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Western Civ. 2
Course Syllabus
Mr. Troxel Classroom: 313 Classroom Phone: (319)372-1862 ext. 1260 E-mail:
Course Description: -- Welcome to Western Civ. Two! This class will be geared at looking at European History throughout the late 19th and 20th century. This class will discuss the historical importance of European events, beginning with World War 1 and culminating with the formation of the European Union.
My logic for designing the class in this fashion is to allow students to better understand the connection between the modern world and history that lead to its formation. We will spend the next semester discussing, diagramming, and researching the development, progression, and ascension/destruction of European countries. As a class we will examine various historical aspects and perspectives, not just names and dates, rather we will make abstract and concrete connections between various historical stimuli that contributed to the present development of Europe.
I strongly feel that students have a specific relation to the course material, especially since we will be connecting our modern world to historical events. Therefore, the goal of this course is not only designed to highlight and introduce the ideas, accomplishments, people, and geographic regions of Europe, but also it is intended to introduce to you the discipline of history and, as such, will help you develop the skills of critical reading, critical analysis, and effective communication. I will strive to make the class engaging in the sense that I will employ genuine and authentic methods and techniques to make the content come alive within the classroom!
Course Information: *all information is in conjunction with the student handbook --Assignments: Students must arrive to class prepared. Preparation includes having completed assigned coursework, readings, and other instructions discussed prior to the start of class. Assigned course material must be submitted on the date that it is due as stated by the instructor, lest an absence on the due date is excused by the school. Late material will be downgraded by 50% after its original due date. After the initial due date students are allowed to turn in late assignments for ½ credit up to three days. If there is a circumstance hindering the submission of work please see the instructor as soon as possible to work out an agreement that works for both parties.
-- Attendance Policy: These policies are in conjunction with those outlined in the student handbook. Students are expected to attend class on a regular basis unless excused by the school office. Those who attend will be better suited to receive the material, instruction, and assistance to best pass the class. Attendance will be taken every class period and submitted to the appropriate individuals. Tardiness, arriving to class after the bell, will also be noted and deducted from participation points for the course. Students with excused or arranged absences must check into the office before returning to class. --Make-up Work: Ideally, exams and assignments will be submitted at the regularly scheduled times. However, if you must miss a due date because of an emergency, illness, or school related activity, please inform the teacher as soon as possible. If you are aware of an upcoming absence please see the instructor so that work can be provided to complete in advance or on your return to class date. Use the communication methods provided above to contact the instructor directly. The instructor will be available before school and immediately after school to answer any questions. --Academic Dishonesty & Plagiarism: DO NOT pass off someone else’s ideas and/or work as your own! The definition of academic dishonesty and plagiarism are outlined below, please review these definitions with the instructor if you are curious about using another’s work.
1. Seeks to claim credit for the work or efforts of another without authorization or citation.
2. Completes assigned work for another student which will be turned in for credit.
3. Forges or falsifies documents or records.
4. Intentionally impedes or damages academic work of others.
5. Assists other students in any of these acts.
Any student or accomplice proved to be in violation of these acts will immediately receive NO credit for that specific assignment. Additional action will be taken to report this manner to the Dean of Students. Please speak to me if you have any questions about what constitutes academic dishonesty in the context of this course. If there are no questions about this complicated issue, then it is assumed that the policy is completely understood and agreed upon by all students.
--Electronic devices: Any electronic devices not approved through administration will be confiscated by the instructor. The following protocol will be administered for individuals who disregard this classroom rule
· 1st offense – Electronic device is withheld by student until end of academic day.
· 2nd offense – Electronic device is submitted to front office and parents will be notified to pick up device.
· 3rd offense – Student will receive written notification and invitation for afterschool detention. For each instance after the third offense student will be granted an automatic afterschool detention.
--Be Proactive with Your Learning: This means more than just simply keeping up with the reading and dutifully turning in assignments. It also requires that you actively process what we discuss and read throughout the course, connect it with other discussions, listen critically to comments made in class, and constantly analyze and re-evaluate you own thinking. It is important to stress that you have the responsibility to contribute to the creation of a positive and constructive learning environment. Among other things, this also involves your listening to one another and using others’ ideas in discussion. Finally, be open minded when you listen, state, or debate issues within and outside the walls of the classroom.
--Passes: Students will be granted 1 bathroom pass a week. Passes will not be granted during the first and last 20 minutes of each class period (excluding medical conditions).
