Capt M. G. Slattery USN(ret.) e-mail: SEALsrest@ juno.com Tel/fax:910-295-3116
I. Introduction: History 112 surveys the historical development of Western Civilization from the
Age of Enlightenment and French Revolution of the 18th century to the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
It examines the major political, military, economic, social, cultural, religious, and technological developments and events throughout this time-frame, and the key historical personalitiesand philosophical ideas and concepts which have shaped and influenced both western and non-western societies to this day.
II. General Course Objectives:
1. Acquire a basic knowledge and stimulate interest in the basic concepts and qualities of Western Civilization and Judeo-Christian values, to include democracy, industry, respect for the rights and liberties of the individual, and freedom of expression in art and literature.
2. Develop understanding and an appreciation for the continuities of history and how past events unfolding over time continue to affect both present and the future societies.
3. Analyze significant primary sources and discuss the writings and views of major historical figures as stated in their own words. Examine their perception of themselves and their contemporaries, particularly as they assess the historical developments and events of their lifetime which directly affected their generation, and continue indirectly to affect our own.
4. Develop and reinforce basic reading, writing, and verbal skills through reasoned analysis of the assigned readings, and through clear and concise discussion during class participation, and written essays/exams.
III. Grading Criteria:
A. Total GRADE Points = 100 points:
-Meaningful Participation/Assigned
Learning Objectives-class discussion:
(preparation/contribution/attendance/Quiz)=> 10 points
-TEST 1 (Part IV) & Research Paper’s “Thesis Statement”** 10 "
-MIDTERM ("History" Text: Parts IV & V) => 20 "
-TEST II ("History" Text: Part VI) => 10 "
-Research Paper* (8-10 pages: due 4/24/2002) => 20 "
-FINAL EXAM ("History" Text: Parts VI & VII)=> 30 "
B. Numerical=> Letter Grades: 100-90 =A
89-80 =B
79-70 =C
69-60 =D
C. *Research Paper: Write a brief 8-10 page double-spaced typed paper based on student's own research and analysis on one of the themes below. Use at least two other outside primary or secondary sources in addition to text (total:3). Your paper should examine and address ONE the following themes:
(1). Analyze the influence of 19th century thought and culture on modern Western Civilization’s ideas and values, and assess the extent of their impact on shaping the ideas and social attitudes of the modern west.
(2). Compare and contrast the major artistic movements evolving during the 19th and 20th centuries. (3). Contrast the Christian Worldview with the competing secular intellectual and existential thought of the first half of the 20th century during the era of World Wars and Totalitarian governments.
Paper should clearly state your thesis** and rationale addressing the question, and objectively analyze relevant sides of the issue and present supporting rationale for your conclusion(s). Paper should be submitted in accordance with the Gov/History Style Manual or other recognized style manual. Use at least 3 sources. Cite all sources used and write the paper-IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Paper is due 24 April 2002 - ON TIME!
**Thesis statement example: "World War I was the defining event of the early 20th century because it devastated Europe's prewar economic, social, and political order, and its uncertain outcome led to the even more destructive Second World War. "
(Key examples & analysis then follow in the finished product as supporting
rationale of paper’s thesis statement.)
IV. Attendance: Complete
attendance is strongly encouraged.
Class discussions highlight significant areas of interests, and address
and clarify potential tested material.
In addition, 10% of your grade
is based in part on class preparation, discussion of learning objectives, and Quizzes.
(3 or more absences may result in a lower grade.)
(Note: No make-up Quiz will be administered. No make-up tests will be given without a properly excused absence.)
V. Campbell University’s Purpose, Mission, and Policies: Campbell University is committed to helping students develop an integrated Christian personality characterized by a wholeness that includes: a method of critical judgment; an appreciation of our intellectual, cultural, and religious heritage; and a sensitive awareness of the world and society in which they live and work. The University’s Mission is to provide students with the option of a Christian World view, and is described further on pp. 19-20 in the Campbell University Bulletin and the Government & History Department’s Assessment Records (Form B). Standards and Expectations regarding attendance and examination makeup are discussed in the Campbell University Bulletin, pp.47-51, and paragraph IV above. See Campbell University Bulletin, page 43, for drop-add and withdrawal policies.
VI. Textbook, Reading Materials:
Perry, Marvin. Western Civilization- Ideas, Politics, & Society. 6th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Perry, Marvin et.al. Sources of the Western Tradition (4th edition), Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999.* *(recommended but not required)
Additional reading material, maps, and tapes relevant to class discussion will be provided by instructor as required.
