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FALL
2005
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History
288W: Pacific Islands History
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Instructor:
Colette Higgins
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CLASS
SCHEDULE
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Last updated:
11/1/05
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| This schedule is tentative, but will be followed as closely as possible. The instructor reserves the right to alter this schedule. If changes are made students will be informed. |
| Reading assignments should be completed before class. Certain readings can be found in books on reserve at the KCC library (see page 3 of your syllabus for specific bibliographcal information). |
| ROPP = Remembrance of Pacific Pasts: An Invitation to Remake History edited by Robert Borofsky |
| Tides = Tides of History edited by Howe, Kiste and Lal |
| Firth = Nuclear Playground by Stewart Firth |
| Diaspora = Pacific Diaspora: Island Peoples in the United States and Across the Pacific edited by Spickard, Rondilla and Wright |
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**If
I am not in class within 15 minutes of the scheduled start time, then
class is considered canceled.**
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Reminders
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Topics
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Campbell
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Other
Readings
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| Aug. | 23rd | T |
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Introductions
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UNIT
ONE
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| 25th | Th |
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Geography
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Maps
& Preface
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| 30th | T |
Sign-up
for WP topics
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Geography
(cont.)
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| Sept. | 1st | Th |
Map
Quiz
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Themes
& Perspectives
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ROPP
(pp. 453-471)
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| 6th | T |
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Historiography
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ROPP
(pp. 1-30)
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| 8th | Th |
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ROPP
(pp. 78-91)
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| 13th | T |
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Origins
of Pacific Islanders
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Story
of Latmikaik &
Kumulipo (handouts)
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| 15th | Th |
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| 20th | T |
Writing
Project (Part I) Due
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Origins
of Pacific Islanders (cont.)
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Chapter
2
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| 22nd | Th |
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Cultural
Heritage
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Chapter
1
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| 27th | T |
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Cultural
Heritage (cont.)
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| 29th | Th |
(Take-Home
Essay Due)
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UNIT
TWO
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| Oct. | 4th | T |
Think/Write
or SL Journal #1 & 2 Due
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Age
of European Discovery
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Chapter
3
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| 6th | Th |
Age
of European Discovery (cont.)
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pp.
128-130
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ROPP
(pp. 152-168)
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| 13th | Th |
Constructing
Pacific Peoples
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Diaspora
(pp. 221-252)
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| 18th | T |
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Disease
& Depopulation
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Cambridge
& "Epidemics" (handouts)
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| 20th | Th |
Writing
Project (Part II) Due
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Trade
& Social Change
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Chapter
4 & pp. 122-127
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| 25th | T |
Trade
& Social Change (cont.)
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Chapter
7 & pp. 130, 133-134
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| 27th | Th |
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Missionaries
& Christianity
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pp.
68-75
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| Nov. | 1st | T |
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Missionaries
& Christianity (cont.)
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pp.
116-122, 131-133
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"Westward
Voyage" (handout)
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| 3rd | Th |
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Unified
Kingdoms
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pp.
75-91
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| 8th | T |
Unified
Kingdoms (cont.)
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| 10th | Th |
(Take-Home
Essay Due)
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UNIT
THREE
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| 15th | T |
C.A.
#10 Due, Think/Write
or SL Journal #3 & 4 Due
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Annexation
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pp.
135-148
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| 17th | Th |
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Colonial
Policies
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pp.
156-161
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| 22nd | T |
Writing
Project (Part III) Due
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pp.
95-100
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| 24th | Th |
HOLIDAY
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(Thanksgiving)
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| 29th | T |
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World
War II
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pp.
183-190
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Tides
(pp. 149-169)
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| Dec. | 1st | Th |
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World
War II (cont.)
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"The
Big Death" & "Pacific Encounters" (handouts)
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| 6th | T |
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VIDEO:
Radio Bikini
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Firth
(pp. 1-56)
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| 8th | Th |
Extra Credit Due SL Journal #5 & 6 & SL Reflection Paper Due |
Decolonization
& Contemporary Issues
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pp.
197-228
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Diaspora
(pp. 31-39, 331-354) & "Songs of Our Natural Selves"
(handout)
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| 13th | T |
Exam #3 (12:15-2:15 p.m.) Think/Write #5 & 6 Due |
(Take-Home Essay Due) |
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