MBW Courses

The final exam will be held Tuesday, May 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in room 504A. You must attend unless you have a documented medical emergency.

The exam will cover up through the topics covered on Tuesday — World War II through 1945. (No Cold War, though you can discuss the Cold War as a legacy of World War II.)

The exam will consist of identifications, multiple choice, a world map, short answer, and an essay. The identifications and multiple choice will cover only material since the midterm.

The review sheet is here: http://markbwilson.com/blog/category/cc22-2010-1/

One thing you might want to do is ponder possible essay topics as a kind of advance prep. In what kinds of themes arch over the entire course, from 1500 to 1945? Think of two or three themes like this and maybe jot down some examples from different centuries and/or places that you could bring into a discussion of that theme. What kinds of ideas tie the course together?

One more reminder: You are responsible for all of the assigned readings up through 1945, regardless of whether we discussed the topic in class, INCLUDING the primary sources you read for the daily assignments.

As you review you will want to refresh your memory of both the textbook readings AND the primary source readings!

HIST 21 Final Exam Review Topics

Core 2.2 Final Exam Review Topics

Requirements for the Essay on Song of Roland (PDF).

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Now that everyone’s taken the midterm exam, I can finally post this:

Midterm Post-Review (PDF)

Here are two of the readings for the second part of the semester that aren’t in Bishop. The PDFs are here, or you can use the books themselves if you happen to locate a copy.

The third reading, for the last class on explorers, will be posted later.

For Thu 4/22, “The Spread of Islam”:
Goddard, Hugh. A History of Christian-Muslim Relations. Chicago, Ill: New Amsterdam Books, 2000. pages 34-48
Reading from Goddard

For Thu 5/13, “Reinventing the Ancients”:
King, Margaret. The Renaissance in Europe. London: Laurence King, 2003. pages 65-67, 71-72, 80-95, 98
Reading from King

Core 2.2 Midterm Review Topics

HIST 21 – Midterm Review Topics

Here is the assignment for Essay #1 (on Gilgamesh).

Essay #1 (PDF)

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Here is the sample proposal.
Sample Proposal (PDF)