| Course for 2nd Semster |
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| Women dancing on Glacier Point at Yosemite National Park in the 19th century. The federal government set aside the park in 1894 -- and from then on the area was a site of power struggles. The picture represents many of the themes of the 19th and 20th centuries in the United States including environmental preservation, women's rights, and the struggle between the federal government and local governments. California Historical Society |
Course Information |
The following is your schedule of readings and themes. This schedule is subject to change and probably will! I also reserve the right to ADD (or in rare occasions subtract) readings. The textbook reading is meant as a resource to which you should refer and generally acquaint yourself before class. The assignments from the Major Problems book, the CDROM from Out of Many, and any on-line sources should be read in their entirety!
This semester our Themes are a little different -- we will be studying...
1877-1975
Theme 1: Environment and Movement
Theme 2: Economics and Government
Theme 4: Social Movements and Cultural Change
Reconstruction Project due Jan 4:
You will work in the following groups to present the content from an aspect of Reconstruction (the period after the Civil War -- from 1865-1877 -- when the US was trying to put itself back together again). You will present the chapter that is in parentheses below with your group, also below, on Jan 4th. Your project must consist of a verbal presentation of the critical information, a list of key vocabulary (people, Amendments, laws, events, concepts) and the definitions of that vocabulary (in a Google Doc shared with everyone by the beginning of class on Wed.), and a visual representation of your aspect of Reconstruction. The project is worth 50 participation points. EVERYone must participate in some aspect of the presentation.
Please use the following website ONLY -- NO WIKIPEDIA! All of the important information can be found in the subsections of your chapter:
Digital History -- Reconstruction Homepage
Cultural group (name of the chapter you should cover = The Meaning of Freedom: Black and White Responses to Slavery): Noam, Connor, Bonnie, Joe, Zoe, Aaron
Economic group (name of the chapter you should cover = From Slave Labor to Free Labor): Allie, Jafe, Finian, Nathan, Tyler
Political group (name of the chapter you should cover = Rights and Power: The Politics of Reconstruction): Jennie Bass, Marion, Derek, Natalie
Michael and Daphne -- must do the project on their own...Michael please do The Political aspect and Daphne please do the Economic aspect.
Jan 2nd Watch Ken Burns Civil War 1863
Jan 4 and 6: Reconstructio projects due
Theme 1: Environment and Movement
1st Day : Late 19th-early 20th Century (Jan 10th and 12th)
Reading due on Jan. 10:
Read about three of the most important American Energy innovators of the late 19th Century:
Edison -- optional
Read about the West, Irrigation, and the Frontier:
John Wesley Powell Advocates Reclamation
Special Assignmnets for: Frederick Jackson Turner, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History” on-line at:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/TURNER/
ALL read Chapter 7
Also read the following chapter according to the first letter in your last name:
Jafe and Jennie read Chpt I (uh...one) Marion, Nathan, and Derek read Chpt III (three) Connor, Finian, and Daphne read Chpt IV (four) Michael, Noam, and Tyler read Chpt XI (eleven) Bonnie, Joe, and Natalie read Chpt XII (twelve) Allie, Aaron, and Zoe read Chpt IX (nine)
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Reading Jan 12:
Read about the Columbian World Exposition of 1893at ... http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma96/wce/official.html Read the History, Take the Tour, Read the Legacy
Read the intro about Jacob Riis http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA01/Davis/photography/riis/riis.html
and then look at the photos -- what messages do they convey? What can you learn about the times from these? What can you learn about Riis?
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA01/Davis/photography/images/riisphotos/slideshow1.html
Maj Probs documents Chpt 3 Docs 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8
2nd Day: World War I through the early 1920s (Jan 17 SUBSTITUTE Watch Flu film and complete reading check...we will discuss reading on the 19th)
The Important Stuff:
Reading: The 1918 FLU site
-- read the intro section and then go look at 3 photos (be sure to look at and read the "Photo of Indian dwelling and description of conditions at Reno Indian Agency, Nevada.
