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World History I – HIST 151 (Spring 2023)
Start Here First – Scavenger Hunt
Syllabus – HIST 151
OER Textbook
Week 1 – Introduction to Course
HIST 151 – Weeks 2 to 6
Week 2 – Cave Paintings
Week 3 – Chapter 1: Prehistory
Lecture – The Heroʻs Journey
Week 4 – Chapter 2: Early Middle Eastern and Northeast African Civilizations
Week 5 – Chapter 3: Ancient and Medieval India
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: China and East Asia to the Ming Dynasty
Week 8 – Chapter 5: The Persian Empire
Lecture – Alexander the Great
Week 9 – Chapter 6: The Greek World from Bronze Age to Roman Conquest
Week 10 – Socratic Seminar – Oedipus Rex
Seminar Reflection – Oedipus Rex
Week 11 – Chapter 7: The Roman World from 753 BCE to 500 BCE
HIST 151 – Weeks 12 to 16
Week 12 – Chapter 8: Western Europe and Byzantium circa 500-1000 CE
Week 13 – Chapter 9: Islam to the Malmuks
Week 14 – Chapter 11: The Americas
Week 15 – Chapter 10: African History to 1500
Week 16 – Socratic Seminar: The Epic of Sundiata
Seminar Reflection – The Epic of Sundiata
Final Project
Key Theme #2 – Economic Networks & Exchange
Key Theme #3 – Uses and Abuses of Power
Final Evaluation Period
World History II – HIST 152 (Fall 2023)
Start Here First – Scavenger Hunt
Syllabus
OER Textbook – Modern World History
Ancient History FYI
Week 1 – Introduction to Course
HIST 152 – Weeks 2 to 7
History Spotlight – Doctrine of Discovery
Week 4 – Lecture – Drug Foods
Weeks 6 & 7 – Preview: Socratic Seminar on the Atlantic Slave Trade
HIST 152 – Weeks 8 to 11
**Week 8** – Atlantic Slave Trade Socratic Seminar
Atlantic Slave Trade – Required Discussion Questions
Atlantic Slave Trade – Required Resources
Atlantic Slave Trade – Reflection Essay
Week 10 – History Spotlight – Haitian Revolution
HIST 152 – Weeks 12 to 16
Week 12 – Lecture – Frederick Douglass
History Spotlight – World War I Propaganda
World War II Socratic Seminar
Final Project
Key Theme – Uses & Abuses of Power
Key Theme – Economic Networks & Exchange
Final Evaluation Period
American History I – HIST 281 (Spring 2023)
Why Do We Study History?
Scavenger Hunt
HIST 281 – Syllabus
OER Textbook – The American Yawp
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 & 6 – The American Revolution: Socratic Seminar
Seminar Reflection – American Revolution
Argumentative Historical Essay
Journal Writing Assignment
HIST 281 – Weeks 7 to 11
Week 7 – A New Nation
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
Week 14 – The Sectional Crisis
Mexican-American War
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott Decision
Frederick Douglass
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
Optional Reading – Reconstruction Summary
Student Resources
American History II – HIST 282 (Fall 2023)
Start Here First!
Syllabus – HIST 282
OER Textbook – The American Yawp
Unit 1: Chapters 16, 17, 18
Chapter 16 – Capital and Labor
Chapter 18 – Life in Industrial America
Week 5: Open Week (282)
Unit 2: Chapters 19, 20, 21
Chapter 19 – American Empire
Seminar Discussion – The Progressive Era
Week 9: Open Week (282)
Journal Entry Assignment
Red Summer of 1919
Chapter 24 – World War II
Chapter 25 – The Cold War & Chapter 26 – The Affluent Society
Socratic Seminar – The Sixties
Hoʻoulu – UHMC Student Newspaper
Hawaiian Kingdom
Take Action
Student Teach-Ins
Teach-Ins > Fall 2015
Teach-Ins > Spring 2016
Student Teach-In: Why Voting Matters – Nov. 1, 2018
UHMC – Summer Session Course Outlines
HIST 151 – Summer Session #1 – May 24 to July 2 2021
Start Here!
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
Start Here!
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
Blog
Weeks 1 to 6
