HIS501Sem Contemporary World History _S1_2020_Lautoka

Course Outline: Contemporary World History

Unit: HIS 501 Semester 1, 2020

Contact Details of Course Instructor: Dr. Sakul Kundra

Email. sakul.kundra@fnu.ac.fj

M. 9081099

Course coordinator info. Dr. Sakul Kundra

Contemporary World History

Book for reference only

Some simple rules of engagement in an online environment.

1.1. Key events and discussion on world History till 1914

 Make a summary of major world events happened in 20th century? Identify the chronology of these events?

Understand the reasons for contestation for the Colonies by the powerful nations.

Discern the causes and course of events in First World War

Identify the social, cultural and economic impact of  First World War.

Identify the reasons for the formation of League of Nation.

Reading on First World War

Second Reading on First World War 

Understand the reason for the contestation of masses against the Czar of Russia

Identify the manifestos and role played by political parties in Russia, (Mensheviks and Bolsheviks

Comprehend the ideologies of Lenin and Stain before and after Russian Revolution

Reading on Russian revolution

Discern the events that led to the economic slump of Great Depression 1929

Comprehend the New Deal program policies as a remedy strategy against the Great Depression

Rise of Nazism

Discern the ideology of Fascism in Italy and Nazism in Germany

Understand the rise of dictators in Italy (Benito Mussolini) and Germany (Adolf Hitler)

Identify the course of action the dictators of Italy and Germany took to come to power and motivate the masses

Slides give details of the causes, course and impact of Second World War

Week 7

Provided in the table given below is your schedule for this week. Kindly make time to access the required resources, attempt the online activities on Moodle and also attend the weekly tasks

Course notes - Read through the PowerPoint presentation for Topic 09. - Read the supplementary readings and watch the videos below before attempting the activities.

The pre-recorded lecture below on week 9: Post-War reconstruction and the emergence of the US as a dominant power. You can download the lecture notes (PPT Slides) and simultaneously listen (audio) to the lecture.

First Reading on Cold War

Provided in the table given below is your schedule for this week.

Kindly make time to access the required resources, attempt the online activities on Moodle and also attend the weekly tasks

WEEK 10 LECTURE

Course notes - Read through the PowerPoint presentation for Topic 10. - Read the supplementary readings and watch the videos below before attempting the activities.

The pre-recorded lecture below on week 10: Cold War. You can download the lecture notes (PPT Slides) and simultaneously listen to the lecture.

Refer to the reading and video to do the tutorial activities

Dear All!

These are your supplementary readings which will help you understand the lecture for this week.

Second Reading for Cold War

Dear All,

We will not have a face-to-face class again this week. Kindly requesting to read the slides, with resource material and youtube videos to understand and answer the questions given below to upload in the discussion forum

Note: all students up to Week 10 has to submit their presentation by this Friday in the link provided (uploading presentation that qualifies 25 % your assessment)

Please keep checking the Moodle to update yourself on the weekly activity which requires you to read and do what is required to be submitted on Moodle before the due date (till last working day of the respective week)

Do call your friends and inform them to log into Moodle and to attend to the tasks before the due dates. Thank you to those of you who are completing the tasks assigned for you.

Do email me: sakul.kundra@fnu.ac.fj if you have any question.

Take care and be safe.

 Kind Regards,

Dr. Sakul Kundra

Provided in the table given below is your schedule for this week.

Kindly make time to access the required resources, attempt the online activities on Moodle and also attend the weekly tasks

WEEK 11 LECTURE

Course notes - Read through the PowerPoint presentation for Topic 11. - Read the supplementary readings and watch the videos below before attempting the activities.

The pre-recorded lecture below on week 11: The Nuclear arms race and threat of a nuclear war: Superpower rivalry and spheres of influence. You can download the lecture notes (PPT Slides) and simultaneously listen to the lecture.

Dear Students, 

Watch this video regarding the Nuclear arms race between USA and USSR and answer the question in the discussion forum

Dear Students, 

Watch this video regarding the Nuclear arms race and its impact, answer the question in the discussion forum.

All the best

 Dear All! These are your supplementary readings which will help you understand the lecture for this week

Dear All,

We will not have a face-to-face class again this week. Kindly requesting to read the slides, with resource material and youtube videos to understand and answer the questions given below to upload in the discussion forum

What are the causes and events of the Nuclear Arms race between USA and USSR during the Cold War?

