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History is an attempt to understand the
stories of the past. We
must not ignore dates and facts, but interpretations define
the way we view the world around us.
Course
Information:
Course: |
Western
Civilizations I |
Section: |
Hist
101 |
Semester: |
Spring 2017 |
Date/Time: |
Tuesday / Thursday |
Location: |
LC
309 |
Name: |
John
(Kinch) Kincheloe |
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What is this
Course? |
Email: |
jkincheloe@nvcc.edu |
What do I
need to do? |
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Phone |
(703)948-7571 |
How do I
do assignments? |
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Office
Location: |
HEC
316-A
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What
are the course rules? |
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Website: |
- Although often falsely depicted as a
linear and inevitable march of increasingly complex cultures,
Western Civilization can better be classified as an amalgamation
of hundreds of different civilizations interacting
and learning from one another.
- This course will examine numerous Western
Civilizations to
better comprehend how nomadic, agricultural, African, European,
Middle Eastern, pagan, Muslim, Jewish, and Christian societies
contributed to the development of present day Western
Civilization. In
the process you just might gain a better understanding of the complexity of
the various cultures in this age of
increasing globalization.
-The course focuses on a single phrase: “Religion is the
Opiate of the Masses.” (Karl
Marx) You
will be asked to assess the meaning and accuracy of this phrase
as we play out the complicated history of the Western World.
By
the end of the semester you should:
-Develop
your own understanding of “Modern Western Civilization” and
how the numerous civilizations of the western world
contributed to such a society.
-Organize
your own ideas on the relationship of early civilizations to
present day cultures throughout the Western World.
-Be able
to devise original arguments about historical trends and
events and prove them using both primary and secondary
information.
Course
Description
Surveys the general history of the Western world from
about 3000 BCE to 1600 CE and allows students to reach a basic
understanding of the characteristic features of the Western
world's early historical development in that span of time.
Students will learn about some of the important political,
economic, social, intellectual, cultural and religious changes
that shaped the development of the West from earliest times.
Objectives
- Establish a chronology of historical events in the
Western world before 1600 CE.
- Explain the changing geopolitical structures of the
Western world up until 1600 CE.
- Define the importance of key individuals and
developments in Western civilization before 1600 CE.
- Identify the social, economic and political forces
at work in the evolution of early and medieval Western
history.
- Recognize and describe the significance of some of
the cultural achievements of ancient and medieval Western
civilization.
- Analyze complex historical sources and materials
and reach conclusions based on interpretations of those
materials.
There
are no pre-requisites, but this is a writing intensive course so
an introductory English course is highly recommended.
-Textbook= - Western
Civilizations Vol.
1 Cole, Symes, Coffin
& Stacey (4th or 3rd Brief Edition)
-Additional
books = - Epic of
Gilgamesh
-Sir Gawain and the
Green Knight
-Additional online materials will be
made available via the Course Schedule
Spring 2017 His 101 Course
Schedule
Class
Date
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Topic:
Face-to-Face
Meeting
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Group Presentation |
Reading
/ Assignments
(to be
completed before the class)
Tuesday-
Read textbook & take quiz / Thursday- Read
primary sources/paper's due |
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(Jan.
11) |
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(Jan.
16 & 18) |
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Read Textbook Ch. 1
all / Read
Primary Sources
-Take Quiz 1 |
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(Jan.
23 & 25) |
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Read Textbook Ch. 2 all / Read Primary Sources-Take Quiz 2Read = Epic of Gilgamesh (book)Read = Epic of
Gilgamesh |
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The Idea of Classical Greece
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Read Textbook
Ch. 3 all / Read Primary
Sources
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(Feb. 6 & 8) |
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Group
7 - Vid |
Read Textbook
Ch. 4 all / Read Primary
Sources
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(Feb. 13 & 15) |
ROME 753 - 27 B.C.E. |
Group
8 - Vid |
Read Textbook
Ch. 5 all / Read Primary
Sources
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Week 7 (Feb. 20 & 22) |
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Read Textbook Ch. 5 /
Read Primary Sources
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(Feb.
