Your course journal is your most important assignment. In it you summarize and react to all classes, readings, internet sites, and films.
To view your journal's format, select Journal Requirements, http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/Africa/j- howtoah.htm.
To view your journal's list of required contents, click on Table of Contents, http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/Africa/j- tocah.htm.
To view the reading assignments for your journal, select Journal Text Assignments, http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/Africa/j-ah.htm.
To view the evaluation method for your journal, click on Assessment Guide, http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/Africa/j-assess.htm.
Your journal is due for evaluation on 9 September (Wednesday), 16 October (Friday), and 2 December (Wednesday). Grades for those dates are weighted 10%, 40% and 50% respectively. If you turn your journal in late or incomplete, you will lose at least one letter grade. If you earn an A on both your journal and book review, you will be exempt from the final exam; however, if either your journal or book review is ever late or incomplete, you must take the final exam. Your journal will be your course archive and your final exam study guide.

Book Reviews (10%):

One 500-word book review is required: Manu Herbstein, Ama, A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade (Wednesday, 21 October). Craft your reviews according to directions in Benjamin and your Journal Text Assignment handout.

Final Exam (20%):

Your final exam will have three sections, each having two essay questions. You will choose one question from each section. Your final exam will be on Wednesday, 16 December, from 8 until 10:30 am. Bring two essay exam blue books to the exam.

Texts:

Jules Benjamin, A Student's Guide to History
Eric Gilbert and Jonathan Reynolds, Africa in World History
Manu Herbstein, Ama, A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Jan Vansina, Living With Africa

Class Attendance Policy: Seven or more absences effect failure.