Core 2 - The Modern World - Term 092

Core 2 is a study of the evolution of the modern world. Specifically, the course explores how science, religion, political thought, and innovative thinkers shaped history and world views since the 17th century.

Core 2 Faculty

Shay Atkinson - Art
Sally Berger - Communications
Susan Chattin - History
Brigid Cook - Core
Fr. Philip Gilbert - Mathematics
Maia Hawthorne - English
Dr. Jerry McKim - Education
Jean Monfort - Core
Dr. Chad Pulver - Psychology (Director Core 2)
Dr. Michael Wisma - Business Management

Core 2 Required Texts

Core 2 Reader: The Modern World - A number of the selected readings are reprinted with the permission from Pearson Education, Inc:
Behrens, L. & Rosen, L. J. (1988). Theme and variations: The impact of great ideas. Scott Foresman and Company: Glenview, IL.
Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
McPherson, James M. What They Fought For
Marx, Karl. The Communist Manifesto
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein
Kafka, Franz. Metamorphosis
Voltaire. Candide
Wood, Gordon S. The American Revolution
Woolf, Virginia. Room of One's Own

Core 2 Recommended Texts

Lunsford and Connors. The Everyday Writer: A Brief Reference

Collegial Agreements

Each of the faculty of Core 2 agrees to:

Give a final exam that will include a comprehensive essay component.
Hold students responsible for readings and lectures via regular assessments.
Assign at least one paper in the following categories:

Argumentative/persuasive
Creative writing
Thesis driven research paper

Teach the research paper as process, giving students papers and exercises that build research and research writing skills. See Core 2 Research Paper Rubric.

In addition, each of the Core 2 faculty agrees to the following regarding the writing program:

Each student will write a minimum of 20 pages. Each student must complete a final research paper with bibliography or annotated bibliography. The sources for this paper must be varied with a focus on scholarly resources.
The faculty will emphasize certain skills germane to analytical, argumentative, and research writing: thesis statements, essay structure, use and integration of quotations, proper documentation, and summary and paraphrasing. This is in addition to the usual expectations concerning proper grammatical structure.

Lecture and Reading Schedule

The Modern World
Date	Lecturer	Required Reading
12-Jan	C. Pulver Introducing Core 2	Open
14-Jan	Fr. Stang Seeds of Change	Western Experience from the Core 2 Reader pp 7-41
19-Jan	J. McKim The New Science: Challenge to the Church Authority	Western Experience from the Core 2 Reader pp 7-41
21-Jan	How Human Nature Influences Government	Thomas Hobbes selection from Leviathan from Core 2 Reader pp 42-51
26-Jan	The Verdict on Human Nature	John Locke selection from Second Treatise on Government from Core 2 Reader pp 52-65
28-Jan	P. Geraci Evolution of Music: From Baroque to Romantic	Core 2 Reader pp 66-78 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNp8hYycx4c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbh9X2pt1IM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COAptyz_GRY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFSRs7iqAv8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XP5RP6OEJI
2-Feb	J. Rahe Satire and Comedy	Candide Ch 1-15
4-Feb	M. Malone Rethinking the Divine: Deism and the New View of God	Candide Ch.16-30
9-Feb	D. Dixon The Path to New World Revolution	Wood, Gordon S The American Revolution, pp 3-44
11-Feb	Rebels and Redcoats: How the British Lost America	Wood, Gordon S The American Revolution, pp 45-109
16-Feb	S. Chattin Global Revolutionary Acts	Wood, Gordan S The American Revolution, pp 110-166
18-Feb	M. Hawthorne Frederick Douglass's Autobiographical Project	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Ch. I-VIII
23-Feb	J. Rahe Performance of Spirituals	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Ch. IX-XI
25-Feb	R. Reuter On Civil Disobedience	Thoreau, Henry David Civil Disobedience Core 2 Reader pp 79-94
2-Mar	M. Malone Prelude to the Civil War	What They Fought For Ch 1-2
4-Mar	C. Pulver The American Civil War	What They Fought For Ch 3 - end
Spring Break
16-Mar	S. Atchinson A Brief History of Photography	Black Elk Speaks Ch 1-8
18-Mar	S. Chattin Black Elk and his Author	Black Elk Speaks Ch 16-26
23-Mar	T. Yanan US Policies and the Navajo Nation	Black Elk Speaks Ch 9-15
25-Mar	S. Berger Context of the Industrial Revolution	Frankenstein (1818) Volume I
30-Mar	A. Toadvine Themes and Symbols	Frankenstein Volume II
1-Apr	M. Hawthorne Romanticism as a Response to the Modern World	Frankenstein Volume III
6-Apr	D. Dixon Reading Karl Marx in the Twenty-First Century	Marx, Karl Communist Manifesto Core 2 Reader pp120-139
8-Apr	M. Hawthorne Science, Rationalism, and the Women's Movement	Room of One's Own Ch1-3
13-Apr	S. Chattin Virgina Woolf and her Work	Room of One's Own Ch 4-End
15-Apr	R. Brodman Charles Darwin and the Survival of the Fittest	Darwin, Charles Natural Selection: Or the Survival of the Fittest Core 2 Reader pp 95-119
20-Apr	C. Pulver A Tale of Two Freuds	Freud The Mind and Its Workings Core 2 Reader pp 140-150
22-Apr	M. Seely Psychology and the Brave New World	Brave New World pp. 3-94
27-Apr	S. Berger Reading the Brave New World	Brave New World pp. 95-197
29-Apr	S. Atkinson Science Fiction and Our 21st Century Reality	Brave New World pp. 198-259

Core 2 Internet Sources

Here are a number of internet sources that maybe helpful to students in Core 2. Students should be critical in the use of these sources -- almost anything can be found on the internet.

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - A very good source for assistance in writing. Definitely worth a look.
People of Ideas - This site contains information about some of the individuals you will be studying during the Enlightenment, and 19th Century.
Internet Modern History: The Enlightenment - This site is located at the Department of History at Fordham University. There are links to numerous primary source materials from Enlightenment thinkers and a other information about the Enlightenment.
The Avalon Project - Yale University - A great source for historical documents from the pre-18th Century to the 20th Century. This is a good place for primary source materials.
Cultural Readings: Colonization & Print in the Americas - A great site from the University of Pennsylvania with lots of images and information on the "new world."
History Online - Lots of information at this site.
Archiving Early America - Site of the Early American Review, a journal of fact and opinion on the people, issues and events of eighteenth century America.
America Civil War - A rather interesting site with some links for photos, battle and timelines.
The Valley of the Shadow - A site from the university of Virginia, comparing a northern and southern town and various attitudes about the Civil War. Some very interesting information at this site.
Women in America - Provides some views of women travelers from foreign lands on the lives of American women between the years 1820-42.
Sigmund Freud - Here you can find out a little more about Freud, including sites with images of Freud.
America Indian Studies - Lots of good links on this site.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Chronology & Resource Site - A good site with a number of resources.