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).

• History 1A
• History 8A/103
• History 8B/104
• History 2A/117
• History 2B/118
• History 157

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: PDFXChange PDF Reader --for Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or 7 an older version of Adobe's Acrobat Reader --for Windows 95, 98, or ME

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 used to 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 Spring 2012 Syllabus

103 Spring 2012 Syllabus

Textbook at Amazon.com

Essay Outline Form

Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia and Egypt)	China &  India	Israel	Greece	Rome	Church, Middle Ages, & the Renaissance
Agricultural Revolution	Indo-European Chart	Israel Timeline	Greek History Timeline	Roman Timeline	Christian Apologists
Sumerian Chronology	Confucianism	Israel's Impact	Ancient Sparta	Roman Assemblies	Eastern Roman Empire Chart
Egyptian Chronology	Legalism		Pericles' Funeral Oration	Tiberius Gracchus	Charlemagne
Mohammed's Last Sermon	Imperial China		Plato on Social Contract	Fall of the Roman Republic	Emergence of Medieval France
Bronze Age Chart	Chinese Philosophy		Cycle of Constitutions	Proscriptions of 43 BC	When did the Middle Ages Start?
Egyptian Religion Readings	Wang Anshi, Reformer		Archaic Age	Reforms of Caesar and Augustus	Renaissance Chart
	Religions of India		Alexander the Great	Cursus Honorum	Magna Carta Reading
	Edicts of Ashoka		Mycenaean Greek Pics	Justinian

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

Introductory Material

104 Spr 2011 Syllabus

Essay Outline Form

VVC textbook at amazon

BCC textbook at Amazon

Europe through the 1600s	1700s-1800s Europe	Africa, Asia, & Latin America	Europe & USA, through 1920s	Europe & USA, 1930s and beyond
Timeline for 1400s & 1500s	Enlightenment Readings	Caravans of Gold Video (part 1)	World War I Timeline	Depression & New Deal
Luther's Open Letter to the German Nobility	Adam Smith on Economics of Colonies	Caravans of Gold (part 2)	Wilson's 14 Points	World War II Timeline
Mercantilism Chart	Communist Manifesto Excerpts	Triangle Trade Chart	Keynes' Economic Consequences of the Peace (Versailles)	Kennan's Long Telegram Readings
English Reformation Chart	Events Leading up to the American Revolution	Africa Kingdoms and Slavery Readings	Events Leading to World War I	Containment and its Criticisms
Triangle Trade Chart	Separation of Powers in the Constitution	Road to Indian Independence	Versailles Readings	Fall of the Soviet Union Timeline
Scientific Revolution	Industrial Revolution	Excerpts from the Communist Manifesto	Early USSR Readings	Fall of the USSR
English Civil War	Social Contract	Zou Rong	Parliamentary System	Reaganomics
Colbert's Reforms	Enlightenment Chart	Mao's Programs	Versailles Chart	Bush Doctrine
Feudalism & Absolutism	Four Key Events in 1800s Europe	Six-DayWar Transcript		Decision to Drop the Bomb
East India Company	Understanding the French Revolution	Why the US Supports Israel Transcript
Navigation Acts		Nathuram Godse's Defense for Assasinating Gandhi
Absolutism Lecture Notes		China 1900s Readings
		East India Company
		Latin America in the 1800s

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

Introductory Material

History 117 Syllabus (Spring 2012)

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
English Reformation chart	Enlightenment 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	Cobbett's Letter to the Luddites	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	Dred Scott Decision (excerpts)
Scientific Revolution	Social Contract		Henry Clay Handout	Andrew Jackson and the Bank War
Bacon'sRebellionPhilip'sWar Readings	French and Indian War Chart		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	Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
			EXCERPT from Calhoun's Exposition	Revival & Reform Readings
			Nature of the Union	Nature of the Union
			Calhoun's Exposition HANDOUT

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

Introductory Material

History 118 Syllabus (Fall 2012)

Class Textbook on Amazon (VVC)

Class Textbook at BCC-Ft. Irwin

Essay Outline Form

Reconstruction Era	Industrialism and Populist Era (late 1800s-early 1900s)	World War I and its Aftermath	Depression & the New Deal, WWII, and the 50s	Reagan Era, War on Terrorism, and International Trade
Reconstruction Chart	Industrial Revolution	World War I Timeline	Depression & New Deal	Reaganomics
Frederick Douglass--What the Black Man Wants	Progressive Movement and a New View of Government	Events Leading to World War I Chart	McCarthy Era Chart	FreeTradeChart
Lincoln & Stevens Readings	Progressive Movement Chart	Wilson's 14 Points	World War II Timeline	Foreign Trade Readings
Henry Grady New South	Sumner & Mahan 1890s Imperialism	Keynes' Economic Consequences of the Peace	Kennan's Long Telegram Readings	Fall of the USSR
	Antitrust Chart	Versailles Readings	Containment and its Criticisms	Bush Doctrine Speech
	Antitrust Readings	Versailles Chart	Roots of the Cold War	Bush Doctrine Chart
	Rise of the Union Movement		Decision to Drop the Bomb	Sixties Interview with Buckley and Hitchens
	Teddy Roosevelt			Fall of the USSR
	William Jennings Bryan Cross of Gold Speech			Yuri Yarim-Agaev Interview
	Andrew Carnegie and the Gospel of Wealth			Yuri Yarim-Agaev Transcript
				Vietnam War Chart

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