"Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child." Cicero

Welcome to the homepage of

Jason Dikes
Adjunct Associate Professor

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History, Austin Community College

Phone: (512) 223-2000 Office: CYP Cypress Creek Campus, 1555 Cypress Creek Road, Cedar Park TX, 78613

Office Hrs for SUMMER I, 2009:
CYP Thurs: 10-11AM
Room #1104

EMAIL: jdikes@austincc.edu

"For I believe that out of the whole body of our past, out of our differences, our quarrels, our many interests and directions, something has emerged that is itself unique in the world: America---complicated, paradoxical, bullheaded, shy, cruel, boisterous, unspeakably dear, and very beautiful."

America and Americans
John Steinbeck


Search the Web (Internet search engines)… General Reference Website (encyclopedias, dictionaries, news headlines, how to find stuff, etc)…Today in History … How to write a research paper (step by step)…Austin,TX Information

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SPRING 2009 Courses

5.5 semester starting June 1 Synonym # 35338  

US History 2

In class at Cypress Creek 8 AM Monday-Thursday

 

Syllabus

Schedule

  Synonym# US History 1  

Syllabus

Schedule

 

         

STUDY GUIDES-there will be a separate study guide for each exam. I will hand out in class, but if you lose them, you can find extras here.

1302

Test 1

Test 2

Test 3

Test 4

 

Slides from Unit 1:
America Abroad
World War I

Slides from Unit 3:

Road to War

War in Europe 1942-44

D-Day

War in Europe 1944-45

George Kennan X Article analysis


Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
Leo Tolstoy

 

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS

Turning in Assignments

1. Assignment
Reading

2. Assignment
Reading

Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns
driven time and again off course, once he plundered
the hallowed heights of Troy.
Launch out on his story, Muse,
start from where you will—sing for our time too.
--The Odyssey
Homer

Austin Community College Links:

 

History Links:

ACC Homepage

 

Research Resources at ACC
 

 

History Cooperative (articles, teaching tools, etc.)
ACC Phone/email Directories

 

Historical Documents (treaties, constitutions, etc.)
ACC Libraries

 

History Organizations & Sites on the Web
ACC Campuses

 

U.S. National Archives
ACC Testing Centers

 

U.S. Library of Congress
ACC Course Schedule

 

 
 

 

Civil War links
 

 

Latino/Latin American History links
 

 

Native American History links
 

 

Western U.S. History links
ACC Student Services

 

 

Reference Links

 

 
How to write a research paper

 

 
Documenting sources (footnote format, etc.)

 

Statistics & Demographics

 

General Reference of all types