In the Beginning = Genesis 1-3. Theory of Creationism B.C.
· Creation of the Universe
· Creation of Man
· Creation of Woman
The eras and topics below will be touched on throughout the course. Be prepared to turn-in a comparative analysis using MLA format to include a reference page on at least 3 readings of your choice on this list during our 1st week of school.
Pre-1000's - 1680's = Development of the European Identity, the Age of Monarchs, and the Age of Exploration
· http://mayaincaaztec.com/hiinre.html (Empires of Latin America)
· The Prince (Renaissance)
· Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther (Reformation)
· John Calvin: A Sixteenth Century Portrait (Reformation)
· The Three-Inch Golden Lotus (Ancient China)
· Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (Middle Ages)
· In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made (The Black Death)
· Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai (Feudal Japan)
· Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi (African Slave Trade)
· When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne (Age of Exploration)
· My Name is Red (Ottoman Empire)
· Middle Passage (Africa – Slave Trade)
· Sacred Hunger (African Slave Trade)
· The Adventures of Ibn Battuta : A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century (Islam / Age of Exploration)
· Nathaniel’s Nutmeg: How One Man’s Courage Changed the Course of History (Age of Exploration)
· Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan (Feudal Japan)
· The Travels of Marco Polo (Age of Exploration)
· Guns, Germs, and Steel (Age of Exploration)
· The Colombian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492 (Age of Exploration)
1680's - 1810's = Age of Enlightenment, Political Revolution, and Democratic Changes within World Societies
· Galileo’s Daughter (Scientific Revolution)
· The Social Contract (Enlightenment)
· Two Treaties of Government (Enlightenment)
· On Crime and Punishment (Enlightenment)
· The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus (Scientific Revolution)
· Ines of My Soul: A Novel (Colonial Latin America)
· All Souls’ Rising (Haitian Revolution)
· The Glass-Blowers (French Revolution)
· Island Beneath the Sea: A Novel (Haitian Revolution)
1810's - 1940's = Industrialization of the Globe, European Imperialism, and Attempted Reforms / New Ideas
· Forgotten Fire (Armenian Genocide)
· Things Fall Apart (Africa / Imperialism)
· Heart of Darkness (Africa / Imperialism)
· King Leopold’s Ghost (Africa – Imperialism)
· A Grain of Wheat (Africa – Imperialism)
· Burmese Days (British Imperialism)
· Women of the Silk (China prior to the Revolution)
· Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power (Imperialism)
· The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (Colonial India)
· The Desert Road to Turkestan (Imperialism)
· The Communist Manifesto (Industrial Reformers)
· The White Nile (Africa – Imperialism)
· Paris 1919: Six Months that Changed the War (World War I)
1940's - 1990's = Age of Global Conflicts and Political Change
· Mao’s Last Dancer (Communist China / Cultural Revolution)
· Kaffir Boy (Apartheid)
· The God of Small Things (India / Cold War)
· Cry, The Beloved Country (Apartheid)
· Son of the Revolution (Communist China / Cultural Revolution)
· The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II (Chinese Civil War)
· In the Time of Butterflies (Latin America – Dominican Republic)
· The Marines of Autumn (Asia – Korean War)
· The Tree of Red Stars (Latin America – Cold War)
· Clear Light of Day (Asia – Partitioning of India)
· The Shadow Lines (India – Independence / Partition)
· Snow County (Imperial Japan)
· Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood (Imperial Japan)
· The Painted Bird (The Holocaust)
· The Feast of the Goat (Latin America – Dominican Republic)
· In Country (Vietnam War)
· The Journey of Tao Kim Nam (Vietnam War)
· The Quiet American (Vietnam War)
· Paradise of the Blind (Vietnam War)
· To the End of Hell: One Woman's Struggle to Survive Cambodia's Khmer Rouge (Khmer Rouge)
· First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (Khmer Rouge)
· To Swim Across the World (Korea)
· Cracking India (Partitioning of India)
· Imagining Argentina (Latin America – Cold War)
· Mornings in Jenin (Israeli-Palestinian Conflict)
· Japan at War: An Oral History by Haruko Taya Cook and Theodore F. Cook (Imperial Japan)
· Red Scarf Girl (Communist China – Cultural Revolution)
· Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts (Chinese Civil War)
· The Good Earth (Chinese Civil War)
· Falling Leaves (Communist China)
· Red Azalea (Communist China)
· Darkness at Noon (Russian Revolution)
· One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Life in the USSR)
· A Thousand Splendid Suns (Afghanistan under USSR)
· Shallow Graves in Siberia (USSR in WWII)
1990's – P1resent = Unresolved Problems and Global Issues
· Three Cups of Tea (Islam / War in Afghanistan)
· Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women (Islam)
· Child of the Dark: The Diary of Caroline Maria de Jesus (Modern Latin America – Poverty)
· What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response (Middle East – Islam)
· A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of A Boy Soldier (Modern-Day Africa)
· Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom (Modern-Day Afghanistan)
· We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families (Rwandan Genocide)
· Rethinking American History in a Global Age (Modern World History)
· Banking on Baghdad: Inside Iraq’s 7,000-year History of War, Profit, and Conflict (Iraq Conflicts)