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The United States since 1877 Virginia Scharff History 162, Section 004 Professor Scharff Course Description This course covers major aspects of American social, political, cultural and diplomatic history from Reconstruction to the present. The class will consist of two lectures and one discussion section each week. Students should feel free to ask questions at any time. Class meetings Tuesday and Thursday, 11-11:50, Mitchell Hall 122 Instructor's Office Hours My office is 1076 Mesa vista Hall, phone 271-4138. You can also leave messages for me at the history department, 277-2451, or email me at vscharff@unm.edu. Office hours are by appointment and Tuesday, 1-2 and 3:30-4:30, and Thursday, 1-2. Course Requirements Students are expected to attend classes, to take tests at scheduled times, and to complete all assigned reading on time. Attendance will be taken in discussion section. In addition, there will be two short papers (2-3 pages long), due in discussion sections, Week 9 and Week 13. Late papers will be graded down ten points for each day overdue. Examinations There will be two midterm examinations and one final exam. Each will consist of identification and essay questions. Please bring blue books. Make-ups for the midterms will be available only in cases of documented emergencies. There will be no make-up for the final. MIDTERMS: Thursday, February 22, and Thursday, April 5 FINAL: Tuesday, May 8, 10-12, in Mitchell Hall 122 Required Reading All books are available in the UNM Bookstore. You will find it useful to get an early start on the longer readings. All reading assignments are in Norton et al., A People and a Nation, unless otherwise noted. You should be sure to complete your weekly reading before your discussion section during the week assigned, since you'll have the opportunity to discuss the reading in class. Norton et al., A People and a Nation, 6th edition, volume II F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Ann Moody, Coming of Age in Mississippi Grading Each midterm exam is worth 100 points. Each paper is worth 50 points. Class participation in discussion sections is worth 100 points. The final exam is worth 100 points. A Kindly Request Please turn off cellular phones, pagers, and other electronic devices when you come in to class. Weekly Lecture Topics and Reading Assignments WEEK 1: January 16: Course Introduction and sign-up for sections January 18: Reconstruction, and continued sign-up for sections NO READINGS OR SECTIONS DURING WEEK I WEEK 2: January 23: Reconstruction and American Citizenship January 25: The West SECTIONS: READ AND DISCUSS CH. 16 WEEK 3: January 30: Industrial America February 1: Entrepreneurs and Laissez-Faire SECTIONS: READ AND DISCUSS CH. 17 WEEK 4: February 6: Immigration February 8: Nativism and Racism SECTIONS: READ AND AND DISCUSS CH. 18 WEEK 5: February 13: Labor in the Gilded Age February 15: The Growth of Cities SECTIONS: READ AND DISCUSS CH. 19 WEEK 6: February 20: The Populist Revolt February 22: FIRST MIDTERM SECTIONS: READ AND DISCUSS CH. 20; REVIEW WEEK 7: February 27: Rise of American Imperialism March 1: The Progressive Era SECTIONS: READ AND DISCUSS CH. 21 AND 22 WEEK 8: March 6: The Progessive Era March 8: World War I SECTIONS: READ AND DISCUSS CH. 23 March 12-16: Spring break, no class WEEK 9: March 20: The 1920s March 22: Crash and Depression SECTIONS: READ AND DISCUSS CH. 23 AND GREAT GATSBY; PAPERS DUE WEEK 10: March 27: The New Deal March 29: Film: Hoover Dam SECTIONS: READ AND DISCUSS CH. 25; DISCUSS PAPERS WEEK 11: April 3: World War II; Second paper to be assigned April 5: SECOND MIDTERM SECTIONS: READ AND DISCUSS CH. 26 AND 27; REVIEW WEEK 12: April 10: The Cold War April 12: America in tile 1950s SECTIONS: READ AND DISCUSS CH. 28 AND 29 WEEK 13: April 17: Civil Rights April 19: Vietnam SECTIONS: READ AND DISCUSS COMING OF AGE IN MISSISSIPPI; PAPERS DUE WEEK 14: April 24: Politics, Society and Culture in the 1960s April 26: Film: Vietnam SECTIONS: READ AND DISCUSS CH. 30 AND 31 WEEK 15: May 1: Watergate and American Political Culture May 3: America after the Cold War SECTIONS: READ AND DISCUSS CH. 32 AND 33 FINAL EXAM: MAY 8, 10-12, IN MITCHELL 122 |
