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History 2: History of World Civilizations 2

Spring 2017

Instructor: Daniel Borses, PhD

Section 43975

Time: Tu/Th 2:20-3:45, Location: Quad 228

Contact info:

E-mail: daniel.borses@rcc.edu

Office: QD 23F, Phone: (951) 222-8862

Office Hours:

Mondays: 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Tuesdays: 11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Wednesdays: 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Thursdays: 11:15 am – 12:15 pm and 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm

Required Texts:

McKay, Ebrey, Beck, et al..., A History of World Societies, Vol 2. since 1450. 10th Edition,

Bedford St. Martin’s, ISBN 978-1457685330

Walter Ward and Denis Gainty, ed., Sources of World Societies, Vol 2. since 1450, 2nd

Edition, Bedford St. Martin’s, ISBN 0-312-56972-6

There will be copies of both books in the course reserves at the Digital Library.

Web-Enhanced Course: This class is web-enhanced. Students will need access to the RCC

Blackboard site through Open Campus to access online course materials, including study

guides, Powerpoint presentations and supplemental documents).

Prerequisite(s): None.

Advisory: Advisory: REA-83 and qualification for ENG-1A.

Course description: A cross-cultural study of the development of world history from the

16th century to the present. The unifying themes of the course are the emergence of global

integration through cross-cultural encounters through religions, trade, ideology, the rise of

national states and the multidirectional influence of “Western” imperialism.

Course requirements:

Reading: The assigned reading is an integral part of the course. Please complete the reading

assignments by the start of class on the day noted on the syllabus.

Reading quizzes: Please bring notebook paper for occasional quizzes on the day’s assigned

reading. All quiz questions will be drawn from the material assigned for the day of the quiz.

There are no make-ups for missed quizzes under any circumstance, though your lowest quiz

score will be dropped. Your quiz score may be discarded if you leave class early the day of

the quiz.

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Primary Source Explications: Students will complete three primary source explication

assignments during the semester. Students will receive a separate handout describing this

assignment. These assignments must be uploaded to the proper link on the Blackboard

website by the deadline using a proper format (.doc, .docx, .rtf or .pdf) to receive credit.

Exams: There will be two midterm exams and a final exam as noted in the schedule. The

midterm exam will contain several term identifications and one essay question. I will

provide an exam study guide at least one week prior to each exam date. Exam questions will

be drawn straight from the study guide. The final exam is not cumulative, though much of

the material will build on ideas discussed earlier in the course.

You will need to bring in three blank green books or bluebooks (green books are more

environmentally friendly!) by the date posted in the schedule for use during your exams.

Exams must be written in ink, not pencil. There will be no make-up examinations except in

the case of excused absences, which must be documented by a doctor's note, a note from the

Dean, or advanced notice from the Athletic Director. Students must write exams based on

their knowledge and interpretation of the material. During exams, students may not speak to

one another and may not access proscribed materials such as electronic devices, books,

notes, or the exam materials of another student. Smartwatches (watches that can access the

internet) must be removed during the exam. Students are required to follow the instructor’s

directions throughout the exam. Violation of these policies is considered academic

dishonesty (see below.)

Grading Scale:

Reading Quizzes: 100 points (5 x 25 pts, lowest score is dropped)

Primary Source Explications (x3): 100 points each (300 points total)

Midterm exams (x2): 200 points each (400 points total)

Final Exam: 200 points

A = 900 points and above, B = 800-899 points, C = 700-799 points, D = 600-699 points, F =

below 600 points.

Schedule:

Week 1:

Tuesday, February 14 – Introductions, and What is History?

Textbook: n/a

Thursday, February 16 – Along the Indian Ocean Trade Routes

Textbook: 458-463, 591-603, 643-646

Primary Source Document 16-1 Zheng He, Stele Inscription

Week 2:

Tuesday, February 21 – Islamic Empires in the Early Modern Era

Textbook: 489-507, 512-515

Primary Source Document 20-1 Sultan Selim I, “From a Letter to Shah Ismail of

Persia”

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Thursday, February 23 – Europe and the Creation of the Atlantic World

Textbook: 463-471, 478-487, 507-512

Primary Source Document 16-3, King Dom Manuel, “Grant of Rights of Trade”

[Please note that February 24th the last day to add the course and February 26th is the last

day to drop the course without a W]

Week 3:

Tuesday, February 28 – Examining Narratives of “Conquest” in the “New World”

