Syllabus

History 1302

Section 07492 LEC 103

August 27	Orientation, Distribution of Course Materials
August 29	Discussion, "Walter P. Webb's Great Plains Thesis"
September 5	Discussion of Reading Objectives, Chapters 16-18
September 10	Discussion, "Agricultural Problems and Gild Age Politics"
September 12	Discussion, "Populism and Political Realignment"
September 17	Discussion of Reading Objectives, Chapters 19-20
September 19	UNIT 1 EXAM
September 24	Discussion, "America Acquires An Empire"
September 26	Discussion, "The Moderate Constituencies and Demands of Progressivism," pt. 1
October 1	Discussion, "The Moderate Constituencies and Demands of Progressivism," pt. 2
October 3	Discussion of Reading Objectives, Chapters 21-23
October 8	Discussion of "Hicks and Slicks"
October 10	Discussion of Reading Objectives, Chapters 24-25
October 15	UNIT 2 EXAM
October 17	Discussion, "The Crash and Early Depression"
October 22	Video, Surviving the Dust Bowl
October 24	Discussion, "The New Deal or Radical Change"
October 29	Video, Hoover Dam
October 31	Discussion of Reading Objectives, Chapter 26
November 5	Discussion, "The Strange Alliance and Onset of Cold War"
November 7	Discussion of Reading Objectives, Chapter 27
November 12	Discussion of Reading Objectives, Chapter 28
November 14	UNIT 3 EXAM
November 19	Discussion, "When All The Experts Got It Wrong"
November 21	Presentation, "When The Time Is Right: Lyndon Johnson, Civil Rights, and Political Pragmatism"
November 26	Discussion, "The Second American Civil Rights Revolution"
November 28	Discussion of Reading Objectives, Chapters 29-30
December 3	Discussion, "Vietnam: Entrapment"
December 5	Discussion of Reading Objectives, Chapter 31
December 10	Dead Day, Study Session
December 12	UNIT 4 EXAM