Bureau of Indian Affairs."
and read at least the following 2 documents:
Letter from visiting doctor reporting situation to superintendent, Albuquerque Day School,
New Mexico, December 20, 1918. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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Letter from nurse to her friend at the Haskell Indian Nations University, Kansas, October 17, 1918. Bureau of Indian Affairs.Use race and gender analysis to make sense of these documents. How does race and gender inform the ideas and experiences of the authors of these documents? What does that say about the time?
AND!
Mae Ngai "The Architecture of Race in American Immigration Law: A Reexamination of the Immigration Act of 1924" You must use JSTOR to find this article. I will walk you through this! This is LONG and difficult...but you can do it. If you are interested in today's debates on immigration, you will love this brilliant piece. There will be a reading check! As you read:
What, according to Ngai, differntiates Asian immigration law from European immigration law?
What were the 3 major components of the Immigration Act of 1924?
WHY did the Act get passed? (the answer to this is complicated)
What does Ngai say about the "science" of demography?
What unique institution was created in 1924 and what did it do to begin with?
What happened to American Indians in the law?
3rd Day: 1920s The Great Depression (Jan 19)
The Important Stuff:
Reading:
New Deal Art Analysis -- Go to the National New Deal Preservation Association's website. Choose one state to look at and look at 2 images that ARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT! Write a paragraph analyzing both. Be prepared to be able to pull up your art during class. Dr. B will randomly draw names so we can see some samples, you will submit the paragraphs for a grade.
4th Day: World War II (Jan. 23)
The Important Stuff:
No reading -- Begin your TWP!
5th Day: The Modern Environmental Movement (Jan. 25 and 27)
The Important Stuff:
Reading:
All of the Handout which includes:
Theodore Goldfarb
Samuel Hays
Rachel Carson
JFK on the environment
NEPA
TWP due Feb 6th! Optional Rough Draft due BEFORE 1st block on Jan 31st!
Theme 2: Economy and Government
1st and 2nd Days: The Incorpration of America and an era of Labor Activism (1877-1917) ( Jan 31, Feb. 6 and 8)
The Important Stuff:
Reading for Jan 31:
Maj Problems Chpt 3 Doc 5 Carengie
Maj Probls Chpt 5 Docs 2, 5, 6
Reading/Assignment for Feb 6 -- no homework
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Essay Assignment! Due Feb 8
3rd Day: World War I and 1920s (Feb 10)
The Important Stuff:
No Reading -- begin reading for Great Depression
4th and 5th Days: The Great Depression (Feb 14 and 16)
The Important Stuff:
Feb 14th: Major Problems Chpt 8 (ALL)! Be sure to prioritize Docs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, AND the 2 essays
Reading Check!
1st Day: Imperialism (Feb 20, 22)
The Important Stuff:
Reading: Maj Probs Chpt 4 ALL the documents
2nd Day : World War I (Feb 28)
The Important Stuff:
Reading:
Maj Probs Chpt 6: Docs 1,2, 5, and 8-9
3rd and 4th Days : World War II (March 1 and 5)
The Important Stuff:
Reading for March 1/5
Maj Probs Chpt 9 -- Docs 2,4, 5, 7
Maj Probs Chpt 9 -- Docs 2,4, 5, 6, 7
March 5: I am still SICK! :~( You will have a sub and will have an inclass assignment for WWII essential terms and an in class reading check on the Chpt 9 reading!
To prep for the in class work, please listen to the following presentations on Hippocampus (they are each about 10 minutes long)
The United States enters the War
Military and Economic Mobilization
Maj Problems Chpt 10 - Docs 1-6
AND choose ONE document to do an analysis of...who is the author -- ie what is his biogrpahy, not just his name? who was the intended audience? why was the author writing and how might that affect what he is saying and how he is saying it? what is the author's tone? what does the doc say? what assumptions does the author seem to have?
2-3 page summary of US experience in WWII (based on in-class terms work) due!
