HIS 111, U.S. History to 1877
Professor Mark Tebeau
Topics
Week
Course Introduction
Week 1
Empire & Exploration
Week 2
Colonial Life
Week 3
The American Revolution
Week 4
America After Revolution
Week 5
The Early Republic
Week 6
Industrial Development
Week 7
Week 8 Class & Neighborhood Jacksonian America Slavery Expands
Week 9
Week 10 Ethnicity, Gender, and the Middle
Week 11 Moving West
Week 12
Impending Conflict
Week 13
Civil War
Week 14
Reconstruction
NOTES:
Week 15
Date 24-Aug 26-Aug 28-Aug 31-Aug 2-Sep 4-Sep 7-Sep 9-Sep 11-Sep 14-Sep 16-Sep 18-Sep 21-Sep 23-Sep 25-Sep 28-Sep 30-Sep 2-Oct 5-Oct 7-Oct 9-Oct 12-Oct 14-Oct 16-Oct 19-Oct 21-Oct 23-Oct 26-Oct 28-Oct 30-Oct 2-Nov 4-Nov 6-Nov 9-Nov 11-Nov 13-Nov 16-Nov 18-Nov 20-Nov 23-Nov 25-Nov 27-Nov 30-Nov 2-Dec 4-Dec 9-Dec
Activity Course Introduction Narratives Encounters Native Americans in the United States Settlements Different Americas Slavery & Servitude Commerce & Religion: Different Americas Different Americans British America The Declaration of Independence American Revolution A Midwife's Tale The Constitution A Social History of the American Revolution
American Destiny (includes assessment)
Fall 2009
The Social Fabric (includes questions)
Additional Prep Materials (includes quizzes)
Chapter 1
History NOW Jamestown
Chapter 2
Ira Berlin
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3-4 Chapters 3-4 Chapters 8, 9, 10
Albert Young, Ghosts of the Revolution Chapters 5-6
Jefferson Monroe Chapters 7-8 Building a Factory Transformingg the Environment Columbus Day, No Class ** US Census Readings & Handout (ECR) No Class Andrew Jackson Chapter 9 The Expansion of Slavery & the Census Industrialization: Work Rules, African Americans, and Women Slavery & Everyday Life Chapter 12 Slavery & Everyday Life The Middle-Class Emerges Chapter 10 Ethnics Arrive: Firefighting Women Demand Rights Westward Expansion Chapter 11 Native Americans and Westward Migrants No Class Farmers & Hispanics on the Frontier Abolitionism Chapter 13 The Politics of Slavery Lincoln Why Fight Chapter 14 Fighting the War Thanksgiving Reconstruction Chapter 15 The Challenges of Reconstruction Review
Questions: Modern Times (in class)
Lemelson Center: The Whole Cloth Lemelson Center: The Whole Cloth Chapters 11, 17, 18 FIRST ESSAY DUE 4PM
Chapter 16
** US Census Readings & Handout (ECR) Lemelson Center: The Whole Cloth Valley of the Shadow History NOW
SENECA FALLS Chapters 12 & 19 Chapters 15 & 20 Chapters 18 & 19
Chapters 20-22 Matthew Brady
Chapter 23
Week 16 Students are required to submit MyHistoryLab Chapter Assessments on the morning that a chapter reading is due, prior to our course meeting at 10am. The same is true for primary source assigments on MyHistoryLab. Both Chapter Assessments and Primary Source Quizzes are to be submitted electronically. ECR & Social Fabric Readings must be submitted in print, prior to class meeting at 10am, on the day that the reading is due. *** Essay #1 due February 13; Essay #2 due March 13; Essay #3 due May 13. Essay assignments will be distributed 2 weeks in advance. ***