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World History I – HIST 151
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Syllabus – HIST 151 – SP2021
Week 1 – Introduction to Course
HIST 151 – Weeks 2 to 6
Week 2 – Cave Paintings
Week 3 – Chapter 1: Peopling the World, to 4000 B.C.E.
Lecture – The Heroʻs Journey
Week 4 – Chapter 2: Temples and Palaces: Birth of the City 5000-1200 B.C.E.
Week 5 – Chapter 3: Settlers and Migrants: The Creation of States in Asia 5000-500 B.C.E.
Lecture – History of Chariots
Week 6 – Socratic Seminar – Epic of Gilgamesh
Seminar Reflection – Epic of Gilgamesh
HIST 151 – Weeks 7 to 11
Week 7 – Chapter 4: Empire and Resistance in the Mediterranean 1550-330 B.C.E.
Lecture – Alexander the Great
Week 8 – Chapter 5: Peoples and World Empires of Eurasia 500 B.C.E.–500 C.E.
Week 9 – Chapter 6: The Unification of Western Eurasia 500 B.C.E.–500 C.E.
Week 10 – Socratic Seminar – Oedipus Rex
Seminar Reflection – Oedipus Rex
Week 11 – Chapter 8: The Worlds of Christianity and Islam 400–1000
HIST 151 – Weeks 12 to 16
Week 12 – Chapter 9: Religion and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Asia 400–1000
Week 13 – Chapter 10: Societies and Networks in the Americas and the Pacific 300–1200
Week 14 – Chapter 7: Reading the Unwritten Record: Peoples of Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific Islands 3000 B.C.E.–500 C.E.
Week 15 – Socratic Seminar: The Epic of Sundiata
Seminar Reflection – The Epic of Sundiata
Final Project
Key Theme #1 – Patterns of Population
Key Theme #2 – Economic Networks & Exchange
Key Theme #3 – Uses and Abuses of Power
Key Theme #4 – Haves & Have-Nots
Key Theme #5 – Expressing Identity
Key Theme #6 – Science, Technology, and the Environment
Key Theme #7 – Spiritual Life and Moral Codes
World History II – HIST 152
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Syllabus – HIST 152
OER Textbook – Modern World History
Ancient History FYI
Week 1 – Introduction to Course
HIST 152 – Weeks 2 to 6
Week 2 – Chapter 1: Modern World History Begins in Asia
Week 3 – Chapter 2: Europe and Africa
History Spotlight – Doctrine of Discovery
Week 4 – Chapter 3: The Americas and Columbus
Lecture – Drug Foods
**Week 5** – Atlantic Slave Trade Socratic Seminar
Atlantic Slave Trade – Required Discussion Questions
Atlantic Slave Trade – Required Resources
Atlantic Slave Trade – Reflection Essay
Week 6 – Chapter 4: Early Globalization and Revolutions
History Spotlight – Haitian Revolution
HIST 152 – Weeks 7 to 11
Week 7 – Chapter 5: Troubled Nineteenth Century
Lecture Assignment – Frederick Douglass
Week 8 & 9 – Chapter 6: Imperialism
**Week 10** – Imperialism Socratic Seminar
Imperialism – Required Discussion Questions
Imperialism – Required Resources
Imperialism – Reflection Essay
Week 11 – Chapter 7: The Great War
History Spotlight – WWI Propaganda Posters
HIST 152 – Weeks 12 to 16
Week 12 – Chapter 8: Modern Crisis
History Spotlight – Interwar Period
Week 13 – Chapter 9: World War II
Week 15 – Chapter 10: Decolonization
Week 16 – Chapter 11: Cold War
**Final Exam Period** – Cold War Socratic Seminar
Cold War – Required Discussion Questions
Cold War – Required Resources
Cold War – Reflection Essay
Final Exam Period
Historical Maps of the World
Historical Map #1
Historical Map #2
Final Project
Key Theme – Uses & Abuses of Power
Key Theme – Economic Networks & Exchange
Key Theme – Science & Technology
Online – HIST 152 MAU45301 FA2021
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Syllabus
Textbook – Modern World History
Weeks 1 to 6
Week 1 – Modern World History: Introduction
Week 2 – Modern World History Begins in Asia (Chapter 1)
Week 3 – Europe and Africa (Chapter 2)
History Spotlight – Doctrine of Discovery
Week 4 – The Americas and Columbus (Chapter 3)
Lecture Assignment – Drug Foods
*Week* 5 – **Socratic Seminar on Atlantic Slave Trade**
Required Discussion Questions – Atlantic Slave Trade
Required Resources – Atlantic Slave Trade
Week 6 – Early Globalization and Revolutions
History Spotlight – Haitian Revolution
Weeks 7 to 11
Week 7 – Troubled Nineteenth Century (Chapter 5)
Week 8 – Imperialism (Chapter 6)
*Week 9* – **Socratic Seminar on Imperialism**
Required Discussion Questions – Imperialism
Required Resources – Imperialism
Week 10 – No Assignments!