Textbook: 471-478

Document 16-5 Bernal Diaz de Castillo, From the True History of the Conquest of

New Spain

Thursday, March 2 – Slavery and the Atlantic World

Textbook: 603-617

Primary Source Document 19-5 Olaudah Equiano, from The Interesting Narrative

of Olaudah Equiano

Week 4:

Tuesday, March 7– Dynastic China and Tokugawa Japan

Textbook: 620-643, 646-650

Primary Source Document 21-3 Engelbert Kaempher, from History of Japan, 1727

Thursday, March 9– Revolutions in Science and Politics

Textbook: 555-574, 587

Primary Source Document 17-3 John Locke, from Two Treatises of Government

Week 5:

Tuesday, March 14 – Exam strategies and student-led review

Textbook: na

Deadline to bring in 3 blank, large-sized bluebooks. Please do not write your

names on the bluebooks.

Thursday, March 16 – Midterm Exam #1 [Covers Weeks 1-5]

Week 6:

Tuesday, March 21 – Absolutism and Constitutionalism

Textbook: 529-551, 574-576

Primary Source Document 17-4 Duc de Saint-Simon, from Memoirs of Louis XIV

Thursday, March 23 – Enlightenment Revolutions

Textbook: 653-664

Primary Source Document 22-1, from The Declaration of Independence of the

United States

Primary Source Explication #1 Due on Blackboard by 5 pm on Friday, March 24

Week 7:

Tuesday, March 28 – Radical Revolution in France

Textbook: 664-673

Primary Source Document 22-3 Olympe de Gouge, from “The Declaration of the

Rights of Women”

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Thursday, March 30 – Race and the Atlantic Revolutions

Textbook: 673-677, plus 678-679 “Individuals in Society: Toussaint Louverture”

Primary Source Document 22-6, “The Haitian Declaration of Independence”

Week 8:

Tuesday, April 4 – Industrialization and Transformation

Textbook: 690-718, 727-729

Primary Source Document 23-3, Sadler Commission and Ashley Commission,

“Working Conditions in England”

Thursday, April 6 – Nationalism and the Nation State

Textbook: 677-687, 722-729, 735-741, 756-758

Primary Source Document 24-2 Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Address to the German

Nation, 1808 and 24-3 Max Nordau, On Zionism, 1905.

Spring Recess: April 10 – April 16 - CAMPUS CLOSED

Week 9:

Tuesday, April 18 – The Challenges of Modernization in China and Japan

Textbook: 806-814, 821-822

Primary Source Document 26-2 “Two Proclamations of the Boxer Rebellion”

Thursday, April 20 – The Era of High Empire

Textbook: 764-787, 796-806, 852-856

Primary Source Document 25-3 Cecil Rhodes from “Confession of Faith” and 26-6

Moorfield Story and Judlian Codman, On American Imperialism in the

Philippines

Week 10:

Tuesday, April 25 – Nationalism and the “Eastern Question”

Textbook: 860-865

Primary Source Document n/a

Thursday, April 27 – The Great War Around the World

Textbook: 865-873, 879-883

Primary Source Document 28-1 from A War Nurse’s Diary, 1918

Primary Source Explication #2 Due on Blackboard by 5 pm on Friday, April 28.

Week 11:

Tuesday, May 2 – Revolution and Ramifications: The Creation of Soviet Russia

Textbook: 741-742, 873-879, 937-942

Primary Source Document 28-3 Vladimir Lenin, “All Power to the Soviets”

Thursday, May 4 – Midterm Exam #2 [Covers up to The Great War]

[Please note that May 12th is the last day to drop the class with a W.

Week 12:

Tuesday, May 9 – Self Determination and “The Wilsonian Moment”

Textbook: 898-924

Primary Source Document 28-5 German Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference,

“On the Conditions of Peace”

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Thursday, May 11 – Responding to the Global Great Depression

Textbook: 887-893, 928-937, 942-950

Primary Source Document 30-2 Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, “Speech to the National

Socialist Women’s Association,” 1935.