27 & Mar. 1) |
Midterm Exam |
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(Mar. 6 & 8) |
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Group
5 - Dis |
Read Textbook Ch. 6 all
/ Read Primary Sources
-Take Quiz 6-On
the Resurrection, by Justin Martyr -The
Didache, The Lord's Teaching Through The Twelve
Apostles To The Nations |
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(Mar. 12
& 15) |
SPRING BREAK |
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(Mar. 20 & 22) |
Age of Vikings |
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Read Textbook Ch. 8 all
/ Read Primary Sources
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(Mar. 27 & 29) |
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Group
2 - Vid
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Read Textbook Ch. 7 all
/ Read Primary Sources
-Take Quiz 7-THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD'S LAST SERMON
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(Apr. 3 & 5) |
==Paper 2 due== |
Group
3- Vid |
Read Textbook Ch. 9 all
/ Read Primary Sources
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(Apr. 10)
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Middle Ages: Christian Church Crisis 1309 - 1517 |
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Read Textbook Ch. 10-11 all
/ Read Primary Sources
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(Apr. 17 & 19) |
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Group 9-Dis Group 4 - Vid |
Read Textbook Ch. 13 all
/ Read Primary Sources
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(Apr. 24 & 26) |
1419
- 1610 Cumulative Paper due
May 1 before class |
Group 10- Dis Group 5- Vid |
Read Textbook Ch. 12 all
/ Read Primary Sources
-Take Quiz 12-Columbus Letter to the King and Queen
of Spain (1494)
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Week
16 |
Review / Final Exam |
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All assignments
are graded on a 100 point scale and averaged accordingly to the
percentages listed below.
Assessment
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Percentage
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Group Presentations |
15 |
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Chapter Quizzes |
5 |
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In class Participation |
20 |
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Grading
Scale |
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2 - 3 page papers |
20 |
A |
90-100 |
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Midterm & Final
Exam |
20 |
B |
80-89 |
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Cumulative Essay
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20 |
C |
70-79 |
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D |
60-69 |
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F |
59 and below |
o
Group Work
§ You
will
be assigned a group that you will work with throughout the
semester.
·
Your group will have its own private
discussion board and collaboration on BB in week 2 of the
semester.
§ 1-Video
Group
Research Presentations -Click Here = for
detailed instructions.
·
Your group will
produce a publicly posted five minute research presentation to
be shown in the class.
§ 2-Discussion lead -Click Here = for detailed instructions.
·Your
group will present on and lead a
class discussion of the primary sources assigned for your week.
- If the the class does not participate, every member
of the class (not presenting) will write a
1 page typed summaryof each
document, due before the next class.
o
Participation
& Quizzes
§ Based
on
attendance and active engagement in daily discussions.
o
2- 3pg. argumentative
papers
o
Utilizing
readings from primary sources, and the textbook.
o (All papers should be submitted via attachment on blackboard before class of the assigned due date.)
o Midterm
& Final
o Cumulative
Essay
Final Cumulative Question
Over the course
of the semester you have examined the relationship of religion
to culture, society, and government across four thousand years
of western history. What is
the role of religion in history?
(Evidence and Information must be used from across the breadth of the semester and 3 different primary documents to prove your Argument.)
Extra
Credit
Assignments (due by the end of Week 13) =
Digital History Project- check it out here.
Take
a look and talk to Kinch if you are interested.
This is a paperless course.
- All additional readings,
assignments, submissions, and course materials are on
Blackboard.
-All primary source readings are
online and accessible through links in the BB “Course
Schedule.”
-You will need to check Blackboard
acct. weekly for readings and assignments.
Formatting:
All Papers should be double
spaced, using 12 point Calibri font and one inch margins.
All papers must be word processed and submitted through
Blackboard as “doc,” “docx,” or “rtf.”
E-mail submissions will not be accepted.
Style and Grammar:
You must present your arguments in clear, concise, and
grammatically correct English. Make sure to proofread and
use spell-check. For information on writing papers for this
class, make sure to read Kinch’s writing guide (under course
documents on BB.) You also might want to consult the
following handy websites:
o NVCC
Loudoun's
Writing Center
o
Charlie
Evans’
History Writing Center
Citations:
You
MUST include a formal citation any time you refer to a specific
passage in a text, even if you do not quote the text
directly. The required method for citing sources in this
class is Chicago Style
formatting for footnote citations.
According to this format, you “Insert Footnote” (under
references) and enter the citation information as laid out in
this link.
Late Assignments
-Late papers will be accepted after the due date and
time for half credit, as long as they are submitted
before the final class period of the term.
-Discussion, Quizzes, Participation, and Presentation
assignments will only be accepted during the week they are due.
-All assignments should be stored on a cloud server and
submitted online. Excuses
such as “my dog ate my homework” and “my computer crashed” are
no longer valid.
