The student will be able to:

1. Explain patterns of development and change within societies and world regions, emphasizing the interactions of societies across political and geographical boundaries
2. Identify the influence of and the impact on race, gender, class, and ethnicity of developing cultures in different world regions
3. Identify the influence of geography, climate, and biology on the development of complex societies around the world
4. Analyze human interactions between societies, including warfare, trade, cultural exchange, colonization, and migration
5. Compare political, economic, social, and cultural structures of world societies and assess similarities and differences
6. Evaluate the significance of major scientific, technological, philosophical, and theological developments on ancient societies
7. Analyze primary and secondary sources and construct theses and criticism using appropriate details and examples for support

1. Atlantic world revolutionary movements
   1. Federal republic in the new United States of America
   2. Class revolution in France
   3. Slave revolt in Haitian
   4. Latin American revolutions for independence
2. Manufacturing and industrialization
   1. Mechanization, particularly in Britain and the U.S.
      1. Inventions in transportation and communications
   2. Increased immigration and urbanization
   3. Class consciousness and conflict
3. Second Wave Imperialism
   1. British influence in India
   2. Russian expansion in Asia
   3. French and British in Africa
   4. Stasis in the Ottoman Empire
   5. Chinese resistance to colonization
   6. Japanese industrialization and colonization in the Pacific
   7. United States expansion and influence in Mexico, Caribbean, and the Pacific
4. Global conflict
   1. Imperial wars in Africa, Asia, and the Americas
   2. World War I
      1. Imperial roots and impact
   3. World War II
      1. Restructuring of global political order
      2. United Nations and the concept of human rights
   4. Cold War
      1. Economic, political, and social dynamics
5. Nationalism and the end of Colonialism
   1. National movements in east Asia and the Pacific
   2. Civil disobedience in India
   3. Struggle for autonomy in the Middle East
   4. Liberation of the African states
   5. Communist independence in China
   6. Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
6. Globalization and the permeability of national borders
   1. International financial systems after WWII
   2. Impact of United Nations
   3. Building of the European Union
   4. New nations and political challenges in Africa and Asia
   5. Civil war and terrorism in the old empires
   6. Political responses to global environmental crises

Not applicable.

Class discussion
Research project, including primary and secondary sources analysis
Essay exams, including a written final

Lecture
Discussion
Oral presentations
Analysis of video and internet resources

Bentley, Jerry, and Herbert Ziegler. Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past, 7th ed.. 2021.

Pollard, Elizabeth, and Clifford Rosenberg. Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World: From the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present, 6th ed.. 2021.

Wiesner-Hanks, Merry. History of World Societies, Vol. 2, 12th ed.. 2021.

1. Reading of textbook and relevant primary and secondary sources
2. Writing prompts requiring historical analysis and synthesis
3. Research project requiring locating and evaluating legitimate historical sources