Week 13:

Tuesday, May 16 – The Horrors of the Second World War

Textbook: 950-963

Primary Source Documents 30-5 Harry Truman, “White House Press Release on

Hiroshima” and 30-6 Toshio Saeki, “Interview with a Survivor”

Thursday, May 18 – Origins of the Global Cold War

Textbook: 966-975

Primary Source Document 31-2, Harry S. Truman, The Truman Doctrine, 1947

Week 14:

Tuesday, May 23 – Communism, Capitalism and the Pacific Economy

Textbook: 980-982, 1024-1029

Primary Source Document 32-4 Deng Xiaoping, “Build Socialism with Chinese

Characteristics”

Thursday, May 25 – The Challenges of Decolonization part 1

Textbook: 975-990

Primary Source Document 32-2 Jawaharlal Nehru, “The Partitioning of the Punjab”

Primary Source Explication #3 Due on Blackboard by 5 pm on Friday, May 26

Week 15:

Tuesday, May 30 – The Challenges of Decolonization part 2

Textbook: 1011-1015, 1020-1024

Primary Source Document 33-4 Kwame Nkrumah, “Speech on the Tenth

Anniversary of the Convention People’s Party,” 1960.

Thursday, June 1 – Populism and Protest in a Multipolar World

Readings: n/a

Final Exam:

Thursday, June 8, from 2 pm – 4:30 pm – NOTE TIME DIFFERENCE

Course Policies

Attendance: Because we cover a great deal of material in this course, prompt and regular

attendance is a necessity. If you miss class, you do so at your own risk. I cannot be

responsible for providing you with information you may have missed because of an absence.

I highly recommend that you make arrangements with one or more of your classmates to

share notes in case of unexpected absences.

Classroom Environment: A positive classroom environment is critical for student learning.

Feel free to ask questions and express opinions in this course, and to approach readings and

ideas actively and critically. As you do so, however, please strive to be courteous to your

fellow students. In order to create a respectful and productive environment, please avoid

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unnecessary distractions during class meetings. Feel free to express opinions relevant to the

material during class, but use common sense regarding timing and refrain from making

offensive comments or using pejorative terms. It is okay for you to disagree with me or your

classmates (after all, much of college-level history is a matter of interpretation) but attempts

to elicit a “rise” will be construed as misconduct and be dealt with accordingly.

Disruptive behavior is grounds for removal from the course for the remainder of the class

session, or, in extreme circumstances, for the semester with the agreement of administration.

Disruptive behavior includes, but is not limited to, talking, whispering, sleeping, passing

notes, sending text messages on any device, wandering around the room (wait until class is

over to throw away trash!), allowing electronic devices to emit sounds, uncivil utterances,

consistently arriving late, leaving early without prior authorization, reading or doing

homework in class, and violating the electronic devices policy below.

Electronic Devices: The use of cell phones, tablets, laptops and other electronic devices is

not permitted in this class. All electronic devices must be silenced and stowed away before

the start of class. Smart watches (any watch that can access the internet) must be put away

during exams and quizzes, and may not be used to access to internet or play games during

class. Texting is not permitted on any device while class is in session.

Emergency Procedures: Please be aware of campus emergency procedures.

E-mail: I am happy to answer questions by e-mail, but please allow me reasonable time to

reply. Please keep in mind that e-mail is best suited to short, specific questions. If you would

like to discuss something more broadly, please come see me during office hours. Also, I may

send useful announcements to your campus e-mail address. If your campus email is not your

primary account you should make sure that your campus email forwards to an account you

check regularly.

Progress Reports: If you need a mid-semester progress report for athletics or any other

program you can get one in one of two ways. 1) You can come to my regularly scheduled

office hours where I will be able to check my gradebook and provide the best possible

answer. 2) You can e-mail me at least 24 hours before class so that I can have the required

information ready for transfer to your forms a few minutes before the start of or after the end

of class. I will not sign progress reports blindly a few minutes before the start of or after the

end of class.

Academic dishonesty: Academic honesty and integrity are core values of the Riverside

Community College District. Students are expected to perform their work independently

(except when collaboration is expressly permitted by the course instructor.) Believing in and

maintaining a climate of honesty is integral to ensuring fair grading for all students. Acts of

academic dishonesty entail plagiarizing—using another’s words, ideas, data, or product

without appropriate acknowledgement—and cheating—the intentional use of or attempted

use of unauthorized material, information, or study aids on any academic exercise. Students

who violate the standards of student conduct will be subject to disciplinary action as stated in

the “Standards of Student Conduct,” listed in the Student Handbook. Faculty, students, and

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administrators all share the responsibility to maintain an environment which practices

academic integrity.

