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History 282:
Introduction to American History II
Continuation of HIST 281 focusing on significant events in American history from Reconstruction (1865) to the present.
HIST 282 COURSE SCHEDULE
Spring, 2007
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Schedule as PDF file)
View Making Sense of the
Sixties Guidelines and Grading Rubric
Extra
Credit information is at the bottom of this page
1/09- Tues. - Introduction to the course
*1/11 - Thurs. - Reconstruction
- A Tragic Failure
(Practice Quiz) Read:
Text - Chp. 17; also “Whose History Is It? on pp. 510-511
1/16 - Tues. - A
New South?
Read:
Text - pp. 561-563; 594-596; 615-617
Handout: "Uncle
Tom's Children"
Documents
- Chps. 17 & 19: (four documents) = 8 pts.
17-4(ques.#1);
17-9(ques.#1); 17-11(ques.#1);19-7(ques.#2)
Video:
Eyes On The Prize, pt. I
1/18 - Thurs. - Black
Response To "Jim Crow"
Read:
Text - pp. 631-632
Documents
- Chp. 21 (three documents) = 6 pts.
21-5(ques.#1);
21-6(ques.#2); 21-7(ques.#2)
Video:
Ida B. Wells: Crusader for Justice
*1/23
- Tues. - Exploitation
of the West
(QUIZ 1) Read:
Text - Chp. 18
Documents
- Chp. 18 (four documents) = 8 pts.
18-4(ques.#2);
18-5(ques.#1); 18-6(ques.#3); 18-9 (ques.#1)
Video:
The West series, part 8 (Massacre at Wounded Knee)
*1/25 -Thurs. - Industrialism
in the North
(QUIZ 2) Read:
Text - Chp. 19
Video:
Money On The Land
1/30 - Tues. - The
Immigrant and the City
Re-
Read: pp. 550-551;563-575; 621-624
Handout:
The Good Old Days, They Were Terrible
Video:
The Huddled Masses
*2/01 - Thurs. - The
Political Response to the Urban Challenge
(QUIZ 3) Read:
Text- Chp. 20
Handout:
Ghost In The Machine
Documents
- Chp. 21 (one document) = 2 pts.
21-2(ques.#1)
Video:
Scandalous Mayor/Rise of Al Smith
2/06 - Tues. - Labor's
Response To Industrialism
Read:
Text - pp. 557-561; 586-592; 624-628
Documents
- Chps.19, 20 (three documents) = 6 pts.
19-4(ques.#1);
19-5(ques.#2); 20-6(ques.#2)
2/08 - Thurs. - Agricultural
Discontent & the Populists
Read:
Text - pp 584-589; 592-594; p. 596
Documents
- Chp. 20 (one document) = 2 pts.
20-4(ques.#3)
*2/13 - Tues. - Progressive
America
(QUIZ 4) Read:
Text - pp. 592; also Chp. 21
Documents
- Chp. 21 (one document) = 2 pts.
21-1(ques.#1);
Video:
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
2/15 - Thurs.- The
Suffrage Movement
Read:
Text - pp. 610-611; 628-630; 659-661; 698-699
Documents
- Chps. 20, 21 (two documents) = 4 pts.
20-5(ques.#1);
21-4(ques.#2)
Video:
One Woman, One Vote
2/20 - Tues. - America
Becomes A World Power
Read:
Text - pp. 596-606
Documents
- Chp. 20 (three documents) = 6 pts.
20-7
(ques.#1); 20-9(ques.#1); 20-10(ques.#2);
2/22 - Thurs. - American Foreign Policy Before WWI
Read:
Text - pp. 644-648
*2/27 - Tues. - WWI:
An End Of Innocence
(QUIZ 5) Read:
Text - Chp. 22
Documents
- Chp. 22 (six documents) = 12 pts.
22-1(ques.
#1); 22-3(ques.#1); 22-4(ques.#1);
22-5(ques.#2);
22-6 (ques.#1); 22-8 (ques.#1)
*3/01 - Thurs.- The
Paradox of the Twenties
(QUIZ 6) Read:
Text - Chp. 23
Documents
- Chp. 23 (three documents) = 6 pts.
23-1(ques.#1);
23-4(ques#2); 23-5(ques.#2)
3/06 - Tues. - The
Underside of the Twenties
Read:
Text - pp. 661-666; 668-679; 690-694; 697-704
Documents
- Chps. 22, 23 (three documents)= 6 pts.
22-9(ques.#2);
23-6(ques.#1); 23-7(ques.#2)
Handout
- Honolulu Martyrdom
3/08 - Thurs.- The
Crash, The Depression & The Thirties
Read:
Text - pp. 712-717
Video:
The Depression
ROUGH
DRAFT DUE: MAKING SENSE OF SIXTIES: ONE
*3/13 - Tues. - FDR & the
New Deal
(QUIZ 7) Read:
Text - Chp. 24
Documents
- Chp. 24 (three documents) = 6 pts.
24-1(ques.#1);
24-3(ques. #3); 24-8(ques.#1)
Film:
FDR
*3/15 - Thurs. - America
at War
(QUIZ 8) Read:
Text - Chp. 25; also Whose History Is It,pp.776-777
Documents
- Chp. 25 (five documents) = 10 pts.
25-1(ques.#1);
25-4 (ques.#1); 25-6(ques.#1);
25-8(ques.#1);
25-9(ques.#2)
Video:
Hawaii At War
3/16 - Fri. - Last Day to Withdraw
*3/20 - Tues. - The
Cold War & U.S. Foreign Policy
(QUIZ 9) Read:
Text - pp. 771-773; also Chp. 26; also 828-833; 836-839
Documents
- Chps. 26, 27(five documents) = 10 pts.
26-1(ques.#2);
26-3(ques.#1); 26-9(ques.#2);
27-2(ques.#2);
27-3(ques.#1)
Video:
The Century- 1946-1952
3/22 - Thurs. - The
Cold War At Home
Read:
Text - pp. 791-801
Documents – Chp.
26 for class discussion only
26-4(ques.#1)
26-6(ques.#2 & #3); 26-7(ques.#2)
Film:
Charge & Countercharge
MAKING
SENSE OF THE SIXTIES: EPISODE 1
3/27 & 3/29 SPRING BREAK
4/03 - Tues. - The
Fifties: A Return To Prosperity
Read:
Text - Chp. 27; also Whose History Is It, pp.842-843 Documents:
Chp. 27-7(ques.#2) for class discussion only
Video:
Elvis & the Fifties
MAKING
SENSE OF THE SIXTIES: EPISODE 2
4/05- Thurs. - From
The Fifties to The Sixties: The Civil Rights Movement
Read:
Text - Chp. 28
Documents
- For class discussion only
28-1(ques.#1);
28-4(ques.#2); 28-5(ques.#1);
28-6(ques.#2);
28-7(ques.#1)
Video:
From Montgomery to Memphis
MAKING
SENSE OF THE SIXTIES: EPISODE 3
4/10 - Tues. - From
the Fifties to the Sixties: Vietnam
Read:
Text - pp. 882-900; also Whose History Is It, p.918-919
Documents
- For class discussion only
29-1(ques.#1);
29-4(ques.#2);29-5(ques.#1); 29-9(ques.#1)
MAKING
SENSE OF THE SIXTIES: EPISODE 4
4/12 - Thurs.- Black
Power/Red Power/Women's Lib/Gay Lib
Read:
Text -pp. 900-908
Documents – For
class discussion only.
28-10(ques.#1); 27-8(ques.#1 #3); 29-2(ques.#1);
29-7(ques.#1 & #2); 29-10 (ques.#1)
Video:
Malcolm X
MAKING
SENSE OF THE SIXTIES: EPISODE 5
4/17 - Tues. - The
Sixties: An Evaluation
Handouts-
Sorting Out The Sixties
Don't
Be Fooled: It's Sixties Nostalgia
MAKING
SENSE OF THE SIXTIES: EPISODES 6
4/19 - Thurs.- Nixon & Watergate
Read:
Text - pp. 908-916
Documents – For
class discussion only.
29-11(ques.#1)
Video:
Watergate
*4/24- Tues. - The
Ford & Carter years
(QUIZ 10) Read:
Text – Chp. 30
Documents
- Chp. 30 (three documents) = 6 pts.
30-1(ques.#1);
30-4(ques.#1); 30-5(ques.#2)
*4/26 - Thurs.- The
Reagan Revolution
Read:
Text – pp, 939-951
Documents
- Chp. 31(two documents) = 4 pts.
30-6(ques.#1);
30-7(ques.#1)
Video:
Ronald Reagan
5/01
- Tues. - The
Clinton & Bush years
(QUIZ 11) Read:
Text – Chp. 31
Video:
Bill Clinton
(*5/03 - THURS. - LAST DAY FOR LATE PAPERS/EXTRA CREDIT)
THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM IN THIS COURSE
THERE IS NO FINAL FOR THIS COURSE
There will be at least two ways you can earn extra credit in HIST 282: First, A) you can view a recommended video, either in the WCC library or, if possible, rent it from Blockbusters to view at home, or B) you can view a recommended program on PBS/ Channel 11 (Channel 10 on Oceanic Cable).
Then, for a 4 pt. extra credit option, you type a minimum of 1.5 pages/450 word (double-spaced, regular margins) summary/reaction paper, which addresses evenly both of the following objectives:
I. Summary/ Plot Synopsis: What are the main ideas? How does the video begin? What is in the middle? How does it end?
II. Reaction: What interested, amused, confused, surprised, shocked, repulsed, etc. you and why? And especially important, how did this video illustrate some event that we have covered in HIST 282?
VIDEO RECOMMENDATIONS
(All these below can be rented)
American Graffiti
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (at WCC)
Born On The Fourth of July
Coming Home
Ghosts of Mississippi
Good Night & Good Luck (at WCC)
Grapes of Wrath (at WCC)
Hester Street
Little Big Man
Malcolm X
Mississippi Burning (at WCC)
Reds
The Right Stuff
Rosewood
Saving Private Ryan (at WCC)
Woodstock
Thirteen Days (at WCC)
Due: No later than 5/03/2007
