|
Date
|
Topics to be
covered
|
Readings
& Assignments
|
|
Monday
21 Aug 06
|
Introduction
|
|
|
Wednesday
23 Aug 06
|
Industrial America
|
“The New Colossus”
(1883)
“The Gospel of Wealth”
(1889)
|
|
Friday
25 Aug 06
|
Social Commentary
|
How
the Other Half Lives:
Introduction (1890)
“National Life from the Standpoint
of Science” (1900)
|
|
Monday
28 Aug 06
|
Race Relations
|
“The Case of the Negro”
(1899)
Excerpts from The Souls of Black
Folk (1903)
|
|
Wednesday
30 Aug 06
|
Immigration
|
“Concerning the Jews”
(1898)
“The Demon of the Orient”
(1883)
|
|
Friday
1 Sept 06
|
Social Reform
|
Poverty and Vice (1890)
“Recommendations: Child
Labor” (1896)
|
|
Monday
4 Sept 06
|
No class…
|
...Labor Day. |
|
Wednesday
6 Sept 06
|
Quiz #1
|
|
|
Friday
8 Sept 06
|
Spanish-American War
|
“Shameful Treachery”
(1898)
U.S. Recognition of Cuban Independence
(1898)
|
|
Friday
22 Sept 06
|
Innovations in Travel
|
Advertisement from “The Outing
Magazine” (1909)
The
Sinking of the Titanic (1912)
|
|
Monday
25 Sept 06
|
World War I
|
“The Zimmerman Telegram”
(1917)
“Speech on the Fourteen
Points” (1918)
|
|
Wednesday
27 Sept 06
|
Post-War Citizenship
|
Amendment XIX (1920)
Indian Citizenship Act (1924)
|
|
Friday
29 Sept 06
|
The 1920s
|
“A
Flapper’s Appeal to Parents”
(1922)
Testimony of a Yale University Student on
Prohibition (1926)
|
|
Monday
2 Oct 06
|
The Depression
|
First Inaugural Address (1933)
Tennessee Valley Authority Act
(1933)
|
|
Wednesday
4 Oct 06
|
Quiz #3
|
|
|
Friday
6 Oct 06
|
Discuss
American Gothic
|
The
“Original” |
|
Monday
9 Oct 06
|
No class…
|
…Fall Break. |
|
Wednesday
11 Oct 06
|
Discuss
American Gothic
|
Iconoclasm |
|
Friday
13 Oct 06
|
Discuss
American Gothic
|
Icon |
|
Monday
16 Oct 06
|
Discuss
American Gothic
|
Parody |
|
Wednesday
18 Oct 06
|
No class…
|
Outline &
Proposal due by 5:00 p.m. |
|
Friday
20 Oct 06
|
On the Brink of War
|
“America,
the Arsenal of Democracy” (1940)
Lend-Lease Act (1941)
|
|
Monday
23 Oct 06
|
Homeland Security
|
The Truman Doctrine (1947)
National Interstate and Defense Highways Act
(1956)
|
|
Wednesday
25 Oct 06
|
The United Nations
|
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(1948)
United Nations’ Resolution on Korea
(1950)
|
|
Friday
27 Oct 06
|
No class…
|
…Enjoy!
|
|
Monday
30 Oct 06
|
Domestic Concerns
|
“Farewell to the Nation”
(1961)
“The War on Poverty”
(1964)
|
|
Wednesday
1 Nov 06
|
The Kennedy Administration
|
The Lesson of Cuba (1961)
Executive Order 10924: Establishment of the
Peace Corps (1961)
|
|
Friday
3 Nov 06
|
Quiz #4
|
|
|
Monday
6 Nov 06
|
Conflict in Vietnam
|
“The Tonkin Bay
Resolution” (1964)
Letter Exchange (1967)
Last Day to hand in Extra Credit
Papers.
|
|
Wednesday
8 Nov 06
|
Protest Organizations in
the 1960s (Part I)
|
SNCC Founding Statement (1960)
Port Huron Statement (1962)
|
|
Friday
10 Nov 06
|
No class…
|
…Veterans
Day. |
|
Monday
13 Nov 06
|
Protest Organizations in
the 1960s (Part II)
|
National Organization of Women Statement of
Purpose (1966)
Black Panther Party Platform (1966)
|
|
Wednesday
15 Nov 06
|
The 1970s
|
Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy
Conservation Act (1973)
Resignation Speech (1974)
|
|
Friday
17 Nov 06
|
The Space Race
|
Chariots
for Apollo,
Foreward (1978)
“Speech on the Challenger
Disaster” (1986)
|
|
Monday
20 Nov 06
|
Quiz #5
|
|
|
Wednesday
22 Nov 06
|
No class…
|
…Thanksgiving. |
|
Friday
24 Nov 06
|
No class…
|
…Thanksgiving. |
|
Monday
27 Nov 06
|
The 1980s
|
“Film star Rock Hudson, victim of
Aids, dies aged 59” (1985)
“Material Girl”
(1985)
American Gothic
Paper Due.
|
|
Wednesday
29 Nov 06
|
End of the Cold War
|
“Evil Empire Speech”
(1982)
Wellesley College Commencement Address
(1990)
|
|
Friday
1 Dec 06
|
The 1990s
|
“Concluding Statement by the
Participants in the Bosnia Proximity Peace Talks”
(1995)
Articles of Impeachment (1998)
|
|
Monday
4 Dec 06
|
The Internet
|
The Book Lover’s Guide to the
Internet (1996)
Article on the Millennium Bug
(1997)
|
|
Wednesday
6 Dec 06
|
September 11th &
the “War on Terror”
|
Statement
on the Terrorist Attacks (2001)
Overview
of America’s International Strategy (2002)
|
|
Friday
8 Dec 06
|
Review Day
|
|
|
Thursday
14 Dec 06
|
Final Exam - 9:30 Section
|
8:30-10:30 a.m. |
|
Friday
15 Dec 06
|
Final Exam - 11:30 Section
|
10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. |
