This course schedule outlines the topics, readings, and assignments for a history course on the American Promise from Reconstruction to modern times. Over the semester, students will examine this period through weekly readings from the textbook and supplemental films. Topics include Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, industrialization, imperialism, progressivism, World War I, the interwar years, the New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, and recent decades. Assignments include films, discussions, a midterm exam, project proposal, final project/paper, and a final exam. The schedule provides the essential framework for students to systematically learn about this transformative era in American history through diverse course materials and activities.
This course schedule outlines the topics, readings, and assignments for a history course on the American Promise from Reconstruction to modern times. Over the semester, students will examine this period through weekly readings from the textbook and supplemental films. Topics include Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, industrialization, imperialism, progressivism, World War I, the interwar years, the New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, and recent decades. Assignments include films, discussions, a midterm exam, project proposal, final project/paper, and a final exam. The schedule provides the essential framework for students to systematically learn about this transformative era in American history through diverse course materials and activities.
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This course schedule outlines the topics, readings, and assignments for a history course on the American Promise from Reconstruction to modern times. Over the semester, students will examine this period through weekly readings from the textbook and supplemental films. Topics include Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, industrialization, imperialism, progressivism, World War I, the interwar years, the New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, and recent decades. Assignments include films, discussions, a midterm exam, project proposal, final project/paper, and a final exam. The schedule provides the essential framework for students to systematically learn about this transformative era in American history through diverse course materials and activities.
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Text: James Roark, et al., The American Promise, Third Edition, Vol. III
Date Topic Reading Assignment Activity/Due
January 20 Introduction and Chapter 16 film: Part II of Reconstruction Reconstruction Reconstruction January 27 1870-1900 The West Chapters 18 film: PBS Series-The West The West in the Gilded Age Part 5-Geography of Hope Feb. 3 1870-1900 A Changing Chapter 17, 19 TBA World: Industrialism and Business and Politics in the Growth Gilded Age The City and Its Workers Feb. 10 1890-1900 Imperialism, Chapter 20 TBA Labor, and Depression Dissent, Depression, and War 1890-1900 Feb. 17 1900-1916 Progressivism Chapter 21 TBA Progressivism from the Grass Roots to the White House 1890-1916 Feb. 24 1914-1920 World War I Chapter 22 TBA World War I: The Progressive Crusade at Home and Abroad March 3 2 hours Mid-Term Exam March 10 Spring Break March 17 1920-1932 Inter-war Years Chapter 23 Project propoal due From New Era to Great Depression March 24 1933-1941 The New Deal Chapter 24 TBA The New Deal Experiment March 31 1939-1945 World War II Chapter 25 TBA The United States and the Second World War April 7 1945-1960 Cold War and Chapter 26-27 TBA Culture Cold War Politics in the Truman Years The Politics of Culture and Abundance April 14 1960-1974 Chapter 28 TBA Reform, Rebellion, and Reaction April 21 1961-1975 Vietnam Chapter 29 TBA Vietnam and the Limits of Power April 28 1969-1989 Shifting Culture Chapter 30-31 Final Project/Paper Due and Politics during the America Moves to the TBA Seventies and Eighties Right The End of the Cold 1989- the present War and the Challenges of Globalization and the End of Globalization the Cold War May 5 2 hours Final Exam
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