SS/ED333 -- Historical Geography Course Syllabus

Instructor: Robert Churney

Office Hours: MWF 9-11am, TTh 8-9am

Description: This is a 3^rd Year intensive social science content course for education majors. It is designed to give students an overview of human history from prehistory to the present to help make them better elementary school social studies teachers.

Textbooks

Duiker, W. & Spielvogel, J. 2001. World History Volume One: To 1500. Belmont: Wadsworth.

Duiker, W. & Spielvogel, J. 2001. World History Volume Two: Since 1500. Belmont: Wadsworth.

O’Brien, P. 2002. The Oxford Atlas of World History. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Unit 1 -- – Human Origins and Early Civilizations

Unit 2 -- Ancient India and China

Unit 3 -- The Greeks and Romans

Unit 4 -- Early Africa, America and The Pacific

Unit 5 -- Medieval Europe and the Rise of Islam in the Middle East

Unit 6 -- Medieval India and China

Unit 7 -- The Renaissance and Reformation in Europe

Unit 8 -- The Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution in Europe

Unit 9 -- The American and French Revolutions

Unit 10 -- The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization, Nationalism and Imperialism

Unit 11 -- World War I and World War II

Unit 12-- From the Cold War to the Present

Method of Instruction

Lecture

Discussion

Audiovisual

Internet

Method of Evaluation

Unit Tests – 50%

Portfolio – 50%

Grading Scale

A = 90-100%

B = 80-89%

C = 70-79%

D = 60-69%

F = 59% and below

Attendance Policy

The standard COM-FSM attendance policy applies to this course.

Academic Honesty Policy

The standard COM-FSM academic honesty policy applies to this course.