Schedule of Assignments, History 121, Fall 2010
Updated
July 21, 2010
Note that there are no “holidays” in distance courses: Arrange your breaks according to this schedule.
NOTE: Assignments and requirements are being revised for Fall 2010. Readings will remain essentially the same.
Copies of all readings, including documents, are available in print or as downloadable PDF from www.lulu.com/hjsage. Delivery takes about 7 days from when you order, as Lulu is a “print on demand” service. The free version is linked below in sections. The bookstores do not carry this text.
Read Syllabus, Course Policy, Blackboard Instructions, Course Description and Objectives, How to Succeed, Test Taking, Study Hints, Writing Tips, Grading policy & How to Avoid Plagiarism.
Introduction: Review requirements and plan your course. Think about the essays you plan to write and look over practice quizzes & exams. Post Introduction in Blackboard.
Topics below are required reading.
Documents listed below are required reading.
Intro
INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN HISTORY
Introduction to American History
Personal History Essay (Optional) due. May be posted in Blackboard Intros.
Course Introduction
- Read Writing Instructions
- Review Blackboard Instructions
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Visit the ELI Orientation Page.
Aug 30
1
Part 1: Discovery & Settlement of America, 1607-1760
Printed Text Pages 1-91
Documents:
Sep 6
2
LIFE IN COLONIAL AMERICA
- New England Puritans
- Other New England Colonies
- Middle & Southern Colonies
- Slavery in the Colonies
- Religion in Colonial America
- The Great Awakening
- The Enlightenment in America
- Women in Colonial America
Last day to withdraw with tuition refund September 9.
Documents:
Sep 13
3
The AMERICAN COLONIES & the BRITISH EMPIRE
Take Quiz 1 This Week—Deadline Saturday PM
Documents
Sep 20
4
Part 2: Era of the American Revolution, 1760-1800
Printed Text Pages 92-179
- Revolution Home
- American Revolution Overview
- Background Events, 1761-1774
- Representation: Actual & Virtual
- War of Independence 1775-1777
- Saratoga
Inactive Students dropped September 27
Documents
Sep 27
5
American Revolution: Victory at Yorktown
Documents
Oct 4
6
THE NATIONAL PERIOD: THE NEW NATION BEGINS, 1783-1800: The CONSTITUTION THE NEW REPUBLIC
- Government under Articles
- The Northwest Ordinance
- The Philadelphia Convention 1787
- Ratification & the Bill of Rights
- Republican Government Underway
- The 1790s Part 1: Washington
- Politics: Federalists and Republicans
- Hamilton and Financial Reform
- The French Revolution and America
- The 1790s Part 2: Adams
Documents:
- Constitution & Bill of Rights
- Mason, Madison, Franklin & Henry on the Constitution
- Franklin: Constitution
- Madison: Federalist #10
- P. Henry: Against Ratification
- The Sedition Act of 1798
- Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions
Oct 11
7
Take Midterm Exam by October 16.
Exam pass in Blackboard.
Review all material to date.
Oct 18
8
Part 3 Jeffersonian & Jacksonian Democracy, 1800-1840
Printed Text Pages 180-273
Documents
Oct 25
9
THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
- James Monroe's Administration
- Sectional Issues
- Monroe Doctrine
- John Marshall and the Court
- Missouri Compromise
- John Quincy Adams Administration
Last withdrawal date without grade penalty November 2: NOTE: You must withdraw yourself—Instructor cannot award W grade.
Documents: John Marshall & the Supreme Court:
Nov 1
10
THE TRIUMPH OF WHITE MEN'S DEMOCRACY
Documents:
Nov 8
11
THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION: AN AGE OF REFORM
Take Quiz 2 This Week: Deadline Saturday PM
Documents:
Nov 15
12
Part 4: Expansion, Slavery and Civil War, 1840-1865
Printed Text Pages 274-415
Documents:
Nov 22
13
SLAVERY AND SECTIONALISM
Documents:
Nov 29
14
THE SECTIONAL CRISIS: The 1850s
Documents:
- 1850 Compromise Debates: Clay, Webster, Calhoun, Seward
- Dred Scott v Sandford
- Republican Platform, 1860
Dec 6
15
CIVIL WAR: THE SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Documents:
Dec 13
16
CIVIL WAR: TO APPOMATTOX
- Third Turning Point: Vicksburg
- The Civil War 1864-1865
- Sherman in Georgia and Carolina
- President Lincoln Assassinated
Final Exam must be completed by December 18.
Exam pass in Blackboard.
Documents: