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Week 1:
Course introduction, syllabus, questionnaire and writing sample
Reading for week 2: ‘The First Americans,’ pages 4-7.
Week 2:
Lecture Topic: 1600-1800, Colonial Life and American Independence
Reading Test on ‘The First Americans,’ pages 4-7
Reading for week 3: ‘Colonial Life in America,’ pages 20-23
Week 3:
Lecture Topic: The Early 1800s, Westward Expansion and Industrialization
Reading Test on ‘Colonial Life in America,’ pages 20-23
Reading for week 4: ‘West to the Pacific,’ pages 40-43
Week 4:
Lecture Topic: 1860-1870, Civil War and Reconstruction
Reading Test on ‘West to the Pacific,’ pages 40-43
Reading for week 5: ‘Reconstruction, ’ pages 54-57
Week 5:
Lecture Topic: The Late 1800s, Assimilation and Immigration
Reading Test on ‘Reconstruction, ’ pages 54-57
Reading for week 6: ‘The Amerindians’ Last Stand,’ pages 66-71
Week 6:
Lecture Topic: The 1920s and 1930s, Boom and Bust
Reading Test on ‘The Amerindians’ Last Stand,’ pages 66-71
Reading for week 7: ‘Crash and Depression,’ pages 96-99
Week 7:
Lecture Topic: The 1940s and 1950s, Hot and Cold Wars
Reading Test on ‘Crash and Depression,’ pages 96-99
Reading for week 8: ‘Cold War and Korea,’ pages 116-119
Week 8:
Lecture Topic: The 1960s and 1970s, Changing Times
Reading Test on ‘Cold War and Korea,’ pages 116-119
Reading for week 9: ‘Black Americans,’ pages 112-115
Week 9:
Special Lecture Topic: Contemporary America, 1980s-2000s
Reading Test on ‘Black Americans,’ pages 112-115
Reading for week 10: ‘An End to the Cold War?,’ pages 132-135
Week 10:
Special Lecture Topic: Contemporary America, 1980s-2000s
Reading Test on ‘An End to Cold War?’ pages 132-135
Workshop on final exam preparation
Week 11:
Special Lecture Topic: Contemporary America, 1980s-2000s
Make-up test: Write or Re-write one in-class test from weeks 2-10
Week 12:
Special Lecture Topic: Contemporary America, 1980-2000
Reading-Lecture-Writing Test (TOEFL practice)
Workshop on final exam preparation
Week 13:
Special Lecture Topic: Contemporary America, 1980s-2000s
Workshop on final exam preparation. Essay draft, outline, source list due
Week 14:
Special Lecture Topic: Contemporary America, 1980s-2000s. Workshop on final exam preparation
Week 15:
Final Exam
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