Course Schedule
World History since 1500
Fall 2008

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Date

Topic

Reading

Assignments

 UNIT 1:  “The World System” — 1500-1689

	“The World in Relief”
	“Center & Periphery”	Ch. 16
	“1492”		UNIT 1 MAP TEST
	“The Columbian Exchange”	Ch. 17
	“Il Rinascimento”	Ch. 18
	“The Great Wall”	Ch. 19	TOPIC PAGE DUE
	“The Ottomans, Safavids, & the Mughal”
	UNIT 1 EXAM: “The World System” — 1500-1689

UNIT 2: “Age of Revolution” — 1689-1810

	“Shen Kuo, al Shirazi, & Galileo”	Ch. 20
	“Peter & Kangxi ”
	“The Industrial Revolution”
	“The Golden Triangle”	Ch. 21	UNIT 2 MAP TEST
	“Creole”
	“The Enlightenment”	Ch. 22	ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE
	“1776, 1789, & 1810”
	UNIT 2 EXAM:  “Age of Revolution” — 1689-1810

UNIT 3: “Industry & Empire” — 1810-1914

	“Energy for Power”	Ch. 23
	“Cotton, Steam, & Steel”	Ch. 24
	“Birds of Passage”		UNIT 3 MAP TEST
	“White Man's Burden”	Ch. 25
	“1831, 1850, & 1868”		OUTLINE DUE
	“The Public Sphere: States, Nationalism, & Citizenship”	Ch. 26
	UNIT 3 EXAM:  “Industry & Empire” — 1810-1914

UNIT 4: “A World without Borders” — 1914-present

	“The American Century”	Ch. 27	MAKE-UP EXAM
	“The Depression, the Terror, & the Great March”		LAST DAY to WITHDRAW
	“Civilians at War”	Ch. 28	UNIT 4 MAP TEST
	“Atoms, Transitors, & the Chip”
	“Wars of National Liberation”
	“AIDS, the Wall, & the War on Drugs”	Ch. 29
	“The Mekong, the Balkans, & Rwanda”		FINAL DRAFT DUE
	“The Holy Land”
	“Malthus, CO2, & the WTO”	Ch. 30
	Final Exam: UNIT 4 EXAM: “A World without Borders” — 1914-Present COMPREHENSIVE EXAM: “Power, Labor, & Identity”

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