HIST 101 Course Schedule

Course Schedule

Identifications are linked to weekly lecture topics. You are responsible for knowing the following about all Identifications.

There are three essential parts to each 5 point Identifcation:
1) when? (within a decade--1 point) 2) the facts? (generally 1-2 sentences---keep this section brief--1 point) 3) historical significance? (What does this event represent that helps us to understand the times?--3 points) *

You should also plan to use Indentifications in your essays as specific historical examples that support your more general points (argument).

Knowing the Identifications, especially the historical significance, will take you a long way toward doing well in this course.

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Month	Lecture Topics, Reading Assignments, Identifications, Quiz and Exam Dates Online quizzes available under the "Quizzes" button on the Blackboard website click on the "ID" links to access the Identifications list for each lecture topic		IDs	Announced Online Quizzes see due dates and time below
September	Week 1 ( 9/2-5)	Introduction and The Age of Empire and Colonizing British North America Read: Foner, pp.1-35 (for Friday) and John Winthrop's City upon a Hill (for Friday)	IDs1-2
	Week 2 (9/9-11)	Empires and Enlightenment The Survey is on Blackboard under "Quizzes" Read: Foner, pp.36-148 Optional: Court case: The Salem Witch Trials http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm	IDs3	Survey ---due by 9:00 am Friday 9/11 The Survey will be available on 9/4
	Week 4 (9/14-18)	From Protest to Rebellion Read: Foner, pp.149-168 and The Boston Massacre Trials http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/bostonmassacre/bostonmassacre.html Optional: This week's featured court case: John Peter Zenger http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/zenger/zenger.html	IDs4	Quiz 1 ---due by 9:00 am Friday 9/18 available on 9/11
	Week 5 (9/21-25)	From Rebellion to Independence Read: Foner, pp. 169-210 The Declaration of Independence (online) (http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html) Who did the founding fathers expect to read the Declaration of Independence? What are the specific complaints in the document and how do they relate to the events and topics leading up to the eventual separation from Great Britain? Listen and Read: The Rebels and The Liberty Song (online)	IDs4	Quiz 2 ---REVISED DUE DATE for both Discussion Board POSTING and QUIZ 2: 9:00 am MONDAY 9/28 This week you are also required to post a brief essay to your Group Discussion Board available on 9/18
September/October	Week 6 (9/28-30, 10/2)	The American Revolution MIDTERM EXAMINATION I --- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 Midterm I Study Guilde mid	IDs5	MIDTERM FRIDAY, 10/2
October	Week 7 (10/5-9)	Building a Nation Read: Foner 211-240 Read: Articles of Confederation (online) http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/artconf.asp U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights (online) http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights.html Read: The Constitutional Convention (online) http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters_of_freedom_6.html Useful optional websites: The Founders (biographies) America in the 1780s--Critical Period	IDs6	Quiz 3 ---due by 9:00 am Friday 10/9 posted on Monday, 10/5
	Week 8 (10/12-16)	America's First Party System: Federalists and Republicans Read: Foner, pp. 241-274 Useful optional websites: Maps of the L&C Trail http://www.nps.gov/lecl/planyourvisit/upload/lecl%20map.pdf Interactive online map http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/trailmap/index.html Members of the Corps of Discovery http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/idx_corp.html Bison in America http://www.lewis-clark.org/content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=423 “Discovering Lewis and Clark” website (Univ. of Montana) http://www.lewis-clark.org/content/content-tableofcontents.asp	IDs7	Quiz 5 ---online quiz due by 9:00 am Friday 10/16 posted on Friday, 10/9
	Week 8 (10/19-23)	The New Economy? Read: Foner, pp. 274-302	IDs8	Quiz 6--online quiz due by 9:00 am Friday 10/23 posted on Friday, 10/16
	Week 9 (10/26-30)	Democratizing America? Read: Foner, pp.303-336 Useful optional websites: Worcester v. Georgia and The Trail of Tears and Life on the Overland Trail and The Donner Party and Manifest Destiny and The Mexican War	IDs9	Quiz 7--online quiz due by 9:00 am Friday 10/30 posted on Friday, 10/23
November	Week 10 (11/2-6)	Slavery and King Cotton Read: Foner, pp.337-366, 378-388 Read: court case: The Amistad Trials http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/amistad/AMISTD.HTM MIDTERM II STUDY GUIDE	IDs10	Quiz 8--Take home essay quiz, due 11/6
	Week 11 (11/9-13) MIDTERM EXAMINATION II, Friday, November 13	Reformers and the Meanings of American Freedom Read: Foner, pp.367-377,388-396 Read: the Declaration of Sentiments MIDTERM II STUDY GUIDE	IDs11	MIDTERM EXAMINATION II, Friday, November 13
	Week 12 (11/16-11/20)	A Divided Nation Read: Foner, pp.397-420 *READ: CELIA, A SLAVE* for MONDAY 11/30**	IDs12	Quiz 9--online quiz posted on Tuesday, 11/17
	Week 13 (11-23-25)	A Divided Nation, cont'd Read: Foner, pp.421-436 Read: court case: John Brown v. Virginia http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/johnbrown/brownhome.html *READ: CELIA, A SLAVE* for Monday, 11/30**	IDs12	Quiz 10--in-class quiz for Wednesday November 25 (online version available after Wed and due by Friday midnight)
December	Week 14 (11/30-12/4)	The Civil War Read: Foner, pp. 437-474 Read: The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments: http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.table.html#amendments http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters_of_freedom_11.html http://ecssba.rutgers.edu/docs/sbatrial.html http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html 15th Amendment Documents http://www.msa.md.gov/dtroy/project/index.html This week's featured court case: Henry Wirz Trial http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Wirz/Wirz.htm	IDs13	Quiz 11 online quiz posted Monday, November 30 Due by Friday, December 4 9:00 am
	Week 15 (12/7-11)	The Civil War, cont'd, and Reconstruction Read: Foner, pp.475-509 The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments: http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.table.html#amendments http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters_of_freedom_11.html http://ecssba.rutgers.edu/docs/sbatrial.html http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html 15th Amendment Documents http://www.msa.md.gov/dtroy/project/index.html Read: court case: Andrew Johnson's Impeachment http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTRIALS/impeach/impeachmt.htm Read: court case: The Lincoln Assassination Trials http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lincolnconspiracy/lincolnconspiracy.html	IDs14	TBA
	Week 16 (12/14-17)	Defining Freedom in a Re-newed United States Read: TBA	TBA	TBA
	FINAL EXAMINATION, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 10:30 am-12:30 pm

Make Up Policy
Requests for make-ups must be made by midnight the day the examination is scheduled. Students will not be permitted to use a "test aid" during make-up examinations. If you miss a midterm or the final and do not notify me in advance, you may not take a makeup. If you take a make-up for either the midterms or the final, you may NOT use a test aid. Warning: I am strict about this policy.

HIST 101 - 0101 American History to 1877

Course Schedule

HIST 101 - 0101
American History to 1877