January 9 – Course Introduction

             11 – Origins of the French Revolution                 Reading: pg. 11-13

             13 – The French Revolution                               Reading: pg. 13-25

             16 – Martin Luther King Holiday (No Class)

             18 – Age of Napoleon                                       Reading: pg. 25-32

             20 – The Industrial Revolution in Britain              Reading: pg. 33-40

             23 – Global Industrial Revolution                        Reading: pg. 40-47

             25 – Effects of the Industrial Revolution              Reading: pg. 47-54

             27 – Age of Ideology: Effects of Enlightenment    Reading: pg. 55-63

             30 – Age of Ideology: Liberalism                        Reading: pg. 63-71

February 1 – Age of Ideology: Socialism                          Reading: pg. 71-77

               3 – Nationalism and German Unification            Reading: pg. 79-88

               6 – First Midterm Exam

               8 – The New Imperialism                                 Reading: pg. 135-153

              10 – The Culmination of Imperialism                  Reading: pg. 153-165

              13 – Age of Anxiety I                                       Reading: pg. 89-95

              15 – Age of Anxiety II                                      Reading: pg. 95-103

              17 – Of Wheels and Wings

              20 – Origins of the First World War                 Reading: pg. 225-235

              22 – The Course of the War                            Reading: pg. 235-245

              24 – The Russian Revolution                            Reading: pg. 251-256

              27 – Stalinism                                                  Reading: pg. 256-262, 275-280

  March 1 – The Rise of Fascism                                   Reading: pg. 265-275, 280-291

             3 – The Second World War                             Reading: pg. 293-301

             6 – Second Midterm Exam

             8 – The Holocaust                                           Reading: pg. 301-307

            10 – War's End                                                Reading: pg. 307-319

            13 – Cold War I                                               Reading: pg. 391-398

            15 – Cold War II                                             Reading: pg. 398-404

            17 – The Space Age

            20 – Civil Rights                                               Reading: pg. 468-480

            22 – Nationalism and Decolonization in India     Reading: pg. 439-440

            24 – Chinese Nationalism                                 Reading: pg. 193-203

March 27-31 – Spring Break

     April 3 – China II                                                     Reading: pg. 220-222, 442-444

             5 – Collapse of the USSR                                Reading: pg. 409-414

             7 – Collapse of Communism                            Reading: pg. 414-424

            10 – Third Midterm Exam

            12 – Japan and the Pacific Rim                         Reading: pg. 203-216, 444-453

            14 – Vietnam                                                   Reading: pg. 427-438

            17 – African Decolonization                             Reading: pg. 321-331

            19 – South Africa                                            Reading: pg. 331-342

            21 – Middle Eastern Nationalism                     Reading: pg. 345-353

            24 – The Islamic Wave                                    Reading: pg. 353-362

            26 – Latin America                                          Reading: pg. 365-389

            28 – Environmentalism

     May 1 – Globalization                                             Reading: pg. 457-465

     May 8 – Final Exam: 2:00 – 4:30 PM  (HC 3195)