World History II

Across the historical periods of time II

Mtr. José Eduardo Robles Mejía

jroblesm@delmarschool.edu.mx
Delmar International School – High School

Course Description
The World History II belongs to the disciplinary field of Humanities and Social
Sciences and, therefore, seeks to contribute to the formation of citizens who are capable
of giving proposals based on solid knowledge. Its purpose is to develop the skills that
allow you to situate the historical events that are dealt with in the various historical
periods that have developed in the world, but that are related to Mexico, affect our
social reality and, therefore, our communities. Thus, helping you to value community
heritage and strengthen the values of equality, tolerance and solidarity, by
understanding the importance of building historical knowledge.

Course Objectives
The World History II subject aims to contribute to the training of reflective and
participatory citizens, who can critically interpret their social and cultural
environment, while valuing practices different from their own within a framework
of interculturality.

Competencies

1. Identify social and humanistic knowledge as a construction in constant

transformation.
2. Locate fundamental historical events that have taken place at different times in
Mexico and in the world in relation to the
Present.
3. Interpret social reality from local, national and international historical processes that
have shaped it.
4. Value social, political, economic, ethnic, cultural and gender differences and the
inequalities they induce.
5. Establish the relationship between political, economic, cultural and geographical
dimensions of an event.
6. Analyze with an entrepreneurial vision the fundamental factors and elements that
intervene in productivity and competitiveness of an organization and its relationship
with the socioeconomic environment.
7. Evaluate the functions of laws and their transformation over time.
8. Compare the democratic and authoritarian characteristics of various socio-political
systems.
9. Analyze the functions of the institutions of the Mexican State and the way they
impact your life.
10. Value different social practices by recognizing their meanings, within a cultural
system, with an attitude of respect.
Methodology

A teacher-led, student-centered classroom. The literature gets students excited to read

and respond through conversations and writing. The teacher models concepts for the
class, then students collaborate in smaller groups on specific tasks. Next, students
complete independent work and come back and share their learning. This framework
supports and challenges student to become collaborative and self-directed learners

Evaluation Procedures

The total final grade corresponds to: 45% for the 2 partial evaluations and 10% for the
semester evaluation.

1) To the qualification of the 1st Part corresponds:

30% Attendance, Participation and Class Work.
40% Exam.
30% Deliveries "Once Upon a Time Mexico Vol. 2".

2) To the qualification of the 2nd Partial corresponds:

30% Attendance, Participation and Class Work.
40% Exam.
30% Deliveries "Once Upon a Time Mexico Vol. 3".

3) The semester grade corresponds to:

100% Exam.

