HIS 112 (Summer 2021)
8 Week Course Assignment Schedule
17 May Start Date

Week Starts

Topic

Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines

Due Date

Possible Points

17 May

Unit 1: Introduction

Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post

Midnight
20 May

15+

Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe

Seventeenth-Century paragraph

Midnight
23 May

25

24 May

Unit 3: East Asia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Discussion post/respond
Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (25 May)

Midnight
27 May

5

Unit 4: South Asia and Gunpowder Empires

Discussion post/respond

Midnight
30 May

5

Digital Project choice of topic and type of project

Midnight
24 June

Digital Project assignment

Midnight
1 July

150

31 May

Unit 5: European Modernization

Discussion post/respond

Midnight
3 June

5

Unit 6: Africa and the Challenge of Imperialism

Imperialism paper

Midnight
6 June

100

7 June

Unit 7: Latin and Central America in Revolt

Discussion post/respond

Midnight
10 June

5

Unit 8: Russia in Revolt

Midterm Exam

Midnight
13 June

150

14 June

Unit 9: World War I

Discussion post/respond

Midnight
17 June

5

Unit 10: World War II

Genocide group project
Last Withdrawal Date (19 June)

Midnight
20 June

100

21 June

Unit 11: Cold War

Bao Ninh paper

Midnight
24 June

100

Unit 12: Decolonization and Nation-Building in Africa

Discussion post/respond

Midnight
27 June

5

28 June

Unit 13: South Asian Independence

Discussion post/respond
(Digital project from unit 4 due)

Midnight
1 July

5

Unit 14: Latin American Modernization

Wikipedia Analysis paper

Midnight
4 July

100

5 July

Unit 15: The United Nations and the World

Final exam

Midnight
8 July

200

Unit 16: The Emergence of the Pacific Rim

Reflective paragraph
Discussion post/respond
Course End Date (11 July)

Midnight
11 July

25

TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS

1,000