HIS 112 (Fall 2020)
8 Week Course Assignment Schedule
24 August Start Date

Week Starts

Topic

Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines

Due Date

Possible Points

24 August

Unit 1: Introduction

Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post

Midnight
27 August

15+

Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe

Seventeenth-Century paragraph

Midnight
30 August

25

31 August

Unit 3: East Asia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Discussion post/respond
Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (1 September)

Midnight
3 September

5

Unit 4: South Asia and Gunpowder Empires

Discussion post/respond

Midnight
6 September

5

Digital Project choice of topic and type of project

Midnight
1 October

Digital Project assignment

Midnight
8 October

150

7 September

Unit 5: European Modernization

Discussion post/respond

Midnight
10 September

5

Unit 6: Africa and the Challenge of Imperialism

Imperialism paper

Midnight
13 September

100

14 September

Unit 7: Latin and Central America in Revolt

Discussion post/respond

Midnight
17 September

5

Unit 8: Russia in Revolt

Midterm Exam

Midnight
20 September

150

21 September

Unit 9: World War I

Discussion post/respond

Midnight
24 September

5

Unit 10: World War II

Genocide group project
Last Withdrawal Date (27 September)

Midnight
27 September

100

28 September

Unit 11: Cold War

Bao Ninh paper

Midnight
1 October

100

Unit 12: Decolonization and Nation-Building in Africa

Discussion post/respond

Midnight
4 October

5

5 October

Unit 13: South Asian Independence

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

Midnight
8 October

5

Unit 14: Latin American Modernization

Wikipedia Analysis paper

Midnight
11 October

100

12 October

Unit 15: The United Nations and the World

Final exam

Midnight
15 October

200

Unit 16: The Emergence of the Pacfic Rim

Reflective paragraph
Discussion post/respond
Course End Date (19 October)

Midnight
18 October

25

TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS

1,000