The minimum sanction for plagiarism on a paper is a zero on the assignment in question and

a report to the appropriate academic administrator. The minimum sanction for cheating on an

exam (the use of proscribed materials such as notes, books or electronic devices during the

exam, allowing another student access to proscribed materials, or viewing the paper of

another student, providing information to another student during the exam, failing to follow

instructions regarding blue books or test sheets) is a zero on the assignment in question and a

report to the appropriate academic administrator. In cases in which exam cheating is clearly

premeditated (including but not limited to attempting to fill out an exam book in advance)

and large in scope, offenders may receive a summary grade of F for the course in addition to

a report to the appropriate academic administrator

Accommodations of Disabilities: Riverside City College provides services to students with

disabilities through the Disability Resource Center (DRC), located in the Kane Building

(CAK 130). To request academic accommodations due to a disability, please visit the DRC

or contact the DRC staff at (951) 222-8060. A DRC staff member will confidentially review

your concerns with you to determine any required accommodations. Once your

accommodations are approved through the DRC, please bring your DRC documentation to

your instructor so we may discuss your accommodations.

Syllabus Caveat: Per campus policy, I reserve the right to make changes to the syllabus with

advanced notice. I will not do so without sound pedagogical reasons.

Entry Skills:

Before entering the course, students will be able to:

1. Critically discuss and analyze primary and secondary texts, recognizing key ideas and

responding in both oral and written form.

ENG 50 - Recognize thesis, audience, purpose and evidence in advanced pre-collegiate

texts.

ENG 50 - Compose developed, unified, stylistically competent essays of 650 -1000+

words that: Are relatively free from errors in grammar and mechanics; Employ one or

more patterns of development; Respond to advanced pre-collegiate texts; Adjust for

audience and purpose with advanced-intermediate skill; Control voice, tone, and level

of formality with advanced- intermediate skill; Use evidence effectively, with

advanced- intermediate skill, to support a thesis; Demonstrate awareness of the

writing process and an ability to critique their own work and the work of

others with advanced-intermediate skill. Employ, at advanced-intermediate level,

the standard methods of academic written discourse for

guiding readers through an analysis or argument (e.g.,

introductions and conclusions, transitions, topic sentences).

ENG 80 - Compose intelligible, source-based, multi-paragraph essays that employ

rhetorical strategies for situating, developing, and communicating a controlling idea;

ENG 80 - Apply the higher-order cognitive skills necessary for critical participation in

the ongoing conversations and debates of our culture and polity;

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REA 83 - Critically analyze college-level reading materials in various modes of

discourse based on an understanding of author’s purpose, tone, connotative language,

bias, and use of fact and opinion;

Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

• Analyze broad patterns of change on both interregional scales and within complex societies.

• Demonstrate an understanding of civilization through multiple analytical categories such as

race, class, gender and ethnicity.

• Compare distinctive forms of political, social, and economic organization in the world and

explain their historical significance.

• Identify major discoveries, inventions, and scientific achievements and explain their

historical significance.

• Explain the historical significance of cultural developments such as art, music, architecture, literature and religion.

• Compare ideals, practices, and historical developments of major belief systems.

• Analyze historical developments across national, regional, and cultural boundaries.

• Demonstrate the ability to interpret primary and secondary sources and to compose an

argument which uses them, as appropriate, for support.

Critical Thinking:

• Students will be able to demonstrate higher-order thinking skills about issues, problems, and

explanations for which multiple solutions are possible.

• Students will be able to explore problems and, where possible, solve them. Students will be

able to develop, test, and evaluate rival hypotheses.

• Students will be able to construct sound arguments and evaluate the arguments of others.

• Explain ways in which the world’s physical and natural environment has affected and been

affected by developments in human history.

Communication Skills:

• Students will be able to communicate effectively in diverse situations.

• They will be able to create, express, and interpret meaning in oral, visual, and written forms.

• They will also be able to demonstrate quantitative literacy and the ability to use graphical,

symbolic, and numerical methods to analyze, organize, and interpret data.

• Analyze ways in which human groups have interacted with one another, including trade,

migration, warfare, cultural exchange, and biological exchange, from early times to 1500

C.E.

Self-Development & Global Awareness

• Students will be able to develop goals and devise strategies for personal development and

well-being.

• They will be able to demonstrate an understanding of what it means to be an ethical human

being and an effective citizen in their awareness of diversity and various cultural viewpoints.