Schedule

Monday, February 1

Introductions

Syllabus Review

Thursday, February 4

Last day to add a class

First Contact

GML Chapter 1, 1-22

Monday, February 8

Spanish Empire

GML Chapter 1, 22-43

Chapter 1 quiz due

Tuesday, February 9

Classes follow a Friday schedule

Thursday, February 11

Colin Calloway, “New Worlds for All”

Essay available as PDF on Blackboard

Friday, February 12

Lincoln’s Birthday- college is closed

Monday, February 15

PRESIDENTS’ DAY- COLLEGE IS CLOSED

Thursday, February 18

Last day to drop classes without a grade of “W”

Chesapeake Colonies

GML Chapter 2, 45-64

Monday, February 22

New England Colonies

GML Chapter 2, 64-87

Chapter 2 quiz due

Thursday, February 25

British North America

GML Chapter 3, 110-127

T. H. Breen, “The Northern Colonies as an Empire of Goods,” PDF available on Blackboard

Monday, February 29

Struggle for Empire

GML Chapter 4, 145-172

Thursday, March 3

American Revolution

GML Chapter 5, 174-199

Monday, March 7

American Revolution

GML Chapter 5, 199-208

Gary Nash essay, “The Unknown American Revolution,” PDF on Blackboard

Chapter 5 quiz due

Thursday, March 10

Constitution- Federalist Papers and the Bill of Rights

GML Chapter 7, 247-280

Chapter 7 quiz due

Monday, March 14

Constitution- in-class activity

Please note that this assignment has changed:

Watch this video on the Apple/FBI conflict

Read AT LEAST one of the following articles to familiarize yourself with the facts of the case:

Apple, the FBI and iPhone encryption: a look at what's at stake

Chronology of Coverage

Apple's FBI Battle is Really Complicated: Here's What's Going On

The Case of the Century

How Apple's Stand Against the FBI Could Backfire

You may also find additional articles FROM REPUTABLE SOURCES that add to or complicate your understanding of the case.

Thursday, March 17

Midterm Review

Monday, March 21

Midterm

Wednesday, March 23

Classes follow a Friday schedule

Thursday, March 24

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, A Midwife’s Tale, introduction, PDF on Blackboard

Monday, March 28

Early Federal Period

GML Chapter 8, 282-316

Chapter 8 quiz due

Thursday, March 31

Market Revolution

GML Chapter 9, 318-353

Chapter 9 quiz due

Monday, April 4

Democracy in America

GML Chapter 10, 355-379

Thursday, April 7

Age of Jackson

GML Chapter 10, 379-393

Chapter 10 quiz due

George Evans Dowd, “Indians Utilizing a Strategy of Armed Resistance” and Theda Perdue, “Indians Utilizing a Strategy of Accommodation”- PDF on Blackboard

Monday, April 11

Last day to withdraw with grade of “W”

Slavery

GML Chapter 3, 96-105; Chapter 4, 129-145

Chapter 4 quiz due

Thursday, April 14

Slavery

GML Chapter 11, 395-429

Chapter 11 quiz due

Monday, April 18

Reform

GML Chapter 12, 432-464

Chapter 12 quiz due

Thursday, April 21

A House Divided

GML Chapter 13, 492-507

Chapter 13 quiz due

ESSAY DUE

SPRING BREAK- APRIL 22-30

Monday, May 2

Smithsonian article on Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Thursday, May 5

Civil War

GML Chapter 14, 509-528

Monday, May 9

Civil War

GML Chapter 14, 528-552

Chapter 14 quiz due

Thursday, May 12

Reconstruction

GML Chapter 15, 554-590

Chapter 15 quiz due
David Blight, “Ending the War: The Push for National Reconciliation,” PDF on Blackboard

Monday, May 16

Final exam review

Thursday, May 26

FINAL EXAM- 9:00-11:00 AM

Course Objectives

This is a broad survey course designed to introduce students to basic themes and events in American History, as well as college-level research and study skills. As this is a writing intensive course, students will develop critical writing skills through online discussion, essay writing and document analysis. We will cover material beginning with the Civil War and Reconstruction and extending through the Presidential election of 2000.

By the end of this course students will have experience evaluating historical materials, constructing and supporting an argument, and performing basic research. Students will also work collaboratively in-class and online to discuss material, analyze primary documents and develop note-taking and study skills.

Accessibility

Hunter College complies with the standards set forth in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act to include all policies, procedures, and practices that impact the treatment of students with disabilities. The Office of AccessABILITY helps to ensure a comprehensively accessible college experience for all students with disabilities and helps to promote access and awareness as a resource to all members of the Hunter College community.

“In compliance with the American Disability Act of 1990 (ADA) and with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Hunter College is committed to ensuring educational parity and accommodations for all students with documented disabilities and/or medical conditions. It is recommended that all students with documented disabilities (Emotional, Medical, Physical and/or Learning) consult the Office of AccessABILITY located in Room E1124 to secure necessary academic accommodations. For further information and assistance please call (212-772-4857)/TTY (212-650-3230).” You can also locate them at:

http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/studentservices/access/welcome

Course Learning Outcomes

During this course, students will:

• identify and apply the key historical concepts of change-over-time, cause-and-effect, agency, historical empathy, and continuity and discontinuity, and recognize how these concepts are employed in the historical method

• analyze and interpret primary sources with attention to audience, authorship and context

• recognize some of the ways in which historians have conflicting interpretations of the past

• produce a paper with a clear thesis and appropriate citations based on strong evidence drawn from historical sources

• identify and discuss the importance of contact and conquest, colonial foundations, revolution and Constitution, immigration, geographic expansion, experiences of native peoples, role of women, slavery and African American experiences and the sectional crisis leading to the Civil War