--Class Explanation: Students will be assigned a specific European country (listed below) and assigned the task of plotting its transformation throughout the 20th century. Students will become experts for their chosen country with regard to historical events in the modern world. The structure of this course will closely relate to an independent study format; in which each week the European Representatives (students) will research different historical components and analyze how their country was affected by the specific event(s). As mentioned earlier this class will be structured to start with World War 1 and continue into the 21st century. Each week the students will research historical events from two subsequent decades, see list of topics below:
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--Assessment: Students will be subjected to various forms of assessment. The overall grade will be determined by:
· Participation
· Weekly Current Events
· Reading Quizzes
· Map Quizzes
· Research Paper
o What is the biggest problem plaguing your country and where did it originate in your country’s 20th C. history?
· 20th C. Presentations
· Final Cumulative 20th C. Europe Test
Basic breakdown:
Participation Points: 5 x 45 days = 225 points
Current Events: 15 x 6 weeks = 90 points
Reading Quizzes: 30 x 6 weeks = 180 points
Map Quizzes: 6 x estimated 25 points = 150 points
Paper: 150 points
Presentation: 200 points
Final Cumulative Test: 100 points
Total: 1100 points
Modern European Countries
Below is the list of possible countries that could be chosen for the class. These countries were the countries that existed during the year 1914. We will examine the overall changes in Europe and see that each country is subject to change in some form or another.
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1. Albania
2. Austria-Hungary
3. Belgium
4. Bulgaria
5. Denmark
6. France
7. Germany
8. Great Britain
9. Greece
10. Iceland
11. Italy
12. Luxemburg
13. Montenegro
14. Netherlands
15. Norway
16. Portugal
17. Romania
18. Russia
19. Serbia
20. Spain
21. Sweden
22. Switzerland
23. Ottoman Empire (Modern-Day Turkey
The following countries were not present or independent in 1914, but they are included because they play a significant role in 20th C. European History.
24. Czechoslovakia
25. Finland
26. Ireland
27. Poland
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Daily Topics for Term
1. Introduction and Country Selection
2. European History 1850-1900 – Emergence of a Modern Continent
World War 1
3. 1900s-1910s. - M.A.N.I.A. –causes leading to World War One
a. READING: Pgs 841-844 Marching toward war
b. ASSIGNMENT: Terms & Names, Main Ideas (3,4,5), Critical Thinking & Writing (6,7,8)
c. RESEARCH: How was your country involved & affected?/Why weren’t they?
4. 1900s-1910s. – The war in Europe
a. READING: Pg 845-849 Europe plunges into war
b. ASSIGNMENT: Terms & Names, Main Ideas (3,4,5), Critical Thinking & Writing (6,7,8)
c. RESEARCH: How was your country involved & affected?/Why weren’t they?
5. 1900s-1910s. – War affects the world
a. READING: Pgs 851-857 A Global Conflict
b. ASSIGNMENT: Terms & Names, Main Ideas (3,4,5), Critical Thinking & Writing (6,7,8)
c. RESEARCH: How was your country involved & affected?/Why weren’t they?
6. 1900s-1910s. –War Aftermath and Weakness of the Versailles Treaty.
a. READING: Pgs 858-861 A Flawed Peace
b. ASSIGNMENT: Terms & Names, Main Ideas (3,4), Critical Thinking & Writing (6,7)
c. RESEARCH: How was your country involved & affected?/Why weren’t they?
7. 1900s-1910s. – Library Research
MAP QUIZ: Pre-World War 1 Europe
READING QUIZ: The Great War
PRESENTATIONS: Current Events – Government Focus
What does this article mean in your words?
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Global Depression
8. 1920s-1930s. – Economic, Social, Political Changes throughout Europe
a. READING: Pgs 867- 873 Revolution in Russia
b. ASSIGNMENT: Terms & Names, Main Ideas (3,4,5), Critical Thinking & Writing (6,8)
c. RESEARCH: How was your country involved & affected?/Why weren’t they?
9. 1920s-1930s. - Rise of Totalitarianism & Fascism
a. READING: (1)Pgs 874-879 Totalitarianism, (2) Pgs 910-914 Fascism Rises in Europe
b. ASSIGNMENT:
i. (1) Terms & Names, Main Ideas (3,4,5), Critical Thinking & Writing (7,8)
ii. (2) Terms & Names, Main Ideas (3,4,5), Critical Thinking & Writing (6,7,8)
c. RESEARCH: How was your country involved & affected?/Why weren’t they?