VII. Course Outline:
A. Parts III (Chapter 18- transition) and IV: An Age of Revolution (1789-1848):
1. Learning Objectives (Part III & IV): Each chapter's Learning Objectives ( below), “key terms” (in bold), along with the "Review Questions" presented at the end of each chapter, provide our focus of study. The learning objectives for each assigned chapter's reading will be discussed during the class meeting dates as scheduled below. Please complete the assigned chapter readings prior to the scheduled class meeting, and come to class prepared to discuss the assigned chapter's learning objectives and “key terms” (set in bold type).
Furthermore, the chronologies presented in the beginning of each "History" chapter should be referenced as a general guide to significant events, personalities, and developments of the period. Note: Midterm, Test(s), and Final Exam questions will be based on the learning objectives and key identification terms.
Learning Objectives:
(Part III- transition):
a. Chapter 18- The Age of Enlightenment:
(1). Examine the meaning and origins of the Age of Enlightenment, and how it spread throughout Europe.
(2). Analyze why Christianity came under attack by the Deists and Skeptics.
(3). Explain why Voltaire exemplified the philosophes..
(4). Examine the essential characteristics of the political thought of: Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, &Rousseau
(5). Outline Locke’s theory of learning, and its significance.
(6). Summarize the major contributions of the other key figures of the High Enlightenment.
(7). Identify the “Enlightened Despots” and describe their role during the Enlightenment.
(8). Outline the major historical events of the last half of the 18th century, and their significance.
(9). Explain how the American Revolution was based on Enlightenment principles.
(10). Explain how the Enlightenment shaped the modern world.
Other key terms: Kant, individualism, secularism, Diderot, Hume, Social Contract, liberalism, Beccaria- Crime and Punishment, Mary Wollstonecraft, Freemasons, D’Alembert, Adam Smith-Wealth of Nations, Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great, Maria Theresa, Joseph II, 7 Years War, the American Philosophes.
Part IV-An Age of Revolution (1789-1848):
b. Chapter 19- The French Revolution:
(1). Outline the background and causes of the French Revolution.
(2). Explain the historical significance of: October Days, “Tennis court oath”, Bastille, and the Great Fear.
(3). Analyze the nature and significance of the National Assembly and its reforms.
(4). Describe the role of the San-Culottes, and outline theirmajor grievances.
(5). Outline the role of the Jacobins and their major achievements.
(6). Describe the role and character of Robespierre, and outline his basic philosophy.
Other key terms: August Decrees, Law of Maximum, 3 estates, Estates General, Bourgeoisie, Thermidoreans
Louis XIV, XVI, Lafayette, Reign of Terror, Old Regime, 3rd Estate, Declaration of Rights of Man, the Vendee
c. Chapter 20- Napoleon:
(1). Examine the role of Napoleon during the latter stages of the 1st. Republicand early stages if the Empire.
(2). Analyze how Napoleon destroyed certain ideals of the French Revolution while preserving others.
(3). Examine Napoleon’s greatest achievements and their significance.
(4). Examine Napoleon’s major failuresand their impact.
(5). Explain why the era of the French revolution was such a decisive period in shaping the modern West.
Other key terms: the Directory, Nationalism, total war, 100 Days, Battle of Waterloo, Concordat of 1801, Continental system, Code Napoleon, “the Spanish Ulcer.”
d. Chapter 21- The Industrial Revolution:
(1). Examine the origins and causes of the Industrial Revolution, and explain why it occurred first in Britain.
(2). Summarize the major inventions and technological advances that contributed to the Industrial Revolution.
(3). Describe the impact of the Industrial Revolution on society and the transformation of the social structure.
(4). Examine urbanization and problems created by the Industrial Revolution for the working class.
(5). Discuss the various reform measures taken to relieve the revolution’s negative impact on the labor class.
(6). Explain why the Industrial Revolution is considered a principal force shaping the modern world.
Other key terms: enclosure,McCormick Reaper, Hargreave’s Spinning Jenny, Eli Whitney, Steam Power, Bessemer process, Factory Acts, Ten Hours Act, Poor Law, Great Exhibition of 1851, laissez-faire.
e. Chapter 22- Thought and Culture in the Early 19th Century:
(1). Examine the Romantic Movement, and explain how it contrasted with the key ideas of the Enlightenment.
(2). Explain the significance of the Romantic Movement and its enduring impact on European history.
(3). Examine German Idealism, and contrast the ideas the Scotsman Hume, and the Germans Kant and Hegel.
(4). Describe Hegel’s view of history, and examine the impact of this view.
(5). Examine Conservatism, and contrast its ideas with that of the philosophes of the Enlightenment.
(6). Examine Liberalism, and describe its sources.
