Gender Socialization in War Pedagogy



Prof. Andrew Donson

505 Herter Hall

Tel. 545-6676

Email: adonson@german.umass.edu

Office Hours: Mon & Fri 10:00-11:30

and by appointment



Fall 2011

German/History 323

Modern Germany, 1750 to the present

This course surveys the troubled history of the modern German nation-state. It traces how the loose federation of German monarchies and duchies coalesced in the late nineteenth century into a European powerhouse and how the monarchy, the aristocracy, the middle class, and the world’s largest and best organized workers’ movement shaped its subsequent development. Topics include absolutism, the old regime, the Enlightenment, the Napoleonic occupation, the 1848 revolution, unification and rule under Bismarck, German Jews before 1914, mass politics under Wilhelm II, the First World War, the Weimar Republic, the Nazi dictatorship, the Second World War and the Holocaust, the divided Germanys, and the Federal Republic since 1989.

This course fulfills the 4-credit HS-Gen Ed requirement. As a 300-level history course, it is also reading-intensive, about 80 pages per week of challenging material. We will be reading mostly primary source texts: excerpts of a full-length monograph, autobiographies, speeches, political pamphlets, and magazine articles from the distant German past. Students have to submit weekly written answers to questions on these texts. In the spirit of gen-ed goals, these assignments help develop the main skill of the historian: placing events and ideas in their historical context and drawing conclusions about causes and consequences. The exercises sometimes ask students to take a position in a debate and, more importantly, offer reasons for their opinion. These answers then become the basis for class discussions and prepare students for the writing essay assignments: five one-paragraph essays. In each, students must take a position in a debate or interpretation and support conclusions using at least six pieces of evidence from the primary source texts.

To purchase at Amherst Books (8 Main St, tel. 256-1547) or use the reserves:

*Allen, William. The Nazi Seizure of Power: The Experience of a Single German Town 1922-1945. New York: Scholastic, 1984. ISBN: 0-531-05633-3.

**Fulbrook, Mary. A Concise History of Germany. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004. ISBN: 0-521-54071-2.

**Frank Tipton, History of Modern Germany since 1815 (Berkeley:  University of California Press, 2003)  ISBN 0-520-24049-9

*One copy on 2-hr reserve and fifteen copies for checkout in the 5-college library

**Available on 2 hour reserve at DuBois Library.

To purchase a Copycat Copies (37 E. Pleasant St., tel. 549-2854)

Coursepack for History / German 323: Modern German History: Prof. Andrew Donson.

Moodle

This course is part of the pilot program of Moodle, the learning management system that will be replacing Spark on campus in 2012. Login at . The Moodle site contains this syllabus, a grade calculator, lecture outlines, the reading and essay assignments, links to submit these assignments, feedback on your essays, and, eventually, question pools for the midterm and final exams. You can also check your grades on Moodle. Note that Moodle works best with the Google Chrome browser.

Student-generated FAQ

Rather than emailing me with general questions about either the content or the assignments, post them to the student-generated FAQ on Moodle. The answers will be then available to everyone. Students should also try to answer their peers’ questions.

Undergraduate teaching assistants

Five seniors who took this course last year are serving as undergraduate teaching assistants this semester. They will be facilitating the class discussions and leading exam review sessions. They will also be available for consultation on the essays. Although they will take attendance, they will not do any grading. Each student will be assigned to one undergraduate TA.

|Michael Minafo mminafo@student.umass.edu |Mia Shimokawa mshimoka@student.umass.edu |Avery Fuerst afuerst@student.umass.edu |

|Al Friedeman amfri@student.umass.edu |Patrick Whittle pwhittle@student.umass.edu | |

Lecture notes

So-called guided notes for all the lectures are available on Moodle. Print them out, bring them to class, and add your own notes to them.

Final grade composition

| |Percentage of final grade | |

|Sixteen reading assignments (ungraded) |35 | |

|Five one-paragraph essays |35 | |

|Midterm examination |15 | |

|Final examination |15 | |

|Bonus on reading assignments |2 | |

Letter grade equivalencies: A=92.5-100; A-=89.5-92.4; B+=87.5-89.4; B=82.5-88.4; B-=79.5-82.4; C+=77.5-79.4; C=72.5-78.4; C-=69.5-72.4; D+=67.5-69.4; D=62.5-68.4; D-=59.5-62.4; F=below 59.5.

Essays

Students must write five one-paragraph essays based on the primary source readings. Topics, guidelines, and expectations are available on Moodle. The first draft of the first essay will be graded pass/fail. Students must then rewrite it for a letter grade. Students may rewrite their one-paragraph essays for a higher grade as many times as they wish. The final grade on the paper will at a minimum be the average of the first grade and the highest rewrite grade, although it may be higher.

