WHEN: Friday, Dec. 9, 11:59PM
WHY: This is a moment to look back on the work you did for this course and to help you build your case for your final grade.
WHAT:
- 500-750 words
- thinking about the course as a whole (look back through the course materials we covered using the course schedule), and using examples that are not only about your Show and Tell projects, (you want to demonstrate breadth and depth of learning),
- Pick two of the following prompts to engage with. Provide concrete examples, and refer to specific moments in class/your projects/work and your engagement with specific sources.
- What do you think is the most important thing you learned about Chinese history, and why do you think so? Why do you think more people ought to know about this?
- This course carries a DE/HDGE General Academic Requirement. Do you think you earned it? Why (not)? To help you answer that question, here’s the description from the Course Catalog: “HDGE courses across the curriculum aim to broaden and deepen students’ understanding of human difference and to develop the intellectual and civic skills students require for participation in an increasingly diverse and interconnected world.”
- reflect on your learning process during the course of the semester. How have you grown as a historian? How have your research skills and historical insights changed in the past few months? How do you think differently about your engagement with the past in general, or with China’s history more specifically? What will you take with you to future courses, about handling sources, dealing with multiple perspectives, about project management,…?
- imagine you are interviewed five years from now for your dream job (which likely has nothing to do with Chinese history!); the interviewer sees on your transcript you took “HST269: Intro to Traditional China”, and they ask: “Oh, what did you learn in that course?” What is your answer? Why?
HOW: Submit as a Google Doc shared with suggesting/commenting access for Dr. D, or a blog post in category HST269 if you prefer.
The Final Check-in conversation will take place in Finals Week (Dec. 12-Dec. 16). Check all the details, including how to sign up and how to prepare, on the Final Check in Conversation webpage