LAIR: I e-mailed you your final grades

If you want to know your grades in the final exam and in the entire class, check your Tec e-mail. Remember the revisión is tomorrow, but it is optional. Just to be clear:

The revisión is NOT:

• Mandatory for me. I'm obligated to upload a grade for each student 48 hours after the exam itself, but not to be trapped in a classroom for two hours with your graded exams before doing so. I do it because I care about you and about answering your questions, not because I have to. 
• A negotiation of your grade if you don't like it. Unless you find a mistake I made, your grade is quite final.
• An opportunity to artificially raise your grade. This is called corruption, and I don't stand for it.
• Your last chance to show commitment to the class. You're supposed to do that during the semester.

The revisión IS:

• For students who have concrete questions about their grades. For example, maybe you're wondering how getting a 65 in the final exam translates into getting an 80 in your final grade, and I'll be happy to show you. 
• For students who failed the class and want to know what's gonna happen now. I can give you advice and hear you out. Just so you know: it's going to be okay. Failing a class just means you're not ready for the next one, and that's fine. It doesn't mean you're stupid or a bad person, it just means you need to adjust your efforts when you try again next semester. Take this as an opportunity to try harder and as evidence that second (and sometimes third) chances do exist.
• A good chance to drop by to say hi to me and wish me a happy winter break. I'm going to Culiacán to visit my grandma and then spending Christmas and New Year's here in CDMX. I also plan on watching a lot of Game of Thrones and rewatching a lot of RuPaul's Drag Race.
• An opportunity to chat about next semester and what's to come. 20th century history, here we come! 

LAIR 304: Revisión final, December 1, A1-111

Our revisión final for your final exam will be on Thursday, December 1, from 13:30 to 14:30, in A1-111.

Going is entirely optional, but I'll be there in case you have any questions about your grades or want to drop by and say hi.

LAIR 304: Feedback Session (November 23)

Today we will bring snacks and drinks for a final talk before the end of the semester. :)

LAIR: Final Review (November 22)

Today we will do a review for the final exam. Study hard!

1. "History of the World: Every Year", 14:15-15:15

LAIR 304: Final Dates

Final Project: November 22, before midnight, through Blackboard.

Final Review: November 22, in class.

Final Convivencia: November 23, in class. Please bring snacks and drinks.

Final Asesoría: November 23, 10:30-11:30, in Media Luna.

Final Exam: November 29, 11:00-13:30, in A2-111.

LAIR: "A Young Doctor's Notebook" by Mikhail Bulgakov (November 18)

Recommended content:

1. "A Young Doctor's Notebook" Trailer (2013).

2. "A Country Doctor's Notebook" by Chris Bird

3. "Dr. Junkie: The Doctor Addict in Bulgakov's Morphine" by Victoria Tischler

4. "The Agrarian Problem in Russia Before the Revolution" by V. Maklakov

LAIR: No class today (November 17)

You'll be working on your science projects, so we won't have class today.

LAIR: Russia's Expansion (November 16)

Today you will finish your presentations on China and Japan, and then we will apply the same concepts to Russia.

1. "Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols: Crash Course World History 20" by John Green

 

2. "Russia in the Late 19th Century" by Study Guys

 

LAIR: Nationalism and Imperialism in Asia (November 15)

Today you will present your sources from yesterday.

LAIR: Japan & China in the 19th Century (November 14)

1. "Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism: Crash Course World History 34" by John Green

2. "Asian Responses to Imperialism: Crash Course World History 213" by John Green

3. "Shogunate" by Encyclopedia Britannica

4. "Meiji Restoration" by Encyclopedia Britannica

5. "Opium Wars" by Encyclopedia Britannica

6. "The Partitioning of China" by Encyclopedia Britannica

7. "Japan's Rise as a Colonial Power" by Encyclopedia Britannica

LAIR: "The Travels of Lao Can" by Liu E (November 11)

Recommended content:

1. "The real China wasn't cute enough."

2. Excerpt from the Letter of Advice to Queen Victoria, from Lin Zexu (1839):

"All those people in China who sell opium or smoke opium should receive the death penalty. We trace the crime of those barbarians who through the years have been selling opium, then the deep harm they have wrought and the great profit they have usurped should fundamentally justify their execution according to law. We take into to consideration, however, the fact that the various barbarians have still known how to repent their crimes and return to their allegiance to us by taking the 20,183 chests of opium from their storeships and petitioning us, through their consular officer [superintendent of trade], Elliot, to receive it. It has been entirely destroyed and this has been faithfully reported to the Throne in several memorials by this commissioner and his colleagues. 

Fortunately we have received a specially extended favor Born His Majesty the Emperor, who considers that for those who voluntarily surrender there are still some circumstances to palliate their crime, and so for the time being he has magnanimously excused them from punishment. But as for those who again violate the opium prohibition, it is difficult for the law to pardon them repeatedly. Having established new regulations, we presume that the ruler of your honorable country, who takes delight in our culture and whose disposition is inclined towards us, must be able to instruct the various barbarians to observe the law with care. It is only necessary to explain to them the advantages and advantages and then they will know that the legal code of the Celestial Court must be absolutely obeyed with awe. 

