Final exam
Structure
- part 1 – Identification questions. Students will be given 10 terms and will need to identify 5. The 10 terms will be taken out of a list of 30 posted on Blackboard. Worth 30%
- part 2 – Students will write one of two essays. In this essay, both choices involve making comparisons between content from the first term and the second term. Worth 35%
- part 3 – Students will write another essay, again choosing from two possibilities. In this case, both choices focus exclusively on content from the second term. Worth 35%
Approach
- As Prof. Hollander highlighted during the review session last week, your job as a historian is to pay attention to patterns (how things continue over time; how are they similar in different places) as well as differences (how they change over time, how the same things take different shape in different places)
Some of what we’ve studied this term
- the impact of modernity from the 18th to the 20th c
- emancipation – the ways emancipation was experienced differently
- spiritual reactions to emancipation- Jewish Reformation
- other reactions to emancipation - antisemitism
- different and new paths Jews took in reacting to those difficulties in the old world
- Zionism, socialism as a reaction
- context of WWI produced an opportunity for Zionism to be put in practice
- change in character of british mandate
- Jews of Arab lands gave you an idea of differences in Arab lands
- differences between those and European experiences
- The Holocausto is this a continuation of past antisemitsm?
o a break from old patterns? something new? - Israel, Zionism
o same questions can be asked about those two – something new? a break? or continuation? - in gathering of exiles -> are we talking about a conclusion? or is it a break from the past
- assimilation in the US -> in what ways is it new? or is it a logical continuation from the past?
Main tip – remember to back up your points with examples. If you argue that the state of Israel represents a break, make sure to explain why, citing evidence from the course. Be careful not to overgeneralize.
March 26 2010 11:14 pm | Uncategorized