Syllabus
PARTIAL THEME READINGS
1ST 1. 1. THE CIVILIZATIONS OF THE • Andreau, Jean. (2000) "El Liberto", en
PARCIAL MEDITERRANEAN Andrea, Glardina. El hombre romano,
1.1. 1. The Mediterranean. Madrid, Allanza
Characteristics of the space and Editorial, pp. 203-225.
its influence on the historical
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development of the
1.2. towns. Navigation and the
• Braudel Fernand. (1989) "El milagro
Phoenicians. romano", en El Mediterráneo. Los
1.3. 2. The Greeks. Its temporal and hombres y su herencia,
spatial location. The city-states. México, FCE, pp. 39-68.
slavery, trade and • Braudel, Fernand. (1994) "La
1.4. colonial expansion. Athens and formación de las culturas
democracy. The development mediterráneas" en Una lección de
of science and thought Historia de Fernand Braudel, México,
1.5. rational. Greek art. The empire FCE, pp. 13-25.
of Alexander the Great and the • Canfora, Luciano. (2000) "El
Hellenistic civilization. Culture
ciudadano" en Vernant, Jean Pierre, El
1.6. materials and daily life.
1.7. 3. The Romans. Spatial and hombre griego, Madrid,
temporal location. The Alianza Editorial, pp. 139-164.
monarchy. Republican political • Gaarder, Jostein. (1996) "Atenas", en
institutions. El mundo de Sofía, México. Editorial
1.8. Slavery and the expansion of Patria/Siruela. pp. 87,
 the Roman Empire. 93,97-100.
Romanization of the • Gispert, Carlos. (1994) "La evolución
Mediterranean peoples histórica de las ciudades fenicias", "La
1.9. and its heritage to Western gran eclosión
culture. The spread of
cultural" en Historia Universal. De la
Christianity. Crisis of the third
century and the end of the
humanidad prehistórica al imperio
1.10. empire. Material culture and bizantino (s.VlI),
everyday life. Barcelona, Editorial Océano, tomo 1,
pp. 129-130, 202-203.
• Grimal, Pierre, comp. (1999)
"Introducción", en Historia Universal.
Siglo veintiuno. El helenismo
y el auge de Roma, México, Siglo
Veintiuno Editores, Vol. 6, pp. 3-20.
• Hogarth, David George. (1992)
"Epilogo", en El antiguo Oriente,
México, FCE, pp. 134-154.
• Petrie, A. (1966) "Breve historia de
Grecia", "La constitución ateniense" "La
vida privada en
Grecia", en Introducción al Estudio de
Grecia, FCE, pp. 7-10, 86-92 y 109-125.
• Vegetti, Mario. (2000) "El hombre y
los dioses", en Vernant, Jean Pierre, El
hombre griego,
Madrid, Allanza Editorial, pp. 291-295.
• Walbank, F.W. (1978) "La
decadencia", en La pavorosa revolución.
La decadencia del Imperio
Romano en Occidente, Madrid, Alianza
Editorial, pp. 135-154.
2. THE RENAISSANCE AND • Kamen, Henry. (1986),"Absolutismo",
GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIEST en Vocabulario básico de la Historia
2.1. 1. The European Renaissance. moderna. España
transition to capitalism. The y América de 1450-1750, Barcelona,
monarchy and the nobility. the
Critica, pp. 9-13.
bourgeoisie, the
2.2. commerce and urban centers.
• Tenenti, Alberto. (2001) "El
The cultural renaissance: the comerclante y el banquero", Tzetan
classical ideal. Science and Todorov, "Víajeros e
technique. indigenas", en v°
2.3. The Ottoman Empire: Garin, Eugenio, et. al. El hombre del
Expansion, Trade, and Conflicts Renacimiento, Madrid, Alianza
with Europe. Sea voyages. The Editorial, pp. 197-228, 311-327.
2.4. lutheran reform. • Villari, Rosario, et. al. (2000) "El
2.5. 2. European expansion. gobernante", en El hombre del Barroco,
Colonization and commercial Madrid, Alianza
expansion in America and Asia.
Editorial, V' pp. 19-48.
the meeting of two
2.6. worlds and the organization of • Vincent, Catherine. (2001) "La Iglesia
the colonial world. Spanish, en vísperas de la Reforma", en Breve
Portuguese, Dutch colonization, Historia del
2.7. French and English in America. Occidente Medieval, Madrid, Alianza,
Spiritual conquest and pp. 194-207.
demographic crisis. • Vries, Jan de (1987) "El periodo de
2.8. 3. The world: 16th to 17th crisis", en La Economía de Europa en
centuries. Consolidation of the un periodo de crisis,
nation-state and absolute v' 1600-1750, Madrid, Cetedra, pp.13-
monarchies. Of
42.
2.9. manufacturing to industry.
Crisis period. General
characteristics of Europe and
 America in
2.10. the seventeenth century.
Secularization.

3. EUROPE AND AMERICA. THE BREAK Aries, Philippe y Georges Duby (1992),
WITH THE PAST "Formas de habitación", en Historia de
3.1. The world: eighteenth and la vida privada.
nineteenth centuries. Sociedad burguesa: aspectos concretos
Absolutism and Enlightenment
de la vida privada, España, Taurus.
Thought. The liberal
revolutions and constitutional
Bergeron, Louis et al. (1976), La época
regimes. de las revoluciones europeas 1780-1848,
3.2. The industrial revolutions México, Siglo XXI
(1700-1914). scientific and (Historia Universal siglo XXI, 26).
technological development. Bruun, Geoffrey (1974), "Los frutos del
Industrial production and industrialismo y del imperialismo", en
regional differences. La Europa del siglo
Demographic consequences: XIX, México, FCE, pp.150-165.
growth and massive Ferrer, Aldo (1999), "Ciencia y
migrations. Tecnología. Transportes y
3.3. Differences in urban growth:
comunicaciones, en: Historia de la
the countryside and the cities.
new media and transportation. globalización ll. La Revolución
Imperialist expansion and Industrial y el Segundo Orden mundial,
capital investment. Argentina, FCE, pp. 46-62.
3.4. Transformations in the life of (s/a) (2001), "La ilustración", en
2ST
the population. The new social Historia Universal Océano,. España,
PARCIAL
groups. consumption and new Editorial Océano, pp. 696-720.
products. The school and the Hobsbawm, Eric (1997), "El mundo en
formation of citizens. Changes 1780-1790" y "Conclusión", en La era
in the conception of art. de la revolución 1789-
1848, Argentina, Crítica (Biblioteca E.J.
Hobsbawm de Historia
Contemporánea), pp. 18-33 y 300-
311.
- (1977), La era del capitalismo, Madrid,
Ediciones Guadarrrama, 2 vols.
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- (1977), Las revoluciones burguesas,
Madrid, Ediciones Guadarrama, 2 vols.

