Week 0: Introductions
August 22
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Introduction to the course |
Week 1: Wild New world
August 30 and September 1 |
Reading:
Due before class on Tuesday:
Thursday Quiz #1:
To Consider: |
Week 2: contacts and colonies
September 3, 5 |
Reading:
Due before class Tuesday:
Thursday Quiz #2:
To Consider:
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Week 3: The American frontier
September 10, 12 |
Reading:
Due before class Tuesday:
Due before class Thursday:
Thursday Quiz #3
Tuesday: Response Paper Workshop To Consider: |
Week 4: becoming Americans
September 17, 19 |
Reading:
Thursday Quiz #4
To Consider: |
Week 5: rebellion
September 24, 26 |
Reading:
Tuesday: Response Paper Workshop Thursday Quizzam #1
Due before Class Thursday Response Paper #2: The American Revolution as a failure of empire.
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Week 6: comancheria
October 1, 3 |
Reading:
Due before Class Tuesday:
Thursday Quiz #5: Lepore Chapter 4 |
Week 7: the empire of texas
October 15, 17 |
Reading: Hahn, Chapters 1-3
Due before class on Tuesday: Paragraph summaries of Hahn |
Week 8: Americans
October 22 |
Reading: Lepore, Chapter 4 Quiz Tuesday #6: Lepore and Doyle Due before class Tuesday Response Paper #3:
Thursday: No class |
Week 9: republicanism
October 29, 31 |
Reading: Lepore, Chapter 5 Discussion: Native Representation in These Truths Ned Blackhawk, “The Iron Cage of Erasure: American Indian Sovereignty in Jill Lepore’s These TruthsChristine DeLucia, The Vanishing Indians of “These Truths”: A popular history of the United States has a notable omission. |
Week 10: Slavery and American capitalism
November 5, |
Reading:
Due before class on Tuesday: Baptist Article Summary #2 (Group B) Due before class on Thursday: Response Paper #4: Slavery and the development of American capitalism Thursday Quizzam #2
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Week 11: Borderlands of empire
November 12, 14 |
Reading: Baumgartner, “The Line of Positive Safety” Quiz #8 Tuesday: Baumgartner Due before class on Tuesday: Baumgartner Article Summary #3 (Group A) |
Week 12: civil war
November 19, 21 |
Reading:
Reading:
Quiz #9: Turner, West, Lepore Due before class on Thursday: West Article Summary #3 (Group B) |
Week 13: The Bowie Knife frontier
November 26 |
Reading:
Quiz #10: Turner, West, Lepore Due before class on Tuesday: West Article Summary #3 (Group B) |
Week 14: The Greater Reconstruction
December 2, 4 |
Reading: Due before Tuesday Response Paper #5: FJT and the vision of the frontier Quizzam #3: Takehome. Due December 7th by 5:00 pm.
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Final Response Paper (#6) due by 2:30 December 12Subject: Reconstruction as a failure of will. |
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