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Map Locations for His 121 Final

Group A

Stalingrad
Kursk
Kiev
Pripet Marshes
Dnipr River
Volga River
Finland
Rumania
Bulgaria
Turkey

Group B
East Germany
West Germany
East Berlin
West Berlin
Bosnia
Croatia
Serbia
Yugoslavia
Montenegro

Group C
Alsace-Lorraine
Schleswig-Holstein
Mons
Somme
Verdun
Ardennes Forest
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Nuremberg
Dresden

Group D

Hong Kong
Goa
Cape of Good Hope
Straits of Magellan
Australia
New Zealand
Vietnam
Azores
Singapore
Port Arthur

Paper Assignment 3 for History 121

Assignment Sheet for Paper 3

Due:  Wednesday, May 10th at 5 pm
Format:  Electronic (as with paper 2, you must give this to me in digital form)

Content:  Go to the website: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbooknew.html and find a primary source to use.  Research the historical background of that primary source, explain what’s going on at the time, and analyze the source itself.  Why is somebody writing it?  What is their point of view?  What do they hope to gain from writing the document?

Form:  4-5 pages, citations and a bibliography with 5 sources (only two web sources).

121 Paper 2 Assignment

You should choose a person who lived in Europe sometime during the past 3000 years.  This can be a specific person (like Queen Elizabeth I of England who reigned from 1558-1604) or it can be a general person (a French peasant woman during the Middle Ages).  Research and write a paper telling me who the person is and what an ordinary day in the life of this person would look like.  What would they eat?  What would they wear?  What would they do during the day?  Who would they live with or encounter during the day?  What activities would they undertake?  How would they live their life?


You may not do someone from post-1945.

Be sure to tell me when the person you are doing lived (i.e. the date).

Don’t plagiarize.

The paper should be 3-5 pages long.  You should have at least five sources, of which only two may be web sources.  You should use citations to show where you get your information and quotations, and you should have a bibliography at the end.

YOU MUST GIVE THE PAPER TO ME IN ELECTRONIC FORM—AS AN EMAIL ATTACHMENT, AS A FILE ON A DISC, OR SOME OTHER WAY.

April 11.

Map Answer Key for His 121 Midterm

His 121 Atlas Readings for Next Tuesday

Atlas, pp. 18-21, 28-31, 36-41.

History 121 Notes for 1/31

Five Items



January 31, 2006

Pepper:

      - Earliest traded items culinarycafe.com-speculative
Given as gift               (cross-check)
      - Indigenous to Rain Forest Southwest India edu.
      - Unknown to Europeans – Columbus
        Spice Islands

- Too light and Soluble
- Food Sucked – No Refrigeration

Salt:

- Preserving Food
- Saltwater Evaporate 1 ton of coal = 2 tons of salt  britishalt.co.uk
- Salt – Religious ceremonies

Salt of Earth
Portrait of Evil & Bad Luck

- Salt Springs
- Tax Salt
- Salt for People

Beer:

- Hops – Grain
- 15th Century – Unhopped – Ale  4% Alcohol

Hopped – Beer

- Ale – Any strong beer
- English – created Brews/Long Sea Voyage
- Workers  2 liters   
- Priests    5 liters        Hammurabi 2000 BC

Olive Oil:

- Boiling, Pressure, Skimming
- Ancient Greece/Rome – Soap
- Egypt Honey & Olive Oil – Lotion
- 16th Century B.C. – Greek Isles/Mainland
- Trees  2,000 years
- Cook, Shelf-life
- Pure
- Popeye’s Girlfriend

Grain:

- Seed of Grass
- Livestock & Poultry
- 8,000 BC
- Grain Elevators
- Easy to preserve
- Disease – Resistant
- Conditons

       

Classes for Spring 2006

History 121, Introduction to European History
History 290/College 260:  Great Explorers of the Modern World
History 353:  The European Century, 1763-1914

Items for 121 Map Quiz, November 3rd.

Mecca
Medina
Straits of Magellan
Portuguese Spice Route
Venice
Caffa
Silk Road
India

121 Assignment Sheet for Paper 2

You should choose a person who lived in Europe sometime during the past 3000 years.  This can be a specific person (like Queen Elizabeth I of England who reigned from 1558-1603) or it can be a general person (a French peasant woman during the Middle Ages).  Research and write a paper telling me who the person is and what an ordinary day in the life of this person would look like.  What would they eat?  What would they wear?  What would they do during the day?  Who would they live with or encounter during the day?  What activities would they undertake?  How would they live their life?

