Course Syllabus
Honors Modern European History
St. Louis University Advanced College Credit Program
www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/1818acc
Hist 1120 Origins of the Modern World, 1500 to the Present
(3 credit hours)
2016-17
St. John Vianney High School
Instructor: Dennis Matreci
Room: 500
Phone: 314 965 4853
E-Mail: [email protected]
Prerequisites:
Honors 1-8-1-8 Modern European History is offered to Seniors. History Department members list those students who are recommended for this course. Cumulative grade point average (must be 3.0), class ranking, performance in Honors English and Honors history, and their verbal scores on national testing are taken into consideration for recommendation. Students who are not recommended must, along with their parents, sign a sheet that states that they realize that this course may be beyond their capabilities and that they are aware of the reading level, analytical skills and time commitment that this course will involve.
Course Design:
A developmental and conceptual approach emphasizing increasing European awareness and contact with the rest of the world. The course will cover transatlantic encounters, the Protestant and Catholic Reformations, the Scientific Revolution, Absolutism, the Enlightenment, the Age of Revolution, Romanticism, Modernism, the Holocaust, and Postmodernism.
Honors 1-8-1-8 Modern European History challenges the student on a college freshmen level both in content and skill development. The student will learn to think like an historian as he begins to analyze and interpret primary documents in addition to mastering a survey understanding of Modern European History through his reading from the text, Western Civilizations (Cole & Symes) and an accompanying reader, Sources of the Western Tradition (Perry, Peden, Von Laue). Daily lectures and discussions on the assigned readings will be supplemented with document readings from the reader. Emphasis is placed on critical and evaluative thinking skills, essay writing, interpretation of original documents, and historiography.
Course Objectives: Students will-
1. Develop knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in college
2. Become responsible in their own learning process by adequately preparing for daily, weekly and long-term assignments
3. Develop critical reading skills by assessing several primary and secondary documents on World History themes
4. Be able to clearly present ideas by enhancing both their writing and speaking skills
5. Engage in academically challenging activities which enable them to think critically and analyze effectively
Textbook:
Joshua Cole & Carol Symes: Western Civilizations: Their History & Their Culture, 18th edition, WW Norton, 2014
Examinations:
There will be major tests that will include conceptual questions from material in the text and the reader. There will be a final exam. Tests will be a combination of short and long answer essay questions.
Significant Graded Activities: Portfolio work-
1. Leading and participating in small group analysis of primary documents.
2. Research paper on a selected topic area (scheduled grading checks made)
3. A partner presentation on an area of Modern European history using powerpoint and overhead outline
4. Constructing a timeline according to the student's own study habits (include dates, people, events, acts, etc.). Due on the day of the Unit test.
Grading: (approximations)
1. Testing = 40%
2. Research presentation = 20%
3. Final Exam = 10%
4. Discussion participation = 30%
Grading Scale: A 95%-100%, A- 93-94, B+ 91%-92%, B 88%-90%, B- 86%-87%, C+ 84%-85% C 80% -83%, C+78%-79%, D 70%-77%, F under 69%.
Note: To receive SLU credit, a student must receive at least a C-.
Guidelines for Students:
1. Students are expected to be in attendance & on time for all classes. Chronic absenteeism is a precursor for failure.
2. Students are expected to take examinations at the scheduled times except for an excused absence. make-up exams will be taken on the day the student returns to class.
3. Students should make good use of learning opportunities provided, such as conferences with the instructor before or after class, during encore, and/or help sessions after school.
4. Assigned work should be submitted in neat form and on time.
5. Students should preserve the academic atmosphere of the classroom and not engage in any disruptive or distractive behavior.
6. The instructor retains the traditional authority to take disciplinary action in the event of academic misconduct such as cheating or plagiarism. The disciplinary action will consist of a failing grade on an individual assignment. The 1-8-1-8 SLU office would be notified if their standards of academic integrity are not met. Complete college guidelines are available at http://academicintegrity.slu.edu/.