We find your country is sixty or seventy thousand li [three li make one mile, ordinarily] from China Yet there are barbarian ships that strive to come here for trade for the purpose of making a great profit. The wealth of China is used to profit the barbarians. That is to say, the great profit made by barbarians is all taken from the rightful share of China. By what right do they then in return use the poisonous drug to injure the Chinese people? Even though the barbarians may not necessarily intend to do us harm, yet in coveting profit to an extreme, they have no regard for injuring others. Let us ask, where is your conscience? I have heard that the smoking of opium is very strictly forbidden by your country; that is because the harm caused by opium is clearly understood. Since it is not permitted to do harm to your own country, then even less should you let it be passed on to the harm of other countries -- how much less to China! Of all that China exports to foreign countries, there is not a single thing which is not beneficial to people: they are of benefit when eaten, or of benefit when used, or of benefit when resold: all are beneficial. Is there a single article from China which has done any harm to foreign countries? Take tea and rhubarb, for example; the foreign countries cannot get along for a single day without them. If China cuts off these benefits with no sympathy for those who are to suffer, then what can the barbarians rely upon to keep themselves alive? "

LAIR: Imperialism in India and Indochina (November 10)

Today we will continue yesterday's topic.

LAIR: British Imperialism in India & French Imperialism in Indochina (November 9)

1. "The British Presence in India in the 18th Century" by Peter Marshall

2. "The Debate About British Rule in India" by UK National Archives

3. "The British Empire" by Encyclopedia Britannica

3. "Overseas France" by Encyclopedia Britannica

LAIR: Activity for Friday, November 11

As we agreed in today's class, please upload your timelines and explanations to the right folder in your class's Google Drive before midnight on November 11.

Save them with the following names:

• Your timeline should be saved as a PDF with the name "Timeline_Team [Whoever is uploading it's name].pdf" and it should obviously have the names of the whole team inside the file.
• The explanation should be saved in a Word document with the name "Timeline Explanation_Team [whoever is uploading it's name].docx"

If the name of the file is incorrect, I will not check it and you will have a zero. 

LAIR: Integration/Asesoría (November 8)

Today's class will be an integration/asesoría about what we've seen in class and the final project.

Please upload the Timeline to the right folder in your class's Google Drive.

LAIR: Final Project, The 19th Century Memory Project

For your final Project, you will make a visual memory of a specific time period in the 19th century. Each team will be expected to show a visual record of the events and processes happening horizontally during their decade while applying the concepts of liberalism, conservatism, capitalism, industrialization, imperialism, and nationalism. Upload it to the right folder in the class's Google Drive by midnight on November 22. The name of the file should be "[Your analyzed time period]_Team [whoever is uploading it].pdf". For example, if we were to make a memory project about my lifetime and I uploaded it, the name would be "1990-2016_Team Francisco.pdf". If the name of the file is incorrect, I won't check your project and you will have a zero.

Rubric:
Descriptive cover with visual elements and text	10%
Covers the assigned period of time.	20%
Has a logical explanation for every image, which helps understand the time period and the concepts involved.	20%
Shows sources for each image.	20%
PDF format	10%
Minimum two pages per year.	20%
TOTAL	100%

Teams are as follows, how you chose them:

Analyzed Time Period	LAIR 304	LAIR 301
1763-1778	Diego Bautista, Víctor	Antonio, Juan
1779-1793	Carmen, Fátima	David, Diego Esparza
1794-1808	Ricardo, Erik	Jacqueline, Raúl
1809-1823	Mariana, Elizabeth	Joanna, Santiago
1824-1838	Antonio, Iván	Camila, Angélica
1839-1853	Katya, Sofía	Diego Espinosa, Patricio
1854-1868	Daniela, Paola	Abel, Bárbara
1869-1883	Karina, Miranda	Jorge, Ayrton
1884-1899	Sebastián, Diego Enrique	Alejandro, José Luis

Cuando me interrumpen en clase de historia y luego me piden que repita todo

LAIR: The Ottoman Empire (November 7)

1. "Venice and the Ottoman Empire: Crash Course World History 19" by John Green

2. "The Ottomans" by Richard Hooker

3. "Devsirme, Ottoman Government" by Encyclopedia Britannica

4. "The Crimean War" by Andrew Lambert

5. "War of Greek Independence" by Encyclopedia Britannica

Calma, alumnos de LAIR

Hagamos un breve quiz:

Si les dejo una actividad que deben subir a Blackboard antes de medianoche, pero no la logran subir debido a fallas técnicas, ¿cuál es mi reacción?

A. No es mi problema que no la puedan subir, todos tienen cero, nos vemos el lunes, cry me a river.  

B. Pues todos mándenmela por mail en formatos y momentos distintos para hacerme particularmente difícil la tarea de encontrar sus actividades y calificarlas. Al cabo que es mi vida y no podré pasar horas batallando para calificar cuando esté muerto. 

C. Dado que las fallas técnicas incluyeron varios equipos que no pudieron usar la aplicación que sugerí y que SafeAssign entró en mantenimiento en el momento preciso que la tenían que subir (sí, me metí a checar), mejor hay que ponernos de acuerdo el lunes para ver cuándo y cómo la pueden entregar todos sin hacer de nuestras vidas un desastre. That's right, calma, todo estará bien. 

D. Una extraña mezcla de todas las anteriores, porque estoy loco, hago cosas sin sentido, y generalmente busco arruinar sus vidas al dejarles tarea.

Hmmm.

Si escogieron A, aclaro que solo hago eso cuando no hay fallas técnicas y es claro que nomás no me hicieron caso cuando di las instrucciones. Las fechas de entrega se establecen por razones específicas, entonces no es cuando ustedes quieran, pero tampoco soy un monstruo que recibe placer de poner ceros.

Si escogieron B, claramente creen que no tengo una vida, lo cual es entendible porque solamente me ven en la escuela, pero es altamente incorrecto.

Si escogieron C, son seres humanos considerados y racionales, y están en lo correcto.

Si escogieron D, posiblemente me odian pero simultáneamente piensan que a veces hago lo correcto, lo cual aprecio, pero pues no. Era la C.

LAIR: "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe (November 4)

Recommended content:

1. "Things Fall Apart" unofficial trailer.

2. "If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart part I: Crash Course Literature 208"

3. "Things Fall Apart, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 209"