Fall 2022 Class Schedule
For the readings, click on the image which will direct you to the corresponding chapter In The American Yawp
August 22: Introduction
Watch Intro video and Read Syllabus
Syllabus Quiz due August 23, 2022 at 11:59PM on D2L
August 24: Capital and Labor
Read American Yawp, “Capital and Labor”
Primary Source: Henry George, Progress and Poverty, Selections (1879)
Blog Post #1 Due Friday, August 26 at 11:59pm on D2L
August 29: Native Americans and the American West
Read, American Yawp, “The West,” Part I, II, III, IV
Primary Source: Frederick Jackson Turner, “Significance of the Frontier in American History” (1893)
August 31: Native Americans and the American West
Read, American Yawp, “The West,” V, VI, VII, VIII
Primary Source: Turning Hawk and American Horse on the Wounded Knee Massacre (1890/1891)
Possible Movie to Review:
Hostiles (2017, Rent on Prime)
Blog Post #2 Due Friday, Sept. 2 at 11:59pm on D2L
September 5: Labor Day
Take a break!
September 7: Life in Industrial America
Read, American Yawp, “Life in Industrial America,” I, II, III, IV, V, VI
Primary Source: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, “Lynch Law in America,” (1900)
Primary Source: Jacob Riis, How The Other Half Lives (1890)
Blog Post #3 Due on Friday, Sept. 9 at 11:59pm on D2L
September 12: American Empire
Read, American Yawp, “American Empire,” I, II, III, IV
Primary Source: School Begins (1899)
September 14: American Empire
Read, American Yawp, “American Empire,” V, VI, VII
Primary Source: Rudyard Kipling, “The White Man’s Burden” (1899)
Primary and Secondary Source Quiz Due Friday September 16 at 11:59pm on D2L:
Watch this video that describes the differences between primary and secondary sources. Go onto D2L and take the short quiz based off the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU0fAhss-yg.
Blog Post #4 Due
Friday Sept. 16 at 11:59pm on D2L.
September 19: The Progressive Era
Read, American Yawp, “The Progressive Era,” I, II, III, IV
September 21: The Progressive Era
Read, American Yawp, “The Progressive Era,” V, VI, VII
Primary Source: Theodore Roosevelt on “The New Nationalism” (1910)
Blog Post #5 Due Friday Sept. 23 at 11:59pm on D2L.
September 26: World War I and Its Aftermath
Read, American Yawp, “World War I & Its Aftermath,” I, II, III, IV, V
September 26: World War I and Its Aftermath
Read, American Yawp, “World War I & Its Aftermath,” VI, VII, VIII, IX, X
Primary Source: The Sedition Act of 1918
Blog Post #6 Due Friday Sept. 30 at 11:59pm on D2L.
October 3: The New Era
Read, American Yawp, “The New Era,” I, II, III, IV, V
October 5: The New Era
Read, American Yawp, “The New Era,” VI, VII, VIII, IX, X
Primary Source: Ellen Welles Page, “A Flapper’s Appeal to Parents” (1922)
Blog Post #7 Due Friday Oct. 7 at 11:59pm on D2L.
October 10: The Great Depression
Read, American Yawp, “The Great Depression,” I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII
Primary Source: Bonus Army Routed (1932)
Possible Films to Review:
Lawless (2012, Rent on Prime)
O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000, Rent on Prime)
Capone (2020, On Kanopy)
October 12: The Great Depression
Read, American Yawp, “The Great Depression,” VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII
Primary Source: Second Inaugural Address of FDR (1937)
Blog Post #8 Due
Friday Oct. 14 at 11:59pm on D2L.
October 17: World War II
Read, American Yawp, “World War II,” I, II, III, IV, V
Primary Source: A. Phillip Randolph and FDR on Racial Discrimination in the Defense Industry (1941)
October 19: World War II
Read, American Yawp, “World War II,” VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI
Primary Source: Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga on Japanese Internment (1942/1994)
Secondary Source Analysis, Due Friday October 21 on D2L. Read (on D2L) Richard Polenberg, “The Good War? A Reappraisal of how World War II Affected American Society,” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 100, No. 3 (1992): 295-322. In 2-3 pages, answer the following prompt(s): What makes this a secondary source? What are Polenberg’s major takeaways? After reading and despite your own view of the conflict, should we consider World War II to be a “Good War”?
October 24: The Cold War
October 26: The Cold War
Read, American Yawp, “The Cold War,” VI, V, IV
Primary Source: “Duck and Cover” (1951)
Possible Film to review: October Sky (1999)
Blog Post #9 Due
Friday Oct. 28 at 11:59pm on D2L.
October 31: The Affluent Society
Read, American Yawp, “The Affluent Society,” I, II, III
Primary Source: Rosa Parks on Life in Montgomery, Alabama (1956-1958)
Possible Film to review:
A Good Day to Die (2011, Kanopy)
The Butler (2013, on Netflix)
42 (2013, on Netflix)
Mudbound (2017, on Netflix)
November 2: The Affluent Society
Read, American Yawp, “The Affluent Society,” IV, V, VI, VII
Primary Source: Congressman Arthur L. Miller Gives “the Putrid Facts” about Homosexuality” (1950)
Possible film to review:
Hidden Figures (2017, Rent on Prime)
Son of the South (2021, on Kanopy)
Blog Post #10 Due Friday Nov. 4 at 11:59pm on D2L
November 7: The Sixties
Read, American Yawp, “The Sixties,” I, II, III, IV
Primary Source: Women’s Liberation March 1970
November 9: The Sixties
Read, American Yawp, “The Sixties,” V, VI, VII, VIII
Primary Source: Fannie Lou Hamer: Testimony at the Democratic National Convention 1964
Possible film to review:
October Sky (1999, Rent on Prime)
Blog Post #11 Due
Friday Nov. 11 at 11:59pm on D2L.
November 14: The Unraveling
Read, American Yawp, “The Unraveling,” I, II, III, IV, V
Primary Source: Native Americans Occupy Alcatraz (1969)
Possible Film to review:
A Good Day to Die (2011, Kanopy)
November 16: The Unraveling
Read, American Yawp, “The Unraveling,” VI, VII, VIII, IX
Blog Post #12 “Historical Site Review” Due
Friday Nov. 18 at 11:59pm on D2L.
November 21: Triumph of the Right
Read, American Yawp, “The Triumph of the Right,” VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI
Primary Source: Statement from AIDS Patients (1983)
November 23: Thanksgiving Break
Enjoy some food and take a break!
November 28: The Recent Past
Read, American Yawp, “The Recent Past,” I, II, III, IV, V
November 30: The Recent Past
Read, American Yawp, “The Recent Past,” VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI
Primary Source: Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
Possible film to review:
Spotlight (2015, Rent on Prime)
More Than A Word (2017, on Kanopy)
Primary Source Analysis Paper Due Friday, December 2 at 11:59pm on D2L.
Film Review must be submitted on December 2 at 11:59pm on D2L.
Final Exam
Final Quiz: this will be a short multiple-choice quiz that addresses questions from the entire course.
Take before Wednesday Dec. 7 on D2L