(7). Examine the primary goal of liberals, and contrast their ideas and goals with that of conservatives.
(8). Examine “radicalism” and democracy, and the role of Rousseau, Thomas Paine, and Jeremy Bentham.
(9). Describe the political and social thought of early Socialism and how its view contrasted with Liberalism.
(10). Identify the early socialist, and describe their role and summarize their ideas.
(11). Discuss Modern Nationalism, and explain how the French Revolution and romanticism influenced it.
(12). Examine the early relationship between Nationalism and Liberalism, and how and why it later changed.
Other key terms: Shelly, Wordsworth, Keats, Byron, Victor Hugo, Goethe, Faust, Beethoven, Chopin, Wagner, William Blake, Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, dialectical tension, John Locke, Saint-Simon, Fourier, Robert Owen, Kierkegaard, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, de Tocquevelle, Marx, Engels, Volksgeist.
f. Chapter 23- Revolution and Counterrevolution (1815-1848):
(1). Examine the Congress of Vienna, its key participants, major results & accomplishments, and significance.
(2). Describe the Revolutions between 1820-29 and 1830-32, and the influence of France on other nations.
(3). Examine the political reforms of Great Britain, and their impact on potential social unrest in England.
(4). Examine the 1848 “year of revolution,”and outline the key issues & complaints of the French urban poor.
(5). Analyze the 1848 Revolution in the German states, and explain why this liberal based uprising failed.
(6). Examine the 1848 Revolutions throughout theAustrian Empire, and Italy, and explain why they too failed.
(7). Assess the results of the 1848 Revolutions, and describe liberal & nationalists gains and disappointments.
Other key terms: Metternich, Talleyrand, Castlereagh, Alexander I, Louis VIII, Louis Philippe, Reform Bill of 1832, rotten boroughs, June Days, Quadruple Alliance, Louis Napoleon, Concert of Europe, Frederick William,
Magyars, South Slavs, Romanians, Prussians.
2. Parts III & IV Course Requirements and Learning Activities (9 Jan- 04 Feb 2002):
a. Classroom student Participation: be prepared to discuss all chapter learning objectives and key terms.
b. Reading Assignments and student preparation: complete all reading assignments prior to class meetings.
c. Be prepared for an unannounced quiz on previously covered and/or planned learning objectives for any class
date scheduled below. Note: ALL Part IV Reading Assignments are due PRIOR to class date below:
Week 1: Introduction and course overview & Chapter 18- The Enlightenment (01/09/2002):
Class 1 (01/09/2002): Introduction/Course Overview; Review Text and syllabus;
Discuss: => chapter objectives, student prep/part., research paper, and exams;
Lecture: => instructor presentation of Chapter 18 key learning objectives.
(Note: Also recommend your attention to “self-test” Review Questions at the end of each chapter.)
Read Chapters 18 and 19 prior to next class- (class 2a).
Week 2: Chapter 18, Chapt 19- French Revolution & Chapt 20-Napoleon (week beginning01/14- 01/16/02):
Class 2a : Text(chapters 18 & 19)=>Review key Chapt 18 objectives; Discuss Chapt 19 learning objectives #1-6.
Class 2b : Text(chapter 20)=> Class discuss learning objectives #1-5.
Week 3: Chapter 21- The Industrial Revolution & Chapter 22a- Thought & Culture (01/21-01/23):
Class 3a : Text(chapter 21)=> learning objectives #1-6.
Class 3b : Text(chapter 22a)=> learning objectives #1-7.
Week 4: Chapter 22b & Chapter 23- Revolution & Counterrevolution & Review (01/28- 01/30):
Class 4a : Text(chapter 22b)=> learning objectives #8-12
Class 4b : Text(chapter 23)=> learning objectives #1-7; Review chapters 18-23.
Week 5a: Test I (Chapter 18 & Part IV) ; Test I - 02/04/2002:
Class 5a : Test I on History Text(chapters 18-23)=> key terms in context with major chapter learning objectives.
Due: Research Paper’s “Thesis Statement” ( see page 2 for example of a“Thesis Statement.” )
B. Part V: Age of Contradiction (1848-1914):
1. Unit Learning Objectives:
a. Chapter 24- Thought and Culture-Mid-19th century- Realism & Social Criticism:
(1). Examine realism and naturalism, and contrast how the differed from romanticism.
(2). Examine positivism and its Comte’s law of the 3 stages, and describe theirrelationship with science.
(3). Examine Darwinism, and explain how Darwin’s theory of evolution affected Christianity.
(4). Discuss Social Darwinism and its significance; & explain its popularity during late 19th & early 20th cent.
