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Office Hours: Tuesday 12:30-1:30, Thursday 11:30-12:30, and by appointment
Phone: 443-9160
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Weekly Schedule
Note: The textbook (Out of Many: A History of the American People) reading schedule for each week is in the course syllabus.
Unless otherwise specified, readings listed below are from the Documents Set, which is separate from the text.

January 28-29--Begin reading assigned book Herland

February 4-5--Chapter19 The Incorporation of America, 1860-1900
1. PAGES 261-262 Andrew Carnegie, Wealth, 1889
2. PAGES 263-264 John Morrison, Testimony of a Machinist, 1883
3. PAGES 266-268 Samuel Gompers, Testimony on Labor Unions, 1883
4. PAGES 273-275 Conspicuous Consumption, 1899
Continue reading Herland

February 11-12--Chapter 21 Urban America and the Progressive Era, 1900-1920
1. PAGES 302-303 Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, 1906
2. PAGES 305-306 Margaret Sanger, The Case for Birth Control,1917
Discussion of Herland
Begin reading assigned book Jews Without Money

February 18-19--Chapter 22 World War I, 1914-1918
1. PAGES 320-321 Woodrow Wilson, War Message to Congress, 1917
2. PAGES 323-325 How we Advertised America, 1920
3. PAGES 325-326 Diary of an Unknown Navigator, 1918
4. PAGES 329-331 Letters from the Great Migration, 1916-1917
Biography Paper Due in Section
Continue reading Jews Without Money
Begin to think of questions for exam review next week

February 25-26--Chapter 23 The Twenties, 1921-1929
1. PAGES 334-336 Herbert Hoover, American Individualism, 1922
2. PAGES 341-342 Speakeasies in New York, 1929
3. PAGES 343-344 The Klan’s Fight for Americanism, 1926
Discussion of Jews Without Money
Exam Review

March 4------MIDTERM EXAM in Lecture

March 4-5---Chapter 24 The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939
1. PAGES 352-353 Women on the Breadlines, 1932
2. PAGES 353-355 Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, 1933

March 11-12---Chapter 25 World War II, 1930’s-1945
1. PAGES 371-372 Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Four Freedoms, 1941
2. PAGES 377-379 From Housewife to Shipfitter, 1943
3. PAGES 380-381 The Fair Employment Practices Committee, 1941-43
4. PAGES 384-385 Korematsu v. United States, 1944

March 18-19 SPRING BREAK NO SECTION
Begin reading Manchild in the Promised Land

March 25-26 -Chapter 25 World War II/ Chapter 26 The Cold War, 1945-1952
1. PAGES 385-387 Harry S. Truman, Statement on the Atomic Bomb, 1945
2. PAGES 398-399 Ronald Reagan and Albert Maltz, Testimony Before HUAC, 1947
3. PAGES 402-403 Joseph McCarthy Speech at Wheeling, West Virginia, 1950
4. PAGES 404-407 NSC-68, 1950
Continue reading Manchild in the Promised Land

April 1-----Chapter 27 America at Midcentury, 1952-1963 [Sections 14 & 15]
1. PAGES 408-409 The Teenage Consumer, 1959
2. PAGES 417-419, On the Road, 1957
3. PAGES 419-420, The Problem That Has No Name, 1963

April 2------EASTER BREAK NO SECTION [Section 6 only]
Continue reading Manchild in the Promised Land

April 8-9---Chapter 28 Civil Rights and the Great Society, 1945-1966
1. PAGES 428-429 Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954
2. PAGES 433-435 Martin Luther King, Letter from a Birmingham Jail, 1963
Discussion of Manchild in the Promised Land
Begin reading assigned book Rubyfruit Jungle

April 15-16----Chapter 29 War Abroad, War at Home, 1965-1974
1. PAGES 455-456 Lyndon B. Johnson, Why We Are in Vietnam, 1965
2. PAGES 457-460 Black Power, 1966
3. PAGES 472-474 Articles of Impeachment Against Richard Nixon, 1974
Continue Reading Rubyfruit Jangle
Second Paper due in section

April 22-23----Chapter 30 The Over-Extended Society, 1974-1980
1. PAGES 486-488 In support of the Equal Rights Amendment,1970
2. PAGES 488-490 Opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment, 1970
Discussion of Rubyfruit Jungle

April 29-30---Chapter 31 The Conservative Ascendancy, 1980-1982
1. PAGES 504-506 Reaganism and Culture, 1988
2. PAGES 508-509, Madonna, 1988
Final Exam Review

May 7------FINAL EXAM Gifford Auditorium

Tests and Quizzes
There will be a midterm (March 4) and a final exam (May 7) which will be given during lecture times. In addition, there will be 7 quizzes given randomly in section throughout the semester. The quizzes will be on the readings for section assigned for that week. You will be allowed to drop two of the seven quiz grades. As Dr. Thompson stated in the main course syllabus, no quiz can be made up.

Papers
There will be two papers assigned during this semester. The first is the biography paper, due in section on February 18-19. The second paper will focus on a common theme addressed by several of the readings. This paper will be due in section, April 15-16. The topic for this paper will be given out during the week after spring break. Drafts are not required, but are encouraged, and will be read by Dr. Thompson and or myself. Each paper should be five pages long.

Policies
As mentioned in the course syllabus, extensions for papers will only be granted ONLY if specific circumstances that prevent completion of the paper by the due date are explained in advance. Papers turned in late without prior permission will be lowered at least one letter grade. No late paper will be accepted more than one week after the original due date. If you are ill, or have an accident etc., a written explanation signed by a dean or physician must be presented as soon as possible. No paper assignment will be accepted as "turned in" if it is left in the T.A.’s mailbox, or slid under an office door. In other words hand in your assignment directly to your T.A.

Beware of plagiarism. Plagiarism is defined in Section 1.0 of the University Rules and Regulations as "the representation of another’s words, ideas, programs, formulae, opinions or other products of work as one’s own, either overtly or by failing to attribute them to their true source". If you have any questions about this please ask me.

Grading Scheme
Paper 1--------------------------------------------15%
Paper 2--------------------------------------------20%
Midterm------------------------------------------- 20%
Final-----------------------------------------------25%
Section (attendance, participation, quizzes----------20%

Questions and Problems
If you have any questions or problems concerning discussion section please see me during office hours or make an appointment to see me at another time. You can also e-mail me at any time.

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