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Office hours: Tuesday: 12-1,
Thursday: 11:30-12:30, and by appointment
TA Office: 028 Eggers Hall, 443-9160
History Dept Office: 145 Eggers Hall, 443-2210
Course Website: http://geocities.datacellar.net/Wellesley/1116/102home.html
The purpose of this section is to allow for discussion of the weekly readings and to deepen your understanding of the lecture material. This syllabus provides an outline of the readings for the semester and outlines the basic policies for discussion sections.
You are expected to keep up with the readings each week and come to section thoroughly prepared to discuss the readings assigned for that day as well as the lecture material. Attendance is required at section; you are responsible for all material covered and for any handouts or announcements that are made.
You can expect me to lead discussions, comment on and return your papers quickly and be available in lecture, during office hours, by appointment and through e-mail to answer your questions and respond to your concerns.
If we all work hard, respect each other and have a positive attitude about learning, the time we spend together in discussion sections will be useful, interesting and even enjoyable!
Each section will have its own internet discussion ("listserv") and there will be an overall course mailing list for general announcements. Therefore, you should get in the habit of checking your email often. I encourage you to use e-mail to ask questions or make comments.
QUIZZES
There will be 7 short quizzes in sections, each approximately 5 minutes in length, on the reading assigned for that day. These will be unannounced in advance, cannot be "made up," and the top 5 scores each student receives will comprise a substantial portion of his or her section grade.
DEADLINES AND EXTENSIONS
Since you are receiving paper due dates and exam times at the beginning of the term, it is assumed that you will plan accordingly, and will consider potential conflicts with other courses and extracurricular commitments. Therefore, extensions will be granted ONLY in extraordinary or emergency circumstances, and (except in dire emergencies) ONLY if specific circumstances are explained IN ADVANCE to the professor and to me. Grades on papers that are turned in after the beginning of class on the due date will automatically be lowered at least one letter in grade (more, if tardiness is extended). NO unexcused late papers will be accepted more than one week after the original due date. A paper is NOT considered to be "turned in" if it is not handed personally to me. In other words, it is not to be put in anyone’s mailbox, slid under an office door, or given to another student to turn in for you.
PLAGIARISM AND CHEATING
Cheating on exams or plagiarizing on papers will result in your failing this course and in a letter to your dean reporting your conduct (which will be placed in your permanent file). Plagiarism is defined as taking: "ideas, writings, etc., from another and pass[ing] them off as one’s own." [Webster’s New World Dictionary of American Language, 2nd College Ed. (Cleveland, 1980), p. 1087] Additional information about these very serious violations can be found in your student handbook; if you have any question or remaining uncertainty, please see the professor or me.
GRADING
Th relative weight of each component of this course is as follows. In addition, improvement over time, and/or extraordinary performance (good or bad!) in one or more areas, will be considered-especially in borderline cases.
Friday 1/22
NO SECTIONS
Friday 1/29
17-4 Black Code Of Mississippi, pp.
229-231
17-5 Frederick Douglass Speech, pp.
231-233
17-6 The Civil Rights Act of 1866,
233-234
17-7 President Johnson's Veto, pp.
234-235
18-1 The Oklahoma Land Rush, pp. 241-243
18-6 A Century of Dishonor, pp. 248-250
Friday 2/5
Herland, Chapters 1-6
19-2 Andrew Carnegie, pp. 261-262
19-3 Testimony of a Machinist, pp.
263-264
19-5 Samuel Gompers, pp. 266-268
Friday 2/12
Herland, Chapters 7-12
21-3 Upton Sinclair, pp. 302-303
21-5 Margaret Sanger, pp. 305-307
Friday 2/19
BIOGRAPHY PAPER DUE
22-3 Wilson’s War Message to Congress,
pp. 320-321
22-4 Against Entry into War, pp. 322-323
22-6 Diary of an Unknown Aviator,
pp. 325-326
22-9 Letters from the Great Migration,
pp. 329-331
Friday 2/26
Jews Without Money, Intro and
all Chapters
23-2 Herbert Hoover, American Individualism,
pp. 334-336
23-6 Speakeasies in New York, pp.
341-342
23-10 Sinclair Lewis, pp. 347-349
THURSDAY 3/4
MIDTERM EXAM
Friday 3/5
24-2 Women on the Breadlines, pp.
352-353
24-3 FDR’s First Inaugural Address,
pp. 353-355
24-8 Okies in California, pp. 363-4
24-10 Motion Picture Production Code,
pp. 365-368
Friday 3/12
Manchild in the Promised Land,
Foreword-Chapter 9
25-4 Ernie Pyle, pp. 373-374
25-6 From Housewife to Shipfitter,
pp. 377-379
25-7 Fair Employment Practices Commission,
pp. 380-381
25-9 Korematsu v. US, pp. 384-385
FRIDAY 3/19
SPRING BREAK-NO SECTION
Friday 3/26
Manchild in the Promised Land,
Chapters 10-18
25-10 Truman’s Statement on the Atomic
Bomb, pp. 385-387 26-9 NSC-68, pp. 404-407
27-6 Silent Spring, pp. 416-417
27-7 On the Road, pp. 417-419
27-8 Betty Friedan, pp. 419-420
FRIDAY, 4/2
EASTER BREAK-NO SECTION
Friday, 4/9
28-2 Brown v. Board of Education,
pp. 428-429
28-3 Southern Manifesto on Integration,
pp. 430-431
28-4 Sit-ins and the Origins of SNCC,
pp. 431-433
28-5 Letter from a Birmingham Jail,
pp. 433-436
28-6 Voting Rights in Mississippi,
pp. 436-439
28-7 Mississippi Freedom Summer, pp.
439-443
FRIDAY 4/16
SECOND PAPER DUE
29-3 Why We Are in Vietnam, pp. 455-457
29-4 Stokely Carmichael, pp. 457-460
29-5 Conscience and the Vietnam War,
pp. 460-462
29-10 Articles of Impeachment, pp.
472-474
Friday 4/23
Rubyfruit Jungle, all Chapters
30-6 In Support of the ERA, pp. 486-488
30-7 In Opposition to the ERA, pp.
488-490
30-8 Jimmy Carter, Crisis of Confidence,
pp. 490-492
Friday 4/30
31-4 Reaganism and Culture, pp. 504-506
31-6 Madonna, pp. 508-509
FRIDAY 5/7
FINAL EXAM
10:15-12:15, Gifford Auditorium
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