Reading assignments

The reading assignments are ungraded—that is, students will receive 100% if they submit them on time and make a good-faith effort to answer all the questions. Students have to submit the assignments before class via Moodle. In addition, they must bring to class a paper copy or a copy on a laptop or tablet. Students without a copy of their assignment will get only half-credit for that day’s attendance.

One purpose of these assignments is to give students incentive to prepare for discussion in class. Hence, assignments turned in late without a legitimate excuse will be marked down 40 points for the reading assignment grade. In terms of your final grade, a late reading assignment will be calculated as a 75. Why a 75 and not a 60? Each assignment is weighted proportionately to its length, and to get 100 on the reading assignment portion of the final grade, students need to have a weighted average of 80 percent or above on all the reading assignments. Students who have less than 80 percent will receive a reading assignment grade calculated into the final grade according to the following formula: (weighted average on all reading assignments)/80. Students with a weighted average over 80 percent will receive 100 on their final reading assignment grade. In addition, they will have bonus points added to their final grade according to the following formula: [(weighted average on all reading assignments)-80]/10. Examples:

|Reading Assignment |Weighted average |Grades, Student A |Grades, Student B |Grades, Student |Grades, Student |

| |of assignment | | |C |D |

|1 |4% |100 |100 |100 |100 |

|2 |5% |100 |100 |100 |100 |

|3 |6% |100 |60 |60 |60 |

|4 |6% |100 |100 |0 |0 |

|5 |7% |100 |60 |60 |60 |

|6 |2% |100 |100 |100 |0 |

|7 |5% |100 |100 |100 |100 |

|8 |3% |100 |100 |0 |0 |

|9 |3% |100 |100 |100 |0 |

|10 |6% |100 |100 |60 |60 |

|11 |4% |100 |100 |60 |60 |

|12 |11% |100 |60 |100 |0 |

|13 |11% |100 |100 |100 |100 |

|14 |9% |100 |100 |0 |0 |

|15 |11% |100 |100 |60 |60 |

|16 |7% |100 |100 |100 |100 |

|Weighted average | |100 |93.3 |68.2 |51.8 |

| | | | | | |

|Final Reading Assignment Grade | |100 |100 |85.2 |64.8 |

|Bonus Points (for Final Grade) | |2.0 |1.3 |0 |0 |

An additional incentive to complete the reading assignments: Close to half of the questions on the exams will come from the reading assignments.

Grade calculator

A grade calculator is available on Moodle for determining grades according to the above formula.

Turnitin

Students must submit a computer file of their essays and reading assignments to “Turnitin” via Moodle.

Midterm and final exams

The exams will consist of seven short-answer questions. Three or four these will be the actual questions from the reading assignments. The rest will be based on the lectures. Students chose four to answer. The final exam is not cumulative: It covers only the reading and lecture material after October 21st.

Attendance and participation

Attendance is mandatory and includes being prepared by bringing the readings and completed assignments to class. Students will have their grade lowered by two points for every additional missed class beyond five without a legitimate excuse. Please be sure that you sign in everyday with your TA. If you have a legitimate reason to miss class, please show good faith by contacting four TA before class. Some examples of a legitimate excuse are illness or death of a friend or family member (there are others as well). Having too much homework is not a legitimate excuse.

Workload affidavit

Please agree to the affidavit by selecting “true” on Moodle: “Although History / German 323 fulfills a Gen Ed HS requirement, it is a four-credit upper level history course that assumes nine hours of work outside of class. In addition, because of the weekly writing assignments, this work requires more work than other 4-credit upper-level classes, according to past students. The grading structure is designed to reward diligent students generously who complete the reading assignments and punish those who do not.”

Late Papers, Missed Exams, and Other Student Responsibilities

• All students must sign the affidavit at the end of this syllabus.

• Use of non-course materials on a laptop or smart phone is not permitted during class. Students who do not follow this rule will be asked to leave the room and will not receive credit for attendance.

• Late papers: A late paper without a legitimate excuse may be marked down five points for each day it is late. Students who speak to me promptly about late papers will have fewer points deducted than those who avoid the issue.

• Plagiarizing or cheating is a serious violation of academic integrity.

– If you are panicked and can’t finish your paper or assignment, plan to hand it in late and take a penalty of a few points. I can often aid students who are panicked about their exams as well. I happily work with students who are having trouble.

– A student caught plagiarizing or cheating on any assignment will get a minimum of a 0 on the assignment or ten points off their final grade, whichever is greater. Students will also be reported to the academic integrity board. I will advise that students who commit more than one act of academic dishonesty be expelled from the university.