(5). Examine Marxism, and compare and contrast it with liberalism.
(6). Explain how Marxism both used and diverged from Hegel’s concept of history.
(7). Describe the relationship that Marx saw between: economics and politics, and economics and thought.
(8). Explain Marxism’s appeal and historical influence, and describe its weaknesses as identified by critics.
(9). Examine anarchism, and the role of Proudhon and Bakunin.
(10). Describe how liberalism evolved and changed, and contrast the theories of J.S. Mill and T.H. Green.
(11). Examine Feminism, and the expansion of liberalism and the extension of equality.
Other key terms: Courbet, de Balzac, Tolstoy, Dickens, Flaubert, Zola, Degas, H. Ibsen, H. Spencer, S.Grimke,
Declaration
of the Rights of Women, H. Martineau, Seneca Falls-1848, Harriet Taylor-Mill.
b. Chapter 25- Nationalism:
(1). Outline the unification of Italy, and the roles of Mazzini, Cavour and Garibaldi.
(2). Analyze the unification of Germany and the role of Bismark and his early conservative policies.
(3). Explain the significance of the Franco-Prussian War.
(4). Examine the Hapsburg Empire, and why nationalism became a force for disunity.
(5). Examine Racial Nationalism and the role of Volkish thought;how did it repudiate Enlightenment ideas?
(6). Examine Anti-Semitism during the late 19th & early 20th century, and the power of Mystical thinking.
Other key terms: Realpolitik, Carbonari, Napoleon III, Victor Emmanuel, Junkers, “7 Weeks War,” Zollverein, William I, Hohenzollerns, Austro-Hugarian Empire, Magyarization, H.S. Chamberlain, Zionism, T. Herzl, Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the Dreyfus Affair, 4th Lateran Council of 1215.
c. Chapter 26- The Industrial West (the 2nd Industrial Revolution):
(1). Examine the acceleration of Industrialization and urbanization during the last quarter of the 19th century.
(2). Examine the social impact of Industrialization & urbanization on the workers, and labor’s response to it.
(3). Outline the major domestic issues of: Britain, France, Germany, and contrast their different responses.
(4). Discuss the unfulfilled expectations of the Italian unification.
(5). Outline the historical background of Russia during the Tsarist Autocracy.
(6). Examine the growing industrial power of the United States during the late 19th and early 20th century.
(7). Assess the implications and reality of the so called “golden age” of the late 19th century.
Other key terms: “Kulturkampf,” Faraday, Maxwell, Edison, Bell, John Dalton, Marconi,
Nicholas I & II, Alexander II & III, Sergei Witte, official nationality, Russo-Japanese War, Revolution of 1905, Imperial Duma, Tsar, Daimler & Benz, Henry Ford, Mendeleev, Pasteur, David Lloyd George, Churchill, Dreyfus, Pankhurst, Jaures.
d. Chapter 27- Western Imperialism:
(1). Examine the “new imperialism” of the late 19th century, and describe the various motives attributed to it.
(2). Examine the emerging global economy, and how economic interdependence worked to western advantage.
(3). Examine European domination of Asia, and explain how and why Europeans were successful.
(4). Examine European domination of Africa, and the role and significance of the Berlin Conference.
(5). Describe the roles of: Cecil Rhodes, Gandhi, Sun Yat-sen, Perry, Stanley, and Leopold II during this era.
(6). Discuss the imperialistic roles of Europeans and the United States in Latin America.
(7). Analyze the legacy of late 19th and early 20th century western imperialism for today’s modern world.
Key terms: “Open Door” policy, Opium War, Sepoy Mutiny, Meiji Restoration, Suez Canal, Sino-Japanese War, Ethiopian war, Spanish-American War, Battle of Omdurman, Boer War, Afrikaans, “Boxer” Rebellion, Mexican Revolution, Manchu Dynasty, passive resistance, Kemal Ataturk, Rudyard Kipling, Ottoman Empire.
e. Chapter 28- Modern Consciousness:
(1). Contrast the two broad stages of early and late modernity, and summarize the major changes and impact.
(2). Explain the meaning of irrationalism, and compare and contrast it with realism and romanticism.
(3). Examine the major ideas of Nietzsche, and discuss his attitude towards reason, democracy, & Christianity.
(4). Describe the significance and influence of Nietzsche’s theories and ideas.
(5). Compare and contrast the “irrationalist” oriented ideas of Dostoevski, Bergson, and Soel.
(6). Examine Freud’s new view of human nature, and contrast his ideas and values with that of Enlightenment.
