History+July+2011

History 221

Friday 6-10pm


 * Course at a Glance **
 * Students will complete: **
 * 3 essays
 * 1 group presentation
 * 1 individual presentation
 * Weekly response journals to the textbook reading assignment and preparation of discussion questions
 * Lead discussion and/or activities for one chapter (in groups)
 * Various in class participation assignments
 * Chapter quizzes
 * Midterm Exam
 * Benchmark Assignment/Final Exam

Topics for Discussion: Chapter 16: motivations to “mend” sectional strife? To what extent were the terms of the compromise realized? What impact would the compromise have on the legacy of Reconstruction?
 * **COURSE AT A GLANCE ** ||  ||
 * **Class Meeting ** ||  **Class Discussion Topic/Due in Class **  ||  **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Homework **  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Week1: July 22 ** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Course Overview, Class intro, major assignments, review[[file:11 HIST221 July Quarter Syllabus - REVISED.doc]][[file:11 july quarter lead a discussion handout.docx]] || * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Read chapter 16 and 17, response paper
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[[file:student lesson plan - 22 July (day 1).docx]] ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Week 2: July 29 ** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chapters 16 and 17. **Syllabus Quiz** || * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Read chapters 18 and 19, response paper ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Week 3: August 5 ** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chapters 18 and 19. **Quiz 1.** Workshop draft of first essay due. || * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Read chapters 21 and 22, response paper ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Week 4: August 12 ** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chapters 21 and 22, **Essay 1 due** || * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Read chapters 23, 24, response paper. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Week 5: August 19 ** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chapters 23, 24. **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quiz 2 ** || * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Read chapters 25, 26, response paper, prepare for midterm ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Week 6: August 26 ** || **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Midterm **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. Chapters 25, 26 || * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Read chapter 27, response paper ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Week 7: September 2 ** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chapter 27 Prepare for group Presenations. **Workshop draft of 2nd essay due** || * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Read chapters 28, 29, response paper ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Week 8: September 9 ** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Group Presentations. Chapters 28, 29. **Essay 2 due** || * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Read chapter 30, response paper ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Week 9: September 16 ** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chapter 30. **Quiz 3**. || * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Read chapter 31 and 32, response paper ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Week 10: September 23 ** || **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quiz 4 **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. Chapters 31-32. Prepare final presentations/papers. **Workshop draft of final essay due** || * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Final paper and presentation ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Week 11: September 30 ** || * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Final Projects Due/Presentations **
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Benchmark/Final exam **
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">What was the Compromise of 1877. Who was involved in the deal and what were each side’s

<span style="color: black; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">2 What were the differences and similarities between the disputed election of 1876 and the disputed election of 2000. Why were these two elections disputed? How did the South and race issues figure into these disputes? How was each election resolved? Do students feel that each resolution was constitutional?

Chapter 17: <span style="color: black; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;"> 1. Research one of the Native American religions, such as the Ghost Dance religion, that was <span style="color: black; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">targeted by the federal government for annihilation. Describe the components of the religion <span style="color: black; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">and the means used by missionaries and federal agencies to destroy the practice of the religion.

<span style="color: black; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">2 What was the role of blacks in the military during the late nineteenth century. Why did blacks <span style="color: black; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">not object to fighting and subjugating other dark-skinned races at this time? What does this <span style="color: black; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">tell you about them and about idea of “colored” people?

<span style="color: black; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">3 How did the incorporation of western territories into the United States affect Indian nations <span style="color: black; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">such as the Sioux or the Nez Percé? What were the causes and consequences of the Indian <span style="color: black; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">Wars, the significance of reservation policy, and the impact of the Dawes Severalty Act on <span style="color: black; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">tribal life? What were some of the major technological advances in mining and agriculture that <span style="color: black; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">promoted the development of the western economy?