University of Central Arkansas	Professor Miriam Claude Meijer ("Mayor")
Classroom: Library 311	Office: Harrin Hall 207 Phone: 450-5642
Spring Semester 1996	Hours: TTh 8-9 a.m; 1:40-2:40 p.m.
HIST 1320	Hours: MWF 8-9; 10-11 a.m.

Buy the Textbook: McKay, Hill, and Buckler, A History of World Societies (1992).
Buy two Examination Books ("Blue Books") from the professor (50 cents for two books).
On Reserve at Torreyson Library are several copies of Art Spiegelman's Maus I and Maus II.

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READINGS

for fun!

The final grade for the semester's work will be calculated as follows:

10% = Weekly Quizzes (the lowest grade will be dropped) - Fridays.
10% = European Map and Roman Numerals Quiz - Friday, Feb. 2.
20% = First Essay Exam - Friday, February 16.
10% = World Map Quiz - Friday, March 1.
20% = Second Essay Exam - Friday, March 29.
10% = Paper (3 pages) on Maus I and Maus II - Friday, April 26.
20% = Comprehensive Final - Wednesday, May 8 @ 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Letter grade "A" is 4 points; "A-" is 3.7 points; "B+" is 3.3 points; "B" is 3 points; "B-" is 2.7 points; "C+" is 2.3 points; "C" is 2 points; "C-" is 1.7 points; "D+" is 1.3 points; "D" is 1 point; "D-" is .7; and "F" = none. Multiply by .1 or by .2 according to whether the test is worth 10% or 20% respectively. Simply add up the total and calculate it back into a letter grade.
Cheaters will automatically receive a final grade of "F" for the entire course.
Classroom disrupters will be officially dropped from the class roster at the Registrar.
More than 7 unexcused absences will result in a grade of "WF."
You are responsible for finding out what was covered in class the days you missed!
Make a buddy in the class to get notes from for when you are unavoidably absent.

On reserve in Torreyson Library at the Circulation Desk is the highly recommended UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) pamphlet, Writing Historical Essays, under the call number "MEIM 001."
Graduate Assistants are available as History Tutors in Main 12C and 12F. Their services, like all the university academic services on campus, are free to UCA students.
The University Writing Center is located in Irby Hall, with writing tutors available by appointment. Computers are available for students to work on independently. Torreyson Library also has computers. There is another reading/writing lab and study center labs in Room 316 on the third floor of Torreyson Library.
Free confidential assistance, books, tapes, and pamphlets are available at the Self-Help Library in the Counseling Center on the third floor of Bernard Hall. Call 450-3138 or 43138 for information. The UCA pamphlet Successful Study Strategies! is an excellent guide on how to study successfully in college. It is also on permanent reserve at the library under "MEIM 002."

Week I: Introduction - ch. 19

Monday, January 8: Introduction

Wednesday, January 10: Rise of French Absolutism - pp. 608-619.

Friday, January 12: Absolute Monarchy - pp. 619-624.

Week II: Seventeenth-Century Europe - ch. 19

Monday, January 15: Constitutionalism - pp. 624-643.

Wednesday, January 17: Constitutional Monarchy - pp. 643-654.

Friday, January 19: The Scientific Revolution - pp. 660-665.

Week III: Secularization - ch. 20

Monday, January 22: The Scientific Revolution - pp. 665-669.

Wednesday, January 24: The Enlightenment - pp. 669-679.

Friday, January 26: Enlightened Absolutism - pp. 679-688.

Week IV: The Age of Reason - ch. 21-22

Monday, January 29: The Enlightenment - pp. 692-722.

Wednesday, January 31: Transatlantic Slave Trade - pp. 734-740.

Friday, February 2: QUIZ ON ROMAN NUMERALS AND MAP QUIZ OF EUROPE.

Week V: Eighteenth-Century France - ch. 25

Monday, February 5: The French Revolution (1789) - pp. 796-802.

Wednesday, February 7: The French Revolution - pp. 802-816.

