In the course, after completing midterm exam but before taking the final exam, you
need to finish four module essay assignments.  These are short essays based on the
assignments contained in the available web modules.  Presently there are
approximately thirty modules available for your selection, with module subjects ranging
from Nikita Khrushchev to Gothic rock to Jackson Pollock to Chernobyl, giving you a
wide variety of possible essay subjects.  When you write any of the individual essays,
you will need to use web resources to compose a complete answer to the assigned
question.  Please make sure that you cite appropriately those web resources, usually
by putting the source URL in parentheses in the text of your answer.  Each essay
should be approximately one page in length but might be a little bit more, never
exceeding two pages in length. You can find the available modules by using the
database search mechanism that I have developed for the course, or you can also go
to the chronology page which provides links to a year-by-year selection of available
modules.  Finally, I encourage you to consider developing your own module which will
then become part of the course for future students.