HISTORY 106 – World Civilizations through 1648ce
Section 3807
Professor Al Smith – office hours: By appointment, only in summer
Syllabus / Schedule - Summer 2019
THIS SEMESTER’S THEME:
WAR and SOCIAL ORGANIZATION: This means that in all of the readings and discussions, we will be concerned with the concept of organized human conflict and resolution as motivators for historical change.
TEXTS: “Why We War by Al Smith
HISTORY 106 COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Students will be able to demonstrate factual knowledge of key political, economic, social and cultural events and issues in Early World Civilization.
- Students will be able to apply critical thinking (including causal analysis and skeptical inquiry) to historical concepts and developments in Early World Civilization.
- Students will be able to evaluate, analyze and interpret primary and secondary historical sources and make historical arguments based on these sources about Early World Civilization.
The Timeless Tale of the Hero's Journey: Full Film!
THE 7-WEEK SUMMER SEMESTER’S WORKLOAD
HOMEWORK (due each day)
A - Discussion Question: due daily - This means discussion is a percentage of your grade. Each day you are responsible for bringing me a typed question about History into class. It may be about the readings / video assigned. But, it may also be about anything historical that you were interested in. At the beginning of each class of the week, I will answer your question. These are worth 20 points each week.
HOMEWORK (due each week)
B – Weekly Essay. At the beginning of each week, I will provide a topic or topics to guide the week’s readings. It will be in your Reading Schedule (below). Each week, you will complete a 150 WORD analytical response on readings and lecture from the class. The response is due in class the end of each week. We will review the week prior to due date. Your summative assessment (final project) will be the Course Learning Objectives, above.
GRADING SCALE: Daily Discussion Questions = 20 points per week = 100 points
6 Weekly Essays = 100 points each = 600 points
3 Course Learning Objectives = 200 points = 200 points
Final Discussion = 100 points =100 points
1000 points possible
REQUIRED MATERIALS: Text(s); Computer / internet & printer access; thumb drive (suggested); recorder
A NOTE ON READING: Your performance relating to weekly reading is directly linked to your success with course assignments. If you do not read the course material you will not succeed on the writing, testing, or discussion/participation levels.
Remember: you also have access to many Student Success Support Services, such as the Tutorial Center. The Library & Learning Center has resources that can make or break an assignment. The Writing Center is open, as is the Office Administration Center -- all of these counts towards helping with your success. ONLY YOU can access them!
There is homework due weekly so familiarize yourself with the format
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ONLINE HELPDESK http://www.mjc.edu/current/studentservices/waystolearn/online/index.html
TIMEMAPS - Interactive World Maps
WORLD INTERACTIVE MAPS
BIG HISTORY
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READING SCHEDULE History 106
Week 1 - 6/24/2019: THIS WEEK’S ESSAY TOPIC:
Clarify and define “Civilization.” Show your understanding of the course materials by supporting your analysis using criteria from HUMAN RIGHTS and UNIVERSALS information on the website. What is the connection between HUMAN RIGHTS and civilization in human history? Detail how what we now call HUMAN RIGHTS are distributed through societies. How is the distribution of HUMAN RIGHTS restricted?
Read these linked articles:
The Introduction and Preface to the Smith book: Why We War.
History, interpretation & causation.
World Civilizations Universals" - Discussion Commentaries
Humankind – first humans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMOtzeJzPf4
Gobekli Tepe Ancient History being Uncovered!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFgcmXRHcLU&feature=related
MATRIARCHY as SOCIAL ORGANIZATION - Inanna (Isis, Demeter, Ceres)
When God Was A Woman - Merlin Stone
Agricultural Evewww.youtube.com/watch?v=bhzQFIZuNFY
Nubia & Kemet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfRdmx8J_3g
Ancient Egypt
Sumer
Mesopotamia?
INDUS
Indus John Green - Indus
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on EACH DAY of the week’s instruction.
ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS on this week’s topic (above) DUE on the last day of the week's instruction.
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7/1/2019 - WEEK 2: THIS WEEK’S ESSAY TOPIC:
Critique chapter one. What does the author mean by “Anthropology of War?” What evidence is there in the archaeological record that supports the prehistoric aspects of organized violence? What evidence in the chapter refutes or supports the concept that humanity is “hard-wired” for war – that war is inevitable?
READ: Chapter 1 Anthropology of War in Smith.
The Timeless Tale of the Hero's Journey: Full Film!
Lost World - Atlantis
Atlantis - Minoan Civilization
MYCENAE
TROY? Reconstructions of Troy
Early Americans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itCWu-m-23E
Polynesian Expansion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfdMVcn3wsg
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on EACH DAY of the week’s instruction.
ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS on this week’s topic (above) DUE on the last day of the week's instruction.
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7/8/2019 - WEEK 3: THIS WEEK’S ESSAY TOPIC:
Compare Asoka with Alexander the Great. How did they see war? What were their justifications? What political systems motivated the formation of democracy? How did they motivate and unify peoples? How did empire change the ways people lived?
