Lecture and Reading Schedule
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Lecture and Reading Schedule |
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| This lecture schedule is subject to flexibility and change. Please check back before class sessions. |
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| Session | Topic | Readings |
| Monday, 8-25, 2008 | Introduction | |
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Wednesday, 8-27 |
Defining Western Civilization & Introduction to Guns, Germs, and Steel | Diamond: Preface, Prologue, Ch 1 |
| Friday, 8-29 | Collision of Cultures | Diamond: Ch 2, 3 |
| Monday, 9-1 | No classes, Labor Day | |
| Wednesday, 9-3 | Guns, Germs, Steel video National Geographic/PBS Documentary, Episode 2: Conquest |
Transcript from PBS this is not required reading, but it may help with note-taking |
| Friday, 9-5 | Food Production | Diamond: Ch 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
| Monday, 9-8 | Animals, Axes, & Germs | Diamond: Ch 9, 10, 11 Harris: Pig Lovers / Haters (Reader) |
| Wednesday, 9-10 | Guns, Germs, Steel video Episode 1- Out of Eden |
Transcript from PBS this is not required reading, but it may help with note-taking |
| Friday, 9-12 | Writing & Technology | Diamond: Ch 12, 13 |
| Monday, 9-15 | Government & Religion | Diamond: Ch 14 |
| Wednesday, 9-17 | Exercise & Discussion Strongest/Weakest Chapter |
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| Friday, 9-19 | Project Administration: Western Civ in the Movies |
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| Monday, 9-22 | Project Administration: The Annotated Bibliography |
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| Wednesday 9-24 | Historiography and A Critique of Diffusionism | Blaut: 1; Diamond: Ch 16 (skim lightly) Blaut online review of Diamond Blaut, J. M. 1999. “Environmentalism and Eurocentrism: A Review Essay.” Geographical Review 89, 3 : 391-408. |
| Friday, 9-26 deadline for choosing your WCIM team members |
The Myth of the European Miracle | Blaut: 2 |
| Monday 9-29 | Blaut's Theory of the Rise of the West | Blaut: 3, 4, 5 Diamond: Ch 18 |
| Wednesday, 10-1 | Exercise & Discussion Diamond vs Blaut pro/con & debate |
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| Friday, 10-3 | contingency session | |
| Monday, 10-6 | Review | |
| Wednesday, 10-8 | First Exam | |
| Friday, 10-10 | Civilizations and Natural Resources: Easter Island, Mesopotamia, Rome |
Ponting: Green History of World (Reader) Diamond: 17 Perlin: Forest Journey (Reader) |
| Monday, 10-13 |
Ancient Civilizations and Sustainability
Exercise & Discussion - Concept Map |
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| Wednesday, 10-15 |
Knowledge: The Greek Legacy |
VanDoren: History of Knowledge (Reader) |
| Friday, 10-17 deadline for choosing your WCIM film & topic |
Christianity and the Western World View |
Ponting: Green History of World (Reader) |
| Monday, 10-20 | Environmental Ethics Continuum Exercise & Discussion | |
| Wednesday, 10-22 | Medieval Times: Feudalism, Magna Carta & the Black Death | Bromley: Rousseau's Revenge (Reader) Domesday Book Roger of Wendover, Runneymede |
| Friday, 10-24 | "Rousseau's Revenge" |
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| Monday, 10-27 Annotated Bib Due |
"Rousseau's Revenge" Exercise & Discussion social ownership - opinion/ pro-con |
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| Wednesday, 10-29 | The "Rise" of the West: The Umbrella of the Renaissance | Machiavelli Vasari on Leonardo da Vinci |
| Friday, 10-31 | Reformation | Luther's 95 Theses Weber Protestant Ethic, Ch V |
| Monday, 11-3 | Scientific & Philosophical Revolutions Study of the Natural World |
Copernicus |
| Wednesday, 11-5 | Science and Nature Exercise & Discussion one minute paper |
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| Friday, 11-7 deadline for WCIM thesis statement |
Enlightenment |
Boorstin: The Seekers (Reader) |
| Monday, 11-10 | Review | |
| Wednesday, 11-12 | Second Exam | |
| Friday, 11-14 | Western Civ In the Movies |
6 |
| Monday, 11-17 | Western Civ In the Movies | 5 |
| Wednesday, 11-19 | Western Civ In the Movies | 4 |
| Friday, 11-21 | Western Civ In the Movies | 3 |
| Monday, 11-24 |
Western Civ In the Movies |
2
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| Wednesday, 11-26 Friday, 11-28 |
No Classes, Thanksgiving Break |
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| Monday, 12-1 | Western Civ In the Movies |
1 |
| Wednesday, 12-3 | Contingency / Review Session | |
| Friday, 12-5 | Review for Final Exam | |
| Final Exam (Cumulative) |
Friday, Dec. 12th, 8:00 a.m., 146 Baker |