HISTORY V111

Section 001

Dr. Powers

Fall, 2008

 

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES AND ASSIGNMENTS

 

 

DATE

 

TOPIC(S) FOR DISCUSSION

ASSIGNMENT FOR

NEXT CLASS*

MON 25 AUG

INTRODUCTION: 3 Worlds

PN:1

WED 27 AUG

Three Worlds Meet

PN:2

WED 27 AUG

LAST DAY TO CHANGE SCHEDULE, CHANGE AUDIT STATUS, OR DROP A CLASS WITHOUT A “W”

MON 01 SEP

NO CLASS: Labor Day

WEB 03 SEP

European Colonization of North America

MP:1 (AB)

MON 08 SEP

European Colonization of North America

PN:3

WED 10 SEP

An Atlantic World

PN:4

MON 15 SEP

Colonial Society

MP:2

WED 17 SEP

Colonial Society

MP:3

MON 22 SEP

Colonial Society

STUDY FOR TEST

WED 24 SEP

TEST: 10 points

PN:5

MON 29 SEP

The Colonial Crisis

PN:6

WED 01 OCT

The American Revolution

MP:4 (AB)

THU 02 0CT

LAST DAY TO DROP A COURSE WITHOUT A “WF”

MON 06 OCT

The American Revolution

PN:7; MP:5

WED 08 OCT

Confederation and Constitution

PN:8-9

MON 13 OCT

The Early Republic

MP:6 (AB)

WED 15 OCT

The Early Republic

MP:7

MON 20 OCT

The Early Republic

STUDY FOR TEST

WED 22 OCT

TEST: 20 points

PN:10; MP:12

MON 27 OCT

The Antebellum South

PN:11; MP:8

WED 29 OCT

The Antebellum North

MP:11 (EV)

MON 03 NOV

The Antebellum North

PN:12; MP:10

WED 05 NOV

The Age of Jackson

MP:9 (EV)

MON 10 NOV

The Age of Jackson

PN:13

WED 12 NOV

The West

PN:14

MON 17 NOV

The Sectional Crisis

MP:13 (EV)

WED 19 NOV

The Sectional Crisis

STUDY FOR TEST

MON 24 NOV

TEST: 20 points

PN:15

WED 26 NOV

NO CLASS: Thanksgiving Holiday

 

MON 01 DEC

The American Civil War

MP:14

WED 03 DEC

The American Civil War

STUDY FOR FINAL

 

 

 

SAT 06 DEC

READING DAY

 

 

 

 

WED 10 DEC

FINAL EXAM – 1:00 – 3:30 pm

 

 

Key to abbreviations in the “Assignments” Column:

 

PN = Norton, et al. A People and a Nation 8th ed, Vol. 1

 

MP = Cobbs Hoffman & Gjerde, Major Problems in American History, 2nd ed. Vol. 1

 

AB = An abstract on one article from the assigned chapter is due by the beginning of the next class meeting.

 

EV = An evaluation on the assigned chapter is due by the beginning of the next class meeting.

 

 

N

umbers in the “Assignments” column refer to chapter numbers.