Week 11 – The Great War (Chapter 7)
History Spotlight – World War I Propaganda
Weeks 12 to 16
Week 12 – Modern Crisis (Chapter 8)
Week 13 – World War II (Chapter 9)
Week 14 – Decolonization (Chapter 10)
Week 15 – Cold War (Chapter 11)
*Week* 16 – Socratic Seminar on the Cold War
Required Discussion Questions – Cold War
Required Resources – Cold War
Student Resources
Hoʻoulu – UHMC Student Newspaper
UHMC – American History Course Outlines
American History I – HIST 281
Pre-Course Activities
Required Resources
Week 1 – Welcome to HIST 281
HIST 281 – Weeks 2 to 6
Week 2 – Doctrine of Discovery
Week 3 – British North America
Week 4 – Colonial Society
Week 5 – The American Revolution: Socratic Seminar
Sources: American Revolution – Day 1
Sources: American Revolution – Day 2
Seminar Reflection – American Revolution
Week 6 – A New Nation
HIST 281 – Weeks 7 to 11
Week 8 – The Early Republic
Week 9 – The Market Revolution
Week 10 – Democracy in America: Socratic Seminar
Sources: Jackson & Nullification – Day 1
Sources: Jackson & the Bank War – Day 2
Seminar Reflection – Democracy in America
Religion and Reform
Week 11 – The Cotton Revolution
HIST 281 – Weeks 12 to 16
Week 13 – Manifest Destiny
Lecture – Frederick Douglass
Week 14 – The Sectional Crisis
Mexican-American War
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott Decision
Lecture – John Brown
Week 15 – The Civil War
The North during the Civil War
The South during the Civil War
Civil War Soldiers’ Story
African-American Soldiers in the Civil War
Week 16 – Reconstruction: Socratic Seminar
Sources – Reconstruction
Seminar Reflection – Reconstruction
American History II – HIST 282
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Syllabus
OER Textbook – The American Yawp
Communism & Hollywood
Student Teach-Ins
Teach-Ins > Fall 2015
Teach-Ins > Spring 2016
Student Teach-In: Why Voting Matters – Nov. 1, 2018
Take Action
Hawaiian Kingdom
UHMC – Summer Session Course Outlines
HIST 151 – Summer Session #1 – May 24 to July 2 2021
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Syllabus
Weeks 1 & 2
Week 1 – Monday: Introduction to the Course
Week 1 – Wednesday: Cave Paintings
Week 2 – Monday: Hero’s Journey
Week 2 – Wednesday: Chapter 3
Weeks 3 & 4
Week 3 – Monday: History of Chariots
Week 3 – Wednesday: Socratic Seminar – Epic of Gilgamesh
Epic of Gilgamesh Seminar Reflection
Week 4 – Monday: Alexander the Great
Week 4 – Wednesday: Chapter 8
Weeks 5 & 6
Week 5 – Monday: Chapter 9
Week 5 – Wednesday: Chapter 10
Week 6 – Monday: Chapter 7
Week 6 – Wednesday: Socratic Seminar – Epic of Sundiata
Epic of Sundiata Seminar Reflection
Final Project
Key Theme – Patterns of Population
Key Theme – Economic Networks & Exchange
Key Theme – Spiritual Life & Moral Code
HIST 152 – Summer Session #2 July 6 to August 13
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Syllabus
OER Textbook – Modern World History
Week 1 & 2
Week 1 – Tuesday: Introduction to the Course
Week 1 – Thursday: The Enlightenment & Great Awakening
Week 2 – Tuesday: Drug Foods
Lecture Assignment – Drug Foods
Week 2 – Thursday: Drug Foods
Doctrine of Discovery
Week 3 & 4
Week 3 – Tuesday: Frederick Douglass
Week 3 – Thursday: Atlantic Slave Trade Socratic Seminar
Seminar Reflection – Atlantic Slave Trade
Week 4 – Tuesday: The Great War
Week 4 – Thursday: WWI Propaganda Posters
Week 5 & 6
Week 5 – Tuesday: World War II
Class Discussion – WWI Propaganda
Week 5 – Thursday: Decolonization
Week 6 – Tuesday: World Wars of the 20th century
World Wars of the 20th Century Socratic Seminar – The Great War
Interwar Period – Nov. 11, 1918 to Sept. 1, 1939
Week 6 – Thursday: World Wars of the 20th century
World Wars of the 20th Century – World War II
Seminar Reflection – World Wars of the 20th Century
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