(7). Compare & contrast the ideas of the period’s leading social theorists: Durkheim, Pareto, and Max Weber.
(8). Examine the Modernist Movement, and how its writers, musicians, & artists broke w/traditional esthetics.
(9). Describe how Newtonian physics and the western view of the universe was changed by modern physics.
(10). Examine irrationalism’s impact on society, and explain how Enlightenment tradition became disarrayed.
Other key terms: Le Bon, Comte, “modernism,” Mann, Proust, James Joyce-”stream of consciousnes”, Kafka,
D.H. Lawrence, Isadora Duncan, Stravinsky, impressionism, post-expressionism, expressionism, fauves, cubism Manet, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gough, Gauguin, Munch,E.L. Kirchner, Matisse, Picasso, Seurat,
Chagall, Rousseau, Braque, Kandinsky (see Art Essay p.640=>), Einstein, E=m(c)(c).
2. Part V Course Requirements and Learning Activities (06-27 Feb 2002):
a. Classroom student Participation: be prepared to discuss all chapter learning objectives and key terms.
b. Reading Assignments and student preparation: complete all reading assignments prior to class meetings.
c. Be prepared for any unannounced quiz on previously covered and planned learning objectives for class date
scheduled below. Note: ALL Part V Reading Assignments are due PRIOR to class date(s) below:
Week 5b: Part V introduction & Chapter 24- Thought & Culture- Mid 19th Century (02/06/02):
Class 5b: Text(chapter 24)=>Class discuss learning objectives #1-11 & key terms. Review Test 1.
Week 6: Chapters 25- Nationalism & Chapt 26-Industrial West (week beginning(02/11- 02/13/02):
Class 6a : Text(chapter 25)=>Class discuss learning objectives #1-6.
Class 6b : Text(chapter 26)=> Class discuss learning objectives #1-7.
Week 7: Chapter 27- Western Imperialism & Chapter 28- Modern Consciousness (02/18-02/20):
Class 7a : Text(chapter 27)=> Class discuss learning objectives #1-7.
Class 7b : Text(chapter 28)=> Class discuss learning objectives #1-10.
Week 8: Chapter(s) make-up/Review & Midterm Examination (02/25- 02/27/02):
Class 8a : Text(chapters 24-28)=> Review major learning objectives and key terms. (also review Test I).
Class 8b : Midterm Examination(02/27/2002) => exam focus on Chapt 18 & Part IV(review Test 1) & Part V).
Turn in your typed“Thesis Statement” with refs/bibliography and any other assigned/make-up work.
Week 9: Note: 4-10 March=> Spring Break. (Have a good and safe break).
Second Half of H112 Course (Parts VI - VII):
C. Part VI: World Wars and Totalitarianism (1914-1945):
1. Unit Learning Objectives:
a. Chapter 29- World War I:
(1). Discuss the changing mood in early 20th century Europe, & growing Nationalist stress in Austria-Hungary.
(2). Explain how these nationality problems in Austria-Hungary contributed the outbreak of World War I..
(3). Examine contributing causes and resulting impact of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente..
(4). Examine significance of the Bosnian Crisis, the Balkan Wars, and assassination of Francis Ferdinand.
(5). Analyze the series of miscalculations by all parties that led to the virtual assured escalation toward war.
(6). Examine Germany’s Schlieffen Plan. France’s rigid adherence to Plan 17, and resulting stalemate.(Map)
(7). Identify and explain the historical significance of the key W.W.I battles of: Verdun, Somme, and Gallipoli.
(8). Examine the collapse of the Central Powers, and explain why the United States entered the war.
(9). Examine President Wilson’s 14 points, andthe obstacles preventing their successful achievement.
(10). Describe the peace conference settlement and assess the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. (Map)
(11). Discuss the major causes of the Tsarist regime collapse in 1917.
(12). Identify the problems of the Provisional Government, and explain why it failed.
(13). Outline the historical background of the 19th century revolutionary socialists.
(14). Examine the rise of Lenin and discuss hisleadership role.
(15). Explain why the Bolsheviks were successful in seizing political power.
(16). Examine the impact of World War I on European consciousness and post-World War I perceptions.
Other key terms: Bismarck, Franco-Prussian War, von Burlow, Dardanelles, Ottoman Empire, East Prussia, Passchendaele, Serbia, Slavs, Gavrilo Princip, the Black Hand, Trench Warfare, Generals Petain & Nivelle, von Richthofen, Zimmerman telegram, unrestricted submarine warfare, Gen. Ludendorff, Pershing, Foch, Belleau Wood, Clemenceau, Lloyd George, Alsace & Lorraine, Article 231, Danzig, Romanov Dynasty, Nicholas II, Krenensky, Gen Kornilov, Petrograd, Trotsky, Stalin, Mensheviks, Siberia, treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
b. Chapter 30- Era of Totalitarianism:
(1). Discuss the nature of Totalitarianism
(2). Explain the significance of the Comintern, War Communism, and the New Economic Policy.