Friday, February 9: Napoleon - pp. 817-823.

Week VI: Eighteenth-Century England - ch. 26

Monday, February 12: The Agricultural Revolution - pp. 828-846.

Wednesday, February 14: The Industrial Revolution - pp. 846-860.

Friday, February 16: FIRST ESSAY EXAM.

Week VII: Nineteenth-Century Ideologies - ch. 27

Monday, February 19: Conservatism - pp. 864-871.

Wednesday, February 21: Liberalism - pp. 871-872.

Friday, February 23: Socialism - pp. 874; 910-914; 953-956.

Week VIII: Nineteenth-Century Ideologies - ch. 28

Monday, February 26: Romanticism - pp. 876-881.

Wednesday, February 28: Nationalism - pp. 872-874; 881-894.

Friday, March 1: MAP QUIZ ON THE WORLD.

Week IX: National Unification Movements - ch. 29

Monday, March 4: Italy - pp. 930-936.

Wednesday, March 6: Germany - pp. 936-953.

Friday, March 8: Charles Darwin - pp. 921-926.

Week X: The Middle Class - ch. 30

Monday, March 11: The Bourgeoisie - pp. 906-910.

Wednesday, March 13: Imperialism - pp. 960-968; 972-988; 992-1006.

Friday, March 15: Women's Movement - pp. 914-921.

SPRING BREAK

Week XI: European Emigration - ch. 31

Monday, March 25: The Second Industrial Revolution - pp. 898-906.

Wednesday, March 27: The Demographic Transition - pp. 968-972; 1006-1033.

Friday, March 29: SECOND ESSAY EXAM.

Week XII: The Great War - ch. 32

Monday, April 1: World War I - pp. 1038-1044.

Wednesday, April 3: World War I - pp. 1045-1054.

Friday, April 5: World War I - pp. 1060-1066.

Week XIII: The Age of Anxiety - ch. 34

Monday, April 8: The Russian Revolution - pp. 1054-1060.

Wednesday, April 10: Sigmund Freud - pp. 1106-1118.

Friday, April 12: Weimar Republic - pp. 1118-1130.

Week XIV: The Second World War - ch. 35

Monday, April 15: Antisemitism - pp. 1134-1138.

Wednesday, April 17: Fascism - pp. 1138-1148.

Friday, April 19 - Nazism - pp. 1148-1155.

Week XV: Art Spiegelman's Maus I and Maus II on Library Reserve

Monday, April 22: Adolf Hitler - pp. 1155-1161.

Wednesday, April 24: World War II - pp. 1161-1166.

Friday, April 26: PAPER DUE IN CLASS.

Below are samples of students' essays on Maus I and Maus II

Sample 1     |    Sample 2     |    Sample 3     |    Sample 4       

Week XVI: The Postwar World - ch. 36

Monday, April 29: Allied Victory - pp. 1170-1174.

Wednesday, May 1: The Cold War - pp. 1174-1181.

Friday, May 3: The Third World - pp. 1181-1210.

Finals Week:

Wednesday, May 8: COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAMINATION.

Essay exams require effective recall, organization and expression of material you have learned. Essay questions are, therefore, "Think questions." Study thoroughly notes and textbook. Sleep. Bring a watch with you.
Briefly look over the entire test to see what is ahead of you.
Read the directions and be sure you understand them.
Determine the amount of time you will need to spend on each question; e.g., more time for questions which are difficult or which count more. Begin "Memory Dump." That is to say, jot down on a page in your blue book words, thoughts, facts, figures, study terms—anything, which could be used to answer the questions. Dare to think. When you are ready to begin a question in earnest, organize the scribbled notes by numbering them in a coherent way for presentation. Avoid flippant answers. Did you answer the question?
Build each paragraph around one idea. If you do not know the answer write something at least.
Use all the time allowed. Prizes are not awarded to the first person to leave the testing room. Relax and allow your mind to work as leisurely as you can with the time alloted.

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