Calendar of Lectures, Papers, Exams, and Reading Assignments

• Readings are suggested material from the textbook (not the coursepack) that correspond to the lectures. Primary source readings are listed in the individual reading assignments, available on Moodle

• “RA #” means reading assignment number

• Tipton = Frank Tipton, A History of Modern Germany;

• Fulbrook = Mary Fulbrook, A Concise History of Germany

|1 |Wed, Sep 7 |Lecture: Intro; The Old Regime |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 1-26, 39-45, 69-73, 145-150; Fulbrook, 1-8 |

| | |Music: Bach, Cello suite |

| | |Complete workload affidavit on Moodle. |

| |Fri, Sep 9 |Lecture: Absolutism; Prussian Militarism; Southern Germany; The Enlightenment |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 49-54; Fulbrook, 69-84 |

| | |Music: Schubert, Trout Quintet |

|2 |Mon, Sep 12 |Lecture: The French Revolution |

| | |Readings: Fulbrook, 94-104 |

| | |Music: Handel, Music for the Royal Fireworks |

| | |RA #1 due: Enlightened Absolutism |

| |Wed, Sep 14 |Lecture: The Congress of Vienna; 1848 |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 73-89; Fulbrook, 104-122 |

| | |Music: Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 |

| | |RA #2 due: Conservative and Progressive Trends in the Early 19th Century |

| |Fri, Sep 16 |Lecture: The Iron Chancellor of Prussia; The Prussian-German Constitution |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 111-128, 156-163; Fulbrook, 122-131 |

| | |Music: Richard Wagner, Flight of the Valkyries |

|3 |Mon, Sep 19 |Lecture: The Kulturkampf; The Social Democratic Party; Social Legislation |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 107-111, 163-169; Fulbrook, 131-137 |

| | |Music: Amadeus Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik |

| |Wed, Sep 21 |Music: Franz Schubert, An die Musik |

| | |RA #3 due: Bismarck’s Germany |

| |Fri, Sep 23 |Paper workshop. Please review essay questions and bring your coursepack. |

|4 |Mon ,Sep 26 |Lecture: Jews in the Middle Ages, Enlightenment, and the Napoleonic Occupation |

| | |Readings: None |

| | |Music: Felix Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Symphony No. 4 |

| |Wed, Sep 28 |Lecture: Jews before and during the Kaiserreich |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 100-102, 110-111, 165-166, 226-229; Fulbrook, 131-132. |

| | |Music: J.S. Bach, Goldberg Variations |

| | |Pass/fail draft of first essay due |

| |Fri, Sep 30 |Music: Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody |

| | |RA #4 due: Jews and Anti-Semitism in 19th-Century Germany |

|5 |Mon, Oct 3 |Lecture: Economics and Social Effects of Industrialization |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 61-66, 94-100, 150-152, 184-196 |

| | |Music: Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 3 |

| |Wed, Oct 5 |Lectures: Working-class consciousness; Revisionism in Social Democracy |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 234-237; |

| | |Music: Albert Berg, Sonata, Opus 1, Flowing |

| |Fri , Oct 7 |Music: Schubert, Lieder (various) |

| | |RA #5 due: Social Democracy and the Working Class |

| | |Letter-grade draft of first essay due |

|6 |Mon, Oct 10 |No class. |

| |Tue, Oct 11 |Lecture: Kaiser Wilhelm and the Mismanagement of Politics; Social Reform |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 175-179, 223-226, 240-249; Fulbrook, 137-148 |

| | |Music: Johannes Brahms, Waltz in A Flat, Trio for Piano, Violin, and Horn, Opus 40 |

| |Wed, Oct 12 |Lecture: German Military Culture |

| | |Music: Robert Schumann, Lieder der Mignon, op. 98a |

| | |RA #6 due: Social reform |

| |Fri, Oct 14 |Lecture: Imperialism; The Crisis of the Monarchy |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 249-258; Fulbrook, 148-150 |

| | |Music: Richard Wagner, Parsifal |

| | |Second essay due |

|7 |Mon, Oct 17 |Music: Kurt Weil and Bertholt Brecht, Mackie Messer (Mack the Knife) |

| | |RA #7 due: The Crisis of the Monarchy |

| |Wed, Oct 19 |Midterm exam. Arrive early. |

| |Fri, Oct 21 |Lecture: The Origins of WWI; The Campaigns and Occupations of WWI |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 258-283 |

| | |Music: Arnold Schoenberg, Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 |

|8 |Mon, Oct 24 |Lecture: The Home Front; The Polarization of German Politics; The Origins of the 1918 Revolution |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 284-319; Fulbrook, 150-154 |

