Hansen World Studies – Part II Hoagland
English 10.2 HD and World History HD
www.south.mccsc.edu/~mhansen/index2
Purpose: The purpose of this course is to create an unforgettable experience where the borders of history and literature merge into the continuum of human existence.
Method: This course emphasizes the development and use of critical thinking and writing
skills.
Grading: Points are cumulative throughout the semester. Your notebook, tests, and major papers will count approximately 70% of your grade whereas daily assignments, vocabulary, and quizzes will count approximately 30% of your grade. Tests will occur at the completion of the unit, chapter, or grading period. Vocabulary tests will occur every Wednesday.
Texts: The Language of Literature: World Literature. Evanston, IL: McDougal-Littell, 2006.
World History. Austin, TX.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
Writer’s Choice. Columbus, Ohio: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart
Dumas, Alexandre, The Count of Monte Cristo
Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von , FaustMoliére, Tartuffe
Remarque, Erich. All Quiet on the Western Front
Voltaire, Candide
Books and Notebooks:
You must bring your notebook to class every day along with the particular text we are using. The notebook will be checked at periodic intervals that may not always coincide with the grading periods. Please use a three-ring binder. Divide the notebook into five sections:
Class notes: This section will contain the notes that you take in class every day. You should have a dated entry for every day. Copying notes from another student is only allowed in case of absence. You should include the name of the student from whom you borrowed the notes. You are responsible for notes during your absence.
Vocabulary: This section will include your vocabulary words and definitions.
Portfolio: This section will include the papers you have written in class as well as the checklist lectures. After we have returned a graded paper to you, place it here.
Miscellaneous: You know, miscellaneous.
Journal/Quiz: When you have a reading assignment, expect to write a guided journal entry or take a quiz over the material the following day. Return the graded journal or quiz to this section of the notebook. Journal entries should be approximately ½ pages in length.
Reading Check Quizzes -When you have a reading assignment, expect to take a quiz over the material the following day.
Current Events
Every Friday there will be a current event quiz of around ten questions. The main emphasis will be on world events, but with some US. No local news unless it is a big or nationally newsworthy event – such as the Dalai Lama’s visit.
Once each six weeks, you may bring in a newsworthy item in from the world of the arts (includes literature). You will receive 10 points extra credit foe presenting it to the class (not reading it – telling it). If two people bring the same article, the first one will get credit for it. So it’s good to pick things that aren’t too obvious. Articles during finals or the last day of regular classes are not accepted.
Assignments: Assignments will range from projects to daily homework. Each unit will include a number of assignments and will usually include a test. We will also do a number of in-class assignments. Students must complete assignments on time. Homework is due at the beginning of class. Place assignments in the bin assigned to your class when you walk into the room, and before we start class. Assignments are to be turned in with a "reader friendly" appearance. This appearance entails:
First and last name in upper right hand corner along with class period
First and last name at the end of assignment on essays
ALL OUT-OF-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK WITH 12 POINT FONT; ESSAYS SHOULD BE TYPED OR IF THEY ARE HAND WRITTEN, THEY MUST BE IN INK ON EVERY OTHER LINE – FRONT ONLY.
Key Papers and Other Writing Assignments: On some writing assignments, you will have a chance to redo that assignment if you feel dissatisfied with your grade or if we feel that you need to do some more work on an assignment before we assign a grade. In the latter case, you will receive a "R." If you do not redo the assignment, the grade converts to a "0." You can find copies of the syllabus, current assignments, and projects at
www.south.mccsc.edu/~mhansen/Classes.htmIn order to pass the class, you must have completed at least 50% of the Key Papers for the course. We will identify those "key papers" on the assignment sheets. Even if you have a passing grade point-wise, you cannot pass if you have not completed this step. We believe that the writing process is essential for an honors course, and if you have not completed this step, you are not preparing yourself for the upper grades or for college.
