History 1 (Western Civilization I), Spring 2015
TTH 9:35-11:00 a.m., NEA 127 (Section # 0762)
Dr. Theresa Ursic
Office:
Telephone:
NEA 152
233-4069
Office Hours: TTH: 11:10-11:45 a.m.
Friday: 8:15-9:50 a.m.
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E-mail:
Website:
Dial 233-4698, Mailbox 4745#
ursictm@lahc.edu
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Textbook:
Lynn Hunt, et al., The Making of the West. Peoples and Cultures A
Concise History. Volume I: to 1750. Fourth Edition.
Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013.
You will also need to purchase six 882-E Form No. 815-E Scantrons and two blue books.
Course Summary: This course surveys the political, economic, social, religious, and
intellectual activities of Western Civilization from the pre-history period through the
fifteenth century. The study includes the ancient Middle East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, the
Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Student Learning Objectives:
1) Identify individuals and people groups that have contributed to the political,
economic, and social development of western civilization.
2) Formulate a chronology of important developments in Western Civilization.
3) Explain institutional formation in early Western Civilization and its influence on
cultural organization and control.
4) Define the religious and philosophical traditions of Western civilization and evaluate
their impact on cultural change.
5) Complete maps of Europe that identify the geography of Greece, Rome, and the
Middle Ages.
6) 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 six multiple choice quizzes will be given worth twenty 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 eleven 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, 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 four required map assignments due during the semester. Each assignment is
worth 5 points. 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.)
In the late fourteen century, an older Parisian merchant wrote down for his fifteenyear-old bride how a good wife should act and treat her husband. What is the
merchant’s attitude toward women in general and marriage in particular? What are the
merchant’s instructions to his wife? Which of the merchant’s instructions to his wife do
you consider most valuable in a good marriage
Please analyze the following the primary source and answer the questions above in
essay format.
The Goodman of Paris, 1392/4:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/goodman.asp
The essay is worth 20 points. Your essay is to be double spaced, typed using 12 point
font and three to four pages long. 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 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
May 21, 2015. 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: LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of
Art) on Wilshire near the La Brea Tar Pits, and The J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu.
There is also a special exhibit on Pompeii at the California Science Center at Exhibition
Park in Los Angeles. 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 ancient Greek and Roman history up to the
Renaissance that you saw in the museum and who they were created by If you decide to
do the extra credit, it is to be turned in no later than Thursday May 28, 2015.
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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 May 7, 2015 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.
SUMMARY OF POINTS FOR QUIZZES, EXAMS, AND WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
1. Midterm
50 points
2. Final
60 points
3. 11 Quizzes
100 points (10 or 20 points/quiz)
4. Primary Source Essay
20 points
5. 4 Map assignments
20 points (5 points/assignment)
6. Perfect attendance
20 points
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270 points total in course
The final grade is based on the following points
A=242-270 points
B=215-241 points
C=188-214 points
D=161-187 points
F=0-160
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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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.
ASSIGNMENTS
Week 1: Tuesday February 10, 2015
1. Introduction to course.
2. Begin lecture on “Early Western Civilization, 400,000-1000 B.C.E.”
3. Read: Chapter 1.
Thursday February 12, 2015
1. Finish lecture on “Early Western Civilization, 400,000-1000 B.C.E. “
Week 2: Tuesday February 17,, 2015
1. Begin lecture on “Near East Empires and the Reemergence of Civilization
in Greece, 1000-500 B.C.E.”
2. Read: Chapter 2.
Thursday February 19, 2015
1. Finish lecture on “Near East Empires and the Reemergence of Civilization
in Greece, 1000-500 B.C.E.”
Week 3: Tuesday February 24, 2015
1. Begin lecture on “The Greek Golden Age, c. 500-c. 400 B.C.E.”
2. Read: Chapter 3.
Thursday February 26, 2015
1. Quiz 1—on Chapters 1 & 2.
2. Finish lecture on “The Greek Golden Age, c. 500-c. 400 B.C.E.”
Week 4: Tuesday March3, 2015
1. Begin lecture on “From the Classical to the Hellenistic World, 400-30
B.C.E.”
