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January 15 Introduction and Administrative Details/New Worlds (21-50)
17 Virginia, the South, and Origins of Slavery (51-78)
18 Discussion: Turn-it-in exercise
22 TBA
24 Massachusetts, the North, and the First Great Awakening
25 Discussion: Images of Children and Families
29 Colonies in the British Empire/Origins of American Revolution
31 From Rebellion to Revolution
February 1 Discussion: Declaring Independence
7 Politics in the New Republic
8 Discussion: The World Turned Upside Down
Book Paper Due
12 Expansion: A Growing Economy and the Westward Movement
14 Expansion: Immigration (139-190)
15 Discussion
19 Expansion: Religion and Reform
21 Antebellum Slavery, Anti-Slavery, and the Positive Good Theory (106-38
22 Discussion: Women's Rights Emerges within the Antislavery Movement
Book Paper Due
26 Origins of the Sectional Conflict
28 A House Divided: The Civil War
29 Discussion: REVIEW
March 4 EXAMINATION
7 NO DISCUSSION
11 Expansion II: Industrialization and It Critics
25 Progresive Era Reform and Politics (225-339)
27 NO CLASS
28 Discussion: How the Other Half Lives
Book Paper Due
April 1 Progressive-era Reform and Politics (cont'd)
3 1920s (340-372)
4 Discussion
8 1930s
10 America and a World at War (373-399)
11 Discussion: The Harlem Renaissance
Book Paper Due
15 Cold War
17 Cold War
18 Discussion
22 Domestic Politics and Reform in the Post-War Era
24 Eyes on the Prize: Civil Rights (399-429)
25 Discussion
29 Economic and Political Currents of the 1970s and 1980s
May 1 Past as Prologue: Memory and Legacies
2 Discussion: REVIEW
Final Exam: Thursday, May 8, 1-3 PM
Learning Objectives
History 006 fulfills the Histories of Cultures and Societies requirement in the Core of Common Studies. According to the learning outcomes for this category of courses, students who complete HIST 006 will:
* Demonstrate an understanding of the discipline of history, in particular the application of historical methodologies in the formulation of plausible interpretations of human behavior in past centuries.
* Demonstrate an understanding of how societies develop over centuries through the complex interaction of socio-economic, political, religious, and other cultural forces including historical memories constructed by successive generations.
* Demonstrate an understanding of continuities and differences between the past and the present.