General Requirements
- Completion of daily readings, Reading Notes, and written Reading Responses. News reports as assigned.
- Major Essays as assigned.
- Keeping a notebook (three-ring binder is best) divided into sections: first section for class notes, second section for written Reading Responses and Reading Notes in order by assignment (and clearly labeled as such -- i.e. 1A, 1B, 1C, etc. arranged in order with your name on each page), third section for News Reports, and fourth section for Major Essays.
- Mastery of basic terminology.
- A final project that includes a paper and an oral presentation.
- Regular attendance and participation in class discussions and other activities. Meeting times, winter, '06.
Core Text
Reading and reference: Robert Tignor, et. al., Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the Modern World From the Mongol Empire to the Present (New York: Norton, 2002).
Online Resource for Worlds Together, Worlds Apart.
Reading Assignments, Procedures, Techniques
Resources
US takes over key mortgage firms
The US government announces plans for the takeover of failing mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
Caribbean lashed by Hurricane Ike
Thousands of people hunker down across the Caribbean as Hurricane Ike pounds the region, on course for Cuba.
Canadian PM calls snap election
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls an early election in a bid to strengthen his minority government.
Kandahar rocked by suicide blasts
Two suicide bomb blasts kill at least two people and injure 29 in a police station in the Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.
Shun meat, says UN climate chief
People should consider eating less meat as a way to tackle global warming, says the UN's top climate scientist.