| HISTORY 21 CLASS SCHEDULE (WINTER 2003) | ||
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History 21 will meet according to the schedule listed below. So that you can get the most out of the lectures and class exercises you need do all the assigned reading listed for each day before the class meets unless otherwise noted. As with all courses at Furman we expect you to plan on spending at two to three hours a day outside of class time on reading and assignments. Included in this should be at least three hours each week throughout the term for your final term project.
Please note that the midterm examination and the film showings have been scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. These are regular class meetings and attendance is expected. Alternative times may be arranged only after consultation with me and with permission from the Associate Dean's office.
Students with disabilities who need academic accommodations should contact the Susan Clark, Coordinator of Disability Services, (2998) immediately. After an meeting with the Coordinator, contact me during my office hours. Don't procrastinate: do this EARLY in the term.
All required online documents and on-line discussions can be reached by clicking the links on this web page. Some articles may require you to be logged into a Furman account in order to be accessed. Except where indicated, all "On-Line Tutor" materials listed in the textbook are optional. You may find the (optional) "On-line quiz and chapter summary" for each chapter to be helpful.
| Date | Topic | Assignment |
| Week One: | ||
| Jan. 6 | Welcome; What is Historiography? | Please post a brief autobiography and description of your interests (2 paragraph minimum) on the Class Message Board. |
| Jan. 7 |
Recent Historiographical Trends | Davidson and Lytle (D & L), After the Fact, Introduction, Prologue |
| Jan. 8 |
Pre-Columbian America and the Encounter | Tindall, Shi, and Pearcy (T, S, & P), 1-27 |
| Jan. 9 | No class meeting today | (Work on your library scavenger hunt exercise and Friday's readings.) | Jan. 10 | Colonial Precedents: the South and Slavery | T, S, & P), 28-36; On-line Topic: "The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade"; D & L, Chapter One. (Library scavenger hunt exercise answers due at class time.) |
| Week Two: | ||
| Jan. 13 (Arrowhead) |
Colonial Precedents: New England and the Middle Colonies | T, S, & P, 36-42; D & L, Chapter Two |
| Jan. 14 (Bison) | Refinement, Awakening, and Enlightenment | T, S, & P, 42-46 |
| Jan. 15 (Corn) | Background to Revolution | T, S, & P, 47-76; D & L, Chapter Three |
| Jan. 16 | The American Revolution | T, S, & P, 77-95; A topic proposal and preliminary bibliography need to be posted on the Class Message Board by 8:00 p.m. |
| Jan. 17 (All groups) | The Meaning of Revere's Ride (discussion) | Fischer, Paul Revere's Ride (Be sure to read all parts, including the section on historiography, 327-344.) |
| Week Three | ||
| Jan. 20 (Arrowhead) | Building a New Nation | T, S, & P, 97-144; On-line Topic: "The Constitutional Convention;" Lance Banning, "Review of J. Rakove, Original Meanings, in William and Mary Quarterly (3d series) (April 1997), 444-446 |
| Jan. 21 (Bison) | Jacksonian America | T, S, & P, 145-193; D & L, Chapter Four |
| Jan. 22 (Corn) | Revivalists, Reformers, and Writers | T, S, & P, 194-208 |
| Jan. 23 (Arrowhead) | Slavery and Antislavery and the Historians | T, S, & P, 227-240; D & L, Chapter Seven; Life of Josiah Henson pp. iii-10; S.C. Methodist Conf. Statement on Abolition; Will of Thomas Crayton, Greenville County, S.C. (1824); Rules for Slaves (1839) |
| Jan. 24 (Bison) | Slavery Expansion and the Causes of Civil War | T, S, & P, 209-226; 241-262; Mississippi Secession Declaration; Letter to the Citizens of the Greenville District; Resolutions from Merriwether County, Georgia; New York Tribune on Southern Grievances; Rochester Union, "Why we Must Fight" |
| Week Four: | ||
| Jan. 27 (Corn) | Civil War and Reconstruction | T, S, & P, 263-306 |
| Jan. 28 | Evening Exam | Mid-Term Exam: 6:00 p.m. |
| Jan. 29 | American Regions, Corporate Innovations and Worker Rights | T, S, & P, 307-339; John McClymer, "Late Nineteenth Century American Working-Class Living Standards" Journal of Interdisciplinary History (Autumn 1986), 379-398; Manifesto of the International Working Peoples' Association |
| Jan. 30 (Arrowhead) | Immigrants, Cities, and the new Social Theories | T, S, & P, 341-360; D & L, Chapter Eight |
| Jan. 31 (All groups) | The Custer Myth (discussion) | Leckie, Elizabeth Bacon Custer |
| Week Five: | ||
| Feb. 3 (Bison) | Gilded Age and Progressive Politics | T, S, & P, 362-378, 394-409; D & L, Chapter Nine |
| Feb. 4 (Corn) | Imperialism, Wilson, and the Recasting America's Foreign Policy | T, S, & P, 379-393, 410-428 |
| Feb. 5 | The Twenties (Arrowhead) | T, S, & P, 430-449 |
| Feb. 6 (Bison) | The Depression | T, S, & P, 449-466; Evening showing of The Grapes of Wrath |
| Feb. 7 (Corn) | The New Deal | T, S, & P, 466-473; D & L, Chapter Eleven |
| Week Six: | ||
| Feb. 10 | The Second World War | T, S, & P, 475-508; D & L, Chapter Twelve |
| Feb. 11 | The Truman Era and the Origins of the Cold War | T, S, & P, 509-527; All final papers due today in class. |
| Feb. 12 (Arrowhead) | The Civil Rights Struggle | T, S, & P, 529-560 |
| Feb. 13 (Bison) | Vietnam, a Crooked President, and the Stagflation Crisis | T, S, & P, 561-588; D & L, Chapters Fourteen and Fifteen |
| Feb. 14 (Corn) | The Conservative Backlash | T, S, & P, 588-608 |
| Week Eight: | ||
| Feb. 17 (All groups) | The Suburban Frontier (discussion) | Baxandall, et al, Picture Windows |
| Feb. 18 | New Left Historiography and the "Cultural Turn" | T, S, & P, 609-627 |
| Feb. 19 | The Meaning of America | ----- |
| Assignment | Due Date | Contribution to Grade |
| Scavenger Hunt | 9 Jan. | 3 % |
| Paper Topic Proposal | 16 Jan. | 3 |
| Mid-Term Examination | 28 Jan., 6:00 p.m. | 22 |
| Research Paper | 11 February | 22 |
| Online Submissions | Weeks 1-7 | 10 |
| Online Engagement and Exchange | Weeks 1-7 | 4 |
| In-class discussions, exercises, and participation | Daily | 8 |
| Comprehensive Final Examination | Friday Feb. 21, 8:30 a.m. | 28 |
Note: The instructor reserves the right to change any provisions, due dates, grading percentages, and all other items without prior notice. The schedule was last updated on 8 January 2003.