Jim Eichsteadt
E-mail:  jeeichst@mailbox.syr.edu
028 Eggers Hall
Office Hours: Thursday 11:00-12:00,  Friday 9:30-10:30, and by appointment
Office Phone: 443-9160
Course Website: http://geocities.datacellar.net/Wellesley/1116/102home.html

Objectives For Weekly Discussion Sections

The primary point of meeting every week with me and a group of your classmates is to help you do as well as possible in History 102. We will explore and discuss the lectures and readings. This will give all of you an opportunity to ask questions and share your thoughts on the material covered in the class.

Expectations

There are four basic things expected from all students in the discussion sections:

• It is essential that you show up every week. Attendance will be taken every week and you will turn in your papers in the discussion sections. There will be seven pop quizzes over the semester; your best five will count towards your grade. No late assignments will be accepted. There will be no make-up quizzes.
• You need to be prepared for class. This means you need to do all of the reading and work assigned in time for the discussion section. You should also review your notes before coming. Be ready to participate in class discussions.
• Always bring your appropriate books to section. You might need to refer to the reading during a class exercise.
• Each member of our discussion section must always respect the questions, opinions, and thoughts of the other members. We want to maintain a comfortable environment for learning.

Paper 1 (Biography Project) 15%
Midterm Exam 20%
Paper 2 (Theme) 20%
Final Exam 25%
Section (Attendance, Participation, Quizzes) 20%

Office Hours

I urge all of you to take advantage of my office hours. I will be more than happy to answer questions and discuss issues related to the class. If you would like to make an appointment, talk to me after class or e-mail me.

Note: You are also responsible for the textbook readings which are listed in the course syllabus. Discussion assignments should be read before section meets.

January 29
Start reading Herland

February 5
19-2: Andrew Carnegie, Wealth 1889; pp. 261-262
19-3: John Morrison, Testimony of a Machinist, 1883; pp. 263-264
19-5: Samuel Gompers, Testimony on Labor Unions, 1883; pp. 266-268
21-3: Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, 1906; pp. 302-303
Continue reading Herland

February 12
21-5: Margaret Sanger, The Case for Birth Control, 1917; pp. 305-306
21-6: Booker T. Washington, The Atlanta Exposition Address, 1895; pp. 307
Start reading Jews Without Money
Discussion of Herland

February 19
22-3: Woodrow Wilson, War Message to Congress, 1917; pp. 320-321
22-5: George Creel, How We Advertised America, 1920; pp. 323
22-6: Diary of an Unknown Navigator, 1918; pp. 325-326
Continue reading Jews Without Money
Biography paper due

February 26
23-2: Herbert Hoover, American Individualism, 1922; pp. 334-336
23-6: Speakeasies in New York, 1929; pp. 341-342
Discussion of Jews Without Money
Midterm Review

March 5
24-2: Women on the Breadlines, 1932; pp. 352-353
24-3: Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, 1933; pp. 353-355

March 12
25-2: Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Four Freedoms, 1941; pp. 371-372
25-3: Radio Address on Lend-Lease, 1941; pp. 372
25-6: From Housewife to Shipfitter, 1943; pp. 377-379
25-9: Korematsu v. United States, 1944; pp. 384-385

March 19
SPRING BREAK--no class meeting
Start reading Manchild in the Promise Land

March 26
25-10: Harry S. Truman, Statement on the Atomic Bomb, 1945; pp. 385-387
26-6: Ronald Reagan and Albert Maltz, Testimony Before HUAC, 1947; pp. 398
26-7: Joseph McCarthy Speech at Wheeling West Virginia, 1950; pp. 402-403
26-9: NSC-68, 1950; pp. 404-407
Continue reading Manchild in the Promise Land

April 2
Good Friday-- No Section
Continue reading Manchild in the Promise Land

April 9
28-2: Brown v. Board of Education, 1954; pp. 428-429
28-5: Martin Luther King, Letter from a Birmingham Jail, 1963; pp. 433-435
Start reading Rubyfruit Jungle
Discussion of Manchild in the Promise Land

April 16
29-3: Lyndon B. Johnson, Why We Are in Vietnam, 1965; pp. 455-456
29-5: Martin Luther King, Jr., Conscience and the Vietnam War; pp. 460
29-8: Spiro Agnew, Dangers of Constant Carnival, 1969; 486
29-10: Articles of Impeachment Against Richard Nixon, 1974; pp. 472-474
Continue reading Rubyfruit Jungle
Second Paper Due in Section

April 23
30-6: In Support of the Equal Rights Amendment, 1970; pp. 486-488
30-7: Opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment, 1970; pp. 488-490
Discussion of Rubyfruit Jungle

April 30
31-4: Reaganism and Culture, 1988; pp. 504-506
31-6: Madonna, 1988; pp. 508-509
Final Exam Review

May 7-- Final Exam

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