(3). Outline the Communist Party’s methods for shaping Soviet society, and its ideology for World Revolution.
(4). Discuss Stalin’s rise to power, & impact of his modernization plans, forced collectivization &total control.
(5). Examine Stalin’s 2nd revolution, explain his motives, and describe the impact and social & economic cost.
(6). Examine the nature of Fascism, and explain how its principles opposed democracy and the Enlightenment.
(7). Outline the rise of Fascism, and explain why it took hold particularly in Italy.
(8). Discuss Mussolini’s rise to power, and explain why a number of Italians supported his dictatorship.
(9). Explain why Mussolini was less effective than Hitler in fashioning a totalitarian state.
(10). Examine Fascist control of the masses, and discuss their economic policies and relationship w/the Church.
(11). Examine the various threats, economic crisis, and basic weaknesses undermining the Weimar Republic.
(12). Discuss the rise of Hitler & the Nazi Party, and examine the early formation of his ideas and world view.
(13). Explain how Hitler and the Nazi Party gained political control over Germany through democratic means.
(14). Examine Nazi Germany and it’s goal of repressing all political & economic institutions under Nazi control.
(10).Examine Nazism’s relationship w/the Church & explain how Nazism conflicted with core Christian values.
(11).Examine the Nazis’ shaping of the “New Man,” and explain Nazi popularity and massive support by 1939.
(12). Discuss how other European states also abandoned liberal governments and democracy following W.W.I.
(13). Examine the success of the U.S., Britain, & France in preserving democracy during major economic crisis.
Other key terms: 5 Year Plans, New Economic Policy (NEP), Treaty of Brest-Litovsk,
Communist International (Comintern), the White Army, Red Army, Romanov dynasty, Mensheviks, Pasternak,
Kronstadt naval base-March 1921, Leon Trotsky, Cheka, U.S.S.R., Socialism, apparatchiki, kulaks, Purges,
Nazism, “March on Rome,” Kapp putsch, Ruhr Valley, Gustav Stresseman, Karl Lueger, Mein Kamph, “Beer Hall putsch,” Lebensraum, propaganda, Riechstag fire, “Enabling Act,” totalitarianism, racial nationalism, anti-Semitism, Himmler, Hindenburg, Social Democratic Party (SDP), L. Blum, New Deal.
c. Chapter 31- Thought and Culture-era of World Wars & Totalitarianism:
(1). Outline the post-World War I “crisis of consciousness” and the various responses made to it.
(2). Describe the factors contributing to the mood of pessimism during the period following W.W.I.
(3). Identify the writers & their major works that reflected the dissolution and pessimism of the post-war period.
(4). Examine The Trial, and explain how Franz Kafka’s writings expressed the “dilemma of the modern age.”
(5). Explain how T. Mann’s Magic Mountain reflected the breakdown of middle class European civilization.
(6). Identify the major artists and their key works that expressed the period’s disillusionment and confusion.
(7). Examine communism, and explain why many intellectuals were so attracted to it during the 1930s.
(8). Discuss how W.W.I led some thinkers to reaffirm Christian world view and philosophy of history.
(9). Identify the major writers of the period who tried to reaffirm the Enlightenment ideals of reason & freedom.
(10). Explain what Ortega y Gasset meant by the “mass man” and the dangers this man presented to society.
(11). Discuss what Julien Benda meant by the “Treason of the Intellectuals.”
(12). Discuss Ernst Cassier and The Myth of the State: describe his attitude toward Enlightenment & Nazism.
(13). Examine existentialism and the conditions promoting its popularity, and summarize its basic principles.
(14). Explain how Kierkegaard, Dostoevski, and Nietzsche all influenced twentieth-century existentialists.
(15). Outline the major existential ideas of Heidegger, Jaspers, Sartre, and Camus.
(16). Outline the major ideas of the “religious existentialists.”
(17). Analyze the modern predicament, and identify the important questions raised by intellectuals studying it.