ASSIGNMENT READINGS FOR EUROPEAN MODERN HISTORY
Day 1. Orientation & Introduction
2. Black Death & Hundred Years War
3. Decline of the Church's Prestige & Life of the People
4. Evolution of the Italian Renaissance & Intellectual Hallmarks
5. Art and the Artist & Social Change
6. Renaissance in the North & Politics and the State
7. Condition of the Church, Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation
8. Germany and the Protestant Reformation & Growth of Reformation
9. Catholic Reformation and the Counter-Reformation
10. Test
11. Politics, Religion and War
12. Discover, Reconnaissance and Expansion & Later Explorers
13. Changing Attitudes & Literature and Art
14. Absolutism (Up to "The Decline of Absolutist Spain")
15. "Decline of Absolutist Spain" to "The Restoration of English Monarchy"
16. "The Restoration of English Monarchy" to the end of the chapter
17. Lords and Peasants in Eastern Europe & Rise of Austria and Prussia
18. Development of russia & Absolutism and Baroque Architecture
19. Test
20. Scientific Revolution
21. Enlightenment
22. Enlightenment and Absolutism
23. Agriculture and the land & Beginning of the Population Explosion
24. Growth of the Cottage Industry & Building the Atlantic Economy (to pg. 650)
25. Building the Atlantic Economy ("The Atlantic slave Trade" to end)
26. Marriage and the Family & Children and Education
27. Food and Medical Practice
28. Religion and Popular Culture
29. Test
30. Liberty and Equality & the American Revolutionary Era
31. The French Revolution
32. World War and Republican France
33. The Napoleonic Era
34. Industrial Revolution in Britain
35. Industrialization in Continental Europe & Capital and Labor (to pg. 744)
36. Capital and Labor ("Conditions of Work" to end)
37. The Peace Settlement & Radical ideas and Early Socialism
38. The Romantic Movement & Reforms and Revolutions
39. The Revolutions of 1848
40. Test
41. Taming the City & Rich and Poor (to pg. 797)
42. Rich and Poor ("Middle-Class Culture") & The Changing Family (to pg. 807)
43. The Changing Family ("Gender Roles...") & Science and Thought
44. Napoleon III in France & Nation Building in Italy and Germany
45. Nation Building in the U.S., Modernization of Russia & Responsive National State (to pg. 843)
46. Responsive national State ("Great Britain...") & Marxism and Socialist
47. Industrialization and the World Economy & Great Migration (to pg. 865)
48. European Migration ("European...") & Western Imperialism
49. Responses to Western Imperialism
50. Test
51. First World War
52. First World War
53. The Home Front & the Russian Revolution
54. The Peace Settlement
55. Uncertainty in Modern Thought
56. Modern Art and Music, Movies and Radio, & Search for Peace
57. The Great Depression
58. Authoritarian States & Stalin's Soviet Union
59. Mussolini and Fascism in Italy & Hitler and Nazism in Germany
60. Nazi Expansion and the Second World War
61. Nazi Expansion and the Second World War
62. Test
63. Division of Europe & Western Renaissance (to pg. 999)
64. Western Renaissance ("Decolonization") & Soviet Eastern Europe
65. Postwar Social Transformations
66. Conflict and Challenge in the Late Cold War
67. Decline of Communism in Eastern Europe
68. Revolutions of 1989
69. Building a New Europe in the 1990s
70. New Challenges in the Twenty-first Century & Future Perspectives
71. Test
72. Work on summary powerpoint presentations
73. Work on summary powerpoint presentations
74. Powerpoint presentations
75. Powerpoint presentations
76. Powerpoint presentations
77. Final Exam
Honors Modern European History
St. Louis University Advanced College Credit Program
www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/1818acc
Hist 1120 Origins of the Modern World, 1500 to the Present
(3 credit hours)
2016-17
St. John Vianney High School
Instructor: Dennis Matreci
Room: 500
Phone: 314 965 4853
E-Mail: [email protected]
Prerequisites:
Honors 1-8-1-8 Modern European History is offered to Seniors. History Department members list those students who are recommended for this course. Cumulative grade point average (must be 3.0), class ranking, performance in Honors English and Honors history, and their verbal scores on national testing are taken into consideration for recommendation. Students who are not recommended must, along with their parents, sign a sheet that states that they realize that this course may be beyond their capabilities and that they are aware of the reading level, analytical skills and time commitment that this course will involve.
Course Design:
A developmental and conceptual approach emphasizing increasing European awareness and contact with the rest of the world. The course will cover transatlantic encounters, the Protestant and Catholic Reformations, the Scientific Revolution, Absolutism, the Enlightenment, the Age of Revolution, Romanticism, Modernism, the Holocaust, and Postmodernism.
Honors 1-8-1-8 Modern European History challenges the student on a college freshmen level both in content and skill development. The student will learn to think like an historian as he begins to analyze and interpret primary documents in addition to mastering a survey understanding of Modern European History through his reading from the text, Western Civilizations (Cole & Symes) and an accompanying reader, Sources of the Western Tradition (Perry, Peden, Von Laue). Daily lectures and discussions on the assigned readings will be supplemented with document readings from the reader. Emphasis is placed on critical and evaluative thinking skills, essay writing, interpretation of original documents, and historiography.
Course Objectives: Students will-
1. Develop knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in college
2. Become responsible in their own learning process by adequately preparing for daily, weekly and long-term assignments
3. Develop critical reading skills by assessing several primary and secondary documents on World History themes
4. Be able to clearly present ideas by enhancing both their writing and speaking skills
5. Engage in academically challenging activities which enable them to think critically and analyze effectively
Textbook:
Joshua Cole & Carol Symes: Western Civilizations: Their History & Their Culture, 18th edition, WW Norton, 2014
Examinations:
There will be major tests that will include conceptual questions from material in the text and the reader. There will be a final exam. Tests will be a combination of short and long answer essay questions.
Significant Graded Activities: Portfolio work-
1. Leading and participating in small group analysis of primary documents.
2. Research paper on a selected topic area (scheduled grading checks made)
3. A partner presentation on an area of Modern European history using powerpoint and overhead outline
4. Constructing a timeline according to the student's own study habits (include dates, people, events, acts, etc.). Due on the day of the Unit test.
