HISTORY 1110: INTRODUCTION TO WORLD HISTORY
Kennesaw State University
Spring 2011
Section 05, CRN 10889, Room 2034 Social Science Classroom Building
Monday/ Wednesday 12:30pm-1:45pm
Section 21, CRN 10963, Room 2034 Social Science Classroom Building
Friday 11:00am- 1:45pm
Jerry D. Poole, Instructor
Text: The Essential World History by William Duiker and Jackson Spielvogel
(6th edition)
Course Description
History 1110 is an overview of world history which provides an introduction to the origin
and development of the world’s societies and their political, cultural, and economic
traditions. The course uses a global approach to world history.
Objectives
History is about change. Historians tell the story of the past, how events unfold and how
change leads to change. Their first task is to observe specific events, but their ultimate job,
especially when surveying world civilizations, is to discover general patterns and processes
that help them understand and explain those events and the changes they bring. This
course is designed to help the student see those patterns. It is a compelling story.
There are many reasons for studying history. Its practice requires reading, writing, and
argument–skills that are essential for success in virtually any profession. It also acquaints
students with geographic features and place names that remain relevant in today’s world.
But perhaps the overarching reason for studying history is this: studying the past helps us
understand the present. The present is simply the current moment of that process we call
“history,” and the present world is truly global.
Policies
A Student’s course grade will be determined by averaging the highest four of five
items submitted for grading.(The lowest will be dropped.) These items will comprise four
exams to be taken in class and one essay to be written out of class and submitted no later
than February 18. During an exam students may not use any electronic device. Each
exam will contain about 35 - 50 multiple choice or short answer questions .(See course
calendar and bring a no. 2 pencil to class.) The essay will be written out of class on a
topic chosen by the student from several options that will be announced in class and at
www.turnitin.com. The essay will be submitted to www.turnitin.com no later than
midnight February 18. Late submissions will not be accepted and will draw a grade of
zero. Plagiarism will also draw a grade of zero. Essays written on any topic other
than one chosen from the list of approved topics will draw a grade of zero. The essay
should be typed in 12 pt. Times New Roman font and single spaced and should not exceed
one page in length. It should demonstrate not only the student’s command of the subject,
but also his or her ability to make a clear and coherent written argument defending a
specific thesis statement.
Map questions on all exams will require the student to identify historically significant
physical features such as continents, oceans, mountain ranges, rivers, lakes, seas, and
deserts as well as political entities. (See last page of syllabus.)
In class students are urged to ask questions and to share their thoughts about material
presented in the text and in lectures. Students who make particularly insightful
contributions to class discussion will be awarded bonus points which will be added to their
numerical course grade average. Usually one to three points are awarded to students who
excel in class participation, although on rare occasions students have earned up to five
points. In order to keep class on schedule, the instructor may from to time to time limit
students’ remarks, however. No other extra credit will be awarded. No exams will be
made up. The lowest score of the five graded items, however, will be dropped.
The instructor will grade and post scores on Georgia View Vista for the first exam before
the last day to withdraw without academic penalty (March 14). Subsequent scores will
also be posted, usually within two class sessions after the exam date. It will take more
time for the essays to be graded, posted, and returned, however. Students should keep
their returned essay until final grades for the semester have been posted.
Academic integrity: Every KSU-student is responsible for upholding the provisions
of the Student code of conduct, as published in the Undergraduate and Graduate
Catalogues. Section II of the Student Code of Conduct addresses the University’s policy
on academic honesty, including provisions regarding plagiarism and cheating,
unauthorized access to University materials, misrepresentation/falsification of University
records or academic work, malicious removal, retention, or destruction of library material,
malicious/intentional misuse of computer facilities and /or services, and misuse of
identification cards. Incidents of alleged academic misconduct will be handled through
the established procedures of the University Judiciary Program, which includes either an
‘informal’ resolution by a faculty member, resulting in a grade adjustment, or a formal
hearing procedure, which may subject a student to the Code of Conduct’s minimum one
semester suspension requirement.
Course Letter grades are assigned as follows: A= 90-100; B=80-89; C=70-79;
D=60-69; F= 0-59.
March 14 is the last day a student may withdraw without academic penalty.
Students should officially withdraw at the registrar’s office.
I can be contacted through the History Department (770) 423-6294 or by Georgia
View Vista email. I am generally available for consultation on Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday mornings between 10:30am and Noon in the Adjunct Faculty Office at the
History Department on the fourth floor of the Social Science Classroom Building.
Otherwise please email me for an appointment. If you have to miss a class, please
arrange to have another person share his or her notes with you for that day. I aim to
be as helpful as possible, but please do not email to ask for information given in this
syllabus.
