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How to get the most out of Corruption and Communism: Modern China with Christopher Martin, PhD:
- Download the pre-course materials (e.g., syllabus) found at the end of the course introduction, but before the weekly materials.
- Review the week's PowerPoint slides before watching the recording.
- Have a notebook ready and available for class notes during each recorded session.
- Watch that week’s recording.
- Do the assignments, quizzes, and any extra work assigned for that week.
- Repeat the above for each week.
- Once the course is completed to the parent's and professor’s satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records.
Total Classes: 14
Duration: 55 minutes
Prerequisite: none
Suggested Grade Level: High School (Adjustments can be made to assignments in order to accommodate Middle School students.)
Suggested Credit: One full semester American History
Instructor: Christopher Martin, PhD
Instructor Email: chrisgooverthere@yahoo.com
Course Description: The achievements and developments of China stand as a major reason why historians separate the history of Eastern and Western Civilization. China developed in ways not easily understood by the West, with a trajectory of both progress and regression, power and weakness which both invited the West's interest while simultaneously rejecting their influence. This course seeks to explain why China has developed into the nation it is today, beginning with the 17th century and the late Ming Empire, up to the dictatorship of Mau Tse-Tung. In between we examine fascinating and significant events such as the Opium Wars, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Chinese Civil War of the 20th Century.
Course Outline:
Class 1: Introduction and overview of syllabus and assignments
Class 2-5: Passing the Torch: The transition from the old dynasty, 1600-1800
Week 2: The achievement and fall of the Ming: Leftovers from ancient China
Week 3: Manchu conquest: The rise of the Qing
Week 4: Consolidation: Intellectuals, Philosophers, and Chinese society
Week 5: China in the eighteenth century World
Weeks 6-9: Reform, crises, and fragmentation: 1800-1912
Week 6: The Dynasty strains: The Opium Wars, and Nain Rebellion
Week 7: Reform movements
Week 8: More Crises: The Boxer Rebellion, and anti-Western sentiment
Week 9: The fall of the Qing Dynasty
Weeks 10-14: China and Communism: 1912-1989
Week 10: Experiment in Democracy, and Marxist stirrings
Week 11: The emergence of Communism in China
Week 12: China during World War II
Week 13: The dictatorship of Mao Tse-Tong
Week 14: Epilogue: China into the present
Course Materials: None required – everything is provided free by the instructor.
Homework: Writing is an integral part of demonstrating both the assimilation of knowledge, and the articulation thereof. Therefore, students will be guided through the process of writing a short (3-5 page, double-spaced) review of a book of their choice relevant to the subject matter.
NOTE:
Middle School students taking this course may instead write a 1-2 page book report.
Also, student will have one to two short (5-10 minute), ungraded review quizzes based off of classroom lectures and discussions.
- Teacher: Christopher Martin