Category Archives: HST 101

HST101.WI12.MW: Islam Questions

Posted by on February 20, 2012 79 comments

This is a message for my MW sections of HST 101. If you are in the T section, ignore this.

After looking again over the primary sources from Strayer Ch.11 (Doc.11.1, Doc.11.2, and Doc.11.3), please respond to the following question prompts in a comment below:

1) What attitudes toward Jews, Christians, and other non-Muslim peoples do these primary source selections suggest on the part of Islam?

2) What do you think is the relationship between the selections from the Koran (Doc.11.1), from the Hadith (Doc.11.2) and from Sharia Law (Doc.11.3)? How do these sources of authority work together to govern Islamic society?

3) After looking at these sources, what sort of problems do you think early Islamic society and empire had?

You do not have to rote-answer each question in turn if you so choose. Feel free to respond in general with a short paragraph or a response to a fellow classmate’s offering. Also, be sure you include your full name and your class section (e.g., MW 3:00), so that it makes it easier for me to give you credit for participating.

2/21 Update: If you do not put an email address in the comment form, you will get the Internal Service Error when trying to post a comment. The emails are not displayed or linked to your comments where anyone but me can see them. It is part of the spam comment management system, nothing more.

HST101.WI12.MW: Flash Reports Feedback

Posted by on February 8, 2012 No comments

This post is for my HST 101 MW sections. If you are in the T night section, ignore this.

After having watched your flash reports for module #1, here is my generalized feedback for those that want to improve their presentations for future reports. These are not specific to any individual report and are in no particular order.

1) Please be aware that you are presenting material to your classmates. This means you need to be mindful of *how* you are presenting. This means speak clearly, loud enough for everyone to hear, and speak to the class, not the display on the board. You should also do more than simply read directly from a script or read PowerPoint slides. It is stilted and deadens the impact of what you are saying if you spend the entire time reading.

2) Regarding organization, you should be structuring your reports around a question that you are attempting to answer, in this case the issue of historical significance. For this, you can rely on the prompts I have given you. Do not simply info dump all over your classmates; have a point to what you are presenting. Along with this, be mindful of merely tossing out random, pointless facts that are not relevant to your overall purpose (this was a problem for those who had not bothered to answer a question).

3) Be careful about stepping on other people’s topics. If you see that another group has been tasked with reporting on a battle that is connected to your prompt topic in some way, briefly mention it, but do not spend half your time describing the battle and taking away from the other group’s presentation. Stick to your prompt.

4) For those that have prompts related to battles, keep in mind that your topics would benefit the most from visual aids and maps. Simply describing combat maneuvers without a visual aid does not help anyone understand what you are talking about.

All in all, your flash reports for module #1 were not bad for first-timers, but there is definitely room for improvement.

HST101.WI12-MW: Module #1 Flash Report Group Assignments

Posted by on January 17, 2012 No comments

This is a message for my MW HST 101 sections. If you are in the T section, ignore this.

I have posted the link to the Google Doc that contains the group assignments for the Module #1 flash reports (for those of you who volunteered to go first). You can find it on your course syllabus page or by clicking the link here.

HST101.WI11.MWF: PWPT Peer Evaluation Form

Posted by on April 18, 2011 No comments

Hey MWF 101ers, I have posted the Group PowerPoint Presentation Peer Evaluation Form on your course syllabus page. You must turn the form back into me by Friday, 22 April 2011. If you do not turn in a peer evaluation form, you will receive a 0 grade for that 10% component of your final Group PowerPoint Presentation grade. Let me know if you have questions.

HST101.WI11: Dual Revolution Companion Lecturecast

Posted by on April 14, 2011 108 comments

I have embedded below a companion lecturecast for Topic #10 on the Dual Revolution. Please watch this lecturecast over the weekend (before class on Monday, 18 April 2011). Then please comment on the material in the lecturecast or ask questions about it in the comment section of this post (please do not use the comment form for this). This is not a suggestion; it is an assignment that you will receive points for. If you don’t comment or ask a question by next Monday, you will not receive the points. Please let me know if you have any questions.

If for some reason you can’t access the video here, you can find the link to it, along with a pdf of the PowerPoint slides on the Lectures/Resources page of the website.

Also Remember: If you do not put in an email address, you will get the Internal Service Error when trying to post a comment. The emails are not displayed or linked to your comments where anyone but me can see them. It is part of the spam comment management system, nothing more.

HST101.WI11: Dual Revolution PowerPoint

Posted by on April 10, 2011 No comments

Hey 101ers, I have posted a set of PowerPoint slides for the material we will be covering this week on the French and Industrial Revolutions, which you can find, as always, on the Lectures/Resources page. Ping me if you have questions.

