History 122: Schedule of Assignments


SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS, HISTORY 122: Summer 2007
The first week is Orientation—you should introduce yourself in the Forum and collect materials. Week 1 begins May 28 on the schedule below. Note that there are no breaks or holidays built into online courses—you manage that on your own. Course Requirements \| Writing Projects Inactive Students Dropped: June 22; Last Withdrawal Date without grade penalty: July 27 Class Officially Ends: Sept 10; Fall Classes Begin August 22
Week	Topic summaries below are required reading.	Documents listed below are required reading.
Students can purchase printed copies of all reading assignments from www.lulu.com. Gilded Age with Reconstruction (Part 1) and Progressivism and Imperialism (Part 2) with documents are now available. The free versions are linked below. Delivery takes about 7 days from when you order, as Lulu is a “print on demand” service. The print version is not available in the bookstore.
May 21 Intro	Introduction: Distance learning requires you to be a self starter. The materials on your right are designed to help you succeed. My goal is for everyone to complete the course with a good grade. Post Introduction in Blackboard.	Read Syllabus and Course Policy Read Blackboard Instructions & Course Description and Objectives See How to Succeed, Test Taking, Study Hints, Writing Tips, Grading policy & How to Avoid Plagiarism pages. Visit the ELI Orientation Page.
May 28 1	Part 1: America 1965-1916 Introduction RECONSTRUCTION: “America's Unfinished Revolution” Rebuilding the South The Legacy of the Civil War With Malice Toward None Reconstruction The End of Reconstruction & the Compromise of 1877	Documents: Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation Civil War Amendments Frederick Douglass on Reconstruction Louisiana and Mississippi Black Codes Judge Albion Tourgee on the KKK Texas v. White Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise W.E.B. Du Bois on Booker Washington
Jun 4 2	Industrialization, Urbanization & the End of the Frontier Industrialization Immigration and Cities Railroads The Last Frontier: The Plight of the Indians Politics of the Gilded Age The Populists Take Quiz 1 this week	Documents: Plessy v. Ferguson—Harlan’s Dissent Turner's Frontier Thesis Indian Stories—JoFebh, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, et. al. Helen Hunt Jackson QUIZ 1 includes all reading through this week. Must be completed to avoid adminitstrative withdrawal. Last date Monday, June 11.
Jun11 3	The Progressive Era Revolution in Agriculture The War Between Capital and Labor The Progressive Movement Progressivism under Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson Roosevelt’s Reforms Taft and Wilson The Socialist Alternative	Documents: Constitution of the Knights of Labor Jacob Riis: How the Other Half Lives Henry George: The Problem Interstate Commerce Act of 1877 Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 The Populist Platform of 1892 Bryan: “Cross of Gold” Speech 1896 Lincoln Steffens: Shame of the Cities Upton Sinclair: The Jungle Theodore Roosevelt on Progressivism Roosevelt on Labor Roosevelt on Conservation Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom The Socialist Party Platform of 1912 Roosevelt's Acceptance Speech 1912 Discussion Forum 1
Jun 18 4	Part 2: America Looks Outward Introduction The Age of Imperialism Ambivalent Empire Mahan and Sea Power United States and Asia Imperial Europe Essay 1 due this week. (by 6/25)	Documents: Cleveland on Hawaii McKinley on Cuba The Teller Amendment The Anti-Imperialist League John Hay's Open Door The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine Walter Hines Page on the Spanish-American War
Jun 25 5	Woodrow Wilson and World War I: “The Yanks are Coming” WWI Background America and World War I The Versailles Treaty & the League of Nations	Documents: Wilson and Neutrality Wilson Peace without Victory Wilson's 14 Points The Zimmermann Telegram Wilson Takes America to War Senator Norris on World War I
Jul 2 6	Part 3: America 1920-1945 Introduction THE ROARING TWENTIES Bathtub Gin and Speakeasies Politics in the 1920s Town-Country Conflicts The Crash of 1929 The Great Depression Rise of Franklin Roosevelt Take Midterm Exam Exam Pass	Documents: Caroline Bird on Poverty The Depression in Chicago The Depression and Men’s Self-Esteem FDR Commonwealth Club Address FDR's First Inaugural Address FDR Fireside Chat on the New Deal, 1934 Midterm Exam covers material through Week 5, Part 1 and 2. No objective questions on Part 1.
Jul 9 7	The New Deal 1933-1938 Depression New Deal Summary The Second New Deal Roosevelt & the Supreme Court The New Deal Winds Down Essay 2 due this week. (by 7/16)	Documents: The National Industrial Recovery Act FDR's Second Inaugural Address Inside the New Deal Huey Long: “Share Our Wealth” The Social Security Act Harry Hopkins on the New Deal
Jul 16 8	AMERICA AND WORLD WAR II Hitler and Totalitarianism America, Isolationism and Neutrality World War II Introduction Gearing up for War Pearl Harbor	Documents: The Kellogg-Briand Pact Roosevelt: “I Hate War” Roosevelt's Quarantine Speech FDR on Outbreak of War, 1939 The Arsenal of Democracy The Atlantic Charter Pearl Harbor, "A Day of Infamy"
Jul 23 9	World War II: The “Good War” Major Battles D-Day: Operation Overlord World War II: The Home Front The Air War Over Germany and Japan The Atomic Bomb Decision The Wartime Conferences What World War II Wrought Take Quiz #2 this week.	Documents: FDR Third Inaugural FDR Fourth Inaugural Hiroshima
Jul 30 10	Part 4: Postwar America Introduction AMERICA and the COLD WAR The Balance of Terror Truman and Containment The Cold War: Korea McCarthyism Eisenhower and the Russians John F. Kennedy as Cold Warrior Cuba: The Bay of Pigs and the Missile Crisis Essay 3 due this week. (by 8/6)	Documents Truman's Containment Policy The Marshall Plan MacArthur's Farewell McCarthy Speech Eisenhower on McCarthy The Eisenhower Doctrine Eisenhower: The Spirit of Geneva John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address JFK on Berlin: “Ich bin ein Berliner”
Aug 6 11	Cold War Continued The Vietnam War: Summary Origins of America and Vietnam JFK and Vietnam: The “Advisory” Phase LBJ and Escalation Nixon and Vietnam The Paris Peace Accords: “Peace with Honor” Detente	Outline Chapter 12 Documents: Eisenhower: The Domino Theory Review: JFK Inaugural The Tonkin Resolution President Johnson on Vietnam Robert McNamara on Vietnam General Vo Nguyen Giap President Nixon on Vietnam Chronology of the Vietnam War Other Vietnam & Cold War Documents (for additional study—optional reading)
Aug 13 12	Domestic Issues in Postwar America The 1940s and 1950s: Truman and Eisenhower The Modern Civil Rights Movement The 1960s: Kennedy & Johnson Women's Rights Research Essay/Site Visit Due this week	Documents: Harry Truman's Executive Order Brown v. Topeka Board of Education The 1957 Civil Rights Act The 1964 Civil Rights Act Martin Luther King: Letter from a Birmingham Jail Baker v. Carr LBJ On the Voting Rights Act of 1965 JFK on Space Exploration Johnson's Great Society The National Organization for Women The Port Huron Statement
Aug 20 13	Take Final Exam this week. Review all material since Midterm. Exam pass.
Aug 27 14	NOTE: Fall Classes Commence August 22. You make take these two extra weeks if you need them, but you are encourged to finish earlier, especially if you are taking classes in the fall.
Sep 3 15	Course officially ends September 10. All Extensions end September 17.
History 122 \| Writing Projects \| Updated June 18, 2007