Monday

7 Class Outline, Class Structure, Class Expectations, General Themes of the 20th Century World Geography Quiz

Tuesday
8 World War One: Colonialism, The Alliance System, and the Outbreak of Hostilities Franz Ferdinand Reading (Sam Varney)

Wednesday
9 The Course of the War: Trench Warfare, Technological Horrors, and U.S. Intervention The Fourteen Points (Katie Mae Lamb)

Thursday
10 The Aftermath of the Great War: the Bolshevik Revolution, The Fall of the German Empire, and the Rise of Japan -What the Spartacus League Wants (Kili McGeorge) -Vladimir Lenin (Jericho Frietag) 17 The Aftermath of World War Two: Cold War and the Arms Race -Telegrams between Kennedy & Kruschev (Kahlil Anacker, Annie Woody) -Joseph Stalin (Corinne Horan)

Friday
11 The Inter-War Years: Il Duce, The Spanish Civil War, and the Rise of Fascism in Germany and Japan -What is Fascism? (Namthip Nilawong) -Benito Mussolini (Chenoa Moore) -Haile Selassie (Christine Zinky) 18 The Aftermath of World War: Cold War and Decolonization - Western Guilt and Third World Poverty (Genevieve Breitbach) -Fidel Castro (Daisy Varney) -Mahatma Ghandi (Kili McGeorge) 25 Islam and the West: A New (Old) Clash of Ideologies? -Clash of Civilizations (Corinne Horan, Julian Hackhofer) -Ayatollah Khomeini (Kahlil Anacker) -Osama bin Laden (Julian Hackhofer)

14 The Outbreak of World War Two: The Munich Conference, The Invasion of Poland, The Rape of Nanking, etc. -Speeches of the Allies (Ayana Perry) -Adolf Hitler (Makenzie Burke) 21 The Rise of OPEC: The Historical Role of Oil in World Politics -Nixons 1973 Speech (Makenzie Burke) -Menachim Begin (Katie Mae Lamb) -Lazaro Cardena (Laura Alvarez Davila)

15 The Course of the War in the European Theatre: Blitzkrieg, The Holocaust, Stalingrad, and D-Day -The Final Solution (Jasmine Jamila-Wuerth) -Winston Churchill (Sam Varney) 22 The Human Wave: The Peoples Republic and the New Chinese Hegemony -The Little Red Book (Daisy Varney, Laura Alvarez Davila) -Chairman Mao (Namthip Nilawong)

16 The Course of the War in the Pacific Theatre: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, etc -The Ethics of the A-Bomb (Christine Zinky) -Emperor Hirohito (Ayana Perry) 23 Unchained: Pan-Africanism and African Independence -The Case for Apartheid (Chenoa Moore) -Nelson Mandela (Annie Woody) -Idi Amin Dada (Genevieve Breitbach)

24 The Fall of the Evil Empire: The Dissolution of the USSR -Reagans Speech in Berlin (Jericho Frietag) -Mikhail Gorbachev (Jasmine Jamila Wuerth)

This class will focus on the events that have shaped our contemporary world and our view of that world. Students and the instructor will collaboratively weave together a narrative of the major events and figures of the last century. This will be done through lectures, student presentations, visual constructions, readings, and discussions. The quality of this class depends in large part on the quality of the students work. Evaluations: Historical Biography Presentation 30% o Captioned Biographical Collage This collage must include an image of the subject and the subjects name along with at least ten images related to the life and times of the subject. Paper size should be no less than 187 inches2. Each image must be numbered and explained in a typed caption on a separate sheet of paper. o 15-minute presentation This presentation will deal with the subjects life and the important historical events in which he was involved. Geography Exam (World Geography) 10% Discussion Leading and Participation in Student-Led Discussion 30% o Each student is responsible for leading the discussion of a reading. The student leader should become an expert on the subject matter discussed in that reading and should have at least 5 questions meant to inspire discussion of the reading prepared along with notes on the reading. These questions and notes will be handed in and will be evaluated along with the students performance in leading the discussion. Daily Quizzes (Comprehension of the Reading and the Previous Days Lecture, Discussions, and Presentations) 30% o Short daily quizzes will be administered to ensure that students are keeping up with the material presented in all aspects of the class. 70% of the available points are required to pass this class.