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Approved by Faculty Senate March 30, 2009

Spring 2009 Professor Colette A. Hyman 457-5880 email: [email protected] http://course1.winona.edu/chyman/

HISTORY 122 WESTERN CIVILIZATION: 1815 TO THE PRESENT

This course will explore the major themes and key events in the history of Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries, drawing connections among developments in social and economic structures, politics, and the arts. We will also explore the nature of “Western Civilization” and its relationship with other cultures and societies. The focus of this course will be on how to read and understand both primary and secondary sources, and how historians use them to interpret and explain the past.

This course counts toward the Humanities requirements of the University Studies Program; it is also a requirement for the History major and minor.

UNIVERSITY STUDIES OUTCOMES A) to promote students’ ability to identify and understand specific elements and assumptions of a particular Humanities Discipline: this will be addressed in discussions of course readings B) to promote students’ ability to understand how historical context, cultural values, and gender influence perceptions and interpretations: this will be addressed in discussions of primary sources C) to promote students’ ability to understand the role of critical analysis in interpreting and evaluating expressions of human experience: this will be addressed through lectures, discussions, and written assignments.

COURSE OBJECTIVES  To develop students’ understanding of both long-term trends and discrete events in the history of Europe since the French Revolution.  To develop in students an understanding of the historical background of contemporary social issues.  To develop students’ ability to analyze primary sources  To develop students’ ability to differentiate primary from secondary sources  To develop students’ ability to express their ideas clearly in written and oral forms  To enhance students’ capacity for independent, critical thought

COURSE FORMAT

The course will consist primarily of discussions, with periodic lectures. Discussions allow all members of the class to explore together course materials and issues, and to develop their own thoughts and ideas. Participation in discussions requires close reading of assignments by due date. (see “Approaches to Reading” page on course website). Study questions for each class period will be available on course website. Students will come to class prepared to answer study questions, either in writing or through discussion. Students will also come to class prepared to ask their own questions about the readings. These questions can ask for clarification and explanation, or can pose analytical queries to rest of the class.

Students not prepared for class may be asked to leave.

LEARNING EXPECTATIONS

Students are expected to study course materials in a way that prepares them to thoughtfully discuss their contents. First this means looking up in the dictionary words that are unfamiliar. This also means being able to comment on, pose questions about and answer questions about assigned materials.

Students are expected to participate meaningfully in class discussions, by answering the professor’s questions as well as those of other students. Students are also expected to come to class prepared to ask their own questions about course materials and issues raised by readings and discussions.

Discussion is essential to learning in this class. Students will be held responsible for issues and materials addressed through class discussions. While taking notes is certainly not a requirement for passing this class, the attentiveness required for note-taking, and the resulting notes themselves are central to successful learning in this course.

Finally, the study of history is a cumulative process: students are expected to retain and use throughout the semester material studied over the course of the semester, i.e. when studying the 1970s, students should be able to discuss relevant aspects of the 1870, 1900s, 1930s, etc…

REQUIREMENTS

-Class Participation: (20% of grade) Each student will actively participate in class discussions. See “What is ‘Good’ Participation?” on course website. Students unprepared to discuss study questions and/or unprepared to pose their own questions about reading assignment will be considered unprepared for class, and may be asked to leave.

-In-class Writing: (10% of grade) There will be periodic quizzes on readings, and other informal writing assignments.

- Optional Papers: Students will have the opportunity to write up to three short papers on assigned topics, to substitute for low grades on in-class quizzes. See assignment on course website.

- Midterm and Final Essays: (each essay: 20% of grade) There will be two essays in which students will pull together and reflect upon course materials. Students will select one of several questions that will require developing and supporting a clear argument on a theme in U.S. history, using the primary and secondary sources available in course materials. -Common Book assignment: (10% of grade) Students will attend one or more presentations by Dr. Robert Morris, author of The Blue Death and write a paper on the presentation(s) and on the book itself, which is required reading for the course.

-Essays on Primary Sources: (each essay: 10% of grade) Students will write one essay on PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and one on HOUSE OF RETURNED ECHOES. See assignment on course website.

GENERAL POLICIES

Attendance: Attendance will be taken at each class meeting. Because one must be present in order to take part in discussions, and because participation is a requirement, excessive absences will lower final course grade. Attendance itself, however, is not sufficient for earning a good grade for Class Participation. See Class Participation above.

