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COURSE INFORMATION
Syllabus-NW WKD
Syllabus-NW ONLINE
Syllabus-NW LINCOLN
WebCT Tutorial
Skills Analysis Worksheet
Major Trends in Western Civilization II
In Pursuit of the Big Picture
Guidelines for Online Discussion - For Online & Lincoln classes
Guidelines for Thematic Essays and Presentations

Sample Essay

COURSE INTRODUCTION
Week 1 Assignments and Progress Report Cover Sheet
Topic 1.1. Personal Course Objectives
Topic 1.2. History as an Academic Discipline
Topic 1.3. The Historian's Toolbox - for 600 x 800 resolution
Topic 1.3. The Historian's Toolbox - for higher resolutions
Topic 1.4. Why Study History?
Week 1 Discussion

THE EARLY MODERN ERA
The Scientific Revolution
Week 2 Assignments and Progress Report Cover Sheet
The Transition from Medieval to Modern
Topic 2.1. The Scientific Revolution
«PPT Pres on the Scientific Revolution
Topic 2.2. Philosophy in the Wake of Science
« PPT Pres on Phil in the Wake of Science
Topic 2.3. Hobbs v. Locke
Week 2 Discussion

Early Modern Political Developments
Week 3 Assignments and Progress Report Cover Sheet
Topic 3.1. Absolutism vs. Constitutionalism
Topic 3.2. Louis XIV and the Age of Absolutism
«PPT Pres on A Day in the Life of the Sun King
Topic 3.3. The English Revolution
Week 3 Discussion

The Early Modern Economic Revolution
Week 4 Assignments and Progress Report Cover Sheet
Topic 4.1. The Modern World System
«PPT Pres on Wallerstein's Early Modern World System
Topic 4.2. The Age of Expansion
Topic 4.3.  What Historians Say About Christopher Columbus
Week 4 Discussion

The Early Modern Intellectual Revolution
Topic 5.1. The Enlightenment
«PPT Pres on Enlightenment
Topic 5.2. Modern Political Theory
Topic 5.3. In Pursuit of Happiness
Essay/Presentation 1 Due

The Early Modern Political Revolution

Topic 6.1. The French Revolution
«PPT Pres on Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Topic 6.2. The Age of Napoleon
Topic 6.3. The French Revolution v. the American Revolution

A. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (1815-1919)
Industrial Revolution

Topic 7.1. The Industrial Revolution
«PPT: Industrial Revolution
Topic 7.2. Industrial Society and the Modern Family
«PPT: Industrial Society

In Defense of Industrialization

Topic 8.1. Nineteenth Century Liberalism
Topic 8.2. Social Darwinism
Topic 8.3. The Evolution of Liberalism

Discussion: Responses to Industrialization

Topic 9.1. Utopian Socialism
Topic 9.2. Marxism
Topic 9.3. Nationalism and Imperialism
Essay/Presentation 2 Due

THE 20TH CENTURY
T
opic 11.1. World War I
«
The Great War (PowerPoint version)
«The Great War (PDF version)
Topic 11.2. The Russian Revolution

Topic 11.3. Primary Sources: The Fourteen Points

Twentieth Century Totalitarianism, Part 1
Topic 12.1. Russian Communism
«Russian Communism (PowerPoint version)
«Russian Communism (PDF version)
Topic 12.2. Italian Fascism
«Italian Fascism (PowerPoint version)
«Italian Fascism (PDF version)
Topic 12.3. Primary Sources: What is Fascism?

Twentieth Century Totalitarianism, Part 2
Topic 13.1a. German Nazism
«German Nazism (PowerPoint version)
«German Nazism (PDF version)
«Nazi Propaganda (PowerPoint version)
«Nazi Propaganda (PDF version)
Topic 13.2a. The New Deal Alternative

The Nazi Holocaust
Topic 13.2b. The Holocaust
«Nazi Holocaust (PowerPoint version)
«Nazi Holocaust (PDF version)
Topic 13.3b. Primary Sources: Hitler's Globe

Topic 14.3. Hitler's Willing Executioners


World War II and Its Aftermath

Topic 14.1. World War II
Topic 14.2. The Cold War
«The Cold War (PowerPoint version)
«The Cold War (PDF version)

The Information Age
Topic 15.1. Soviet Disintegration
«The Collapse of Communism (PowerPoint version)
«The Collapse of Communism (PDF version)
Topic 15.2. The War on Terrorism
Topic 15.3. Primary Sources: Fact or Fiction?

Web Activity 3: The War on Terrorism
 

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