10. 1920s-1930s. - Global Depression
a. READING: Pgs 904-909 A Worldwide Depression
b. ASSIGNMENT: Terms & Name, Main Ideas (3,4,5), Critical Thinking & Writing (6,7)
c. RESEARCH: How was your country involved & affected?/Why weren’t they?
11. 1920s-1930s. – Library Research
MAP QUIZ: Post-World War 1 Europe
READING QUIZ: Global Depression
PRESENTATIONS: Current Events – Economic Focus
What does this article mean in your own words?
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World War 2 – European Theatre
12. 1940s-1950s. – Aggressive Invasions
a. READING: Pgs 915-919 Aggressors Invade Nations.
b. ASSIGNMENT: Terms & Names, Main Ideas (3,4,5), Critical Thinking & Writing (6,7)
c. RESEARCH: How was your country involved & affected?/Why weren’t they?
13. 1940s-1950s. - Axis conquest of Europe
a. READING: Pgs 925-930 Hitler’s Lightening Warfare
b. ASSIGNMENT: Terms & Names, Main Ideas (3,4,5), Critical Thinking & Writing (6,7,8)
c. RESEARCH: How was your country involved & affected?/Why weren’t they?
14. 1940s-1950s. – Holocaust (NAZI) and the Great Purge (SOVIET UNION)
a. READING: (1)Pgs 936-939 The Holocaust, (2)Pg 876 Great Purge
b. ASSIGNMENT:
i. (1)Terms & Names, Main Ideas (3,4,5), Critical Thinking & Writing (6,7,8)
ii. (2) Define Great Purge, Compare the Great Purge to the Holocaust and decide which had a larger impact on each country’s citizens.
c. RESEARCH: How was your country involved & affected?/Why weren’t they?
15. 1940s-1950s. - Allied victory & post-totalitarianism Europe.
a. READING: Pgs 940-947 The Allied Victory
b. ASSIGNMENT: Terms & Names, Main Ideas (3,4), Critical Thinking & Writing (6,7)
c. RESEARCH: How was your country involved & affected?/Why weren’t they?
16. 1940s-1950s. - Formation of a European Dichotomy”
a. READING: Pgs 948-951 Europe and Japan in Ruins
b. ASSIGNMENT: Terms & Names, Main Ideas (3,4), Critical Thinking & Writing (6,7)
c. RESEARCH: How was your country involved & affected?/Why weren’t they?
17. 1940s-1950s. – Library Research
MAP QUIZ: Hitler’s Europe 1940-1945
READING QUIZ: World War II
PRESENTATIONS: Current Events – Scientific/Environmental Focus
What does this article mean in your own words?
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Cold War
18. 1960s-1970s. – The Dichotomy of Europe (Eastern Bloc & Western Bloc).
a. READING: Pgs 965-971 Superpowers Face Off
b. ASSIGNMENT: Terms & Names, Main Ideas (3,4,5), Critical Thinking & Writing (6,7,8)
c. RESEARCH: How was your country involved & affected?/Why weren’t they?
19. 1960s-1970s. – Cold War Conflicts
a. READING: Pgs 976-981 Wars in Korea and Vietnam
b. ASSIGNMENT: Terms & Names, Main Ideas (3,4,5), Critical Thinking & Writing (6,7)
c. RESEARCH: How was your country involved & affected?/Why weren’t they?
20. 1960s-1970s. – Cold War Divides the World
a. READING: Pgs 982-987 Cold War Divides the World
b. ASSIGNMENT: Terms & Names, Main Ideas (3,4,5), Critical Thinking & Writing (6,7,8)
c. RESEARCH: How was your country involved & affected?/Why weren’t they?
21. 1960s-1970s. - Thawing of the Cold War- Political Changes
a. READING: Pgs 988-991 The Cold War Thaws
b. ASSIGNMENT: Terms & Names, Main Ideas (3,4,5), Critical Thinking & Writing (6)
c. RESEARCH: How was your country involved & affected?/Why weren’t they?
22. 1960s-1970s. – Library Research
MAP QUIZ: Eastern and Western Blocs of Europe
READING QUIZ: Cold War
PRESENTATIONS: Current Events - Technology
What does this article mean in your own words?
****Annotated Bibliography AND POWERPOINT CHECK****
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Rise of Modern Euro & Fall of Communist Bloc
23. 1980s-1990s. - Collapse of the USSR.
a. READING: Pgs 1046-1051 The Collapse of the Soviet Union