Grading: (approximations)
1. Testing = 40%
2. Research presentation = 20%
3. Final Exam = 10%
4. Discussion participation = 30%
Grading Scale: A 95%-100%, A- 93-94, B+ 91%-92%, B 88%-90%, B- 86%-87%, C+ 84%-85% C 80% -83%, C+78%-79%, D 70%-77%, F under 69%.
Note: To receive SLU credit, a student must receive at least a C-.
Guidelines for Students:
1. Students are expected to be in attendance & on time for all classes. Chronic absenteeism is a precursor for failure.
2. Students are expected to take examinations at the scheduled times except for an excused absence. make-up exams will be taken on the day the student returns to class.
3. Students should make good use of learning opportunities provided, such as conferences with the instructor before or after class, during encore, and/or help sessions after school.
4. Assigned work should be submitted in neat form and on time.
5. Students should preserve the academic atmosphere of the classroom and not engage in any disruptive or distractive behavior.
6. The instructor retains the traditional authority to take disciplinary action in the event of academic misconduct such as cheating or plagiarism. The disciplinary action will consist of a failing grade on an individual assignment. The 1-8-1-8 SLU office would be notified if their standards of academic integrity are not met. Complete college guidelines are available at http://academicintegrity.slu.edu/.
ASSIGNMENT READINGS FOR EUROPEAN MODERN HISTORY
Day 1. Orientation & Introduction
2. Black Death & Hundred Years War
3. Decline of the Church's Prestige & Life of the People
4. Evolution of the Italian Renaissance & Intellectual Hallmarks
5. Art and the Artist & Social Change
6. Renaissance in the North & Politics and the State
7. Condition of the Church, Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation
8. Germany and the Protestant Reformation & Growth of Reformation
9. Catholic Reformation and the Counter-Reformation
10. Test
11. Politics, Religion and War
12. Discover, Reconnaissance and Expansion & Later Explorers
13. Changing Attitudes & Literature and Art
14. Absolutism (Up to "The Decline of Absolutist Spain")
15. "Decline of Absolutist Spain" to "The Restoration of English Monarchy"
16. "The Restoration of English Monarchy" to the end of the chapter
17. Lords and Peasants in Eastern Europe & Rise of Austria and Prussia
18. Development of russia & Absolutism and Baroque Architecture
19. Test
20. Scientific Revolution
21. Enlightenment
22. Enlightenment and Absolutism
23. Agriculture and the land & Beginning of the Population Explosion
24. Growth of the Cottage Industry & Building the Atlantic Economy (to pg. 650)
25. Building the Atlantic Economy ("The Atlantic slave Trade" to end)
26. Marriage and the Family & Children and Education
27. Food and Medical Practice
28. Religion and Popular Culture
29. Test
30. Liberty and Equality & the American Revolutionary Era
31. The French Revolution
32. World War and Republican France
33. The Napoleonic Era
34. Industrial Revolution in Britain
35. Industrialization in Continental Europe & Capital and Labor (to pg. 744)
36. Capital and Labor ("Conditions of Work" to end)
37. The Peace Settlement & Radical ideas and Early Socialism
38. The Romantic Movement & Reforms and Revolutions
39. The Revolutions of 1848
40. Test
41. Taming the City & Rich and Poor (to pg. 797)
42. Rich and Poor ("Middle-Class Culture") & The Changing Family (to pg. 807)
43. The Changing Family ("Gender Roles...") & Science and Thought
44. Napoleon III in France & Nation Building in Italy and Germany
45. Nation Building in the U.S., Modernization of Russia & Responsive National State (to pg. 843)
46. Responsive national State ("Great Britain...") & Marxism and Socialist
47. Industrialization and the World Economy & Great Migration (to pg. 865)
48. European Migration ("European...") & Western Imperialism
49. Responses to Western Imperialism
50. Test
51. First World War
52. First World War
53. The Home Front & the Russian Revolution
54. The Peace Settlement
55. Uncertainty in Modern Thought
56. Modern Art and Music, Movies and Radio, & Search for Peace
57. The Great Depression
58. Authoritarian States & Stalin's Soviet Union
59. Mussolini and Fascism in Italy & Hitler and Nazism in Germany
60. Nazi Expansion and the Second World War
61. Nazi Expansion and the Second World War
62. Test
63. Division of Europe & Western Renaissance (to pg. 999)
64. Western Renaissance ("Decolonization") & Soviet Eastern Europe
65. Postwar Social Transformations
66. Conflict and Challenge in the Late Cold War
67. Decline of Communism in Eastern Europe
68. Revolutions of 1989
69. Building a New Europe in the 1990s
70. New Challenges in the Twenty-first Century & Future Perspectives
71. Test
72. Work on summary powerpoint presentations
73. Work on summary powerpoint presentations
74. Powerpoint presentations
75. Powerpoint presentations
76. Powerpoint presentations
77. Final Exam