US History II

Thanks for everyone for voting! The results were:

Chapter 16 = 9 votes
Chapter 17 = 11 votes
*Chapter 18 = 19 votes
*Chapter 19 = 16 votes

Chapter 20 = 1 vote
Chapter 21 = 17 votes
*Chapter 22 = 20 votes
*Chapter 23 = 19 votes

*Chapter 24 = 15 votes
Chapter 25 = 13 votes
Chapter 26 = 11 votes
*Chapter 27 = 15 votes

*Chapter 28 = 16 votes
Chapter 29 = 13 votes
Chapter 30 = 15 votes
*Chapter 31 = 19 votes

The starred/bolded chapters will be our main focus in each of the 4 units and will be the subject for the workshops and unit written exams. The other chapters you will be mainly responsible for reading on your own, at your own pace, and you will take open-book online quizzes on them during each unit. You will get a complete syllabus page on Monday with all the details.

Your reading assignment for Monday is from Chapter 16 (Intro, Conclusion, and pp 484-500 only) and Chapter 17 (Intro, Conclusion, and pp 510-527 only) of Henretta, America: A Concise History or ACH as it’s called on the syllabus.

Have a great weekend, enjoy the sunshine!

For Friday’s class:

Read the syllabus thoroughly. I handed it out in class, but you can also access it anytime from the sidebar of this site or from Blackboard as a downloadable full-color PDF or view it online as a flipbook.

Read the handout I provided summarizing each of the Henretta textbook’s chapters (here’s the handout if you need it again). Decide on TWO for each unit that you are most interested in. Bring the handout back on Friday with your favorites marked.

Read ACH (the smaller red/brown textbook, America: A Concise History) Chapter 15 and be prepared to talk about different possible meanings for the word “Reconstruction.”

And lastly, write your first SkillBuilder paper (SB #1) using the document you received in class on Wednesday. Detailed instructions for these papers are found in the syllabus and under the “SkillBuilders” tab on this website (also head to that page if you missed class on Wednesday and didn’t get a document). Review the SB guidelines carefully for length, format, and how to submit them!

This website serves as the hub for Tona Hangen’s section of US History II US Since 1877 (HI 112) in the Fall 2013 semester at Worcester State University. I teach Section 09 (and H1) MWF at 8:30 am in Sullivan 120.

The textbooks for this course are:

James A. Henretta, America: A Concise History VOLUME 2, 5th edition (Bedford St. Martins 2012) ISBN 978-0-312-64329-4

Kevin J. Fernlund, Documents for America’s History VOLUME 2, 7th edition (Bedford St. Martins 2013) ISBN 978-0-312-64863-3

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 “Fall13.”

If you have questions about the course before we meet in person on Wednesday, September 4th, please feel free to email me, at thangen (at) worcester.edu