August 2019
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
Purchase book and read the Introduction and Chapter 1 through “Societies and Civilizations” (5-9)
Read the syllabus and come to class with three questions about it.
Finish reading the Introduction and Chapter 1 through “Societies and Civilizations” (5-9).
Watch this PBS video. Practice taking notes using the Modified Cornell Method
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Discussion:/ What is Civilization? / Civilization /cultural inheritance and survival / assimilation, acculturation, enculturation / subcultures and dominant or mainstream culture/ cultural knowledge / cultural diffusion and globalization
Last Day to Add/Drop - Sept 1 st
Finish reading Chapter 1
September 2019
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
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Labor Day
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Discussion:/ What is Civilization? / Civilization /cultural inheritance and survival / assimilation, acculturation, enculturation / subcultures and dominant or mainstream culture/ cultural knowledge / cultural diffusion and globalization
Paradox / Autocratic to democratic / Vast reserves of natural resource (1,2) / Widespread poverty / Political Corruption / Racism (1) / Three Centuries of Colonial Rule / Common teleology (Hudson School, Cosmic Race 1,2 )
HisStory / History repeating itself/ Cultural history/ Now
Discuss: Chapter 1: When Worlds Collide / Quetzacoátl and Wiracocha / Geography and types of civilizations / Gaze / the other / example: huaca
Application for Graduation for May 2020
Start Reading Chapter 2
Remember: Discussion Board on D2L
*Majors and minors only: Additional Reading (1)
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Feedback: Minimal Size of a Civilization
“Using outer space as a source of state or imperial power is nothing new Elites have used the cosmos as a material and meaningful source of authority for millennia.” (Klinger, “Environmental Geopolitics and Outer Space” 3)
“Frontiers are seldom as empty as those aiming to conquer them would claim. Where they are not populated by people, they are filled with other sorts of meanings and life forms” (Klinger, Rare Earth Frontiers).
Discuss: Chapter 1: When Worlds Collide / Quetzacoátl and Wiracocha / Geography and types of civilizations / Gaze / the other / example: huaca
Geography video / Mountains / Ripples of influence and contact/ Pre-Columbian Civilizations / History of Religion
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Admin: D2L
Discuss: Chapter 1: When Worlds Collide / Quetzacoátl and Wiracocha / Geography and types of civilizations / Gaze / the other / example: huaca
Geography video / Mountains / Ripples of influence and contact/ Pre-Columbian Civilizations / History of Religion
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Review: pre-Colombian map (1) / totemism, sacrifice, polytheism, and transubstantiation / viracocha and cosmos / Reciprocity / Ceque, chasqui, quipu / chinampas (xochimilco), cacao, tianguis y tiquitlato (cacique) / Buried cities and codices / Inquistion and “soul”–Octavio Paz and La llama doble
Expert Readers for Chp 2
Chapter 2: An Emerging Atlantic World /
Nature of Colonial Diseases / Feudalism to nationalism / Balboa /Inquisition / Muslim trade and control of Africa / Sunjata of Mali (Muslims), genies, and the plow / Portugal, Great Voyages, Spanish Nationalism and Conquest
Finish reading Chapter 3
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Ancient Timeline (PDF) / History of man as a match
Chapter 2: An Emerging Atlantic World
Muslim trade and control of Africa / Sunjata of Mali (Muslims), slave cargo (1,2,3,4,5, 6,7,8) / White Lion, Treasurer, Sao Jao Bautista and Virginia (1619) / Amistad / Los pilotos de altura Pío Baroja / slave triangle (1,2,3, 4,5) / genies, and the plow / Portugal, Great Voyages
Indian-Perception over time /Contact with Spanish (1,2,3,4,5,6) / Nature of Colonial Diseases / Balboa /Inquisition / Feudalism to nationalism / Spanish Nationalism and Conquest /
Chapter 2: An Emerging Atlantic World
Muslim trade and control of Africa / Sunjata of Mali (Muslims), slave cargo (1,2,3,4,5, 6,7,8) / White Lion, Treasurer, Sao Jao Bautista and Virginia (1619) / Amistad / Los pilotos de altura Pío Baroja / slave triangle (1,2,3, 4,5) / genies, and the plow / Portugal, Great Voyages
Indian-
Journal 1
(Chapters 1 & 2 Due)
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Class Pics
Admin: Spanish Reading Discussion / Preliminary Bib / Sample Preliminary Bibliography
Finish Chapter 2: An Emerging Atlantic World
Expert Readers for Chp 3
Discuss Chapter 3: Riddle of the Conquest / Cabeza de Vaca (1,2,3) / La noche triste / La malinche and Gerónio de Aguilar / Felipillo/ Generations to conquer / Reality vs. Spanish Chronicles-History / Pizarro’s Scribe / Great Incan Rebellion
Finish reading Chapter 3
Spanish Majors and Minors: Start reading Second Reading
Write a thesis statement and build your preliminary bibliography.
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Discuss Chapter 3: Riddle of the Conquest / Cabeza de Vaca (1,2,3) / La noche triste / La malinche and Gerónio de Aguilar / Felipillo/ Generations to conquer / Reality vs. Spanish Chronicles-History / Pizarro’s Scribe / Great Incan Rebellion
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Admin: Majors and Minors Reading
Discuss Chapter 3: Riddle of the Conquest / Luís de Santángel / / Cortés (1,2,3,*) and Pizarro (1,2,3) vs. Cabeza de Vaca (1,2,3) / La noche triste / La malinche and Gerónio de Aguilar / Felipillo */ Generations to conquer (1,*) / Reality vs. Spanish Chronicles-History / African conquerors (1,2,3) / Subterfuge and Gods (1,2)/ The Great Incan Rebellion
Last Day for Incomplete Grades
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Discuss: The Great Incan Rebellion (1)/ The first-ever forensic remains of the Conquest / the Siege of Lima (1536) / the narrative of the conquest / chronicles, legal evidence, forensic evidence / 1 st battle kill / Incan (1,2) and Spanish weapons (1,2,3,4, 5) / Inés Huaylas Yupanqui (Quispe Sisa) (1) / 10 million Inca
Last Day for Credit by Exam
Watch second segment of Guns, germs, and Steel -Jared Diamond (2).
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Part 1: geographic “luck”/geographic determinism and geographical difference, types of crop harvesting and animal domestication, technology development and change, spread of disease immunity, growth of a civilization, impact of civilizations on the environment / World / Wheat / Latitude / Continental Shape
Part 2: Technology and cultural development, steel weaponry, horsemanship, writing, / Steel / Writing / War History /
Watch the third segment of Guns, germs, and Steel -Jared Diamond (3)
Start reading Chapter 4
