HIST 2341 Spring 2011 Course Schedule

David Lauderback
Professor of History

Course Schedule
The Sixties

http://www.austincc.edu/dlauderb

HIST 2341-007

MW 12:00-1:20 pm

SYN 45946

RGC 025

Date

Topic

Reading

Assignments

UNIT 1: “The American Way of Life” — 1945-1960

Jan. 18 The Beginning: “The Atomic Age”

Jan. 23 Cold War: “The Iron Curtain” Lytle, Ch. 1

Jan. 25 Cold War: “Blacklist”
SELECT RESPONDENT

Jan.. 30 Popular Culture: “Baby Boom” Douglass, Ch. 1-2

Feb. 1 Popular Culture: “Rock and Roll”

Feb. 6 The Movement: “Jim Crow” Lytle, 26-51

Feb. 8 Liberal State: “Nuclear Arms & Race” Moody, 1- 215

Feb. 13 UNIT 1 EXAM: “The American Way of Life”
— 1945-1960

UNIT 2: “High Hopes” — 1960-1964

Feb. 15 Liberal State: “The Best and the Brightest” Lytle, 96-115

Feb. 20 Cold War: “On the Brink” Lytle, 51-71
RECORDED INTERVIEW
& TOPIC PAGE DUE

Feb. 22 The Movement: “Direct Action” Lytle, 72-95,
Moody, 216-end

Feb. 27 Vietnam: “Escalation” Herring, Ch. 1-3

Feb. 29 Popular Culture: “TV Families” Douglass, Ch. 3-4

Mar. 5 The Movement: “The Dream” Lytle, 116-140

Mar. 7 UNIT 2 EXAM: “High Hopes” — 1960-1964

SPRING BREAK MAR. 12-18, 2012 — CAMPUS CLOSED

UNIT 3: “The Great Society” — 1964-1968

Mar. 19 Liberal State: “The War on Poverty” Lytle, Ch. 7

Mar. 21 Vietnam: “War of Attrition” Herring, Ch. 4-5
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE

Mar. 26 The Movement: “Summer of Hate” Lytle, Ch. 8

Mar. 28 Popular Culture: “TV Families” Douglass, Ch. 5-6

Apr. 2 Vietnam: “Moms Against the War”

Apr. 4 The Movement: “Summer of Love” Lytle, Ch. 9

Apr. 9 UNIT 3 EXAM: “The Great Society” — 1964-1968

UNIT 4: “The Confidence Gap” -- 1968-1980

Apr. 11 “1968” Lytle, Ch. 10
Herring, Ch. 6

Apr. 16 “1968” Lytle, Ch. 11
Douglass, Ch. 7
MAKE-UP EXAM

Apr. 18 Vietnam: “Nixon's War” Herring, Ch. 7
OUTLINE DUE

Apr. 23 The Movement: “No Way Out of Here” Lytle, Ch. 12-13, 15
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW

Apr. 25 Popular Culture: “TV Families” Douglass, Ch. 8

Apr. 30 Liberal State: “Watergate” Herring, Ch. 8

May 2 The End: “The Conservative Counterattack” Lytle, Ch. 14, Epilogue
Douglass, Ch. 9
FINAL DRAFT DUE

May 7 UNIT 4 EXAM: “The Confidence Gap” — 1968-1980


HIST 2341-007	MW 12:00-1:20 pm
SYN 45946	RGC 025

Jan. 18	The Beginning: “The Atomic Age”
Jan. 23	Cold War: “The Iron Curtain”	Lytle, Ch. 1
Jan. 25	Cold War: “Blacklist”		SELECT RESPONDENT
Jan.. 30	Popular Culture: “Baby Boom”	Douglass, Ch. 1-2
Feb. 1	Popular Culture: “Rock and Roll”
Feb. 6	The Movement: “Jim Crow”	Lytle, 26-51
Feb. 8	Liberal State: “Nuclear Arms & Race”	Moody, 1- 215
Feb. 13	UNIT 1 EXAM: “The American Way of Life” — 1945-1960

Feb. 15	Liberal State: “The Best and the Brightest”	Lytle, 96-115
Feb. 20	Cold War: “On the Brink”	Lytle, 51-71	RECORDED INTERVIEW & TOPIC PAGE DUE
Feb. 22	The Movement: “Direct Action”	Lytle, 72-95, Moody, 216-end
Feb. 27	Vietnam: “Escalation”	Herring, Ch. 1-3
Feb. 29	Popular Culture: “TV Families”	Douglass, Ch. 3-4
Mar. 5	The Movement: “The Dream”	Lytle, 116-140
Mar. 7	UNIT 2 EXAM: “High Hopes” — 1960-1964

Mar. 19	Liberal State: “The War on Poverty”	Lytle, Ch. 7
Mar. 21	Vietnam: “War of Attrition”	Herring, Ch. 4-5	ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE
Mar. 26	The Movement: “Summer of Hate”	Lytle, Ch. 8
Mar. 28	Popular Culture: “TV Families”	Douglass, Ch. 5-6
Apr. 2	Vietnam: “Moms Against the War”
Apr. 4	The Movement: “Summer of Love”	Lytle, Ch. 9
Apr. 9	UNIT 3 EXAM: “The Great Society” — 1964-1968

Apr. 11	“1968”	Lytle, Ch. 10 Herring, Ch. 6
Apr. 16	“1968”	Lytle, Ch. 11 Douglass, Ch. 7	MAKE-UP EXAM
Apr. 18	Vietnam: “Nixon's War”	Herring, Ch. 7	OUTLINE DUE
Apr. 23	The Movement: “No Way Out of Here”	Lytle, Ch. 12-13, 15	LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW
Apr. 25	Popular Culture: “TV Families”	Douglass, Ch. 8
Apr. 30	Liberal State: “Watergate”	Herring, Ch. 8
May 2	The End: “The Conservative Counterattack”	Lytle, Ch. 14, Epilogue Douglass, Ch. 9	FINAL DRAFT DUE
May 7	UNIT 4 EXAM: “The Confidence Gap” — 1968-1980