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Chopra, Ruma

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San Jose State University

 “da Vinci Day” Recognizing Teaching Innovation at SJSU 
Innovative Teaching – Course Redesign project (ITCR) 
Ruma Chopra 
History Department, College of Social Sciences 
This	  course	  examines	  the	  ﬁrst	  wave	  of	  
European	  expansion,	  from	  1400-­‐1750,	  
through	  the	  prism	  of	  cultural	  and	  religious	  
interac@ons.	  	  It	  explores	  how	  Europeans,	  
Africans,	  and	  Indians	  understood	  each	  
other	  during	  European	  explora@on,	  
conquest,	  and	  coloniza@on	  of	  the	  "New	  
World".	  	  
HIST 173: Old World and New 
World Encounters  
Brief description of the course 
and its place in the curriculum 
Summary of course re-design 
activities 
I	  will	  create	  short	  video	  lectures	  that	  
introduce	  students	  to	  the	  primary	  themes	  
of	  the	  class,	  including:	  violence	  and	  co-­‐
existence	  in	  everyday	  life;	  construc@on	  of	  
race,	  gender	  and	  ethnicity;	  slavery	  and	  
other	  forms	  of	  labor;	  trans-­‐Atlan@c	  
migra@on,	  both	  voluntary	  and	  forced;	  and	  
European	  and	  indigenous	  anthropologies	  
of	  the	  “other.”	  
	  
These	  segments	  	  will	  give	  students	  the	  
opportunity	  to	  listen	  to	  course	  content	  
mul@ple	  @mes,	  and	  to	  reﬂect	  on	  the	  
material	  before	  coming	  to	  class.	  Students	  
will	  take	  short	  quizzes	  or	  write	  short	  
essays	  aRer	  these	  segments.	  
	  
In-­‐class	  @me	  will	  be	  devoted	  to	  reading	  
and	  analyzing	  primary	  source	  documents.	  
	  
In	  lieu	  of	  a	  tradi@onal	  ﬁnal	  exam,	  students	  
will	  present	  a	  short	  video	  based	  on	  their	  
own	  research,	  and	  lead	  a	  class	  discussion	  
of	  the	  most	  signiﬁcant	  primary	  source.	  
European	  expansion	  during	  the	  early	  modern	  
period	  revolu@onized	  the	  world	  by	  
connec@ng	  the	  con@nents	  on	  either	  side	  of	  
the	  Atlan@c.	  	  The	  resul@ng	  encounter	  
changed	  Europe,	  Africa,	  and	  the	  Americas	  
forever.	  	  In	  this	  upper	  division	  course,	  
students	  delve	  into	  the	  ways	  that	  Europeans	  
and	  non-­‐Europeans	  made	  sense	  of	  each	  
other	  and	  each	  other’s	  perspec@ves,	  values	  
and	  experiences,	  throughout	  the	  explora@on	  
and	  coloniza@on	  of	  the	  “New	  World.”	  


HIST 173: Old World and New World Encounters Course Redesign

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 “da Vinci Day” Recognizing Teaching Innovation at SJSU Innovative Teaching – Course Redesign project (ITCR) Ruma Chopra History Department, College of Social Sciences This	  course	  examines	  the	  ﬁrst	  wave	  of	  European	  expansion,	  from	  1400-­‐1750,	  through	  the	  prism	  of	  cultural	  and	  religious	  interac@ons.	  	  It	  explores	  how	  Europeans,	  Africans,	  and	  Indians	  understood	  each	  other	  during	  European	  explora@on,	  conquest,	  and	  coloniza@on	  of	  the	  "New	  World".	  	  HIST 173: Old World and New World Encounters  Brief description of the course and its place in the curriculum Summary of course re-design activities I	  will	  create	  short	  video	  lectures	  that	  introduce	  students	  to	  the	  primary	  themes	  of	  the	  class,	  including:	  violence	  and	  co-­‐existence	  in	  everyday	  life;	  construc@on	  of	  race,	  gender	  and	  ethnicity;	  slavery	  and	  other	  forms	  of	  labor;	  trans-­‐Atlan@c	  migra@on,	  both	  voluntary	  and	  forced;	  and	  European	  and	  indigenous	  anthropologies	  of	  the	  “other.”	  	  These	  segments	  	  will	  give	  students	  the	  opportunity	  to	  listen	  to	  course	  content	  mul@ple	  @mes,	  and	  to	  reﬂect	  on	  the	  material	  before	  coming	  to	  class.	  Students	  will	  take	  short	  quizzes	  or	  write	  short	  essays	  aRer	  these	  segments.	  	  In-­‐class	  @me	  will	  be	  devoted	  to	  reading	  and	  analyzing	  primary	  source	  documents.	  	  In	  lieu	  of	  a	  tradi@onal	  ﬁnal	  exam,	  students	  will	  present	  a	  short	  video	  based	  on	  their	  own	  research,	  and	  lead	  a	  class	  discussion	  of	  the	  most	  signiﬁcant	  primary	  source.	  European	  expansion	  during	  the	  early	  modern	  period	  revolu@onized	  the	  world	  by	  connec@ng	  the	  con@nents	  on	  either	  side	  of	  the	  Atlan@c.	  	  The	  resul@ng	  encounter	  changed	  Europe,	  Africa,	  and	  the	  Americas	  forever.	  	  In	  this	  upper	  division	  course,	  students	  delve	  into	  the	  ways	  that	  Europeans	  and	  non-­‐Europeans	  made	  sense	  of	  each	  other	  and	  each	  other’s	  perspec@ves,	  values	  and	  experiences,	  throughout	  the	  explora@on	  and	  coloniza@on	  of	  the	  “New	  World.”	  

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