Lecture and Reading Schedule

Spring 2012

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Please note: this schedule is subject to change

Session

Topic

Readings

Wednesday, 1-18

Introduction

Friday, 1-20

Teaching and Learning History

Part 1

 Loewen: Intro, Ch1, Ch12

Monday, 1-23
last day to add is Tuesday, 1-24

Teaching and Learning History

Part 2

Wednesday, 1-25

Exercise & Discussion 1

Historiography

Friday, 1-27

Old and New Worlds

Loewen: Ch 2

Monday, 1-30

Who Really Discovered America?

(DVD)

Wednesday, 2-1

Who Really Discovered America?

(DVD) Part 2 and Discussion

Friday, 2-3

Indians and Europeans

 

Loewen: Ch 3, 4

Monday, 2-6

Settlement and Founding

Wednesday, 2-8

Frontiers and Manifest Destiny

Turner, F.J. 1893. “The Significance of the Frontier in American History"

Turner, "Significance of the Frontier..." alternate link

Friday, 2-10

Nature’s Metropolis Introduction

 ++  Nature’s Metropolis: “Rails and Water”

Cronon: Preface, Prologue, 1

Cronon: 2

Monday, 2-13

Exercise & Discussion 2

The legacy of the frontier

Wednesday, 2-15

Race: The Power of an Illusion (DVD)

Friday, 2-17

Civil War & Reconstruction

Loewen: 5,6

Monday, 2-20

Project Administration Day
** Very Important Class Session**
Learn about the options, choose your project and sign up

Wednesday, 2-22

Review

Friday, 2-24

First Exam