- (1989), La era del imperio (1875-

1914), Barcelona, Ediciones Labor.
- (1997), La era de la revolución. 1789-
1848, Argentina, Crítica (Biblioteca E.J.
Hobsbawm de
Historia Contemporánea).

Teacher Curriculum
Jose Eduardo Robles Mejia
With a degree and a Master's in History, as a historian he is committed to the
preservation of historical memory and the recovery of history in its regional, national
and universal space, maintaining a critical vision of the present linking it with the past.
Seeking to integrate their society in the perspective of equitable and sustainable social
development that promotes respect for cultural diversity and care for health and the
environment. Working in disciplinary research, teaching and dissemination of history,
giving new meaning to the various human cultures and representations of the past in
disciplinary and interdisciplinary projects.
Bibliography

• Andreau, Jean. (2000) "El Liberto", en Andrea, Glardina. El hombre romano, Madrid, Allanza
Editorial, pp. 203-225.
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• Braudel Fernand. (1989) "El milagro romano", en El Mediterráneo. Los hombres y su herencia,
México, FCE, pp. 39-68.
• Braudel, Fernand. (1994) "La formación de las culturas mediterráneas" en Una lección de
Historia de Fernand Braudel, México, FCE, pp. 13-25.
• Canfora, Luciano. (2000) "El ciudadano" en Vernant, Jean Pierre, El hombre griego, Madrid,
Alianza Editorial, pp. 139-164.
• Gaarder, Jostein. (1996) "Atenas", en El mundo de Sofía, México. Editorial Patria/Siruela. pp. 87,
93,97-100.
• Gispert, Carlos. (1994) "La evolución histórica de las ciudades fenicias", "La gran eclosión
cultural" en Historia Universal. De la humanidad prehistórica al imperio bizantino (s.VlI),
Barcelona, Editorial Océano, tomo 1, pp. 129-130, 202-203.
• Grimal, Pierre, comp. (1999) "Introducción", en Historia Universal. Siglo veintiuno. El helenismo
y el auge de Roma, México, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, Vol. 6, pp. 3-20.
• Hogarth, David George. (1992) "Epilogo", en El antiguo Oriente, México, FCE, pp. 134-154.
• Petrie, A. (1966) "Breve historia de Grecia", "La constitución ateniense" "La vida privada en
Grecia", en Introducción al Estudio de Grecia, FCE, pp. 7-10, 86-92 y 109-125.
• Vegetti, Mario. (2000) "El hombre y los dioses", en Vernant, Jean Pierre, El hombre griego,
Madrid, Allanza Editorial, pp. 291-295.
• Walbank, F.W. (1978) "La decadencia", en La pavorosa revolución. La decadencia del Imperio
Romano en Occidente, Madrid, Alianza Editorial, pp. 135-154.
• Kamen, Henry. (1986),"Absolutismo", en Vocabulario básico de la Historia moderna. España
y América de 1450-1750, Barcelona, Critica, pp. 9-13.
• Tenenti, Alberto. (2001) "El comerclante y el banquero", Tzetan Todorov, "Víajeros e
indigenas", en v°
Garin, Eugenio, et. al. El hombre del Renacimiento, Madrid, Alianza
Editorial, pp. 197-228, 311-327.
• Villari, Rosario, et. al. (2000) "El gobernante", en El hombre del Barroco, Madrid, Alianza
Editorial, V' pp. 19-48.
• Vincent, Catherine. (2001) "La Iglesia en vísperas de la Reforma", en Breve Historia del
Occidente Medieval, Madrid, Alianza, pp. 194-207.
• Vries, Jan de (1987) "El periodo de crisis", en La Economía de Europa en un periodo de crisis,
v' 1600-1750, Madrid, Cetedra, pp.13-42.
Aries, Philippe y Georges Duby (1992), "Formas de habitación", en Historia de la vida privada.
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(Historia Universal siglo XXI, 26).
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XIX, México, FCE, pp.150-165.
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globalización ll. La Revolución Industrial y el Segundo Orden mundial, Argentina, FCE, pp. 46-62.
(s/a) (2001), "La ilustración", en Historia Universal Océano,. España, Editorial Océano, pp. 696-720.
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