Note: all students up to Week 11 has to submit their presentation by this Friday in the link provided (uploading presentation that qualifies 25 % your assessment)

Please keep checking the Moodle to update yourself on the weekly activity which requires you to read and do what is required to be submitted on Moodle before the due date (till last working day of the respective week)

Do call your friends and inform them to log into Moodle and to attend to the tasks before the due dates. Thank you to those of you who are completing the tasks assigned for you.

Do email me: sakul.kundra@fnu.ac.fj if you have any question.

Take care and be safe.

 Kind Regards,

Dr. Sakul Kundra

Dear Students,

Read the ppt slides on the proxy war in Afghanistan between US and USSR. Try to understand the complexity of the issue of this proxy war during 1970-1990s.

After reading the slides attempt the tutorial question and post in Discussion Forum

Dear Students,

Read the ppt slides on the Iranian Revolution. Try to understand the historical issues of the Iran-Iraq War, Israel relation with Iran, US Dual Policy and causes of the Iranian Revolution

After reading the slides attempt the tutorial question and post in Discussion Forum

Provided in the table given below is your schedule for this week. Kindly make time to access the required resources, attempt the online activities on Moodle and also attend the weekly tasks

Course notes - Read through the PowerPoint presentation for Topic 12. - Read the supplementary readings and watch the videos below before attempting the activities.

Dear Students,

View this video in respect to understand the historical happenings in Afghanistan under Cold War and Rise of mujahedin in Afghanistan. Use the view in answering the discussion question

All the best

Dear Students,

Read this reading for the Iranian Revolution to understand the causes and impact.

Dear Students,

Refer to the reading in order to understand the Proxy War with a case study of Afghanistan

Dear Students

This week the second part of the lecture deals with the Iranian Revolution that happened in 1979, it is termed as another proxy war. I have given a documentary to make you understand the basic history of the Iranian revolution. View the video in order to comprehend your understanding and use it while answering the discussion forum question.

Note: You have to upload the answer in the discussion forum. 

Dear Students,

This video will help you to briefly understand the historical developments that led to the Iranian Revolution. American hostage crisis 1979-1981 in Iran explains in this video.

Use this Video and readings to reply to the discussion forum question

Provided in the table given below is your schedule for this week. Kindly make time to access the required resources, attempt the online activities on Moodle and also attend the weekly tasks

Course notes - Read through the PowerPoint presentation for Topic 13. - Read the supplementary readings and watch the videos below before attempting the activities.

Note: We will have a tutorial session of 1 hour through moodle chatting on Tuesday (19-5-2020) from 1.00 pm to 2.00 p.m

Dear Students,

Read the slides with audio to understand the causes of the decline of the Socialist state(USSR). This also explains the political and economic reforms carried out during the period of Cold War

Dear students,

Welcome to week 13. Hope you are revising the earlier weeks course. This week one will explore the reasons for decline of Union Soviet Socialist Republic.

View this video and use it in order to answer discussion forum question.

Dear Students,

There are two reading to be read as resource material in order to answer the tutorial question and post the answer in discussion Forum

Provided in the table given below is your schedule for this week. Kindly make time to access the required resources, attempt the online activities on Moodle and also attend the weekly tasks

Course notes - Read through the PowerPoint presentation for Topic 14. - Read the supplementary readings and watch the videos below before attempting the activities.

Note: We will have a tutorial session of 1 hour through moodle chatting on Tuesday (26-5-2020) from 12.00 pm to 1.00 p.m

Dear Students,

Hope you have revised the course of earlier weeks. This week course explains the definition, features, impact and significance of Weapons of Mass Destruction. The second part of this week deals with 9/11 attack on US, who were responsible and what were their objectives behind leading this attack.

Listen the audio carefully in order to comprehensively understand the two themes of this week. I have uploaded two links of youtube for you, in order to have an idea of these themes.

This is the final week, so all students kindly upload their presentation in Moodle so that it can be assessed. 

Dear Students

View the video of Weapons of Mass Destruction to have an understanding of its impact in the world. Many measures are taken to control these weapons that are explained in the video

This documentary will help you to answer tutorial questions in the discussion forum

Dear Students, 

This video will give you an understanding of the causes of 9/11 and war on terror.

Use this video to answer the tutorial question in the discussion forum

Dear Students,

This reading to be read as resource material in order to answer the tutorial question and post the answer in discussion Forum. 

You need to particularly look into the significance and impact of WMD, secondly, find the reasons for the 9/11 attack on United States