Unless otherwise noted, all assignments and tasks are due by 11:59PM. I strongly suggest you keep a healthy life-work balance and make sure to get enough sleep. Check the “best-before dates” policy in the syllabus.
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- □ Create your Bergbuilds Website and create your first post, using these instructions: https://tdh.bergbuilds.domains/first-post-2/
- □ Remember to email me the link to your blog, or I don’t know where it lives. The internet is a big place!
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| Tuesday |
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| Wednesday |
- □ Meeting in Ettinger 213, 9.30AM
- – Bring your curiosity about all things “China before 1800”
- – Slides
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| Thursday |
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- □ Add yourself to the Discord Server Dr. D’s classes Fall 2022. You have received an email with an invitation link, but you don’t need to use that email address to register. Please follow these instructions. (Google doc)
- □ I’ll add you to the right role as soon as I can, and you will see your additional course channels (text and voice) activate as soon as I do. If that does not happen within 24hrs of you joining the server: email me to remind me. (Thanks!)
- □ In the Text channel #hst269, add an image that is meaningful to you, and that you’d like to share with the class (can be picture of you/family/holiday/pet, but also art work, object,…). Add your preferred name to address you in class. (I know nobody is Lord Buckethead, he’s in the UK and not signed up at the College!) Explain why the image is meaningful, and anything else you’d like us to know at the start of this semester.
- □ Say hello to your new classmates! Pop back in on the channel later in the day/week, make yourself comfy and chat away
 Hop into the Tea Room anytime, it’s your space to hang out via video.
- □ You can also visit and post in the #off-topic-chat room and share things with students from my other courses, such as upcoming games, performances, etc.
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| Friday |
- □ Prepare before class:
- – Fill out and bring to class or email/share the Start of Term reflection
- – Watch the documentary/lecture “Chinese Heroes, Kings and Destroyers” (Panopto link, 25 min)
- – Take notes and bring to class for discussion: what are the big takeaways? What additional information would you need to explain this topic clearly to another student? How much did you learn about Chinese history, geography, etc?
- – Reading: Crone, Patricia. Pre-Industrial Societies: Anatomy of the Pre-Modern World. London: Oneworld, 2015. (ebook Trexler: https://muhlenberg.on.worldcat.org/oclc/961882718)
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- * Read “Introduction: What is a complex society?” (pp. 10-24)
- * Pick one sentence/short passage that you find interesting, intriguing, or difficult to understand. You don’t have to agree with the author, we will just use it as a discussion starter.
- □ Meeting in Ettinger 213, 9.30AM
- – Slides
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| Saturday |
- □ Take a day off! Rest is important.
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| Sunday |
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Where to get help:
- Tea Room on Discord:
- open anytime for you
- I will be hosting Tue 2PM-3PM; Wed. 11AM-12PM, or by appointment via Google Calendar; you can also find me in my office then
- Private room for confidential chat available on request
- Discord Channel #hst269 and the (anonymous) Padlet (both also useful for chatting, sharing fun stuff)
- DLAs: Digital Learning Assistants: schedule coming soon!
- Writing Center: Online appointments and in-person drop-ins available: schedule coming soon!
- Trexler Library Course Subject Guide: our own dedicated subject guide for the course
- Safety on/around campus: report an incident