US History II

This website serves as the hub for Tona Hangen’s section of US History II US Since 1877 (HI 112) in the Spring 2014 semester at Worcester State University. I teach Section 12 (and H12) MWF at 9:30 am in Sullivan 123.

The textbook for this course is:

Nancy A. Hewitt and Stephen F. Lawson, Exploring American Histories: A Brief Survey with Sources Vol 2 Since 1865 (Bedford St Martins, 2013) ISBN-13: 978-0-312-41001-8

You will need your own copy of this book starting Day 1. Please purchase it from the college bookstore or online (paper or e-book, your choice), in time to have it for the first week of class.

UPDATE: I have gotten several queries from students about whether you need the textbook’s online access code (which lets you into a fancy thing the publisher created, called LearningCurve), since the code apparently does not come with rented textbooks. The answer is NO. Feel free to rent or buy used, we will *not* need the online access.

From this website, you can download the syllabus or access it online, stay up to date with course news and any changes, see the guidelines for the course papers and projects, and follow links to my recommended history and writing resources on the web.

This site is a blog, meaning it updates frequently and you should either bookmark it or subscribe to it using an RSS feed reader (such as Feedly). Please check it often or make sure that you subscribe to its updates to stay on top of our coursework. I leave up the previous semesters’ information as an archive for my past students. You can safely ignore any post not tagged “Spr14.”

If you have questions about the course before we meet in person on Wednesday, Jan 22nd, please feel free to email me, at thangen (at) worcester.edu