| | |Music: Josephine Baker, Bye Bye Blackbird, Stormy Weather, Confessin’ |

| |Wed, Oct 26 |Lecture: Four Directions of the 1918 Revolution |

| | |Reading: Tipton, 319-322, 373-377 |

| | |Music: Kurt Schwitters, Simultanged |

| | |RA #8 due: The First World War |

| |Fri, Oct 28 |Lecture: The Weimar Constitution; The Versailles Treaty |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 391-401 |

| | |Music: Comedian Harmonists, Blumentopf, Veronika |

| | |RA #9 due: The 1918 Revolution |

|9 |Mon, Oct 31 |Lecture: Women and Gender in Kaiserreich; Inflation, 1914-1922 |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 152-155, 199-201, 306-307, 326-340, 352-357; Fulbrook, 155-156 |

| | |Music: Marlene Dietrich, Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt |

| |Wed, Nov 2 |Lecture: Hyperinflation; Women during WWI and the Weimar Republic |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 352-358 |

| | |Music: Joseph Hayden and August Heinrich Hoffmann, Deutschlandlied |

| | |RA #10 due: Women and Sexuality during the Kaiserreich |

| |Fri, Nov 4 |Lecture: the Weimar Republic Failure of Leadership |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 377-391, 401-410; 156-172 |

| | |Music: Webern, Piano Variations Op. 27 |

| | |RA #11 due: Women and Sexuality during the Weimar Republic |

|10 |Mon, Nov 7 |Lecture: Weimar Popular Opposition; Weimar Culture |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 340-349, 358-369 |

| | |Music: Paul Whiteman, Happy Feet, I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise |

| |Wed, Nov 9 |Lecture: The Rise of the Nazis; Nazi Revolution |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 410-426; Fulbrook, 172-179 |

| | |Music: Sidney Bechet, 12th Street Rag ,‘Taint Nobody’s Business If I Do |

| |Fri, Nov 11 |Music: Fred Bird Orchestra, Lene Lehman Ging Einmal Spazieren, Bouquet |

| | |RA #12 due: Nazi Seizure of Power, Part I |

|11 |Mon, Nov 14 |Lecture: Theories of Nazism; Night of the Long Knives; Operation Barbarossa |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 427-451, 457-485; Fulbrook, 179-187 |

| | |Music: Richard Strauss, Violin Sonta op. 18 in E-Flat Major |

| |Wed, Nov 16 |Lectures: Eugenics; Jews in Nazi Germany |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 349-352, 451-456, 486-495; Fulbrook, 197-204 |

| | |Music: Fettes Brot, Emanuela |

| |Fri, Nov 18 |Lecture: Public opinion in Nazi Germany |

| | |Readings: none |

| | |Music: Herbert Roth, Rennsteiglied |

| | |RA #13 due: Nazi Seizure of Power, Part II |

|12 |Mon , Nov 21 |Lecture: Open |

| | |Music: Nico and the Velvet Underground, Femme Fatale |

| | |RA #14 due: Hitler’s Rule in the Third Reich |

| |Wed, Nov 23 |No class. Thanksgiving |

| |Fri, Nov 25 |No class. Thanksgiving |

|13 |Mon, Nov 28 |Lecture: Cold War and Democratization; The stable 1950s |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 496-521, 529-534, 540-545, 547-557; Fulbrook, 205-212, 212-215 (West Germany only) |

| | |Music: Nina Hagen, Die Wind hat mir ein Lied erzählt |

| |Wed, Nov 30 |Lecture: West Germany in the 1960s; Foreigners in West Germany |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 558-570, 573-576, 582-584, 594-600; 215-243 (West Germany only) |

| | |Music: Funny van Dannen, Als Willy Brandt Bundeskanzler war… |

| |Fri, Dec 2 |Music: Nena, 99 Luftballons |

| | |RA #15 due: Foreigners and West German Democracy |

|14 |Mon, Dec 5 |Lecture: The Stability of East Germany; Sex in the East |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 525-529, 545-547, 592-594, 584-588; Fulbrook, 212-243 (West Germany only) |

| | |Music: Hanns Eisler, Auferstanden aus Ruinen |

| |Wed, Dec 7 |Lecture: 1989 Revolution; Post-1989 |

| | |Readings: Tipton, 570-573, 580-582, 614-667; Fulbrook, 243-261. |

| | |Music: Die Pudhys, Sommernacht, Langstreckenlauf |

| |Fri, Dec 9 |Music: Die Prinzen, Gabi und Klaus, Mein bester Freund |

| | |RA #16 due: The Stability of East Germany |

| |TBA |Final exam |

| |At the final exam |Third, fourth, and fifth essays due |

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