Opening Letter to Students:
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Final Research Paper (Semester Two 2025):
The Final Research Paper is this course's culminating task. Work on this assignment should begin immediately (just like in university). Please find all the relevant documents you will need below.
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Alternative Culminating Assignment (2022-2023 Semester One):
| Exploring History Through Narrative (2022-2023) |
How our class sees the World
| World Maps (Feb 2020) |
| World Maps (Feb 2021) |
| World Maps (Sep 2021) |
| World Maps (Feb 2022) |
| World Maps (Sep 2023) |
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| World Maps (Feb 2025) |
Our Course at a Glance
Nature of History
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Assignment #1: The Nature of History
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| The World According to You.pdf |
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| The Changing Nature of Kingship (2025) |
| Evolution of “The Government and Political Power” in England (United Kingdom) |
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| A Crash Course In Humanism & Its Effects (2022) |
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Assignment #2: How Waterdown is a product of different systems
| How Waterdown/Flamborough are products of the Modern Age (updated 2022) |
History through Flags |
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| History through Flags: Netherlands.pdf |
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| History through flags: China |
Kashmir
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| Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Empire (2023) |
| The British East India Company (2023) |
| The Sikh Empire and the East India Company (2023) |
| Waterdown Border Activity B |
Ukraine and Russia
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| A History of Russia (2024) |
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| Reading something as a potential source for academic work: Ukraine |
| A Communist Revolution in Flamborough (2024) |
| Ukrainian Independance, 1918-1921 (2022) |
| History through flags: Russian Presidential Standard |
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| Andrew Morris' History of Taiwan (2022) |
| The (Manchu) Qing Dynasty (2022) |
| Macartney Embassy & Qianlong’s Letter (2022) |
| The East India Company |
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| The difference between Russian and Chinese Communism (2024) |
| The History of Taiwan II - Japanese Colonialism (2022) |
| Collapse of the Chinese Imperial System |
| The Invasion of China (2022) |
| History of Taiwan III – The Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan (2022) |
| Canada and the Battle of Hong Kong |
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| Formal Diplomatic Relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan) |
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Cape Breton Island
| Unama'kik |
| Vatican Wampum Treaty |
| The Stuarts |
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| Tamerlane the Great |
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| The Dissolution of Tamerlane's Empire & the Rise of Russia.pdf |
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| Industrial Revolution in Russia |
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| Jornada del Muerto |
| Don Juan de Onate.pdf |
| The Pueblo Revolt.pdf |
| Mexican Independence & War with USA.pdf |
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| Tuvalu: A History.pdf |
| The Pacific and European Contact.pdf |
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| History of Urk and Schokland |
Mexico
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| Thomas King Reading (Puritans).pdf |
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| Hamilton: An American Musical (2024) |
| The American Revolution and its Consequences (April 2025) |
| Peter Frankopan's "The Silk Roads," Pages 503-505. |
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The British (and Canadian) Crown |
| Lead up to King George III |
| English Commonwealth |
| Mr. Tidridge's Notes on the Hanoverians |
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The Kingdom of Druk (Bhutan) |
| Little Buddha Clips.pdf |
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The Ottoman Empire & Syria
| Introduction of "The Qur'an: A New Translation" (2024) |
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Podcast Activity:
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| Power & Trade in the Ottoman Empire (2022) |
| The Ottoman Empire Heading into the First World War (Nov 2023) |
| The Ottoman Empire during WWI by Rashid Khalidi |
| Collapse of the Ottoman Empire |
| The Crimean War.pdf |
| Lawrence of Arabia.pdf |
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| History of Saudi Arabia |
| Seminar on Middle East.pdf |
| Modern Timeline of Syrian History.pdf |
Tonga
| tupou_vi.pdf |
| tonga_history_to_european_contact.pdf |
The Kingdom of Kongo
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| Collapse of the Kingdom of Kongo |
| Slavery.pdf |
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| Africa's Great War |
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The Republic of Botswana
| Seretse Khama and the Republic of Botswana.pdf |
Sark
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| Feudalism vs. Industrial Capitalism |
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North American Christmas & Santa Claus |
| Saturnalia and Yule (2022) |
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| Saint Nicholas of Myra (2022) |
| Ancient Christmas Celebrations |
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| Class Reading - Children and Christmas (Nissenbaum) |
| The Origins of North America's Santa Claus (2022) |
| The Rise of Consumerism & Christmas |
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
| A History of Russia - Part One |
| Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin |
| Putin's Victory Day Speech 2015.pdf |
| 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall |
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The Order of Malta, Liberland other oddities |