CONTENT
LITERATURE HISTORY
The Late Middle Ages: Dante as a Transitional Figure into the Renaissance
Dante’s Inferno (full text) Chapters 10, 13, 14
From La Vita Nuova, 757
Renaissance and Reformation: Making Global Connections
Shakespeare, Hamlet Chapter 15 & 16
Capellanus, from The Art of Courtly Love
Petrarch, "Sonnet 3"
Shakespeare, "Sonnet 29, 60, 64," 812
More, from Utopia, 794
Boccacio, from The Decameron, "Fedrigo’s Falcon" 784
Age of Rationalism
Swift (Not in book) Chapters 19 - 21
Cervantes from Don Quixote, 828
Voltaire Candide (separate text)
Moliere Tartuffe (separate text)
Romanticism and The Rise of Nationalism
Goethe from Faust, 880 Chapters 21, 24, & 25
Wordsworth 899
Heine 910
Hugo 914
Dumas, Alexandre, The Count of Monte Cristo
Realism and the Industrial Revolution
Baudelair 922 Chapters 22, 23 & 24
Rimbaud 928
Verlaine 930
Maupassant 944
Tolstoy 958-998
Chekhov 999
Tagore 1008
Ibsen (We will watch the movie)
Read 1083 in connection with Ibsen
Imperialism and Modernism
Globalism and Imperialism Chapter 26
Total War and Totalitarianism Chapters 27-31
Expressions of Modernism
Kafka 1108
Rilke 1150
Lorca 1152
Woolf 1156
Kawabata 1174
Senghor 1182
Mistral 1188
Response to War and Conflict
Pirandello 1206Akhmatova 1216
Brecht 1220
Wiesel 1232
Sachs 1241
Camus 1244
Solzhenitsyn 1261
Darwish 1265
Achebe 1270-1294
Allende 1284
Amichai 1304
Post War (History)
You will be writing a research paper in this unit.
Contemporary Nobel Prize Winners Chapters 31-36
Gordimer 1324
Soyinka 1336
Szymborska 1336
Márquez 1346
Neruda 1358
Mahfouz 1366
Wright 1371
Paz 1378
Final Presentations of Research
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Assignments:
Each unit will include a number of assignments and will usually include a test.We will also do a number of in-class assignments. On some writing assignments, you will have a chance to redo that assignment if you feel dissatisfied with your grade. You can
find copies of the syllabus, current assignments, and projects at
www.south.mccsc.edu/~mhansen/index2
Late Assignments: Assignments are due on the due date. If you miss the due date with an excused absence (specifically for an illness or emergency), then you have one school day for every day absent to make up the work. It is your responsibility to talk to us immediately on your return to set up times for make-up. If the absence was unexcused or pre-arranged parental consent, the assignment is due the day you return to class. We do not accept late work. Twice per grading period you may give yourself a two-day extension on normal homework only (not projects, tests, etc.). Just write "extension" at the top of the assignment when you hand it in. We will keep track of these, so use them wisely! ! If an assignment is due on Friday, and you use an extension, then the assignment is due on Monday.
An excused absence does not mean that you are excused from class work that day. All missed work must be made up. You have 24 hours after your absence to set up a make-up time for your missed work.
Grades: Homework assignments should be complete – written in complete sentences, and in paragraph form. Out-of-class assignments should be word-processed or in blue or black ink. Term grades are based on your percentage of the combined points for all assignments and tests. Most of the points come from assignments. Our scale is:
A+ 97% B+ 87%+ C+ 77%+ D+ 67%+
A 93%+ B 83%+ C 73%+ D 63%+
A- 90%+ B- 80%+ C- 70%+ D- 60%+
Term Grades: Grades are cumulative throughout the semester. We do not "round up."
Absences: An absence is unexcused until the attendance office tells us otherwise.
Extended Absences and Emergencies: Sometimes things happen beyond our control. We will make special arrangements for extended absences with respect to due dates. Please contact us if such a situation arises and you know you will be gone a long time.
Extra Credit/Enrichment. Generally we do not give any extra credit, so don’t ask because your grade is lower than you wanted.
Basic Expectations (class rules, and pet peeves): We enforce school rules. These are particular concerns as regards student behavior.
1. Please be on time. We like to start class when the bell rings. We will be enforcing the tardy policy. You are tardy if you are not in the room and at least heading for your seat when the bell rings. We will record all tardies. You will be warned for the first two. On the third we will call your parents. On the fourth (or more) we will refer you to After-School Detention. Just be on time.
2. Be prepared. Bring the materials you need to the classroom. Do not expect us to let you out of the room to get materials once class starts. Bring your textbook unless we tell you otherwise.
3. Respect other members of the class. Keep the noise down when you work together.
The environment in the class needs to be good for all students.
Please do not bring food, drink, or gum into the classroom. We don’t need any "sticky" situations.
Please do not apply perfume, deodorant, hand lotion, make-up or comb your hair in the classroom.
Do not expect passes. Go to the restroom and get a drink before coming to class.
Please do not "mess" with things in our room. We would not go to your house and disturb your possessions. We expect the same courtesy in return.
We dismiss class when the bell rings. Please stay in your seat until it does. No lining up at the door!
If you are prone to giving your opinion on anything and everything, don’t. It is important to respect your classmates and not monopolize attention and class time. Raise your hand if you would like to speak and wait to be called on.
10. Listen, listen, listen. Listen to us when we speaking. Listen to your classmates when they have the floor.
Consequences of infractions: When we correct a student for a minor infraction, we expect them to change their behavior. Failure to make the change can result in a referral to the office for failure to follow a reasonable request. More serious infractions (ex. fighting, confrontational behavior, theft, etc.) will be referred directly to the office.