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

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

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

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  Foxit Reader   (Windows 2000, XP, or Vista)  installing an older version of Adobe's Acrobat Reader    (Windows 95, 98, or ME) Any powerpoint files can be displayed with the following programs: Microsoft Office (if you have it installed, you have powerpoint already) Powerpoint Viewer (made by Microsoft--it can only display powerpoint files) OpenOffice is a free program that can not only display powerpoint files, but also create them

Classroom Handouts (Back to the top)


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)

8A Sylabus	Textbook at Amazon.com

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

104 Syllabus	Class textbook at amazon	Mercantilism Chart	Timeline for 1400s & 1500s	Luther's Open Letter to the German Nobility
Essay Writing Assignment Form	Adam Smith on Economics of Colonies	English Reformation Chart	Hume on the Balance of Trade (Mercantilism)	Voltaire's Essay on Tolerance
Triangle Trade Chart	Caravans of Gold Video (part 1)	Caravans of Gold (part 2)	Events Leading up to the American Revolution	Separation of Powers in the Constitution
Industrial Revolution	Excerpts from the Communist Manifesto		104 Midterm Jeopardy	Asia 1800s
World War I Timeline	Wilson's 14 Points	Causes of World War I	Keynes' Economic Consequences of the Peace (Versailles)	Mao's Programs
Road to Indian Independence	Nathuram Godse's Defense for Assasinating Gandhi	Six-DayWar Transcript	Why the US Supports Israel Transcript
104 Final Jeopardy

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

History 2A Syllabus (Fall 08)	English Reformation chart	Early American History Timeline	Mercantilism Chart	Massachusetts Body of Liberties	Cycle of Constitutions
Events Leading up to the Revolution	Declaration of Independence	Excerpts from Common Sense	Articles of Confederation	Problems with the Articles of Confederation	Adam Smith on Economics of Colonies
Patrick Henry, Give Me LIberty or Give Me Death!	William Pitt's Speech in Parliament on the Stamp Act	Selection from Henry Gipson's The Coming of the Revolution	Constitution of the United States	Antifederalist Arguments Against the Constitution	Interpreting the Constitution
Federalist No. 10 Assignment	Federalist No. 51 Assignment	Exposition  and Protest of South Carolina by John C. Calhoun	Jefferson's Letter on the Missouri Compromise	Early Industrialism	Andrew Jackson and the Bank War
Reform Movements and the Second Great Awakening	Westward Expansion	Fugitive Slave Act	Republican Party Platform 1865	Day the World Took Off Video	Class textbook at Amazon
Essay Writing Assignment Form	Triangle Trade Chart	Separation of Powers in the Constitution	Articles of Confederation by the Numbers		Judicial Review
Hamilton's Economic Program	Clay and the American System Speech

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

History 2B Syllabus	Frederick Douglass--What the Black Man Wants	Reconstruction Chart	Thaddeus Stevens on Southern Land Confiscations	Increased Production in Industrial Age	Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth
Progressive Movement Chart	Populist Party Plaform	Causes of World War I Chart	World War I Timeline	World War II Timeline	Kennan's Long Telegram Reflection
Steven Pinker Video	Pinker Video Questions	McCarthy Era Chart	Wilson's 14 Points	Keynes' Economic Consequences of the Peace	Class textbook at Amazon

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

Jeopardy Games (Back to the top)
104 Midterm Jeopardy
History 157 Final
157 First Midterm Jeopardy
History 117 Final
2A/117 First Midterm
117/2A 2nd Midterm Jeopardy
Jeopardy Western Civ 2nd Midterm.ppt
History 8A First Midterm
8A Final Jeopardy
History 118/2B Final Jeopardy
2B/118 2nd Midterm Jeopardy
2B/118 First Midterm Jeopardy