Schedule January

Andrews/World History II – Spring 2017

Day-by-Day Schedule of Activities & Assignments

WEEK ONE

January 10

Introductions, syllabus & course overview. Blog setup using blogger.com.

January 12

Study groups. The tip of your iceberg. Global eras and periodization. What does it mean to be Modern? Note-taking tip / key words: Modern The European Renaissance & the Modern world. FAQs.

DUE: Strayer, Intro to Part 4 (pp. 610-615).

WEEK TWO

January 17

Colonial empires in the Americas. NTT / comparison ||| Russian empirical expansion in Siberia.

DUE: Strayer, Chapter 13 (pp. 617-649).

January 19

Early Modern commerce in products.

DUE: Strayer, Chapter 14 (pp. 669-687).

WEEK THREE

January 24

Early Modern commerce in people. Voices of the slave trade. NTT / primary sources: summarize & reflect.

DUE: Strayer, Chapter 14 (pp. 687-699) + Chapter 14 documents (pp. 700-717).

January 26

Religion in Early Modern societies. Research Project assigned (7 pgs). Close reading / short, dense text (Condorcet).

DUE: Strayer, Chapter 15 (pp. 719-739).

WEEK FOUR

January 31

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment.

DUE: Strayer, Chapter 15 (pp. 740-752) + Document 15.2, Condorcet (pp. 756-57).

February 2 – Special Founders’ Week Class Today – stay tuned!