HISTORY V111

Section 801

Dr. Powers

Spring I, 2009

 

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES AND ASSIGNMENTS

 

 

 

DATE

 

TOPIC(S) FOR DISCUSSION

ASSIGNMENT FOR

NEXT CLASS*

MON 12 JAN

INTRODUCTION; Three Worlds Meet

PN:1; MP:1 (AB)

WED 14 JAN

Three Worlds Meet

PN:2; MP:2-3

WED 14 JAN

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

MON 19 JAN

NO CLASS: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

WED 21 JAN

Early Settlements

PN:3-4

MON 26 JAN

Colonial Society and the Empire

STUDY FOR TEST; PN:5

WED 28 JAN

TEST: 10 points: The Imperial Crisis

PN:6; MP:4 (AB)

MON 02 FEB

LAST DAY TO DROP A COURSE WITHOUT A “WF”

 

MON 02 FEB

The American Revolution

PN:7; MP:5

WED 04 FEB

Confederation and Constitution

PN:8-9; MP:6 (AB), Marshall

MON 09 FEB

The Early Republic

STUDY FOR TEST; PN:10; MP:12

WED 11 FEB

TEST: 20 points; The South and Slavery

PN:11; MP: 8 (EV)

MON 16 FEB

The North and Modernization

PN:12;  MP:9-10

WED 18 FEB

Democratization and Reform

PN:13-14; MP:13 (EV)

MON 23 FEB

The Roads to War

STUDY FOR TEST; PN:15

WED 25 FEB

TEST: 20 points; The Civil War

MP:14 (EV)

MON 02 MAR

The Civil War

STUDY FOR EXAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WED 04 MAR

5:15 – 7:45 pm – FINAL EXAM

 

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.

 

Marshall = Supreme Court Decisions by John Marshall (on “Readings” page on the course website)

 

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