Fall of Communism. Also, there will be some terms
from the first half of the semester.