TERM: FALL 2010
Email: mdeliz@mail.ucf.edu (See Procedures Section below before emailing me)
Phone: 407-385-0016 (text msg or voice-mail only) Website: www.michaeldeliz.com
Office: Colbourn Hall rm 540
Office Hours: MWF
A. Daniel Frankforter, et al. The West: A Narrative History, Volume 1: To 1600 (2nd Edition)
Prentice Hall. 2008.Geographic: Students must understand the relationship between geography and the development of civilizations in the West.
Cultural/Societal: Students must understand the dynamic nature of human society as it is continuously evolving. Emphasis will be on mass migrations, international relations, religious conflict, and ideological conflicts, which all greatly contributed to the history of the modern West.
Students will be presented with a question that must be answered in a manner that details the sequence and causality of an overarching aspect of the covered material. For full credit, students must demonstrate a command of the dates, names of people, places, and significant events that are pertinent to the material in question. Essay Length: 1,500 words
Students will be presented with a question that must be answered in a manner that demonstrates the student’s ability to analyze complex ideas by comparing two excerpts from selected historical sources. For full credit, students must also demonstrate a command of the dates, names of people, places, and significant events that are pertinent to the material in question. Essay Length: 1,500 words
In consultation with the professor, students will first choose a historical event, personality, or idea to research. Students will then research how their chosen topic has been approached and researched by historians over time and reach a conclusive analysis. For full credit, students must also demonstrate a respect for proper research techniques, judgment in source selection, and a command of the formatting standards for writing in the field of History. Essay Length: 6 pages – Typed
Students will be presented with a question that must be answered in a manner that demonstrates the student’s ability to formulate and maintain an argument, support that argument with evidence drawing from the historical record, and arrive at an unambiguous conclusion. For full credit, students must also demonstrate a command of the dates, names of people, places, and significant events that are pertinent to the argument. Essay Length: 1,500 words
Essay Exams 100pts/ea x (3) = 300pts
Quizzes 25pts/ea x (6) = 150pts
Research 50pts/ea x (1) = 50pts
Total Points = 500pts
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By Points
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By Percentage
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Letter Grade
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450-500
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90%-100%
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A
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400-449.9
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89.9%-80%
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B
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350-399.9
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79.9%-70%
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C
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300-349.9
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69.9%-60%
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D
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Less than 300 pts
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Less than 60%
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F
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Email: 1) All emails should contain the class prefix/number on the subject line (ie: EUH2000,
–loss of credit for an assignment, examination, or project;
–reduction in the course grade;
–or a grade of “F” in the course.
Students guilty of engaging in a gross or flagrant act of academic dishonesty or repeated instances of academic dishonesty may also be subject to administrative and/or disciplinary penalties that may include a warning, probation, suspension, and/or expulsion from UCF and the State of Florida University System.
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Test will be multiple choice. (You do not need a scantron)
Any items in your book not pertinent to this list I have removed to allow for the short amount of time between now and the midterm.
SCOPE OF RESEARCH PROJECT
1. Students must then choose an event* of historical importance.
2. WOH 2022 – Students must focus on a country other than the United States
3. For EUH 2000 – The event must fall sometime before 1300
4. For WOH 2022- Option A -The event must fall between the years of 1500 and 2000.
5. For WOH 2022- Option B – The event must fall between 1800 and 2000.
ESSAY OPTIONS
Option A: A Historiographical Analysis. (EUH 2000 only option)
Students will research how their chosen historical event is conveyed and analyzed by historians who have covered the topic over time.
Methodology: Every topic has its own historiography, that is the body of work by different historians that have covered the topic. Since historians often differ on the “whys” and “hows” of history, every historian must account for the way in which their interpretation differs from that of other historians who have addressed the topic. This process is known as the Historiographical Analysis. Historiographical sources are always Secondary Sources, but not all secondary sources are Historiographical. For a source to be considered Historiographical it must be written by a historian on the topic and published by a credible source such as a peer-reviewed journals or a university press. (e.g. The American Historical Association Journal and Yale University Press.)
Option B: Primary Source Analysis: Newspaper Coverage. (not available to EUH2000)
Students will research how their chosen historical event was covered by newspapers at the time of the event.
