This week before Spring Break we explore the 1930s — economics, culture, and politics (Chapter 22). You are also completing the second Constitutions Module and making progress on your Evidence-Based Paper. Continue reading →
The University will be closed on Wed, March 7 due to snow. Continue reading →
Note: Constitution Module #2 is now up, available until March 12 midnight.
Family of Nebraska “sodbusters” in 1886
This week we consider the era of Reconstruction after the Civil War. Please bring your news article to Wednesday’s class to participate in discussion. Bring the textbook on Friday, as we will be working with the Document Project in class. Also, your first SkillBuilder is due Friday, using any document from Chapter 14.
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For Monday, Jan 22
Reading: Hewitt and Lawson, Ch 14 “National Reconstruction” and “Remaking the South.” Also: read / re-read the course syllabus. Constitutions Module #1 is open on Blackboard if you want to get going on that. Continue reading →
We all love a good snow day! But a snow day on the first day of class is a little disappointing since we won’t meet together in person until Friday 1/19 and I don’t want us to get too far behind. So, please – today, take care of these tasks: Continue reading →
Welcome to HI 112 US History II for Spring 2018. This course meets LASC requirements for USW or Constitutions.
You will study broad themes in the history of modern America, including race and ethnicity, immigration, social and political reform, contested meanings of freedom, industrialization, cycles of prosperity and recession, popular culture, modernity, and rights movements.
You will improve your ability to think historically through critical analysis of primary and secondary sources; set events, documents, and people in their historical contexts; and craft your own interpretations from the “raw material†of the past.
If your prior experience in history courses involved a lot of memorization of facts and dates, then you will find this course to be very different. The goal is for you to actively DO history, not passively learn about history.
In addition to Blackboard I use this website to organize our course and its materials. Please bookmark it. Older material is from previous semesters; you can ignore anything not tagged “Spr18.”
The required textbook is Nancy A. Hewitt and Steven F. Lawson, Exploring American Histories: A Brief Survey With Sources, Volume 2 Since 1865 (Bedford / St. Martins) 2nd edition ISBN 978-1457694714. Please make sure you get Vol 2 and the 2nd Edition.
I look forward to meeting you in Spring; if you have questions in the meantime, feel free to reach out by email at thangen @ worcester.edu.
In this final unit, we explore recent history. Continue reading →
In this unit, we look at the last 4 decades of the 20th century. Often the 1960s are treated as a uniquely important turbulent decade, preceded and followed by quieter times in US history. Is that accurate? As you read these chapters, keep in mind how things change — and also how they don’t! Continue reading →
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