History
Here in the History section, you can find classroom handouts and some links to helpful sites, and also examine historical movies and get basic information on the primary sources that they are based upon.

Historical movies


Classroom Handouts
(Do keep in mind that I don't ever post study guides online--they change from semester to semester so there would be no point in my posting them here).


External links  The sites here can help you do some research for your essays.

* Take a tour through China's Forbidden City with IBM's Virtual Forbidden City. This is a massive download and resource hog. The system requirements listed are a gig of RAM, and it slowed my dual-core CPU to a crawl (I do have only 1 gig of RAM). But for those of you who might be interested in Chinese history, it will most likely be worth it. Its a big download--just over 200 megs. It took me 5 minutes or so on my 3-meg-per-second cable internet connection. I'd recommend logging out of Windows and then logging back in again, just to install it and run it. At any rate, if you'd like to get a look at what all the trouble is for, you can see screenshots in their gallery.

Viewing the files:

Most of the files below are .pdf files.  If you have Adobe Acrobat, that program will read your files.  If you don't, you can view the files by installing it:



Classroom Handouts (Back to the top)

Why Study History? Page with quotation from Thucydides on why his historical writing was important (and by extension, why all                                     history is)

Term Paper Guide  This is a generic term paper guide that I pass out to students in all my classes.  

MLA Formatting Guide  If you are unfamiliar with the MLA style, this webpage will give you basic instructions and examples in            
                                    formatting with MLA.

VVC MLA Links  VVC's Writing Center site has a few links to provide examples and guides to MLA style.  This page also has links to                                    the APA and Chicago Manual of Style formats, as well.

History 1A (Western Civilivation)(Back to the top)


1A Syllabus Latin Phrases Sumerian Chronology Utnapishtim Flood Story Egyptian Chronology
Indo-European Chart Greek History Timeline Ancient Sparta Pericles' Funeral Oration Roman Assemblies
Roman Timeline Tiberius Gracchus Fall of the Roman Republic
Proscriptions Reflection		 Reforms of Caesar and Augustus

History 8A (World Civilizations: to 1400) (Back to the top)

Introductory Material
8A Class Syllabus
Textbook at Amazon.com
Essay Outline Form

Fertile Crescent
(Mesopotamia and Egypt)       		 China, India, Israel                  
 Greece                                       Rome Church, Middle Ages, & the Renaissance Americas                                   
Agricultural Revolution Indo-European Chart Roman Timeline Christian Apologists                                        
Sumerian Chronology Confucianism Ancient Sparta Roman Assemblies Byzantine Empire
Egyptian Chronology Legalism Pericles' Funeral Oration Tiberius Gracchus Charlemagne
Mohammed's Last Sermon Religions of India Plato on Social Contract Fall of the Roman Republic Emergence of Medieval France
Bronze Age Chart Edicts of Ashoka Cycle of Constitutions Proscriptions Reflection When did the Middle Ages Start?
Wang Anshi, Reformer Archaic Age Reforms of Caesar and Augustus Renaissance Chart
Israel's Prophets Alexander the Great Cursus Honorum Magna Carta Reading
Israel Timeline Justinian
Imperial China


History 8B/104 (World Civilizations: 1400 to present)(Back to the top)

Introductory Material
104 Spr 10 Syllabus
Essay Outline Form
VVC textbook at amazon
BCC textbook at Amazon


Europe through the 1600s
 1700s-1800s Europe 
 Africa
 Asia in the 1800s and 1900s
 1900s Europe & USA
Timeline for 1400s & 1500s Enlightenment Readings (Voltaire, Paine,  & Hume)
 Caravans of Gold Video (part 1) Road to Indian Independence World War I Timeline
Luther's Open Letter to the German Nobility Adam Smith on Economics of Colonies Caravans of Gold (part 2) Excerpts from the Communist Manifesto Wilson's 14 Points
Mercantilism Chart
Triangle Trade Chart Asia 1800s Keynes' Economic Consequences of the Peace (Versailles)
English Reformation Chart Events Leading up to the American Revolution Africa Kingdoms and Slavery Readings
 Mao's Programs Events Leading to World War I
Triangle Trade Chart Separation of Powers in the Constitution
Six-DayWar Transcript Versailles Readings
Scientific Revolution
 Industrial Revolution Why the US Supports Israel Transcript Fall of the USSR
English Civil War Locke and the Social Contract Nathuram Godse's Defense for Assasinating Gandhi Kennan's Long Telegram Readings
Colbert's Reforms Enlightenment Chart China 1900s Readings
 Stalin Readings
Feudalism & Absolutism Three Key Years in 1800s Europe
Parliamentary System
East India Company Understanding the French Revolution
Fall of the Soviet Union Timeline
Navigation Acts East India Company Depression & New Deal
World War II Timeline



