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 Civilization II (Hybrid)

Section:

Hist 102

Semester:

Summer 2021

Date/Time:

 Mon/Wed  1:00pm - 4:30pm 

Location:

 Virtual Sychronous (Zoom)

Instructor:

Name:

John (Kinch) Kincheloe

Email:

jkincheloe@nvcc.edu

Phone:

(703)948-7571                                           

Office Location:

Website:

HEC 316A

http://kinchteach.com/

 

Office Hours: Listed on Home page (link)

 

Course Schedule:   WC2 schedule


What is this Course?

Themes:

Change through Questioning is at the center of the development of Western History, but those who have put forth new ideologies have continuously met with oppression and persecution.  The one historical constant is:
 1) People will always Question the given.
 2) Society and those in power will always resist change. (Often violently)
 3) Change will always happen. (Not always for the better)

-By focusing on the expansion of free thought, new ideologies, and the use of those ideas to bring about change, we will probe into the nature of human society as it acts and reacts to new ideologies and movements. 


-  In this course you will be asked to question each other, the textbook, the primary sources, and even ME, so as to develop your own ideas.

 

By the end of the semester you should:

-Be able to explain how the power of, and opposition to, ideology and knowledge impacted the western world and continues to reshape the world.

-Be able to devise original arguments about historical trends and events and prove them using both primary and secondary information.

 

Course Description and Objectives:  Stuff the college makes me include:

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.

- Analyze complex historical sources and materials and reach conclusions based on interpretations of those materials.
   NOTICE
        Lectures may contain disturbing content, including, but not limited to: violence, sexual assault, war crimes, genocide, mental or physical illnesses or disabilities, discrimination or         persecution on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, and/or sexual orientation, etc. If you have been personally impacted by one or more of these topics and suffer from             PTSD, please email the professor if you would like prior notification of lectures containing discussions of the effecting topics. 

 

Recommended Co-requisites or Pre-requisites:

There are no pre-requisites, but this is a writing intensive course so an introductory English course is highly recommended.

  

OER Course Materials:

There are no books to purchase for this class.  All textbooks and monographs are free Open Online Resources linked below:
-Textbook=                        - Western Civilization: A Concise History  =    Vol. 2     &    Vol. 3   


-Additional books =         - The Prince,  Niccolo Machiavelli

                                            - Frankenstien, Mary Shelley

-Additional online materials will be made available via the Course Schedule.

-Tip= Use nightlight or nightshift screen setting to make reading online easier.  (How to turn off Blue Light-click here)

Lecture Textbook Review Materials (links) 

-Lecture Review Materials:    WC2 Lecture Terms           WC2 Powerpoint1               WC2 Powerpoint2  

 

Summer 2021  His 102  Course Schedule


Class Date


Topic:

Face-to-Face Meeting

 

Assignments /Papers [BB]

(Due before start of class)

 

Class Prep Activities

 (complete before class)

Group Schedule

presentation / videos

 Week 1


Monday

5/17

 


Introduction

Laying the Groundwork of the Modern era:
  Renaissance, & Exploration


 


Introduction Assignment

Read WC (Textbook):    Vol. 2 -Ch. 4 & Ch. 5


Read Primary Sources

 Columbus (1494)

Aztec Account of Conquest of Mexico



Wednesday

5/19


Absolutism v Constitutional Monarchy 1600-1789



Read WC (Textbook)Vol. 2 -Ch. 8  &  Ch. 9

Read Primary Sources:

-Louis letter to his son (1661)

-Accounts of Louis XIV

-English Bill of Rights (1689)


 Week 2

Monday

5/24



NO CLASS


 

 


 


Wednesday

5/26


Scientific Revolution=1543-1687
&
   The Enlightenment = 1680-1800


Paper 1 due

Read WC (Textbook):    Vol. 2 -Ch. 10  Ch. 11

Read: The Prince


Dis. Lead - Group 1
Video - Group 4

Week 3

Monday

5/31



French Revolution     

1789-1815 



 

 

Read WC (Textbook)Vol. 2 -Ch. 12  Ch. 13


Read Primary Sources

-Vindication of the Rights of Women
-Proposal of the Women...(1785)
-Émigrés Return" by Thérèse Bouisson

 

Dis. Lead - Group 2
Video - Group 5


Wednesday

6/2


Industrial Revolution:
Liberalism -vs- slavery

(19th Century)


Read WC (Textbook):   Vol. 3 -Ch. 1  & Ch. 2

 


Read Primary Sources

-Leeds Woolen Worker Petition, 1786   
-Letter from Leeds Cloth Merchants, 1791     
-Abolition Speech 1789
-Economic Defense of Slavery 1789
-Slavery vs Liberty 1854


Dis. Lead - Group 3
Video - Group 6

Week 4

Monday

6/7



Reactions:
Romanticism, Socialism, and Communism
 
( 19th Century)


 

Paper 2 due

 

Read WC (Textbook): Vol. 3 -Ch. 3 & Ch. 4 


Read Primary Sources

-The Red Flag (song)

-Engels 1847=The Principles of Communism

-Communist Manifesto


Dis. Lead - Group 5
Video - Group 7


Wednesday

6/9


Europe squares off:
Imperialism and Nationalism
(19th Century)


