| Course: Global
Connections (LBST 2102) Section 205
3:30-4:45PM Tuesdays and Thursdays
Health and Human Services Lecture Room 376
Teacher: Dr. Dan L. Morrill
Office: Garinger 122
Office Hours: 2:15-3:15 PM Tuesdays and
Thursdays
Email: dlmorril@uncc.edu
Teaching Assistant: Destiney Linker
Office: Garinger 208
Office Hours: Tuesday, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.,
Thursday, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. or by
appointment
Communication by email will be the fastest way to
reach me during non-office hours: dlinker@uncc.edu
Required Reading.
Harris, Factories of Death
Sledge, With The Old Breed
Hersey,
Hiroshima
The essential purpose of this course is to
make students aware of the fundamentals of inter-cultural contact as
illustrated by World War Two in the Pacific.
Course Assignments.
1. You must look at assigned online lecture
before attending class and be prepared to discuss it after viewing it again
in class. The password is LBST
Lecture One HD
Lecture One
IPOD
Lecture Two HD
Lecture Two
IPOD
Lecture Three
HD
Lecture Three
IPOD
Lecture Four HD
Lecture Four
IPOD
Lecture Five HD
Lecture Five
IPOD
Lecture Six HD
Lecture Six
IPOD
Lecture Seven
IPOD
Lecture Seven
HD
Structure Of An
Historical Essay
Structure Of An
Historical Essay IPOD Version
First Test February 12th
Lecture Eight
Lecture Nine
Discussion of Drones
Lecture Ten
Lecture Eleven
Lecture Twelve
Lecture
Thirteen
Lecture
Fourteen
Second Test March 26th
Introduction
Part One
Introduction
Part Two
Lecture Fifteen
Lecture Sixteen
Lecture Seventeen
Lecture Eighteen
Lecture Nineteen
Lecture Twenty
Lecture Twenty
One
Lecture Twenty Two
Lecture Twenty Three
More to come)
Third Test April 30th
2. Each student must write a sophisticated,
scholarly paper (at least six double spaced typed pages) on each of the
following subjects and bring it to class on the assigned date. The
papers should be treated as an essay questions on an examination.
Citing outside sources or footnotes are not required. Remember that
you need to state your thesis at the outset and support it with as much
specific information as possible. Correct grammar and spelling are
important.
February 12th. The influences that motivated
Ishii Shiro to establish a biological weapons laboratory in Manchukuo, the
nature of the experiments that he performed there, and the reasons that
Shiro and is associates were not brought to trial after World War Two.
March 26th. Give illustrations of the nature of
wartime propaganda associated with World War Two in the Pacific,
illustrations of the nature of the combat Eugene Sledge encountered in the
Pacific and his attitude toward the Japanese. Give page citations for
each illustration. Do you think Eugene Sledge's attitude toward the
Japanese was justified? Why or why not?
April 30th. Explain the factors that induced the
United States to develop the atomic bomb and to decide to use it against
Japanese cities in 1945. Include depictions of the attack upon
Hiroshima from Hersey's book citing specific pages. Briefly describe
the role of the following individuals in the development of the atomic bomb.
J. J. Thompson. Ernest Rutherford. Neils Bohr. James
Chadwick. Otto Hahn. Lise Meitner. Albert Einstein.
Leo Szilard. J. Robert Oppenheimer. Leslie Groves.
Regular classroom attendance is expected.
More than four absences will adversely affect your grade.
No Class On February 28th.
Students in this course
seeking accommodations to disabilities must first consult with the Office of
Disability Services and follow the instructions of that office for obtaining
accommodations.
All students are required
to read and abide by the Code of Student Academic Integrity. Violations of
the Code of Student Academic Integrity, including plagiarism, will result in
disciplinary action as provided in the Code. Definitions and examples of
plagiarism are set forth in the Code. The Code is available from the Dean of
Students Office or online at:
http://www.legal.uncc.edu/policies/ps-105.html
All students are required
to abide by the UNC Charlotte Sexual Harassment Policy (http://www.legal.uncc.edu/policies/ps-61.html)
and the policy on Responsible Use of University Computing and Electronic
Communication Resources (http://www.legal.uncc.edu/policies/ps-66.html).
Sexual harassment, as defined in the UNC Charlotte Sexual Harassment Policy,
is prohibited, even when carried out through computers or other electronic
communications systems, including course-based chat rooms or message boards.
The use of cell phones,
beepers, or other communication devices is disruptive, and is therefore
prohibited during class. Except in emergencies, those using such devices
must leave the classroom for the remainder of the class period.
Students are permitted to
use computers during class for note-taking and other class-related work
only. Those using computers during class for work not related to that
class must leave the classroom for the remainder of the class period.
As a condition of taking this course, all required papers may be subject to
submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection
of plagiarism. All submitted papers will be included as source documents in
the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting
plagiarism of such papers. No student papers will be submitted to Turnitin.com without a student’s
written consent
and permission. If a student does not provide such written consent and
permission, the instructor may: (i) require a short reflection paper on
research methodology; (ii) require a draft bibliography prior to submission
of the final paper; or (iii) require the cover page and first cited page of
each reference source to be photocopied and submitted with the final paper.
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