(You may not do these for your paper):

A hunter-gatherer

One of your ancestors

A farmer in Ancient Babylonia

Queen Elizabeth I of England

Adolf Hitler of Germany.

A French soldier during the Napoleonic Wars.

You may not do someone from post-1945.

Be sure to tell me when the person you are doing lived (i.e. the date).

Don't plagiarize.

The paper should be 3-5 pages long.  You should have at least five sources, of which only two may be web sources.  You should use citations to show where you get your information and quotations, and you should have a bibliography at the end.

November 1.

Baby

Madeline Shellie Rose Silbey was born today at 4:30 PM.  Mother and daughter are fine.

What this means:

His 121 01 02 03:  Class is ON.  You will be watching a film tomorrow and Tuesday.  I will be giving you a quiz on the film next thursday, so be sure to see it.

His 337.01:  Class is OFF for Thursday and Tuesday.  Meet in your reading groups to discuss your rough drafts.

David Silbey

Baby Update, part II

Still no baby.

Classes are ON for tomorrow (Oct 18th), unless something changes.

Baby Update

Folks--

Yesterday turns out to have been a false alarm.  We went to the hospital and returned home after several hours without a baby.  Sorry about that.  At the moment, classes are ON for Tuesday.  Check this site again regularly for updates.

Sorry about the confusion.

David Silbey

History 121, 337:

No Class Today (Tuesday, October 11th), as I am sick.

This is NOT childbirth, so there will be class on Thursday (unless of course the childbirth comes before then).

Citation Style: Chicago and MLA

Guide for Chicago 

Guide for MLA

History 121 Syllabus

is here

Syllabi for Fall 2005

History 121

History 337

Locations for Map Quiz, 5/6/05

Sudetenland
Oder River
Prague
Cyprus
Austria
Hungary
Turkey
Iceland
Switzerland
Ukraine

History 121 Paper Assignment 3

Paper 3 Assignment Sheet – History 121 

You should choose a famous historical figure from European history (it could be someone we’ve studied, or not, but they have to be important) and an important event or events from the current day, and write a paper that analyzes what the historical figure would think of the current event.  You cannot just guess about this; you must find out what the historical figure thought and believed and use that information, and you must show what they might have thought about your current event. 

You might do something on what Alexander the Great would think about the war in Iraq, for example. 

You may not choose the following: 

Adolf Hitler
Martin Luther
Jesus Christ  Y

ou must have citations and a bibliography. 

You must have at least 5 sources, only 2 of which can be internet sources. 

Due:  Wednesday, May 11th.

Map Quiz for 4.15.05

Countries are:

Czech Republic

Slovakia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Albania
Turkey
Greece
Montenegro
Serbia
Croatia

Ruminations on James I's speech to Parliament (1610)

History 121.01 (9 AM)

James I, A Speech to Parliament:

James I, the King of England, took over after the death of Queen Elizabeth of England in 1603. James I had been King of Scotland before 1603 and was the heir to the English throne because he was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, Elizabeth's cousin. James had been a good King of Scotland. He was not to prove a good King of England. He had ruled Scotland absolutely, without outside council. In England, where both Henry VIII and Elizabeth had set the precedent of allowing Parliament to influence the running of the country, this absolutism went over badly. [Silbey Lecture, 3/21/05]

It took some time for James and Parliament to get to know each other. The plot by Guy Fawkes and a ring of English Catholics to kill James temporarily made him popular. But James' ruling style was simply too aggressive, and, in addition, his flamboyant homosexuality and the increasing political influence of his boyfriends bothered the English court.

In 1610, the situation broke out into the open when James gave an assertive speech to Parliament. He said flatly that as King he was "truly parens patriae (parent of the country)" and "even by God himself [I am] called god[s]." Nobody, especially Parliament, was allowed to tell him what to do or question what he did. That was "blasphemy." James made it clear to Parliament that it should not "meddle with the main points of government; that is my craft."

In my opinion, Parliament would have reacted badly to James' speech. The words of the speech were aggressive, Parliament was not a calm place at the best of times, and they were used to a more interactive monarch.