2. Read: Chapter 4.
Thursday March 5, 2015
1. Quiz 2—on Chapter 3.
2. Map 1 due: on Greece (c. 400 B.C.E). (p. 105)
3. Finish lecture on “From the Classical to the Hellenistic World, 400-30
B.C.E .”
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Week 5: Tuesday March 10, 2015
1. Begin lecture on “The Rise of Rome & Its Republic, 753-44 B.C.E.”
2. Read: Chapter 5.
Thursday March 12, 2015
1. Quiz 3—on Chapters 4.
2. Finish lecture on “The Rise of Rome & Its Republic, 753-44 B.C.E”
Week 6: Tuesday March 17, 2015
1. Begin lecture on “The Creation of the Roman Empire, 44 B.C.E.-284 C.E.”
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2. Read: Chapter 6.
Thursday March 19, 2015
1. Quiz 4—on Chapter 5.
2. Map 2 due: on The Roman World at the End of the Republic, c. 44
B.C.E. (p. 166)
3. Continue lecture on “The Creation of the Roman Empire, 44 B.C.E.-284
C.E.”
Week 7: Tuesday March 24, 2015
1. Finish lecture on “The Creation of the Roman Empire, 44 B.C.E.-284 C.E.’
Thursday March 26, 2015
1. Quiz 5—on Chapter 6.
2. Review for Midterm.
Week 8: Tuesday October 31, 2015—Holiday—Cesar Chavez Day
Thursday April 2, 2015
1. Midterm –covers Chapters 1-6.
Week 9: Tuesday April 7, 2015—Thursday April 9, 2015—Spring Break
Week 10: Tuesday April 14, 2015
1. Begin lecture on “The Transformation of the Roman empire, 284-600 C.E.
2. Read: Chapter 7.
Thursday April 16, 2015
1. Finish lecture on “The Transformation of the Roman Empire, 284-600
C.E.
Week 11: Tuesday April 21, 2015
1. Begin lecture on “The Heirs of Rome: Islam, Byzantium, & Europe, 600750.”
2. Read: Chapter 8.
Thursday April 23, 2015
1. Quiz 6—on Chapters 7.
2. Map 3 due: on Europe, 600. (p. 235.)
3. Finish lecture on “The Heirs of Rome: Islam, Byzantium, & Europe, 600750.”
Week 12: Tuesday April 28, 2015
1. Begin lecture on “From Centralization to Fragmentation, 750-1050.”
2. Read: Chapter 9.
Thursday April 30, 2015
1. Quiz 7— on Chapter 8.
2. Finish lecture on “From Centralization to Fragmentation, 750-1050.”
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Week 13: Tuesday May 5, 2015
1. Begin lecture on “Commercial Quickening & Religious Reform, 10501150.”
2. Read: Chapter 10.
Thursday May 7, 2014
1. Quiz 8—on Chapter 9.
2. Go over the primary source essay assignment.
3. Finish lecture on “Commercial Quickening & Religious Reform, 10501150.”
Week 14: Tuesday May 12, 2015
1. Begin lecture on “The Flowering of the Middle Ages, 1150-1215.
2. Read: Chapter 11.
Thursday May 14, 2015
1. Quiz 9— on Chapter 10.
2. Finish lecture on “The Flowering of the Middle Ages, 1150-1215.”
Week 15: Tuesday May 19, 2015
1. Map 4 due: on Europe, c. 1340 (p. 394)
2. Begin lecture on “The Medieval Synthesis- & Its Cracks, 1215-1340.”
3. Read Chapter 12.
Thursday May 21, 2015
1. Quiz 10—on Chapter 11.
2. Primary source essay due.
3. Finish lecture on “The Medieval Synthesis- & Its Cracks, 1215-1340.”
Week 16: Tuesday May 26, 2015
1. Begin lecture on “Crisis & Renaissance, 1340-1492.”
2. Read: Chapter 13.
Thursday May 28, 2015
1. Quiz 11—on Chapters 12.
2. Last day to turn in extra credit museum papers.
3. Finish lecture on “Crisis & Renaissance, 1340-1492.”
4. Review for final.
Week 17: Thursday June 4, 2015—Final Exam
1. Final from 10:30 to 12:30 p.m.
2. Final will cover the material from Chapters 7-13. Also, there will be some
terms from the first half of the semester.