Western Civilization II
$50.00 / year
Exploring the Great Ideas in History from 1450 to Date
Course Description: This course is a survey of Western human history and explores simultaneously relevant Great Ideas in each chapter. It explores the social, political, religious, intellectual and artistic achievements from the age of exploration to the present day. Beginning with the European discovery of the new world, this course proceeds through the rise of European Monarchy and a form of globalization, the scientific revolution, the enlightenment, political revolution and Napoleon, to the industrial revolution, romanticism, realism and through the world wars and on into the twenty first century. The syntopical or synthesis based exploration of the Great Ideas makes this course much more than a study of the facts of thousands of years of history. Rather by tracing Great Ideas throughout it becomes a means to discover and revive intellectual traditions.
Release Date: April 2017
Format: Online Course
IMPORTANT: The email address that you provide during checkout will be given access to the course. Course access is non-transferrable, therefore be sure to checkout with the email address that will be used to access the course.
Description
Preface: Syntopical Course Guides and Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Pedagogical Approach: Where Great Works and Digital Delivery Meet in Conversation
- Syntopical Thinking: Great Conversations that Center around Great Ideas Found in Great Works www.thegreatideas.org
- The Paideia Approach and the Importance of Discussion and Experiential Learning
- How to Use This Syntopical Course Guide
- The Seven Syntopical Steps:
- Pre-Learning Reflection
- Syntopical Learning Great Idea
- Core Text Readings
- Online Research
- Project Based Learning: Socratic Discussion and Short Essay Assignments
- Post-Learning Reflection
- Suggestions for Further Learning
Introduction: What is History?
Table of Contents
- THE RENAISSANCE
The Italian Renaissance
Renaissance Society and Culture
The Italian States in the Renaissance
Intellectual Renaissance
Artistic Renaissance
The European State in the Renaissance
The Church in the Renaissance
- THE REFORMATION
Prelude
Martin Luther and the Reformation in Germany
The Spread of the Protestant Reformation
The Social Impact of the Protestant Reformation
The Catholic Counter-reformation
Politics and the Wars of Religion in the Sixteenth Century
- THE NEW WORLD, 1500-1650
A New World
The Portuguese and Spanish Empires
New Rivals on the World Stage
European Expansion
World Economy
- STATE BUILDING IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Social Crises, War, and Rebellions
The Practice of Absolutism: Western Europe
Absolutism in Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe
Limited Monarchy and Republics
The Flourishing of European Culture
- THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
Background
Astronomy
Medicine and Chemistry
Descartes, Rationalism, and a New View of Humankind
The Scientific Method and the Spread of Scientific Knowledge
- THE ENLIGHTENMENT
The Enlightenment
Culture and Society
Religion and the Churches
- EUROPEAN STATES, INTERNATIONAL WARS, AND SOCIAL CHANGE
The European States
Wars and Diplomacy
Economic Expansion and Social Change
The Social Order of the Eighteenth Century
- THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON
The American Revolution
Background to the French Revolution
The French Revolution
The Age of Napoleon
- THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of Industrialization
The Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution
- REACTION, REVOLUTION, AND ROMANTICISM, 1815-1850
Conservative Order (1815-1830)
Ideologies of Change
Revolution and Reform (1830-1850)
Ordered Society
The Mood of Romanticism
- NATIONALISM AND REALISM, 1850-1871
The France of Napoleon III
National Unification: Italy and Germany
The National State in Midcentury
Industrialization and the Marxist Response
Science and Culture in an Age of Realism
- MASS SOCIETY AND PROGRESS, 1871-1894
Industrial Prosperity
Mass Society
The National State
- MODERNITY AND IMPERIALISM, 1894-1914
Intellectual and Cultural Developments
Politics
Imperialism
International Rivalry and the Coming of War
- TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAR AND REVOLUTION
The Road to World War I
The War
War and Revolution
The Peace Settlement
- EUROPE BETWEEN THE WARE, 1919-1939
Peace?
The Democratic State in the West
Authoritarian and Totalitarian States
Mass Culture and Mass Leisure
Cultural and Intellectual Trends
- WORLD WAR II
Prelude to Ware (1933-1939)
The Course of World War II
The New Order
The Home Front
After of the War
- COLD WAR AND A NEW WESTERN WORLD 1945-1965
Cold War
Decolonization
Recovery and Renewal in Europe
The United States and Canada
Postwar Society and Culture
- THE WESTERN WORLD 1965-1985
Protest
A Divided Western World
The Cold War
Society and Culture in the Western World
- THE WESTERN WORLD A GLOBAL AGE (SINCE 1985)
New Western Order
After the Cold War
New Directions and Problems
Western Culture Today
The Digital Age
A Global World
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