Lectures and Talking Points
Lectures are University Style, Cross Regional and Cross Chronological
Talking Points are Book Based and Chronological
Lecture Require Notetaking Skills
(PERSIA'd notes / Two Colomn Notes / Shorthanded Notes)
Talking Points are more Discussion-Orientated
Students Should Come prepared with:
(WHC information, links, and questions from the assigned subpoints)
April
Lecture: Art as a Reflection (Stories behind the Canvas)
Thesis Statements:
Talking Points: World Wars Interwar Period
1. Weimar Republic
2. U.S. Economy 1920s/1930s
3. Rise of Japan
4. Neville Chamberlain's England
5. Rise of Mussolini and Hitler
6. League of Nations and Attempts at World Peace
2. U.S. Economy 1920s/1930s
3. Rise of Japan
4. Neville Chamberlain's England
5. Rise of Mussolini and Hitler
6. League of Nations and Attempts at World Peace
Talking Points: Cultural Revolutions
1. Bismarck and the Kulturekampf
2. The Great Leap Forward
3. 1960s United States
4. Orange Revolution (and the other Color Revolutions)
5. 1848 v. 1989
6. Arab Spring
2. The Great Leap Forward
3. 1960s United States
4. Orange Revolution (and the other Color Revolutions)
5. 1848 v. 1989
6. Arab Spring
March
Lecture: Commodities that Ruled the World (the Story of Coffee and the Rest)
Thesis Statements:
Talking Points: Russia from Death of Alexander II to the Death of V. Lenin
1. Emancipation of the Serfs
2. Nihilists and Revolutionaries (late 1800s)
3. T.R. and the Russo-Japanese War
4. 1905 Revolution and Bloody Sunday
5. Russia in WWI
6. Lenin and the Communist Revolution
2. Nihilists and Revolutionaries (late 1800s)
3. T.R. and the Russo-Japanese War
4. 1905 Revolution and Bloody Sunday
5. Russia in WWI
6. Lenin and the Communist Revolution
Talking Points: South Africa from Dutch Colonization to Apartheid
1. Pre-Dutch history
2. Dutch Settlement
3. Great Trek
4. Boer War and Concentration Camps
5. Apartheid as a System
6. Fight Against Apartheid
2. Dutch Settlement
3. Great Trek
4. Boer War and Concentration Camps
5. Apartheid as a System
6. Fight Against Apartheid
February
Lecture: India's Road to Nationhood (and the Empires that prevented it)
Thesis Statements:
Talking Points: James Cooke and the New Age of Exploration
1. Aboriginals
2. pre-Cooke maritime trade
3. James Cooke
4. Tasman
5. English v. Dutch Dominance in the South Seas
6. European Conditions during New Age of Exploration
2. pre-Cooke maritime trade
3. James Cooke
4. Tasman
5. English v. Dutch Dominance in the South Seas
6. European Conditions during New Age of Exploration
Talking Points: Spain and the Philippines
1. Magellean's Voyage
2. King Philip II
3. Spanish World Empire at its Height
4. Sinking of the Maine
5. US-Spanish War
6. Philippine's Road to Independence
2. King Philip II
3. Spanish World Empire at its Height
4. Sinking of the Maine
5. US-Spanish War
6. Philippine's Road to Independence
January
Lecture: Diasporas Role in History (and Other Benefits of Racism)
Thesis Statements:
Talking Points: Indian Ocean Trade Network
1. Technology (Lanteen Sail, etc.)
2. Monsoon Economy
3. Southernization
4. Malay Sailors, etc.
5. Zheng He's Voyage
6. Jewish Diaspora in South Asia and East Asia
2. Monsoon Economy
3. Southernization
4. Malay Sailors, etc.
5. Zheng He's Voyage
6. Jewish Diaspora in South Asia and East Asia
Talking Points: Movers and Shakers
1. Saint Augustine
2. Ibn Battuta
3. Kublai Khan
4. Jacques Cartier
5. Maria (Skladowska) Curie
6. Albert Einstein
2. Ibn Battuta
3. Kublai Khan
4. Jacques Cartier
5. Maria (Skladowska) Curie
6. Albert Einstein
December
Lecture: Death of God (The Taiping Rebellion and Other Apocolypses)
Thesis Statements:
Talking Points: Ethiopian Christianity
1. King Ezana
2. Ethiopian Christian Architecture
3. Muslim Relations and Expansion
4. Ethiopian during the Scramble for Africa
5. Mussolini and Ethiopia
6. Ethiopia from colonization to decolonization
2. Ethiopian Christian Architecture
3. Muslim Relations and Expansion
4. Ethiopian during the Scramble for Africa
5. Mussolini and Ethiopia
6. Ethiopia from colonization to decolonization
Talking Points: Sects and Divisions
1. Rightly Guided Caliphs: Islam before the division
2. The two Popes: the Great Schism
3. Luther and a Protestant catelyst
4. Theraveda v. Mahayana Buddism
5. State Shintoism
6. Cults v. Religions
2. The two Popes: the Great Schism
3. Luther and a Protestant catelyst
4. Theraveda v. Mahayana Buddism
5. State Shintoism
6. Cults v. Religions
November
Lecture: Latin American Bones (a Pirate, a Pig Farmer and a Dude from Tennessee)
Thesis Statements:
Talking Points: Justinian,Theodora, and the Byzantines
1. Rebellion in the Empire
2. Justianian Code v. other Codes in history
3. Architecture and Art in Byzantium
4. Byzantines and the Russians
5. Byzatantium as a Christian Stronghold (lead up to the Crusade to its fall)
6. Fall of Constantinople
2. Justianian Code v. other Codes in history
3. Architecture and Art in Byzantium
4. Byzantines and the Russians
5. Byzatantium as a Christian Stronghold (lead up to the Crusade to its fall)
6. Fall of Constantinople
Talking Points: Mexico
1. Pre-Columbian Mexico
2. Spanish Viceroy system
3. Mexican Independence
4. Mexican-American War
5. Mexican Revolution
6. Mexico in the last century
2. Spanish Viceroy system
3. Mexican Independence
4. Mexican-American War
5. Mexican Revolution
6. Mexico in the last century
October
Lecture: Polish Democracy (A Love Story)
Thesis Statements:
Talking Points: North Africa Colonization
1. Berbers
2. North Africa Under Rome
3. North Africa Under Carthage
4. Yoruba
5. Bantu Migration
6. Mali
2. North Africa Under Rome
3. North Africa Under Carthage
4. Yoruba
5. Bantu Migration
6. Mali
Talking Points: Systems of Governance
1. Decentralization v. Centralization
2. Autocratic v. Democratic Systems
3. Imperialism as a catelyst
4. Religion as a glue
5. The Role of Hegemony
6. Economics as a road to power
2. Autocratic v. Democratic Systems
3. Imperialism as a catelyst
4. Religion as a glue
5. The Role of Hegemony
6. Economics as a road to power
September
Lecture: Japan (PERSIA style)
Thesis Statements:
Talking Points: Ancient Egypt
1. Political Set up
2. Economic Systems
3. Religious Practices
4. Social Stratefication
5. Intellectual and Technological Advancements
6. Artistic Contributions
2. Economic Systems
3. Religious Practices
4. Social Stratefication
5. Intellectual and Technological Advancements
6. Artistic Contributions
Talking Points: The Guptas
1. Geographic Challenges to Unification
2. Caste System
3. Scientific/Mathematic Contributions
4. Religions and Associated Concepts
5. Major Battles / Expansions
6. Asoka
2. Caste System
3. Scientific/Mathematic Contributions
4. Religions and Associated Concepts
5. Major Battles / Expansions
6. Asoka