History 2A/117 (Early US History)(Back to the top)

Introductory Material
History 117 Syllabus (12-week)
Class textbook at Amazon (BCC-Ft. Irwin)
Class textbook at Amazon (VVC)
Essay Outline Form

1600s 1700s (up through Revolutionary War) 1700s (Constitution and after) Early 1800s 1830s through Reconstruction
Franklin Readings Antifederalist Arguments Against the Constitution Day the World Took Off Video Fugitive Slave Act
Mercantilism Chart Events Leading up to the Revolution Interpreting the Constitution Monroe Doctrine Readings Major Dates in the Civil War
Cycle of Constitutions Excerpts from Common Sense Separation of Powers in the Constitution Jefferson's Letter on the Missouri Compromise Republican Party Platform 1856
Triangle Trade Chart Smith, Pitt, Henry Readings Constitution Readings Readings on Early Industrialism Presidential and Congressional Reconstruction
Calvinism and Covenants Enlightenment Chart Checks and Balances Reform Movements and the Second Great Awakening What the Black Man Wants
Massachusetts Body of Liberties Selection from Henry Gipson's The Coming of the Revolution Hamilton's Economic Program Westward Expansion Exposition  and Protest of South Carolina by John C. Calhoun
Scientific Revolution Locke and the Social Contract
Henry Clay Handout Andrew Jackson and the Bank War
Bacon'sRebellionPhilip'sWar Readings Problems with the Articles of Confederation
Industrial Revolution Chart Clay and the American System Speech
Philips Journal from the Hannibal Articles of Confederation by the Numbers
Panic of 1819 Lincoln & Stevens Readings
Navigation Acts Judicial Review








History 2B/118 (Later US History) (Back to the top)

Introductory Material
History 118 Syllabus (Fall 2010 16-week)
History 118 Syllabus (12-week)
Class Textbook on Amazon (VVC)
Essay Outline Form


Reconstruction Era Industrialism and Populist Era (late 1800s-early 1900s) World War I and its Aftermath Depression and New Deal World War II, Cold War, War on Terrorism, International Trade
Reconstruction Chart Increased Production in Industrial Age World War I Timeline Depression & New Deal McCarthy Era Chart
Frederick Douglass--What the Black Man Wants Progressive Movement and a New View of Government Events Leading to World War I Chart World War II Timeline
Lincoln & Stevens Readings Progressive Movement Chart Wilson's 14 Points

 Kennan's Long Telegram Readings
Henry Grady New South
 Sumner & Mahan 1890s Imperialism Keynes' Economic Consequences of the Peace Fall of the USSR
Antitrust Chart Versailles Readings Bush War on Terror Documents
Antitrust Readings Foreign Trade Readings
Rise of the Union Movement
Teddy Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan Cross of Gold Speech





History 157 (Native American History)(Back to the top)

Syllabus 157

 Pueblo Readings Set (Zipped File) Iroquois Introduction (10/2/07) Lakota Sweat Lodge Second Battle of Adobe Walls
Apache stories Indian Culture and the Horse Iroquois Constitution Iroquois, Susquehannockj, and the Revolutionary War Comanche Timeline
Apache Creation Story Choctaw Horse Legend Descriptions of Longhouses Iroquois and Agriculture Pros of Indian Gambling
Timeline of Events in Apache History Blackfoot Warfare Rosebud Reservation Sweat Lodge Extra Credit Assignment Cons of Indian Gambling
Geronimo's Own Story Blackfoot Buffalo Hunting Crow Native American Sweat Lodge Indian and the Buffalo Uranium Mining on Navajo Lands
Protest at Desert Rock