READ: Chapter 2 Prehistory of War in Smith.
Three Minute Philosophy Series - Pythagoras
BBC Ancient Rome
Tomb of Qin Shi Huang Di
Empires
Bible Timeline
A student video - the Spread of Islam and another - Spread of Islam
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on EACH DAY of the week’s instruction.
ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS on this week’s topic (above) DUE on the last day of the week's instruction.
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7/15/2019 - WEEK 4: THIS WEEK’S ESSAY TOPIC:
Mythology / religion and war. The earliest written records are of conflict (often between deities), religion and economics. Analyze the connections between mythology, history and war. Even oral accounts in legends contain allegories and metaphorical instances of antagonists and protagonists poised in conflict. What in your analysis explains this?
READ: Chapter 3 History of War in Smith.
A. Self-defense? 142
B. Personal Combat 144
C. Raiding 149
D. Territorial Skirmish 154
E. Religion &”Holy” War
Discussion Commentaries
NOK Culture - Sub-Saharan Africa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVT--v-fAKw
Anasazi
Chaco Canyon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRnn7bQh6Zg
A Sacred Center
Images of Chaco https://www.google.com/search?q=chaco+canyon&client=firefox-a&hs=ekl&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=6G8QVIXuLuqoigLH1IBg&ved=0CEcQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=656
Teotihuacan
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on EACH DAY of the week’s instruction.
ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS on this week’s topic (above) DUE on the last day of the week's instruction.
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7/22/2019 – WEEK 5: THIS WEEK’S ESSAY TOPIC:
The historical development of human culture, society and the institutions forming the war system. What are the milestones in the written record that illuminate the evolution of organized violence? What are the elements of a “War System?”
READ: Chapter 3 History of War in Smith.
F. Social Elitist Occupation 160
G. Honor 164
H. Class & War 167
I. Nationalist Activity 173
J. Imperial Expansion
King Arthur?
All "Crusades"
History of the Mediterranean - Crusades (http://explorethemed.com/Crusades.asp?c=1)
Crusades!
Samurai of the Kamakura / Kyoto Period
Samurai Bushido
Comparative Feudalisms
Comparative Swords
MONGOLS! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ53WqklIo8
Genghis Khan
Mongol Empire Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Kublai Khan - Yuan Dynasty & Japan
Marco Polo
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on EACH DAY of the week’s instruction.
ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS on this week’s topic (above) DUE on the last day of the week's instruction.
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7/29/2019 – WEEK 6: THIS WEEK’S TOPIC:
History 106 Course Learning Objectives
1. Students will be able to demonstrate factual knowledge of key political, economic, social and cultural events and issues in Early World Civilization.
2. Students will be able to apply critical thinking (including causal analysis and skeptical inquiry) to historical concepts and developments in Early World Civilization.
3. Students will be able to evaluate, analyze and interpret primary and secondary historical sources and make historical arguments based on these sources about Early World Civilization.
READ: COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES (CLOs) instructions - DUE NEXT WEEK!.
VIDEOGRAPHY (instructions)
READ: Chapter 3 History of War in Smith.
K. Race, Ethnic Nationalism & Ethnic Cleansing 184
L. Civil War & Revolution 191
M. International World War 193
N. Cold War & War by Proxy 196
O. Terrorism 198
P. Modified Capitalism and Class War 201
PLAGUE! - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
Human Ecology
Full Ming Fleet Film
The Medici & Renaissance
Leonardo Da Vinci
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on EACH DAY of the week’s instruction.
ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS on this week’s topic (above) DUE on the last day of the week's instruction.
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8/5/2019 - WEEK 7 – Final Week: THIS WEEK’S ESSAY TOPIC: CLOs
READ: Chapter 4 What is Really Going On? in Smith.
Pachacuti
Machu Picchu
AFRICA KINGDOMS
Aztlan - Engineering Empire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZyB47qGXoI
Columbian Exchange – Crash Course (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPA5oNpfM4)
Slavery – (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnV_MTFEGIY)
& The Middle Passage (from the movie Amistad)
Pirates & Privateers – (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIDRRIwe2Lw)
Westphalia and the Colonial Surge
Federal Spending Priorities since 1981 AND Your Tax Dollars at Work!
COST OF WAR COUNTER
CORPORATE PROFIT (-EERING?)
HOMEWORK: COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES (CLOs) - DUE. Discussion Question brought typed to class on EACH DAY of the week’s instruction.
Survivors! (Mankind - episode #6)
FOOD (Connections & Collapse)
FINAL DISCUSSION TOPIC FOR 8/9/2018:
Can War and Civilization Become Disentangled?
BONUS EXTRA CREDIT: War and human civilization. We live in a NBC age (nuclear, biological, chemical war). Can the War System be disengaged from the rest of human civilization’s social institutions? Provide your plan to reduce the frequency and intensity of human conflict.