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

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?

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?