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Xavier History 1030 - (Ms. Rowland)

last updated 11/11/07 about 1930 CST

Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have. --Marva Collins, inner-city educator

BULLETIN ! ! !

12/2/07: Paperlet 4 due Wed. 12/5. Vocab 10 quiz also Wed. 12/5.

Where can I find it?

  • *General Information* about the course, how to study, grading, etc. This also has my office hours listed day by day.

  • *Focus Questions* are your guide to sorting out "what to study." They call for thinking about the connections between topics and cause and effect and the relevance of events chronologically. The study guide for the Christianity/Islam unit is now posted.

  • The *Schedule* for the Monday, Wednesday, Friday classes has been posted through the end of the semester. It does NOT include the last paperlet date. Yet. (Latest revision 11/31/07.)

  • *Vocabulary* has the word and definition lists for Vocabulary Review 9. (Other vocab assignments are in the archive, accessible from the Vocabulary page.)

  • Details for Paperlet 3 and Paperlet 4 have been posted.

  • Please refer to my style sheet for the Paperlets.

    ATTENTION ! The Makeup date for ALL missed exams is Friday, November 16, 2007 at 0630(AM). If you missed it, you may take a make-up AFTER you turn in your final, as long as you are done within the 2 hours allowed for finals. (Most of my students complete the final in less than an hour.)

    The study guide for the comprehensive portion of the FINAL has been posted.

    Really cool web site!! Check your U. S. geography knowledge.

  • Keep up to date on what is happening in the world!! Glance at the BBC news online every day or so. And, if you see something interesting, read the whole article. (There might be bonus questions on tests about current events.)

  • ALERT! I'll also be taking bonus trivia questions on tests from the BBC News quiz about the Presidency as well as sample questions from a citizenship test study guide. (Bonus trivia will be on other miscellaneous topics also.)

  • A link to an online, comprehensive DICTIONARY. The definitions here are similar to the ones in Webster's New World Dictionary. (I haven't checked recently, but this might not be free any more.)

    Current Iraq Body Count
    Current National Debt Clock

  • Online learning: Women's History
  • *Links* lets you go quickly to related history sites and on-line bookstores. This is now more or less up to date!! (More sites will be added.)

  • ** And here's a link to Swahili.
  • A bit of biography:

    I am currently an instructor in history in New Orleans, Louisiana. I have a Bachelor of General Studies from the University of New Orleans and a Master of Arts in History from the same school. I also have 57 hours of graduate coursework in history beyond my Master's degree. I teach World History and have been at Xavier since 1997, but have been on "Katrina Leave" since 8/29/05. While on Katrina leave, I've been processing archival collections at the Newcomb College Center for Research on Women.

    My principal historical interest is Women's History. I do not limit myself to U.S. women, or even women of the Western world. My research and studies take me back to the ancient world, and cover areas such as the Islamic world, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. I am presently working on a project about the development of gender hierarchy.

    I have taught a mini-course on Witches and Magic--Historically for the University of New Orleans Metropolitan College and have also done community lecture series on this topic as well as Women in American History, Women and Work in History, and Women in Early Religious History. My most recent "general public" history sharing was a four-week reading and discussion series at the Slidell Library this on the topic of Women in Other Cultures. In March 2005 I did a presentation for the N.O. Public Library titled "Reconstructing a Woman's Life: Frances Joseph Gaudet--Independent Black Reformer" as part of their Women's History Month programs.

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