History 410
Spring 2010
Professor Putman
History 410 Schedule and Readings
ORIGINS
OF MODERN AMERICA
1/18
THE DISCIPLINE OF HISTORY
Mon. NO CLASS-MLK HOLIDAY
Wed.. Introduction
Fri.
Blackboard
: “Thelen, History after the Enola
Gay Controversy”
AFT, “Prologue”
MPAH, Introduction to Students, pp. xix-xxii
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1/25
RECONSTRUCTION AND THE AMERICAN WEST
Mon.
Sample Group Presentation: Reconstruction
Prof.
Putman's Sample Reconstruction Lesson Plan
MPAH, Hahn and Blight Essays Reconstruction Discussion
Wed. MPAH,
"Billington and Limerick Essays West Discussion
MPAH Doc: "Frederick Jackson Turner Articulates the Frontier Thesis"
Web
site: “Red Cloud's Speech”
Web site: " Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
(Read all sections)
Fri.
Group Presentation: American West
Reader: "California Social Science Standards"
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2 /1
INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
Mon.
Group Presentation: Capital and Labor in the Age of Industrialization
Industrial America Lesson Plan
Wed.
ECR: Brown, "Reading
the 1894 Pullman Strike
Industrialization Discussion
Blackboard: "The Industrial Revolution: A Teaching Challenge"
MPAH Doc: "Immigrant Thomas O'Donnell Laments the Plight of the
Worker"
MPAH Doc: "Steel Magnate Andrew Carnegie Preaches a Gospel of Wealth"
Fri.
MPAH, Handlin and Wyman Essays Immigration Discussion
Primary Source handouts
Why use Primary Sources
Using Primary Sources
Teaching with Primary Sources
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2/8
AMERICA AT
THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
Mon.
Group Presentation: Critical '90sFarmers' Protest and American Imperialism
Wed.
MPAH, Bederman and Stephanson Essays American at Turn of Century Discussion
Web Site: "
March of the Flag 1898"
MPAH Doc:
"The American Anti-Imperialist League Denounces U.S. Policy"
ECR:
James MacGregor Burns, “The Populist Protest”
Populist Protest Disc
Web
Site: Liittlefield,
The Wizard of Oz and American Populism
Fri. Video:
"Coney Island"
Coney Island History Website
The American Experience Coney Island
Textbook Analysis Paper
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2/15
PROGRESSIVISM
Mon. Group
Presentation: Progressive Era and Urban America
Progressive Era Lesson Plan
Wed. MPAH,
Rodgers Essay Progressivism Discussion
ECR: "The Progressive Movement: Elitist or Democratic"
Web Site: “The
Jungle”
AFT, Ch.
9
Fri. Scharff, pp. 1-88 Gender and Progressive Era Disc
MPAH Doc: "Social Worker Jane Addams Advocates Civic Housekeeping"
Web Site: "The Revolution in Women's Work Makes
Votes for Women a Practical Necessity"
Bonus site: Anti-Suffrage Pamphlet
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COMING TO GRIPS WITH MODERN AMERICA
2 /22
WORLD WAR AND RED SCARE
Mon.
Group Presentation: World War I and First Red Scare WWI/Red Scare Lesson Plan
Wed. MPAH, MacDougall and Pastor Essays WWI Discussion
ECR: Putman, "The Demise of Seattle's Progressive Spirit"
Web
Site: Abrams v. US (1919)
Web Site: “The
League of Nations Debated”
Fri. AFT,
Ch. 11 Nativism and Conflicting Values Discussion
ECR : Gould, “The Hereditary Theory of IQ”
MPAH, Larson Essay
MPAH Doc:
"The Ku Klux Klan Defines Americanism"
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3/1
THE ROARING 20s
Mon.
Group Presentation: Race, Gender, and Culture in the Roaring 20s
Wed. ECR:: Broesamle, "Cast
Down Your Bucket"
Race and 20s America Discussion
ECR: Takaki, "El Norte: The Borderland of Chicano
America"
Web Site: “Enter
the New Negro”
Web Site: “Sir I Will Thank You with All My Heart”
Seven Letters from the Great Migration
Fri. Scharff,
pp. 89-end 20s Culture Discussion questions
MPAH, Fass Essay
MPAH Doc: "A Survey Examines the Morals of High School Students, 1924"
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3/8
DEPRESSION
AND NEW DEAL
Mon.
Group Presentation: Depression and New Deal
Wed.
ECR: Watkins, “Under Hoover, The Shame and Misery Deepened
Depression America Disc
AFT,
Ch. 1
2
MPAH
Doc: "President Herbert Hoover Applauds Limited Government"
Web Site: The Beuschers Remember the Great Depression
and “Dear Mrs. Roosevelt”
Fri. MPAH, Kennedy
and Higgs Essays New Deal Discussion
Web Site: FDR Cartoons
CBN, Ch. 1
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GLOBAL FORCE IN THE AGE OF COLD WAR
3/
15
WORLD WAR I I AND ORIGINS OF COLD WAR
Mon:
Group Presentation: WWII and Origins of the Cold War
WWII/Cold War Lesson Plan
Wed. MPAH,
Brinkley Essay WWII
Discussion
ECR: Takaki,
"Through a Glass Darkly"
Web Site: “Rosie the Riveters”
CBN, Ch.2
Fri.