Classroom behavior: Students are expected to address each other and course professor in a civil and professional manner, and to otherwise behave in courteous and appropriate ways. Beverages are allowed during class, but not food. Students will remove hats, caps and hoods before class begins. Students whose behavior does not conform to these expectations may be asked to leave.

Written Work: Students are expected to pay attention to the rules of word usage, grammar, punctuation and spelling of Standard English, making use of A Pocket Guide to Writing in History as a reference. Writing matters because careful writing and clear thinking go hand in hand. Written work not conforming to rules of Standard English will be heavily penalized. Papers due in class will only be accepted in class on due date. Papers left under office door will go directly to recycling bin.

Late Assignments: Written assignments that are handed in late will be marked down one letter grade.

Electronic Correspondence: Students will be held responsible for any and all class-related information communicated electronically (i.e. if the professor sends an email to the class indicating a change in reading assignment, students will be expected to be aware of the change and prepare for class accordingly). Such information will be communicated ONLY to students’ WSU webmail addresses. Course professor does not always check email during evenings, week-ends, or university holidays. Electronic correspondence is professional correspondence; email messages that do not adhere to professional standards of communication (format, vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, etc…) will be disregarded.

Laptop computers: Students may use laptops in the classroom ONLY in tablet format. Students using laptops for purposes not directly related to class will be asked to leave.

OFFICE HOURS

Students are encouraged to seek assistance for course assignment from the course professor during office hours, which will be at the following times: M 1-3 W 10:00-11:45 Th 3:30-5:30 And by appointment

READINGS REQUIRED D. Mason, REVOLUTIONARY EUROPE, 1789-1989 [RE] M. Weisner, J. Ruff and W. Wheeler, DISCOVERING THE WESTERN PAST v.2 6th ed. [DWP] *** R. Morris, THE BLUE DEATH J. Austen, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE A. Lustig, HOUSE OF RETURNED ECHOES

RECOMMENDED M. L. Rampolla, A POCKET GUIDE TO WRITING IN HISTORY 5th edition****

*** indicates materials available on reserve in Krueger Library

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Jan M 12 Introductions W 14 Read syllabus; Politics and Society in Early Modern Europe; bring DWP F 16 Staging Absolutism DWP Ch.2

M 19 Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday observed. No classes at WSU W 21 The Old Regime and the Enlightenment RE Ch.1 F 23 Science and Religion in the Enlightenment DWP Ch.3

M 26 Daily Life in Europe, 1600-1800 DWP Ch.4 W 28 The French Revolution and Napoleon RE Ch.2 F 30 A Day in The French Revolution DWP Ch.5

Feb M 2 The Industrial Revolution and The Birth of Capitalism RE Ch.3 W 4 The Industrial Revolution and the Experience of Work DWP Ch.6 F 6 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

M 9 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE W 11 1848 RE Ch.4 F 13 Marx, Marxism, and Socialism RE Ch.5

M 16 No class. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE paper due in History Dept. by 4:00. Oct W 18 Liberalism and Socialism Compared DWP Ch.7 F 20 Darwinism and Social Darwinism RE Ch.6 M 23 Developing the Modern City DWP Ch.8 W 25 Nationalism and Nation-Building RE Ch.7 F 27 European Imperialism RE Ch.8

March 2-6: Spring Break

Mar M 9 Expansion and Public Opinion DWP Ch.9 W 11 Women in Russian Revolutionary Movements DWP Ch. 10 F 13 No class. Midterm essays due in History Department office by 4:00.

M 16 The Blue Death W 18 The Blue Death F 20 The Blue Death

M 23 World War I RE Ch.9 W 25 World War I: Total War DWP Ch. 11 F 27 The Bolshevik Revolution and Totalitarianism RE Ch.10 Review DWP Ch. 10

M 30 World War II and the Holocaust RE Ch.11 Apr W 1 Selling Nazism DWP Ch.12 F 3 HOUSE OF RETURNED ECHOES

M 6 HOUSE OF RETURNED ECHOES W 8 No class. F 10 Spring Break Day. No classes at WSU.

M 13 The Cold War RE Ch.12 W 15 African Nationalism and Independence HOUSE OF RETURNED ECHOES paper due in class F 17 Prosperity and Unrest DWP Ch.13

M 20 1989 RE Ch.13 W 22 The European Union RE Ch.14 F 24 Beyond the Nation-State DWP Ch.14

M 27 Europe in the 21st Century RE Conclusion W 29 TBA May F 1 TBA

Wednesday, May 6: Turn in final exams in the History Department Office by noon