5th Day: Cold War, Korea, and Vietnam ( March 7)
Rodeo Break Yee hah!! |
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The Important Stuff:
Reading:
Maj Problems Chpt 10 - Docs 1-6
Day 6: Vietnam and Cambodia (March 12)
World War II/Korean War Memorial Paper Assignment DUE (not in 2012 -- study instead!)
The Important Stuff:
Rough Draft of TWP due March 16th! Final TWP due TBA!
Theme 4: Social Movements and Cultural Change
1st Day: Labor Activism, Racism, and Progressive Movement toward WWI (March 16)
The Important Stuff:
Reading: Hippocampus -- Reform Chpt -- ALL of it!
and Chpt 5 (all docs -- yes, you have already read some of them)
and Bederman, "Gendering Imperialism" -- pp. 115-123
2nd and 3rd Days: WWI and 1920s (March 20)
The Important Stuff:
For 3/20 -- Reading:
Excerpt from Nancy MacLean Behind the Mask of Chivalry (NOT IN 2011 :~( )
Maj Problems Chpt 7 -- Docs 1-8 and the Fass essay
For 3/20 -- ACTIVITY:
Use the Harlem source for 1920s race and prepare the following for presentation in class:
1) research 1 of the faces of the Harlem renaissance according to the category (musician, artist, activist, writer) you are assigned below.
2) prepare a quick presentation (2 min.) which you will share with others in your group -- write this down and be prepared to turn it in for participation credit!
3) Brainstorm (and write a paragrah on) the importance of influence, collaboration, and innovation that the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance had on both African American culture and general American culture more broadly.
Jafe: Supporter/Activist…Alain Locke
Jennie: Actor…Ethel Waters
Marion: Writer…Zora Neale Hurston
Nathan: Artist…Oscar Micheaux
Derek: Supporter/Activist…Marcus Garvey
Conner: Artist…Augusta Snow
Finian: Writer…Langston Hughes
Daphne: Supporter /Activist…Charlotte Mason
Michael: Writer…James Johnson
Noam: Musician…Duke Ellington
Tyler: Musician…Fats Waller
Bonnie: Writer…Claude McKay
Joe: Supporter/Activist…A’lelia Walker
Natalie: Writer…Countee Cullen
Allie: Musician…Bessie Smith
Aaron: Musician…Cab Calloway
Zoe: Dancer…George Snowden
In-Class Reading of Zora Neale Hurston, "How It Feels to be Colored Me"
4th Day: The 1930s and 1940s (March 22)
The Important Stuff:
Reading: No Reading -- Be studying the following for a quiz on THIS DAY (3.22)
Know the who, what, when, significance, and criticisms for each of the following. There might be some multiple choice practice and/or some short answer.
Hoover's Reconstruction Finance Corp
The First New Deal:
The first 100 days
NIRA, AAA, FERA, CCC, WPA
The Second New Deal:
FLSA, Wagner Act, Social Security Act
FDR's Brain Trust
The Dust Bowl
You will also be asked to write down the administration dates and the important events/accomplishments for the president, and the political party for many of the following:
GW, John Adams, TJ, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adam, McKinley, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Harding, Coolige, Hoover, FDR, Truman, Ike, JFK, LBJ, Nixon
5th Day: Atomic Culture (April 10)
The Important Stuff:
Reading:
Maj Probs Chpt 11 ALL documents and the Coontz essay
6th and 7th Days: Civil Rights ( April 10)
The Important Stuff:
7th day Reading for April 10:
Maj problems Chpt 12 ALL documents and Chpt 13 Docs 1-9 and Cmiel essay (pp. 408-415)
April 10th: Finish Social Movements
April 12:
Collaborative review sheet due
April 16: Date Therapy...continue review
April 18: Date quiz -- more review
April 23: Final EXAM Multiple Choice
April 25: DBQ Final Exam
April 27: Final Exam 2 essays
May 2-6: Debrief of Final exam And AP exam prep through the prism of Supreme Court Cases
May = Films and Your Choice Project and final TWP!