Methodology: Newspaper sources are typically considered Primary Sources as long as they are reasonably dated to the timeframe of when the historical event was considered a current event, typically within a week. Who is the author, who is the audience, what kinds of appeals if any are made to the reader? Is the article a news report, an opinion piece, or a regularly appearing column? Compared to your secondary sources, are there contradictions? Are the problems, if any, in these articles intentional? Often, not all of the facts are known at the time of publication, is there information now known that would have made a difference. How are the article’s sources identified?
FORMAT CHECKLIST:
- + Use one-inch margins
- + Essay must be double spaced.
- + Length should be a minimum of five (5) pages before the bibliography.
- + No Cover Page.
- + Header should be no longer than four lines single-spaced and on the first page only. Subsequent pages should only have your last name and page numbers.
- + Essay must have a title that describes your essay in one sentence and in an academic fashion. (e.g. “Anti-War Protests in 1960s America”)
- + Essay must have an introduction and conclusion.
- + Essay must be organized in paragraphs (This should be obvious).
- + Essay must have a Bibliography with at least 5 different sources. (This is not part of the required page length, this is in addition)
- + Students should use the preferred citation style of History (Chicago Style or Turabian’s) to cite their sources in the body of the essay, as well as in the style of the bibliography.
- + Essays must be typed in 12pt Times New Roman font with one inch margins.
- + Final Product must be STAPLED together or bound in a project folio with metal clasps. (If using a project folio, make sure you attach a label with your name on the front cover.)
- + Newspaper Analysis requires that copies of the original articles be attached to the back of the Research Paper after the Bibliography.
FINAL REMINDER:
(if this does not make sense, see me)
* The historical “event”, does not have to be an event at all, it could be a person or concept.
]]>Exam #1 is divided into three parts:
Part 1 – Identify
Part 2 – Matching
Part 3 – Essay
In Part One – You will see a list of vocabulary from Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 which you will be required to identify. (Some words are boldfaced in text, some are italicized, others are not)
In Part Two – You will be asked to match the city or person to the proper ancient civilization.
In Part Three- You will see two questions, you will choose one to answer in essay form.
Essay Topics:
Be able to explain how civilizations form.
Be able to explain how Egypt and Mesopotamia are alike or different and why.
Be able to explain the development of writing from cuneiform to the English alphabet
Be able to explain the development of religious beliefs in the Middle East.
Spring 2010 – (January 11 – May 2)
CRN 20324
WED – 7pm-9:50pm
Bldng 8 Rm 148
Instructor: Michael A. Deliz
Textbook: Kagan, Donald, Steven Ozment, et al. The Western Heritage: Volume 1 (10th Edition) New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2010.
Spring 2010 – (January 11 – May 2)
CRN 25170
Tues & Thurs – 4pm-5:15pm
Bldng 8 Rm 148
Instructor: Michael A. Deliz
Textbook: Kagan, Donald, Steven Ozment, et al. The Western Heritage: Volume 1 (10th Edition) New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2010.
COURSE SYLLABUS
Instructor: Mr. Michael Deliz
TEXTBOOK:
A. Daniel Frankforter, et al. The West: A Narrative History, Volume 1, 2nd ed. Prentice Hall. 2009.
UCF Required Textbooks – SPRING 2010
UCF – WOH2022.001 – MWF – 10:30am-11:20am – Connections: A World History, Volume 2
UCF – WOH2022.002 – MWF – 1:30pm-2:20pm – Connections: A World History, Volume 2
UCF – WOH2022.005 – MW – 4:30pm-5:45pm – Connections: A World History, Volume 2
UCF – EUH2000.002 – MWF – 2:30pm-3:20pm – The West: A Narrative History, Volume 1, 2nd ed.
VALENCIA Required Textbooks SPRING 2010
VCC – EUH2000.25170 – TR – 4pm-5:15pm – The Western Heritage: Volume 1 (10th Edition)
VCC – EUH2000.20324 – W – 7pm-9:45pm – The Western Heritage: Volume 1 (10th Edition)
UCF and VCC – RECOMMENDED – (NOT REQUIRED)
A Pocket Guide to Writing in History
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