For exam sessions, make-ups will not be given other than
in the case of a genuine emergency with appropriate
documentation (ie, emergency room documents, court summons,
etc.) Missing class due to "not feeling well," not being
able to get a ride, having to work, and the like are not genuine
emergencies.
Fresentation /
Video feedback will be given in person at the end of class, and
the grade will be posted within a couple days.
Papers and Exams
will be graded and posted within two weeks of their due date, in
order to give more detailed feedback.
Attendance Policy:
Absences, Late arrival, and leaving early will affect
a student’s grade due to the student not being able to
participate in class/group discussions. Students missing more
than thirty percent of the scheduled classes without an excused
absence from the professor will receive ZERO points for the
class participation grade. Class absence does not excuse a
student from meeting assignment due dates
Academic Dishonesty will not be tolerated.
Students involved in cheating will receive a grade of
“0” on the activity during which cheating occurred and
particularly flagrant or obviously intentional instances of
cheating or plagiarism will result in a grade of "F" for the
course. In
addition the student will be reported to the Dean of
Students for further disciplinary action.
**Please read the section titled Student Conduct, Rights,
and Responsibilities: F.
Academic Dishonesty in the Student
Handbook.
Academic
dishonesty, as a general rule, involves one of the following
acts:
1.
Cheating on an examination or quiz;
including the giving, receiving, or soliciting of information
and the unauthorized use of notes or other materials.
2.
Substituting for another person during
an examination or allowing such substitution for one’s self.
3.
Plagiarism - This is the act of
appropriating passages from the work of another individual,
either word for word or in substance, and representing them as
one’s own work. This includes any submission of written work
other than one’s own.
-Please note that even copying a
sentence or two from another source without citing it is enough
to trigger a plagiarism penalty. Likewise, changing a word
here or there from content which you copy is plagiarism.
Your work should be entirely in your own words except
for the passages which you quote and appropriately cite. All of
your papers for the class will be checked for plagiarism by
SafeAssign software.
4.
Collusion with another person in the
preparation or editing of assignments submitted for credit,
unless such collaboration has been approved in advance by the
instructor.
5.
Knowingly furnishing false information
to the College; forgery and alteration or use of College
documents or instruments of identification with the intent to
defraud.
Be aware of
the following:
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Internet-enabled devices, dictionaries and/or calculators are
prohibited during testing.
- If you need
to leave the room during testing, for whatever reason, your
test will be collected immediately for grading without any
additional time for more work on the test or quiz.
The primary means
of communication outside the classroom between the Instructor
and the student is via Blackboard Announcements and e-mail.
Students should check Blackboard and their e-mail daily for
any Instructor communications. Failure on the part of the
student to check Blackboard and e-mail on a regular basis is
not an excuse for missed /late assignments or exams. The Instructor
turn-around time to respond to e-mails is 24-to-48 hours
Monday through Friday.
Instructors receive a significant number
of e-mails from students over the course of the semester. To
specifically identify the course in which the student is
enrolled, all e-mail from the student must include
the course and section
number (e.g., ACC211-000) in the Subject of the
e-mail.
I will email you at the email address on
my class list which is your VCCS email address. If you do not
check this address frequently, I would recommend you set it up
for automatic forwarding to an email address you do check more
frequently. When emailing the instructor, always send email
from your VCCS email address.
Please be considerate. Disruptive
behavior, on the ground and online, will not be
tolerated. Private conversations during lecture or class
discussions, ringing mobile phones, texting, sleeping, or
walking into class late or out of class early all distract and
disturb your instructor and your classmates, and will count
against your participation grade. Repeated instances of
rude behavior will result your removal from the
classroom.
--All students are considered adults and
will conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times.
Please read the section titled Student Conduct,
Rights, and Responsibilities: B. Student
Conduct in the Student Handbook.
In event
of an emergency just regarding this class, check
Blackboard for announcements regarding course
progress/assignments.
Academic Integrity Policy /
Closing Information (weather) / Communication (e-mail) / Course
Drop/Withdrawal Policy /
Disabilities and Accommodations / Emergency Preparedness / Financial
Aid / NOVACares
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students of Northern Virginia Community College. Additional
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Monday
- Friday: |
8:00
a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
Saturday: |
8:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Phone:
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703-426-4141 |
Email: |
Anyone observing an
emergency situation should contact the Campus Police Office or
the dean of students.
Campus
Police: |
703-450-2540 |
Dean of
Students: |
703-450-2512 |
------Note: The
instructor
has the right to alter or change the course and course
schedule at any time as he deems appropriate.-------
contact: jkincheloe@nvcc.edu