HISTORY OF MICRONESIA
INSTRUCTOR: MARIA K. DONRE
By, Francis X. Hezel, S.J.,
By, Francis X. Hezel, S. J.,
OFFICE HOURS: 11:00- 12:00 Daily
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The students will familiarize themselves with the history of Micronesia during the pre- contact times. The pre-contact times will encourage students to some research on their own time, due to the limited sources that are available on hand. The text covers the European explorers, Missionaries, and others that dealt with traders in the islands. Students should be aware of the changes that after each wave of foreigners there were changes happened to the islanders. The students will encounter four foreign administrations that controlled Micronesia and the effects.
The students will be able to develop an understanding the migration of the people of Micronesia into the islands, and the theories of the migration pattern.
The students will be able to describe the involvement of European explorers in the Pacific.
The students will conceptualize the reasons for Europeans as well as other foreigners to move into the islands.
The students will be familiarized themselves about the world situation in those days that caused the many explorers to come to the islands of Micronesia.
The students will identify the products of each of the nations that came in contact with the islands.
The students will develop an understanding of four administrating authorities of Micronesia and some of the outcome created by them, and the results of these influences.
The students will develop an understanding of the entities in Micronesia and their political status.
After studying the text , “the First Taint of Civilization”, the students will be able to:
Define the following: pre-contact, post-contact, oral account, written account, long seclusion
Show the pattern of migrations into the islands in the
Pacific
Locate the main islands in Polynesian, Melanesian, and
Micronesia
Write an essay describing the migration pattern from Asia
into the Pacific areas
Discuss the causes of migration of people into the
Pacific, what they brought to the islands
Identify the sixteenth century voyagers
Locate the Moluccas or Spice Islands and their
relationship with the islanders
Calculate the distance from Guam to the Philippines and
to Yap
Discuss the nationalities of the first Europeans that
first came to Micronesia
Discuss the End of a Long Seclusion, Mission to the
Palaos and who were involved
Describe the “On the Road to China”.
Identify of were involved in the “two worlds grown
closer”
Simplify the statement,” a nest of rogues and runaways”
Explain what the missionaries meant about the powers of
darkness and light
Describe Christianity and copra in the Marshalls
Discuss the Emergence of a New Order
Summarize the contest for commercial control, and who
were involved
Define Colonial Rule
After studying the “Strangers in their own land”, the students will be able to:
Describe the relationship between commerce and
Christianity
Clarify the meaning of the “Shadow of the German Eagle”
Discuss the sunburst in the South Seas, and be able to
locate the areas involved
Define the Imperial Garden and discuss its
significance
Discuss the impact of colonialism
Discuss Micronesia remade and who were involved
Summarize the status of Micronesia and discuss each of
the entities with their political status
In Reference to the title ,Strangers in their own
land a century of colonial rule in the
Caroline and Marshall Islands, briefly summarize your ideas
Conclude the impacts of the four administrating
authorities in the islands.
Week 1-7 Text: The First Taint of Civilization, Week 9-15 Text: Strangers in their own land
WEEK 2: CHAPTERS 3& 4; On the Road to China / Two Worlds Grown Closer
WEEK 3: CHAPTER
5 A Nest of Rogues and Runaways
WEEK 4: CHAPTER
6 The Powers of Darkness and
Light
WEEK 5: CHAPTER
7 The Reopening of the West
WEEK 6: CHAPTER
8 Christianity and Copra in the
Marshalls
WEEK 7: CHAPTER
9 The Emergence of a New Order
WEEK 8:
MIDTERM SPECIAL PROJECT
WEEK 9: CHAPTER
10 The Contest for Commercial
Control
WEEK 10: CHAPTER 11 Colonial Rule
WEEK 11: CHAPTER 1
Spanish Colors over the Carolines
WEEK 12: CHAPTER 2
Commerce and Christianity
WEEK 13: CHAPTER 3
In the Shadow of the German Eagle
WEEK 14: CHAPTER
4 Sunburst in the South Seas
WEEK 15: CHAPTER
5 The Imperial Garden
WEEK 16: CHAPTER
6 Colonialism with a New Name
WEEK 17: CHAPTER
7 Micronesia Remade
WEEK 18: FINAL
EXAM
100 %
All students will be subject to the standard COM-FSM Policy.