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Course Time and
Place:
Lectures: Wednesday 10:30
a.m. to 11:45 a.m.,
(note room change)
Sections: Mondays or Wednesdays
Required
Readings:
Herbert G. Gutman, et.
al., Who Built America?, v. 2 (WBA)
James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
Online readings as assigned
Grading:
Class
participation: (10%) assessed by attendance and
active participation in class
First
paper: (15%)
Due February 10th in lecture
Midterm: (25%) March 10th in lecture
Second
paper: (20%)
Due April 7th in lecture
Final exam: (30%) May 12th in lecture
Course Schedule:
Week 1: Jan.
25-29
Assigned Reading:
WBA, Introduction and Ch. 1
Section: Course Introduction
Lecture: The End of the Civil War
Week 2: Feb. 1-5
Assigned Reading:
Reconstruction
Online Unit
Guide
to Citation
Guide
to using Primary Sources
Guide
to Writing the Paper
Assignment: Work on
Paper #1
No section or lecture meeting; Extended office
hours
Week 3: Feb.
8-12
Assigned Reading:
WBA, Ch. 2
Assignment: Paper #1 due in lecture
Section: Discuss paper and readings
Lecture: Industrial
Labor
Week 4: Feb.
15-19
Assigned Reading:
WBA, Ch. 3
Assignment: Imperialism
Online Unit
Section: Class discussion on Imperialism
Lecture: No lecture meeting; Extended office hours
Week 5: Feb.
22-26
Assigned Reading:
WBA, Chs. 4 and 5
Assignment: Free
Speech Online
Unit
Section: No section meeting; Extended office
hours
Lecture: Progressivism
Week 6: Mar. 1-5
Assigned Reading:
WBA, Chs. 6 and 7
Assignment: 1930s
Photography Online
Unit
Section: Midterm Review
Lecture: Depression and New Deal
Week 7: Mar.
8-12
Section: No section
meeting; Extended office hours
Lecture: Midterm Exam
Week 8: Mar.
15-19
Spring Break
Week 9: Mar.
22-26
Assigned Reading:
WBA, Ch. 9
Section: No section meeting; Extended office hours
Lecture: America at War: The Homefront
Week 10: Mar. 29-April
2
Assigned Reading:
Hiroshima
Online Unit
Assignment: Work on Paper #2
No section or lecture meeting; Extended office
hours
Week 11: April
5-9
Assigned Reading:
WBA, Ch. 10
Assignment: Paper #2 due in lecture
Section: Cold War and McCarthyism
Lecture: Rockin' Around the Suburbs
Week 12: April
12-16
Assigned Reading:
James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
Section: Discussion on The Fire Next
Time
Lecture: The Civil Rights Movement
Week 13: April
19-23
Assigned Reading:
WBA, Ch. 11
Assignment: Vietnam
Online Unit
Section: Discussion on the Counterculture
Lecture: No lecture meeting; Extended office hours
Week 14: April
26-30
Assigned Reading:
WBA, Ch. 12
Section: Watergate
Lecture: The Reagan Era
Week 15: May 3-7
Assignment:
Anita
Hill Online Unit
Section: Final Exam Review
Lecture: No lecture meeting; Extended office hours
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Michael
O'Malley
Phone: 993-2157
e-mail: momalle3@gmu.edu
Office Hours: Robinson B375
Monday 2-4
Wednesday 12-1
and by appointment
Suzanne
Smith
Phone: 993-2147
e-mail: smisuze@gmu.edu
Office Hours: Robinson B345
Monday 2-4 p.m.,
Wednesday 1-3,
and by appointment
Course
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