Other key terns: Writers & theorists: T. Mann, Kafka, D.H. Lawrence, Paul Valery, T.S. Elliot, O. Spengler, Carl Yung, Steinbeck, E.M. Remarque, E. Hemingway, G. Orwell, A. Koestler, J. Marcel, C. Dawson, A. Toynbee, E. Fromm, S. Kiekegaard, F. Dostoevski, F. Nietzche, M. Heidegger, K. Jaspers, J.P. Sartre, A.Camus
Art & Artist: Expressionism, Abstractionism, Dadaist movement, Surrealism, Tzara, Jean Arp, M. Duchamp, Mondrian, Modigliani, E.L. Kirchner, Matisse, Picasso, Braque, Kandinsky, Joan Miro, Max Ernst, Salvador Dali, G. Grosz, Kathe Kollwitz, Max Beckmann, Chagall; (also see pages 808, 815-16, 820, &Art Essay p.<641)
d. Chapter 32- World War II:
(1). Review the aftermath of W.W.I, and outline Hitler’s plan to exploit it.
(2). Describe Hitler’s principal foreign policy aims as laid out in his book Mein Kamph.
(3). Examine the breakdown of Europe’s peace and how & why Britain and France pursued Appeasement.
(4). Describe the major actions and historical events that inevitably led to World War II..
(5). Examine the Nazi Blitzkrieg that resulted in the swift surrender of Poland and the invasion of France.
(6). Discuss the factors that made the rapid fall of France possible.
(7). Examine the Battle of Britain, and explain why the British were able to prevent Hitler from victory.
(8). Examine Operation Barbarossa, anddescribe results and explain significance of the Battle of Stalingrad.
(9). Discuss the New Oder of Europe, explain the meaning of the Holocaust, and describe the efforts to resist.
(10). Outline Japan’s offensive and Axis defeat, and discuss importance of the Battle of Midway & El Alamein.
(11). Examine the legacy of World War II, the extent of its destruction, and the other profound changes resulting.
Other key terms: Versailles Treaty, League of Nations, Washington Naval Conference-1921-22, Locarno Pact, Kellogg-Briand Pack-1928, treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Manchukuo, Spanish Civil War of 1936-39, Franco, German remilitarization, Anschluss, Sudentenland, Munich Conference, Neville Chamberlain, E. Daladier, Pact of Steel, Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, “phony war,” Marginot Line, Ardennes Forest, “miracle of Dunkirk,” Vichy Government, Marshal Petain, “Blitz,” radar, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, FDR, Chiang Kai-shek, Wehrmacht, Himmler’s SS, the “final solution,” Auschwitz, resistance movement, Pearl Harbor, Midway, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, D-Day-6Jun44, Rommel, Truman, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, The Fuehrer.
2. Part VI Course Requirements and Learning Activities (11 Mar - 10 April 2002):
a. Classroom student Participation: be prepared to discuss all chapter learning objectives and key terms.
b. Reading Assignments and student preparation: complete all reading assignments prior to class meetings.
c. Be prepared for unannounced quiz on previously covered and planned learning objectives for any class date
scheduled below. Note: ALL Part VI Reading Assignments are due PRIOR to class date below:
Week 10: Part VI Introduction & Chapter 29- World War I (03/11-03/13/2002):
Class 9a: Text(chapter 29)=>Class discuss learning objectives #1-8 & key terms.
Class 9b: Text(chapter 29)=>Class discuss learning objectives #9-16 & key terms.
Week 11: Chapter 30- Era of Totalitarianism (03/18-03/20/02):
Class 10a : Text(chapter 30)=>Class discuss learning objectives #1-10 & key terms.
Class 10b : Text(chapter 30)=> Class discuss learning objectives #11-13 & key terms.
Week 12: Chapter 31- Thought and Culture (1918-1950) (03/25-03/27/02):
Class 11a : Text(chapter 31)=> Class discuss learning objectives #1-8 & key terms.
Class 11b : Text(chapter 31)=> Class discuss learning objectives #9-17 & key terms.
Week 13: Chapter 33- World War II (04/01- 04/03/02):
Class 12a : Text(chapter 32)=> Class discuss learning objectives #1-7 & key terms
Class 12b : Text(chapter 32)=> Class discuss learning objectives #8-11;
Week 14: Review/Make-up Part VI & Test II (04/08- 04/10/02):
Class 13a : Review Part VI & relevant key terms in context w/Learning Objectives.
Class 13b : Test II (Part VI key terms identified in context w/the Learning Objectives of Chapters 29-33).
D. Part VII: The Global Age (since 1945):
1. Unit Learning Objectives:
a. Chapter 33- Europe After World War II (1945-1985):
(1). Discuss the major political, military, economic, and cultural changes shortly following W.W.II.
(2). Examine the Cold War and its origins, and discuss the division of Europe and the end of U.S. isolation.
(3). Outline the major historical events that developed during the U.S.-Soviet Arms and Space race.
