LECTURE AND ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE
Prof. Pennock, History 112, Fall 2009
AJ = The American Journey; Arc = Arc of Justice
CTools =
located as a .pdf file in the Resources folder>Required Readings folder of
the course CTools website:
Important Note:
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S 9 |
Introduction and Syllabus What is the study of
history? Defining Primary and Secondary
sources. What to expect from
this course. How to use the course
websites. |
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S 14 |
Reconstruction
and the Postwar South
AJ: Chapter 16 (all);
Chapter 17: Newness of the New South pp. 460-1; Effects of Low Wages p. 464 v
Primary
Document: |
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S 16 |
Reconstruction and
Postwar South cont. AJ: Ch 17: Settling
the Race Issue, pp. 472-484 (pay attention to pages on Booker T. Washington
& DuBois) ARC: pp. 1-101 Document Discussion (link to see which document you have been
assigned) Primary
Sources: 1. Robert Smalls, AJ p. 481
[“Mr. President” refers to the President
of the convention] 2. Elias Hill, Nighttime Visit from
Klan, 1871 3. Report of a lynching, New York Times, 1899 4. Senators debate
lynching, 1908 [note: “Mr.
President” refers to the President of the Senate] 5. Booker T. Washington “The Atlanta
Compromise” speech, 1895 6. W.E.B.
DuBois, counters Booker T. Washington, 1903 |
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Industrialization
AJ: Chapter 18 pp. 486-503;
Chapter 21: Labor’s Demand for Rights, p. 584. Pictures p. 496, 589. 1. The Rise of
Big Business *lecture
on-line* You are responsible for this
information. 2.The Impact on
the Working Class *lecture
on-line* 3.Working at Ford (lecture will be delivered in class) 4. The Growth of Labor Unions (lecture will be delivered in class) |
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AJ: Chapter 18: New
Immigrants, pp. 503-519; Chapter 21: Controlling Immigrants, p. 592. Pictures
pp. 498-9. Primary sources:
Discussion question: what
problems did Josiah Strong see in Am. society? What assumptions did he
make? (Make a list.) |
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S 28 |
Immigration & Urban The
Progressive Era
Study sheet on Progressive Reforms AJ: Chapter 20 the Limits of
Government pp. 557-9 (about politics before Progressivism); The Beginnings of
Federal Regulation pp. 562-3 (main point: change is coming). Chapter 21 all
except: Reforming Country Life (p. 591), Taft and the Insurgents (p.
602-3).
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S 30 |
*QUIZ* covers lecture & reading material on
Progressivism & Five Dollar Day only The Progressive Era cont. and Ford’s
Five Dollar Day : READ THIS LECTURE ON-LINE Primary Sources:
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O 5 |
Woodrow Wilson and
World War I
AJ:Chapter 23 (all),
including Bolshevik Revolution p. 646. Primary sources:
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O 7 |
WWI and the Great Migration of African Americans
In CTools Resource folder, access the Great
Migration primary documents. (These sources will help
provide additional context for Arc of Justice.) A CLASH OF
CULTURES: THE 1920s
AJ: Ch 24 all except:
Sick Industries p. 671, A New Era in the World? p. 687-8.
Primary
Sources:
Website
on Clash of
Cultures in the 1910s and 1920s (suggested only) |
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O 12 |
Clash of
Cultures: 1920s, cont. ARC of
JUSTICE – entire
book. Websites about the Sweet case
(suggested only): http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/sweet/sweet.html http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_mhc_shpo_feature_0401_100021_7.pdf
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O 14 |
Herbert
Hoover and the Great Depression
AJ: Ch 24: Sick Industries,
p. 671;Ch 25: Hard Times in Hooverville pp. 695-705 Optional: Frank Stricker
“Affluence for Whom? Another Look at Prosperity and the Working Classes in
the 1920s” (1983) [excerpts from
article introduction] Primary Sources: Franklin D. Roosevelt and The New Deal AJ:
Chapter 25 pp. 705-707, 717 (on the TVA) |
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O 19 |
Franklin D. AJ: Chapter 25 pp. 708-722,
conclusion 724-5 Primary Sources:
Website: The Great Flint Sit Down Strike
(suggested only) |
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The New Deal, cont.
