Textbooks:
Cannistraro/Reich, The Western Perspective, vol. C: 1789-Present 
Emile Zola, Germinal
E. M. Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front
Primo Levi. Survival in Auschwitz
 

Format: Reading/discussion: 
   You should read all the material assigned before coming to class and expect to participate in the class discussions. Class attendance is expected and your participation in class discussions will be weighed in determining your course grade, approximately 10% of  the total. 
  This is a writing intensive course and you should read my comments on writing history papers at Writing Across the Curriculum. All written work should conform to the guidelines in the Research and Style Guide on the History Homepage.  Students should also familiarize themselves with the policy on academic honesty on the History Homepage. 

Grading: 
Five papers (4-5 page essays) and one map exam; each of the papers will count for 15 points each; the final examination will count 15 points and class participation and the map exam represent 5 points each toward the final grade. 

Calendar: 

Jan 18-20  The Industrial Revolution
Cannistraro/Reich, The Western Perspective, VII, topics 2-3 

Jan 24-27 The Legacy of the French Revolution
Cannistraro/Reich, The Western Perspective, VII, topics 4-6 

Jan 31-Feb 3 The Romantic Vision and the Revolutions of 1848
Cannistraro/Reich, The Western Perspective, VII, topics 7-9 

Feb 7-10  Nation Building: Austria-Hungary, Italy, Germany
Cannistraro/Reich, The Western Perspective, VII, topics 10-12 

Feb 10 Map Exam

Feb 14-17 Working Class, Middle Class
Cannistraro/Reich, The Western Perspective, VII, topics 13-14 
Emile Zola, Germinal

Feb 17 Paper due on Germinal

Feb 21-24 Second Industrial Revolution and Drive for Empire
Cannistraro/Reich, The Western Perspective, VII, topics 15-18 

Feb 28-Mar 2  Social Order Challenged: Modernist Revolt
Cannistraro/Reich, The Western Perspective, VII, topics 19-21 
Paper due

Mar 4 - 12 Spring Break

Mar 13-16  The Great War
Cannistraro/Reich, The Western Perspective, VIII, topic 1 
E. M. Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

March 20-23  Russian Revolution;  Rise of  Fascism
Cannistraro/Reich, The Western Perspective, VIII, topics 2-3 
March 23 Paper 

Mar 27-29 A Lost Generation and the Road to War
Cannistraro/Reich, The Western Perspective, VIII, topics 4-7 

Apr 3-6  The Second World War
Cannistraro/Reich, The Western Perspective, VIII, topics 8-9 
Primo Levi. Survival in Auschwitz

Apr 10-13  The End of Empire and the New Europe
Cannistraro/Reich, The Western Perspective, VIII, topics 10-11 

Apr 17-18 End of the Cold War and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Cannistraro/Reich, The Western Perspective, VIII, 11-12 

Apr 19 Paper due on the Holocaust and World War II

Apr 19-24 Easter Break

Apr 25- May 1 The Consumer Society and the Path to European Unity
Cannistraro/Reich, The Western Perspective, VIII, 13-16

Final Examination on May 10 (2:00 class) or May 12 (3:00 class)