(4). Examine major foreign and domestic events and U.S. National Security actions during the Cold War .
(5). Examine the Vietnam War; analyze U.S. incremental involvement, failed strategy, and the war’s legacy.
(6). Discuss the major obstacles that France, Britain, and Germany had to overcome to build a “new Europe.”
(7). Examine the Soviet Bloc, and contrast the policies of Stalin, Khruschev, & Brezhnev during the Cold War.
(8). Discuss the difficult process of decolonization, and outline the challenges faced by all involved.
Other key terms: Yalta agreement, UN, Marshall Plan, NATO, NSC-68, Korean War, Sputnik, Berlin Wall,
Cuban missile crisis, Detente, EEC, de Beauvoir, Warsaw Pact, SALT, Star Wars, containment, Ho Chi Minh,
CIA, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Willy Brandt, M. Thatcher, Gen. Giap, Prague-1968, Jomo Kenyatta.
b. Chapter 34- The Troubled Present:
(1). Examine the end of the Cold War, and outline the major contributing factors shaping the war’s end.
(2). Discuss Gorbachev’s major economic, political, and social challenges toward the end of the Cold War.
(3). Examine the “Year of Liberation,” and discuss the major events unfolding in Eastern Europe during 1989.
(4). Examine the collapse of the Soviet Union, and summarize the major contributing causes to its collapse.
(5). Analyze the Post-Cold War World, and describe the new evolving global power alignment.
(6). Examine the new problems now facing Eastern Europeand post-communist Russia.
(7). Outline the positive & negative global prospects and associated questions/concern for the 21st century.
Other key terms: Perestroika, Glasnost, Chernobyl explosion, German Reunification, Fall of Berlin Wall,
Persian Gulf War, Yeltsin, Maastricht Treaty-1993, European Union, de-Stalinization, Hungarian uprising-56,
Afghanistan Wars, Lech Walesa, Vaclav Havel, “Global Triangle,” NAFTA, Serbia, Bosnian War, Mandela.
2. Part VII Course Requirements and Learning Activities (15 April -02 May 2002):
a. Classroom student Participation: be prepared to discuss all chapter learning objectives and key terms.
b. Reading Assignments and student preparation: complete all reading assignments prior to class meetings.
c. Be prepared for unannounced quiz on previously covered and planned learning objectives for scheduled
class date outlined below. Note: ALL Reading Assignments are due PRIOR to class date below:
Week 15: Chapter 33- Europe After W.W.II (04/15- 04/17/02):
Class 14a : Text(chapter 33)=> Class discuss learning objectives #1-4 & key terms
Class 14b : Text(chapter 33)=> Class discuss learning objectives #5-8 & key terms
Week 16: Chapter 34- The Troubled Present & Epilogue; Review/Make-up- Research Pape due (04/22- 04/24):
Class 15a : Text(chapter 34)=> Class discuss learning objectives #1-7 & key terms
Class 15b : Review/Make-up- Parts VI (Test II) & VII; Turn in Res. Paper - (write Role # on back- top right).
04/25/02: “Reading Day:” Student Review/prep. for Final Exam (Parts VI & VII).
Week 17: Final Examination (04/26-05/02/02):**
Class 16: FINAL EXAM => (Exam period starts Friday. 04/26/2002=>**Specific Date/Time/Place TBA).
Note: Turn in all outstanding work due, including any extra credit.
** Note: Final Exams are scheduled during 26 April-02 May 2002; exact date/time/place for H-112 Final Exam will be provided to assigned class sections when known. (Don’t forget to set your alarm clock).
Extra Credit (0=>5 possible points): Extra Credit Research Project: Write a 5-8 page double-spaced typed paper based on student's own research and analysis of one of the three topics below. Use at least three outside primary or secondary sources in addition to text (total:4). Your paper should examine and answer One of the following issues or questions:
(1). Compare and contrast the contributing causes of the two 20th century world wars (I & II), and assess the implications, if any, for modern western society international relationships in the 21st century.
(2). Analyze the origins and major political and military events of the Cold War, and assess the Cold War’s impact on the “new world order” of the post-cold war period.
(3). What key role did the “Age of Enlightenment” period play in shaping the political, cultural, and economic attitudes of modern day western societies, and how do these attitudes compare or contrast with those predominate today?
Paper should clearly state your thesis and rationale addressing this question, and objectively analyze relevant sides of the issue and present supporting rationale for your conclusion(s). Paper should be submitted in accordance with a proper Style Manual. Use at least 3 outside sources, but write the paper in your own words. Paper is due and is to be submitted Day of Final Exam -> ON TIME!