HST101.WI11: European Empire Comparison Chart

Posted by on April 8, 2011 No comments

In my MWF section, we were unable to complete our discussion of the European Empire Comparison Chart before the schedule forced us to move on to other topics. In light of that, and because I feel nice, I have posted a completed version of the chart for your edification. Let me know if you have any questions about this.

HST101.WI11: Primary Source Comparison Citation Style

Posted by on April 3, 2011 No comments

Here are the appropriate citation style formats for the various primary sources you are working with for your primary source comparison paper. To cite additional sources (books or articles, for instance), use the format laid out in the Bibliography and Citation handout.

“Columbus Letter to the King and Queen of Spain,” Internet Medieval Sourcebook, accessed [date you accessed it], http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/columbus2.html.

“Hernan Cortés: from Second Letter to Charles V, 1520,” Internet Modern History Sourcebook, accessed [date you accessed it], http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1520cortes.html.

“Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales: The Founding of St. Augustine, 1565,” Internet Modern History Sourcebook, accessed [date you accessed it], http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1565staugustine.html.

“Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, 26 August 1789,” Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution, accessed [date you accessed it], http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/295/.

“Olympe de Gouges, The Declaration of the Rights of Woman (September 1791),” Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution, accessed [date you accessed it], http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/293/.

“Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France,” Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution, accessed [date you accessed it], http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/563/.

“Rights of Man,” Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution, accessed [date you accessed it], http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/578/.

“Robespierre: On Political Morality,” Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution, accessed [date you accessed it], http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/413/.

“Observations on the Loss of Woollen Spinning, 1794,” Internet Modern History Sourcebook, accessed [date you accessed it], http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1794woolens.html.

“Leeds Woollen Workers Petition, 1786,” Internet Modern History Sourcebook, accessed [date you accessed it], http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1786machines.html.

“Letter from Leeds Cloth Merchants, 1791,” Internet Modern History Sourcebook, accessed [date you accessed it], http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1791machines.html.

“Joseph Stalin (1879-1953): Industrialization of the Country, 1928,” Internet Modern History Sourcebook, accessed [date you accessed it], http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1928stalin.html.

“Editorial of the Liberation Army Daily (Jiefangjun Bao): Mao Tse-Tung’s Thought is the Telescope and Microscope of Our Revolutionary Cause, June 7, 1966,” Internet Modern History Sourcebook, accessed [date you accessed it], http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1966-mao-culturalrev1.html.

Then immediate subsequent footnotes  of the same web primary source should use the phrase “Ibid,” like this:

¹ “Robespierre: On Political Morality,” Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution, accessed [date you accessed it], http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/413/.

² Ibid.

When you reuse a source for a citation later on in your paper, you do not repeat the full note citation. Instead, you use a more abbreviated version, per the following example:

¹ “Leeds Woollen Workers Petition, 1786,” Internet Modern History Sourcebook, accessed [date you accessed it], http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1786machines.html.

² “Letter from Leeds Cloth Merchants, 1791,” Internet Modern History Sourcebook, accessed [date you accessed it], http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1791machines.html.

³ “Woolen Workers Petition.”

HST101.WI11: Final Exam Study Guide

Posted by on April 3, 2011 No comments

Hey 101ers, I have posted the study guide for your final exams taking place at the end of the month. You can find them on your specific course syllabus page. Ping me if you have questions.

HST101.WI11: Age of Discovery Lecturecast

Posted by on March 24, 2011 112 comments

I have embedded below a companion lecturecast for Topic #8 on the European Age of Discovery. Please watch this lecturecast over the weekend (before class on Monday, 28 March 2011). Then please comment on the material in the lecturecast or ask questions about it in the comment section of this post (please do not use the comment form for this). This is not a suggestion; it is an assignment that you will receive points for. If you don’t comment or ask a question by next Monday, you will not receive the points. Please let me know if you have any questions.

If for some reason you can’t access the video here, you can find the link to it, along with a pdf of the PowerPoint slides on the Lectures/Resources page of the website.

3/27 UPDATE: Here is the pdf of the European Empire Comparison Chart we will be working on for class this upcoming week. Please make sure you print this off and bring it to class on Monday. Feel free also to start filling this in if you like; you can find information about this in Ch.13-14 in your Strayer text book.

3/28 UPDATE: Just a quick note, people. If you do not put in an email address, you will get the Internal Service Error when trying to post a comment. The emails are not displayed or linked to your comments where anyone but me can see them. It is part of the spam comment management system, nothing more.