Faculty of Humanities, UJ

Department of History

Historical Studies 1A11/1AA1/EX1A

Tutorial Guide

Lecturer: Dr J.N Klee jklee@uj.ac.za, 011-559 3945

TUTORIAL ATTENDANCE:

You must attend all tutorials during this semester. There are six tutorials during
this semester. You will have to complete six MCQ for your tutorial sessions
before the tutorial sessions.

Multiple choice reading quizzes & tutorials:

The readings can be find on Blackboard. These are the readings, which you will
be quizzed on for Multiple Choice Quiz (MCQ) reading quizzes 1-6. You must
complete the MCQs via Ulink/Blackboard on the Friday before the tutorial in
which you discuss the reading in question. Watch Ulink/Blackboard for notices
from the lecturer.

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MCQ 1 (available on Friday 29 July)

(New World views and Ways of life (1540-1790)).
To be discussed in Tutorial 1 beginning 1st of August. Also read for the 10
mark MCQ.

“The Scientific Revolution”, A History of World Societies. 10th edition, Vol 2,

2015, pp.557-560.

General question for discussion in the tutorial:

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What revolutionary discoveries were made in the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries, and why did they occur in Europe?

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MCQ 2 (available on Friday 19th August)

(Africa and the World (1400-1800).
To be discussed in Tutorial 2 beginning 22nd August. Also read for 10
mark MCQ.

African Societies and the Atlantic Slave Trade Author(s): J. D. Fage Source:
Past & Present , Nov., 1989, No. 125 (Nov., 1989), pp. 97-115 Published by:
Oxford University Press on behalf of The Past and Present Society Stable URL:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/650862.

General question for discussion in the tutorial:

What were the social, economic and political impact of the Atlantic slave trade?

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MCQ 3 (available on Friday 9th September)

(The Americas in the Age of Liberalism (1810-1910).
To be discussed in Tutorial 3 beginning 12th September. Also read for 5
mark MCQ.

Mexico and the Spanish American War: N R Gilmore Source in The Hispanic
American Historic Review, Vol 43, no 4 (Nov 1963), pp. 511-525, Published
by, Duke University Press.

General question for discussion in the tutorial:

How did the Spanish-American War influence relationships between Mexico

and America?

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MCQ 4 (available on Friday 16 September)

(World Wars and revolution (1914 – 1945 pp. 851-863).
To be discussed in tutorial 4 beginning 19 September. Also read for the 5
mark MCQ.

General question for discussion in tutorial:

What were the long-term and immediate causes of World War 1, and how did
the conflict become a global war?

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MCQ 5 (available on Friday 30 September.

(Decolonization, Revolution and the Cold War (1945-1968).
To be discussed in tutorial 5 beginning 3 October. Also read for the 5 mark
MCQ.

The Cold War and Vietnam Author(s): George C. Herring Source: OAH
Magazine of History , Oct., 2004, Vol. 18, No. 5, Vietnam (Oct., 2004), pp. 18-
21 Published by: Oxford University Press on behalf of Organization of
American Historians Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25163717.

General question for discussion in the tutorial:

How did the American population feel about the Vietnam War from the start to
the end and why?

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MCQ 6 (available on Friday 7 October.

(Liberalization and the Contemporary World (1968 – 2000s).

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To be discussed in tutorial 6 beginning 10 October.

“War and Revolution in the Middle East”, A History of World Societies. 10th
edition, Vol 2, 2015, pp.998-1000.

General question for discussion in the tutorial:

How did war and revolution reshape the Middle East?

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