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History 410
Spring 2010
Professor Putman

Gateway

 History 410 Syllabus

History 410 Schedule and Readings

 

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After the Fact—AFT
image Major Problems in American History—MPAH
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Electronic Course Reserves--ECR
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Comic Book NationCBN

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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  A 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