Class attendance is mandatory and excessive absences from class will draw a
penalty: five points deducted from course grade for each documented absence in
excess of three.
8) Students should turn off cell phones before entering class.
Course Calendar
Jan. 10 &12
(Jan.14)
Jan. 17
Jan.19 & 24
(Jan.21)
Jan.. 26 & 31
(28)
Feb.2 & 7
(Feb.4)
Feb. 9 & 14
(Feb. 11)
Feb. 16 & 21
(Feb.18)
Monday/ Wednesday (Friday)
Introduction
Why study history? How do historians approach their subject?
Suggestions for doing well in the course. How to avoid plagerizing
on your essay assignment.
Chapter 1 The First Civilizations: Peoples of West Asia and North
Africa (pp. 5-8, 11-18, 20-23)
Holiday (no class)
Chapter 2
Ancient India
Chapter 3 (pp. 63[Hundred Schools] thru 69)
Chapter 3 (pp. 63 [Hundred Schools] thru 69)
China in Antiquity
Chapter 4 (pp. 85[Sparta] thru-102)
The Civilization of the Greeks
Exam I (Jan 31)
Chapter 5
The First World Civilization: Rome, China, and the
Emergence of Silk Road
Chapter 6
The Americas
Chapter 7
The Rise of Islam
Chapter 8
Early Civilizations in Africa
Chapter 9 (pp. 207 thru 225[Wonder of India])
The Expansion of Civilization in Southern Asia
Chapter 10
The Flowering of Traditional China
Deadline for Submission of Essay (Feb. 18)
Feb. 23 & 28
(Feb. 25)
March 2 & 14
(March 4, Ex II)
Chapter 11 (pp. 261 thru 276[Art and Architecture]
Japan: Land of the Rising Sun
Chapter 12
The Making of Europe
Chapter 13 (pp. 317[Zenith of Byzantine Civ.] thru 329)
Byzantine Empire & Crisis and Recovery in the West
Chapter 14
New Encounters: Creation of a New World Market
Chapter 15 (pp. 361 Thru 369[Council of Trent])
Europe Transformed
Chapter 16
The Ottoman Empire (pp. 386 thru 3949 (Ottoman Art)
Exam II (March 14)
March 5-11
Spring Break
March 16 & 21
Chapter 18 (pp. 435-442;450 thru 459
The West on the Eve of a New World Order
Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, French Revolution
Chapter 19
The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialism and Nationalism
(March 18)
March23 & 28
Chapter 20
Latin America, United States and Canada
The Emergence of Mass Society in the Western World
Toward a Modern Consciousness
Chapter 21
The High Tide of Imperialism
(March 25)
March 30 &
April 4
(April 1)
Chapter 22
Shadows over the Pacific: East Asia under Challenge
Exam III (April 4)
April 6 & 11
(April 8)
Chapter 23
The Beginning of the Twentieth Century Crisis: War and
Revolution
Chapter 25
The Crisis Deepens: World War II
April 13 & 18
(April 15)
Chapter 28 (pp. 619-627)
Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945
April 20 & 25
(April 22)
Chapter 29
Challenges and Nation Building in Africa and the Middle
East
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April 27 & May 2
Catch-up and Review
(April 29[last day Fri.])
May 2 (last day of class M/W) Catch-up & Review
May 6 @ Noon
May 9 @ 1:00 pm
Exam IV (Fri)
Exam IV (M/W)
Note: this calendar is a general guide for readings and lectures. From time to time we may
move ahead of it or fall behind it such that class lectures on a particular chapter may not
coincide with its corresponding syllabus date. We will, however, always follow the
sequence of the of readings and lectures listed herein unless otherwise announced.
Map Quiz I (Exam I)
Europe
Amazon River
Yellow River
Rocky Mountains
Antarctica
Indian Ocean
Africa
Yangzte River
South America
Danube River
North America
Himalaya Mountains
Mississippi River
Andes Mountains
The Alps
Pyrenees Mountains
Nile River
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Asia
Greenland
Map Quiz II (Exam II)
Italian Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula
Crete
Carthage
Strait of Gibraltar
Asia Minor (Anatolia)
Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia
Sahara Desert
Mali
Ancient Ghana
Axum
Map Quiz III (Exam III)
Mongolia
Yucatan Peninsula
Caribbean Sea
Horn of Africa
Rome
Athens
Sparta
Aegean Sea
Peloponnesus
Adriatic Sea
Japan
Zimbabwe
Tenochtitlan
Peru
Red Sea
Indus River
Egypt
Ecuador
Ganges River
Gulf of Mexico
Chile
Map Quiz IV (Exam IV)
Be able to locate any current nation state that has been formed in the Balkan Peninsula,
Central Europe, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, or Africa since 1945.