Read WC (Textbook)Vol. 3 Ch. 5 & Ch. 6


Read Primary Sources

-Fichte: To the German Nation 1806

-White Man's Burden
-Mill: On Colonies and Colonization, 1848



Video - Group 1

Week 5


Monday

6/14



The Great War & the Russian Rev.  
1914-1920

 


 

Read WC (Textbook)Vol. 3 -Ch. 7

Read: Frankenstein


Dis. Lead - Group 6
Video - Group 2


Wednesday

6/16


The Interwar Upheaval
1918-1942


Paper 3 due


Read WC (Textbook):   Vol. 3 -Ch. 8  & Ch. 9


Read Primary Sources

-Life in Soviet Regime 1
-Life in Soviet Regime 2
-Life in Soviet Regime 3


Dis. Lead - Group 7
Video - Group 3

Week 6

Monday

6/21


WWII
1938-1945
 

 

Read WC (Textbook):    Vol. 3 -Ch. 10  & Ch. 11


Read Primary Sources

-Potsdam Declaration.

-President Truman's Press Release on the bombs.

-General Farrell's Survey of Hiroshima

 


Wednesday

6/23

The Cold War    
  and the Post Colonial World

1945-1993



Read WC (Textbook):   Ch. 12  & Ch. 13 & Ch. 14 


Read Primary Sources

-World reactions to Sputniks

-King to Johnson (4/15/1961)

-Kennedy to Johnson (4/20/1961)
-von Braun to Johnson (4/29/1961)


Week 7

Monday

6/28

 

 

 

 Cumulative Paper due

(On syllabus below)

 

 

Note: The instructor has the right to alter or change the course schedule at any time as he deems appropriate.


 

Grading Policy:

All assignments are graded on a 100 point scale and averaged accordingly to the percentages listed below.

 Assessment

Percentage

 



Grading Scale

 

Group work

20

A

90-100

Participation/Attendance /Quiz

20

B

80-89

3- 3 page papers

40

C

70-79

 Cumulative Essay   

20

D

60-69

 

 

F

59 and below

 

 Assessments:

o   Group Work

§  You will be assigned a group that you will work with throughout the semester.  

·         Your group will be assigned in week 1 of the semester.         

§  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.

§  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.

                                   

o   Participation

§  Based on attendance and active engagement in daily discussions.

 

o   3-  argumentative papers

o   Utilizing readings from primary sources, and the textbook.

o   (All papers should be submitted via attachment on Canvas before class of the assigned due date.)


o   Final     

1 Cumulative essay - 5 pg (1500 words) typed essay question (on syllabus)


            Final Cumulative Question

   How did ideology, knowledge, and the escalation of ideas lead to both positive and negative developments across the span of modern western civilization?  Has society benefited or suffered from the expansion of “free thought” over the last 500 years.  Be sure to address both sides of the argument and the entire span of the course.

 (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 5) =    Digital History Project- check it out here.

                   Take a look and talk to Kinch if you are interested. 
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What is a Virtual Course?

ZOOM Classes

Twice a week we will meet on Zoom.  Attendance is mandatory and you are expected to take an active part in Discussion & Interactive Lecture.
-- You are required to turn on you Camera and your Microphone at these times.

-- You will need to log on through Canvas directly, and check in on "Qwickley."


The class will typically consist of:


 
  -Story time  (15 min.)

    -Skill session  (15 min.)

    -Lecture  (30 min.)

Break
    -Business of the week  (10 min.)

    -Class discussion (All class & Breakout rooms)  (50  min.)

Break
    -Question?   (10 min.)
    -Presentation  (10 min.)
    -Interactive lecture  (20 min.)


Minimum Technical Requirements and skills for Virtual Course:

Course includes both classroom (Zoom)  and online meetings. Students must have access to a computer and a reliable high-speed Internet connection.

-Students must have a version or equivalent of "OfficeSuite," and have a basic working knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

-Students must store course work on a cloud server such as Dropbox or Google Drive.  (A computer crash is not a valid excuse for late work.)


How do I do assignments?

Tree Preservation    This is a paperless course. 

- All additional readings, assignments, and course materials can be found in the schedule above.

-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://nvcc.my.vccs.edu/jsp/home.jsp


Guidelines for Written Work 

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 Canvas as “doc,” “docx,” or “PDF”      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 .  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.


What are the course rules?

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.

Exams and Make-Up Exams

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.


Grading/Feedback

Presentation/Video will be given in person at the end of class, and the grade will be posted within a week. 

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: 

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:

- 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.

  

Instructor/Student Communications Policy:

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.

 

Student Professionalism

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.


College Policies =

Click here   OR Refer to the "College Policies" tab on CANVAS Course page for:

Academic Integrity Policy / Closing Information (weather) / Communication (e-mail) / Course Drop/Withdrawal Policy /        Disabilities and Accommodations / Emergency Preparedness / Financial Aid / Wellness and Mental Health

 

Financial Instability

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Hours of Operation

Monday - Friday:

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Saturday:

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Phone:

703-426-4141

Email:

ithelpdesk@nvcc.edu

Emergencies

Anyone observing an emergency situation should contact the Campus Police Office or the dean of students.

Loudoun Campus

Campus Police:

703-450-2540

Dean of Students:

703-450-2512

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