History 121.02 (10 AM):

James I, Speech to Parliament (1610):

When Queen Elizabeth of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland became James I of England, because he was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, Elizabeth's cousin, and thus heir to the English throne. James had ruled Scotland as an absolute monarch, without input or influence from anyone else. In England, monarchs such as Henry VIII and Elizabeth had traditionally taken input from Parliament. When James attempted to rule as an absolute monarch in England, Parliament objected.

James had a brief period of popularity at the start of his reign. When Guy Fawkes and his Catholic band of brothers attempted to blow up the House of Parliament in 1605, James enjoyed a moment of acceptance. In addition, James' son Henry played a major role in soothing the feathers ruffled by James' aggressiveness. However the good times were not destined to last, because James continued to believe in his own absolute power and his continued insistence on throwing wild parties for his French boyfriend Philip annoyed the English. [Silbey Lecture, 3/21/05]

In 1610, James gave an aggressive speech to Parliament. He argued that he, the King, was divine. He was "the supremest thing upon earth…even by God himself [a King is] called god[s]" [James I, Speech to Parliament, 1610]. Therefore, he has absolute power, and Parliament has no right to impugn his authority or have any input into the running of government. James believed that Parliament should not "meddle" with his authority. That was his "craft." [James I, speech to Parliament, 1610].

History 121 Paper 2 Assignment

Choose a primary source from the Modern History Sourcebook (found at: Modern History Sourcebook)

Research your document—find out who wrote it, when it was written, and why it was written.

Next, write a 3-5 page paper analyzing that primary document.  Your analysis should do three things:
1.  Outline the main point of the document (what is it saying?)
2.  How the document makes its point? (Is it making emotional arguments, logical arguments, giving lots of evidence, no evidence?)
3.  Why it is making that point? (Why do the authors believe what they do?  Who are they arguing with?)
You should back your analysis up with evidence from the document itself as well as from the research you did.

You must include a copy of the document itself.  You must use citations in the paper.  You should have five sources in a bibliography to show that you have researched the context of the document.  The document cannot be one of the sources.  Encyclopedia entries may, however, be.  You may use web pages for two of the five sources

Due:  April 4th.

Syllabi for History 121 and History 290

Syllabi, in PDF format:

His121Syllabus-3.pdf

His290Syllabus-3.pdf

121 Readings

Link to History 121 Page Readings

Books for Spring 2005 Courses

Here are the books I will be using in my Spring 2005 courses.

History 121
Patrick K O'Brien, Oxford Concise Atlas of World History
Natalie Zemon Davis, The Return of Martin Guerre
Oladauh Equiano, The Life of Oladauh Equiano
Erich Marie Remarque All Quiet on the Western Front

History 290
Russell Weigley, The American Way of War
Max Boot, The Savage Wars of Peace
Donald Burgett, Currahee! A Screaming Eagle at Normandy
David Zucchino, Thunder Run

History 493
Ernst Breisach, Historiography: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern

Classes, Fall 2004: Rooms and Times

History 121.01: TTH, 12:30-1:50 PM, BH 210
History 121.02: TTH, 3:30-4:50 PM, BH 154
History 308.01: TTH, 9:30-10:30 AM, BH 154
History 420.01: TTH, 11:00-12:20 PM, BH 212

Classes, Fall 2004: Rooms and Times

History 121.01: TTH, 12:30-1:50 PM, BH 210
History 121.02: TTH, 3:30-4:50 PM, BH 154
History 308.01: TTH, 9:30-10:30 AM, BH 154
History 420.01: TTH, 11:00-12:20 PM, BH 212

Classes for Fall 2004

History 121--Intro to European History
History 308--American Revolution and Constitution
History 420--Contemporary World History, 1918-present

Readings for 121: Nazi-Soviet Pact & Churchill Speech, 'Blood, Toil, Sweat, and Tears.'

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Churchill Speech

Where is Professor Silbey?

On campus Tuesday and Thursday. Off-campus Wednesday and Friday.

Finals 121

Final is on Tuesday. History 121.01 is 10:10 am to 12:10 in BH 214. History 121.02 is 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in FH 302. History 121.03 is 8:50 am to 10:00 am in BH 215.