Submit
- Submit the required Reflective paragraph (20 points).
- Post in the discussion forum (5 points) a comment on what you found most interesting about your study of history in HIS 135 and include a suggestion for improving the course. Suggestions are very valuable as we are always making revisions to the course.
What you can do in this unit
- Read my short remarks on history and the twenty-first century and watch the short video.
- Check out my quick video on some suggested history books that you might want to read.
- Here is a great timeline, created by J. Hawk, T. Olson and B. Doran, on key events in the development of the personal computer. The twenty-first century is also all about video games. See the website created by Larissa Knott on the History of Video Games.
- Conor Ginnell (Fall 2017) created this great Tumblr exhibit on Twentieth Century Fantasy.
Some videos that you can watch for this unit
- What is 21st Century Education?
- Capital in the Twenty-First Century
- Gaurav Gandhi, 21st Century Imperialism - A Documentary
- Globalization I, The Upside and II, Good or Bad (Crash course videos)
- Matthew Green, How 9/11 Changed America: Four Major Lasting Impacts
- For extra credit please suggest to your instructor a relevant video for this unit of the course. Send the title of the video, the URL and a brief explanation of why you find the video interesting and applicable to the material that is being studied in this unit.
Extra Credit Options
- For up to 10 points of extra credit, choose one of the famous quotes about the study of history--scroll down that page to find a list of quotes--(Get permission from your instructor first.) and write a long paragraph in which you explain who the author of the quote was, what he/she meant by the quote and then your evaluation of the quote's accuracy. You can also use the material on these two links, Historians and Why We Study History. Don't forget to cite your sources.
- For extra credit, please suggest a relevant website for this unit of the course. Send your instructor the title of the site, the URL and a brief explanation why you find the information interesting and applicable to the material being studied this unit.
Unit Learning Objectives
- Upon successful completion of this unit and with the completion of your reflective paragraph, you will have demonstrated your mastery of the course goals and objectives, which are
- Establish a chronology of historical events in the world since 1945.
- Explain the changing geopolitical structures of world civilization since 1945.
- Define the importance of key individuals and developments in the world since 1945.
- Identify the social, economic and political forces at work in the evolution of the contemporary world.
- Recognize and describe the significance of some of the cultural achievements in the contemporary world since 1945.
- Analyze complex historical sources and materials and reach conclusions based on interpretations of those materials.