LBST 2102

History 2284

 

 

 

 

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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