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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:
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Course: |
Modern
Western Civilization |
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Section: |
Hist
102.001L |
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Semester: |
Fall 2025
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Date/Time: |
Mon./Wed. = 2:20 - 3:40pm |
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Location: |
LR 263 |
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Name: |
John
(Kinch) Kincheloe |
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What is this
Course? |
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Email: |
jkincheloe@nvcc.edu |
What do I
need to do? |
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Phone |
(703)948-7571
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How do I
do Assignments? |
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Office
Location: |
LC
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What
are the course rules? |
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Website: |
-Be able to explain how the Autocracies have dominated the
western world despite the drive of free thought and new
ideologies.
-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 1600 CE to the
present and allows students to reach a basic understanding of
the characteristic features of the Western world's 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 West in this period of time.
Objectives
- Establish a chronology of historical
events in the Western world since 1600 CE.
- Explain the changing geopolitical
structures of the Western world up since 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 modern Western
history.
- Recognize and describe the
significance of some of the cultural achievements of modern
Western Civilization.
There are no
pre-requisites, but this is a writing intensive course so an
introductory English course is highly recommended.
There are no books to purchase for this class. All
textbooks and monographs are free Open Online Resources linked
below:
-Textbook (online)= - Open Textbook Library: Western
Civilization
-Additional books =
- The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli
- Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx
Class
Date
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Topic:
Face-to-Face
Meeting
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Reading
/ Assignments
(to be completed before the class)Monday-
Read textbook
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| Early Modern
Era |
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Read WC
(Textbook):
Vol.
2 -Ch. 5 &
Ch. 9
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Absolutism v
Constitutional Monarchy 1600-1789 |
Read WC (Textbook): Vol. 2 -Ch. 8 & Ch. 10Read: The Prince |
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Read WC (Textbook): Vol. 2 -Ch. 11 & Ch. 12 |
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Age of Liberal Revolutions 1789-1815 |
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Read WC (Textbook):Vol.
2 -Ch. 13 & Vol.
3 -Ch. 1
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| The Long 19th
Century |
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Week 6
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Read WC
(Textbook):
Vol.
3 -Ch. 2
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(Oct. 6 & 8) |
Reactions: Romanticism, Socialism, and Communism |
=Paper
2 due==
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Read WC
(Textbook):
Vol.
3 -Ch. 3
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19th Century Culture |
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Read WC
(Textbook):
Vol.
3 -Ch. 4 & Ch.
5
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Week 9 (Oct. 20 & 22)
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Conservative's
rise: |
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Read WC (Textbook): Vol. 3 -Ch. 6Read
Primary Sources
Fichte: To the German Nation 1806White Man's BurdenMill: On Colonies and Colonization, 1848 |
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Read WC (Textbook): Vol. 3 -Ch. 7 & Ch. 8Read Primary Sources:-Zimmerman Telegram-Telegram Petrograd to Sec. of State-Telegram Moscow to Sec. of State |
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| 20th Century |
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(Nov. 3 & 5) |
Fascist Upheaval 1918-1942 |
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Read WC
(Textbook):
Vol.3
-Ch. 9
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(Nov.
10 & 12)
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WWII 1938-1945 |
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Read WC
(Textbook):
Vol.
3 -Ch. 10 &
Ch.
11
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Week
13
(Nov. 17 & 19)
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The Cold War 1945-1993 |
Read WC
(Textbook):
Vol.
3 -Ch. 12 & Ch.
13
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Week 14 (Nov. 24) (Nov. 26- No Class)
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Globalization and
the Modern Era
1985 - Your Birth
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Group X -Discussion |
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Week
15
(Dec. 1 & 3)
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Presentations
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Week 15 (Dec.
8)
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All assignments
are graded on a 100 point scale and averaged accordingly to the
percentages listed below.
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Assessment
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Percentage
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Grading
Scale |
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Participation/Group
Presentations |
10 |
Exceeds Expectation |
A |
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Argumentative Papers
(2) |
30 |
Meets Expectation |
B/C |
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Midterm & Final
Exam |
30 |
Needs Improvement |
D/F |
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o Group
Presentations
Discussion
lead --Click Here for detailed
instructions.
-Your group will
present on and lead discussion of the primary sources assigned
for your week. (Wed.)
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Participation
§ Attendance &
Engagement
It is each
students responsibility to check in on
"Qwickley."
§ Assessment
Introduction,
Mapping assignments, and Reading quizzes will take
place across the semester.
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Utilizing
readings from primary sources, books, and the textbook.
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All
paper have unlimited resubmissions to "Meet Expectations"
o Class Notes Submission
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Three
times during the semester you will need to submit your
Class notes from lecture and discussion for assessment.
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Research Project (click here for
instructions)
§ Across
the semester you will propose, research, compose a script,
then create a video to be watched in class.
- All additional readings,
assignments, and course materials can be found here on my
website kinchteach.com
-All assignments and quizzes need to
be submitted in Canvas.
-All feedback will be given through
Canvas.
-To access Canvas = Log in to “My NOVA”
https://www.nvcc.edu/academic-tools/index.html
All papers must be written/composed
in Google Docs.
E-mail submissions will not be accepted.
Formatting:
All Papers should be double
spaced, using 12 point Arial font, and one inch margins.
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 . You also
might want to consult the following handy websites:
o NVCC Loudoun's Writing Center
Assignment Late
Policy
-Essay Papers= Late papers can be submitted multiple
times after the due date, as long as they are submitted before
the final class period of the term.
-Class Notes, Discussion posts, and Quizzes can be
submitted after the due date for half credit.
-Discussion, 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.
Presentation /
Video feedback 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. 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.
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.
Use of AI Technology:
In this course tools such as Turnitin, Packback, and ZeroGPT will be used to detect and flag instances of plagiarism and potential use of AI writing in your assignments. Students must complete their own work and provide attribution when using the words or ideas from a source. Unless otherwise explicitly instructed, students must not use AI writing and composition tools. If you are asked or required to use tools like ChatGPT and Grammarly, these must be cited in your submission.
----Any suspected violations will need to be justified in an oral interview with the professor.
---You will be required to show your Google Drive history to the professor to demonstrate that you wrote each word.
| Audio-to-text transcription tools | The use of AI programs to generate ideas and brainstorm |
| Spell check, grammar check, and thesaurus tools (MS Word and Google docs) | The use of AI to obtain answers on any assessment |
| Google Translate for individual words and phrases | Google Translate for entire sentences, paragraphs or assignments |
| Automatic citation or bibliography generators | Any application or tool that writes or rewrites entire sentences or paragraphs |
| Online tutoring services linked from the NOVA website | Any application or tool that writes a draft for you |
The primary means
of communication outside the classroom between the Instructor
and the student is via Canvas Announcements and e-mail.
Students should check Canvas and their e-mail daily for any
Instructor communications. Failure to do so 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.
Academic Integrity Policy /
Closing Information (weather) / Communication (e-mail) / Course
Drop/Withdrawal Policy /
Disabilities and Accommodations / Emergency Preparedness / Financial
Aid / Wellness
and Mental Health
The IT Help Desk provides
first-level technical support to all faculty, staff and
students of Northern Virginia Community College. Additional
details and resources are located at http://www.nvcc.edu/ithd/.
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Monday
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8:00
a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
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Saturday: |
8:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
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Phone:
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703-426-4141 |
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Email: |
Procedures and items to be
aware of (click here)
Anyone
observing an emergency situation should contact the Campus
Police Office or the dean of students.
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Campus
Police: |
703-450-2540 |
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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.-------