MPAH Lafeber and Gaddis Essays Cold War Discussion
CBN, Ch. 3
Web Site: Kennan's Telegram
MPAH Doc: "Sec. of Commerce Henry A. Wallace Questions the "Get Tough"
Policy"
3/22
MCCARTHYISM
AND AMERICAN CULTURE IN THE 50S
Mon Group Presentation: McCarthyism and 50s Culture
Wed. MPAH,
Coontz Essays Discussion Questions
CBN, Ch. 5-6
ECR: Goodson, “Post World War II Red Scare”
Web Site: Douglas, "The
Black Silence of Fear"
Fri. FURLOUGH DAY--NO CLASS
3/29-4/2 SPRING BREAK
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4/5 CIVIL RIGHTS AND IDENTITY POLITICS
Mon. Group Presentation: Civil Rights and
Identity Politics Discussion Questions
Wed.
MPAH, Garrow and Skrentny Essays
AFT, Ch. 15
ECR: "Some Abstract Thing Called Freedom"
Web site: “Amicus
Curiae Brief on Brown v. Board of Education”
Web Site: “Carmichael Black Power Speech”
MPAH Doc: "Mexican Americans Form "La Raza Unida""
Fri Film: Seeds of the 60s
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4/12
VIETNAM AND 60S LIBERALISM
Mon. MPAH, McNamara, et. al. and Buzzanco Essays Vietnam War Discussion
ECR: "Causation and the Lesson of History: Explaining America's Longest
War"
AFT, Ch. 17
MPAH Doc: "Undersecretary of State George Ball Advocates Compromise"
Wed.
60s Slide Show
ECR: Katznelson, Was the Great Society a Lost Opportunity”
60s Liberalism Discussion
CBN, Ch. 7 Comic Book
Nation , Ch. 7 Discussion
Fri ECR: "The Contradictory Legacy of the Sixties"
Discussion Questions
Blackboard: "1968"
MPAH Doc: "Young Americans for Freedom Draft a Conservative Manifesto"
MPAH Doc: "Students for a Democratic Society Advance a Reform
Agenda"
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4/19
FEMINISM
AND HIPPIES
Mon.
Film:
Behind the Music--1968
Research Paper Due / ProQuest Historical Newspaper link
Wed.
ECR:
Spann, "Counterculture" Discussion Questions
Blackboard: Ozersky, "The Demographic Imperative"
CBN, Ch. 8
Fri.
AFT, Ch. 14 Discussion Questions
ECR : Evans, "Cracks in the Mold"
Blackboard: "Genies and Witches"
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4/26
BACKLASH AND THE RISE OF THE NEW RIGHT
Mon. MPAH, Carter Essay Discussion Questions
ECR: Martin, "Culture War"
ECR: Story and Laurie, "Expanding the Base"
Video: All in the Family episode
Wed. ECR: Lemann, “How the Seventies Changed America”
Discussion Questions
AFT,
Ch. 16
MPAH Doc: "Senator Sam J. Ervin Explains the Watergate Crimes"
Video: VH1: Studio 54
Facebook Project Proposal Due
Fri. ECR: Edsall,
"The Mobilization of American Business"
80s Discussion Questions
E-Reserves:
Tygiel, "Stay the Course"
CBN, Ch. 9
5/3
THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND AMERICAN SOCIETY
Mon. Blackboard: "Chalk, Talk, and Videotape" Discussion Questions
Blackboard: "Digital History in the History Classroom"
Blackboard: Teaching History with Film and TV[SKIP THIS READING]
ECR: "Turbulent Times: 1960-1975" Teaching Strategy
Lessons from the Screen [READ THIS INSTEAD]
Wed.. ECR: Schlesinger, "Some Lessons from the Cold War" Discussion Questions
Blackboard: Rossinow and Lowen, "The End of the Cold War"
Fri.. ECR: "Will History Consider William Jefferson Clinton a Good President"
Blackboard: "War, Terrorism, and Our Classrooms"
5/8
TEACHING HISTORY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Mon. Web Site:
A
Decade of Debate: Improving Content and Interest in History Education
Web Site:
"Statement of Excellent Classroom Teaching of History
Web Site:
"The
Pleasures of Teaching History
Web Site: "Interviews
with Doris Meadows, Maurice Butler, and Bill Bigelow"
Wed. Course Wrap-up
Reflections Essay Due
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Final: Wednesday, May 19th (10:30am-12:30pm): Facebook Project Demonstration
**Schedule
subject to change
