Tue Jan 19 |
Introduction – Where is Germany? |
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Thu Jan 21 |
Politics in 18th Century Germany |
Kitchen: pp. 1-8 |
Mon Jan 25 |
Discussion: What is German History? |
James J. Sheehan, “What is German History?” (on SPARK) |
Tue Jan 26 |
Society & Culture in 18th Century Germany |
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Thu Jan 28 |
The French Revolution and the German States |
Kitchen: pp. 9-28 |
Mon Feb 1 |
Discussion: German Nationalism
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Fichte, “13th Address to the German Nation” and Arndt “The German Fatherland” (on SPARK) |
Tue Feb 2 |
The Congress of Vienna & Restoration |
Kitchen: pp. 50-60 |
Thu Feb 4 |
German Romanticism and the Fraternities |
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Mon Feb 8 |
Discussion: Romanticism
(Quiz #1) |
Goethe: Faust |
Tue Feb 9 |
The Vormärz: Setting the Stage for Revolution |
Kitchen: pp. 60-70 |
Thu Feb 11 |
The 1848 Revolution and the Frankfurt Parliament |
Kitchen: pp. 71-89 |
Mon Feb 15 |
NO CLASS – President’s Day |
Sections will meet on Tuesday instead |
Tue Feb 16 |
Discussion: German Unification
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“Germany’s Unification,” “Hanseman on the Revolution in France,” “Heppenheim Program,” “Wirth At the Hambach Festival,” and “Frankfurt Parliament” (on SPARK) |
Thu Feb 18 |
German Bürgertum & the Working Class |
Kitchen: pp. 29-49 |
Mon Feb 22 |
Discussion: Biedermeier Germany |
Fontane: Effie Briest |
Tue Feb 23 |
German Unification |
Kitchen: pp. 90-138 |
Thu Feb 25 |
Bismarck’s Germany |
Kitchen: pp. 139-172 |
Mon Mar 1 |
Discussion: Bismarck’s Germany
(Quiz #2) |
“Anti-Socialist Law” (for reference), “Bebel Condemns Anti-Socialist Law” “Bamberger Extension of Anti-Socialist Law” “Weber Reflects on Cooperation,” and “Bamberger Hopes for Parliamentary Government” (on SPARK) |
Tue Mar 2 |
Wilhelmine Germany |
Kitchen: pp. 173-186 |
Thu Mar 4 |
Navalism, Militarism, and the Coming of War |
Kitchen: pp. 186-202 |
Mon Mar 8 |
Discussion: Wilhelmine Politics |
“Daily Telegraph Affair,” “Zabern Affair,” “Statutes of the PanGerman League,” (on Spark) |
Tue Mar 9 |
MIDTERM EXAM |
Cumulative Exam (Jan 19-Mar 8) |
Thu Mar 11 |
NO CLASS |
This is in return for attending films later |
Mar 15-18 |
NO CLASS |
SPRING BREAK |
Mon Mar 22 |
Discussion: German Aggression |
“German Naval Office,” “Freyman’s Shades of the Future,” and “Inevitability of War” (on Spark) |
Tue Mar 23 |
Outbreak of World War I |
Kitchen: pp. 203-219 |
Thu Mar 25 |
World War I |
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Mon Mar 29 |
Discussion: World War I
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“Soldiers Describe Combat – Lange,” “Soldiers Describe Combat – Hammerer,” “Patriotic Enlightenment,” “Unrestricted Submarine Warfare” and “Ludendorff Admits Defeat” (on Spark) |
Tue Mar 30 |
The Weimar Republic: The Return to Normalcy |
Kitchen: pp. 220-236 |
Thu Apr 1 |
The Weimar Republic: The Golden Years and the Decent into Chaos |
Kitchen: pp. 236-257 |
Mon Apr 5 |
Discussion: Weimar Republic
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Weitz: The Weimar Republic |
Tue Apr 6 |
The Nazi Revolution |
Kitchen: pp. 258-283 |
Thu Apr 8 |
Hitler’s Foreign Policy and the Preparation for War |
Kitchen: pp. 284-298 |
Mon Apr 12 |
Discussion: Nazi Racial Policies
(Quiz #3) |
“Klemperer’s Diary Entry,” “Reich Civil Servant Law,” “Reich Citizenship Law,” “Hitler’s Greater German Reichstag Speech” (on Spark) |
Tue Apr 13 |
The Outbreak of World War II |
Kitchen: pp. 298-304 |
Thu Apr 15 |
World War II
TERM PAPER DUE |
Kitchen: pp. 304-315 |
Mon Apr 19 |
NO CLASS – Patriot’s Day |
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Tue Apr 20 |
The Holocaust |
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Wed Apr 21 |
Film: Downfall |
Herter 227 @ 6:30pm |
Wed Apr 21 |
Discussion: The Holocaust |
Browning: Ordinary Men |
Thu Apr 22 |
The Postwar Settlement |
Kitchen: pp. 316-322 |
Mon Apr 26 |
Discussion: The New Political System |
“Byrne’s Speech on Germany,” “Nuremberg Trials,” “CDU Social Market Economy,” “First Party Conference of the SED,” and “The Godesberg Program” (on Spark) |
Tue Apr 27 |
Divided Germany: 1949-1963 |
Kitchen: pp. 323-345 |
Thu Apr 29 |
Divided Germany: 1963-1989 |
Kitchen: pp. 346-372 |
Mon May 3 |
Discussion: Divided Germany
(Quiz #4) |
Schneider: Wall Jumper |
Mon May 3 |
Film: The Lives of Others |
Herter 227 @ 6:30pm |
Tue May 4 |
Reunified Germany |
Kitchen: pp. 373-412 |
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TBA |
FINAL EXAM |
Cumulative Exam (Mar 22-May 4)
Time & Place To Be Announced |