The Origins of World War II AJ: Ch 25: pp. 723-4; Ch 26: pp. 728-34
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O 26 |
Midterm |
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O 28 |
, AJ: Ch 26: Mobilizing for
Victory, pp. 738-745; Conclusion p.754-5 (pp. 735-738, 746-751 optional)
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N 2 |
World War II: The Homefront cont. Homework: Write three discussion questions based on the Japanese-Am internment
readings. Bring two copies of your
questions. Worth 5 points. |
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ARC
OF JUSTICE PAPER DUE
The Origins of the Cold War and The Cold War At Home
AJ: Ch 26:
Searching for Peace, p. 751-53;Ch 27 pp. 767-82; Ch. 28: Facing Off with the
Soviet Union pp. 794-7 Primary Sources:
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N 9 |
Quiz: covers readings and lectures from Oct. 28, Nov. 2,
and Nov. 4.
The Affluent Society: America in the 1950s
AJ: Ch 27: The GI Bill p.
761, Assembly-Line Neighborhoods, pp. 761-3, Consumer Boom and Baby Boom,
p.764; Ch 28: A Decade of Affluence, pp. 787-794
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The
Civil Rights Movement
AJ: Ch 27 Steps Toward
Civil Rights, p. 763-4;Ch 28: Righteousness Like a Mighty Stream, pp. 803-7 Primary sources:
The Murder of Emmett Till
(suggested only) |
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N 16 |
The Civil Rights Movement cont.
AJ: Ch 28: “Let Us Continue” pp. 807-812;Ch
29:Cities Under Stress, pp. 825-830 Primary documents:
Website on civil rights organization SNCC (suggested only) Website on Detroit Riot of
1967 (suggested only) Article on
Orville Hubbard, racist
mayor of |
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N 18 |
Coming of Age
in Mississippi discussion COA Study and
Discussion Guide |
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N 23 |
Vietnam:
America’s Longest War AJ: Ch 28: Getting Into
Vietnam, pp. 800-1; War, Peace, and Landslide, pp. 810-12;Ch 29: End of
Consensus, pp. 816-819 (pay attention to map on p. 817) Primary Sources:
Vietnam War website
(suggested only) |
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N 25 |
NO CLASS |
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N 30 |
Coming of Age (civil rights movement) Paper
Due |
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D 2 |
On-line
lecture: Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society AJ: War
on Poverty, p. 808; War, Peace, and the Landslide of 1964, pp. 810-12 (again) The New Left
and the Anti-war Movement
AJ: New Left and Community
Activism, p.821-2 Primary
Documents:
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D
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Quiz New Left and Anti-War Movement cont. AJ: Voices of Dissent, pp. 820-1
The Right and Left in the Late Sixties 1968: The Year the
Dream Died ( read my synopsis) AJ: The Year of
the Gun, 1968 pp. 830-3 |
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D 9 |
The Counterculture AJ:
Youth Culture and Counterculture, pp. 822; Sounds of Change, pp. 822-3;
Communes and Cults, p. 823-4 Primary Source: John Sinclair, Rock and Roll Revolution, 1968 Optional website on John Sinclair: http://bentley.umich.edu/exhibits/sinclair/
The Feminist Movement
AJ: Ch 29: The Feminist Critique pp. 824, Coming Out
p. 824-5; Ch 30: Women’s Rights and Public Policy, pp. 874-6 Primary documents:
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D 14 |
Nixon and
the End of the Vietnam War AJ: Ch 29: Getting Out of
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Final Exam: Mon. Dec 21, 11:30-2:30 for the 11:30 class (sect.
001)
Friday, Dec. 18, 11:30-2:30 for the 1:05 class
(sect. 002) |
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