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United States History, 1492-1865 William Scott UNITED STATES HISTORY History 21 Mr. Scott Course Reading: Text: Boyer et al, Enduring Vision, Vol. I Concise edition (Syllabus has pagination for 3d edition, but if you have a 2d edition it is fine. The pagination is roughly the same.) Assigned Readings:
1) Columbus, Four Voyages Demos, Unredeemed Captive
2) Paine, Common Sense McPherson, For Cause and Comrades
3) Dina, Erin's Daughters Srebnick, Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers
4) Greenberg, Maters and Statesmen Douglass, My Bondage: My Freedom
Film: Black Robe Sunday, September 12 at 7 p.m. Higley Auditorium Course Requirements: 1) Attendance is required for all lectures, film (Sunday September 12, 7:00 pm, Higley Aduitorum), and discussions. Students who fail to attend class will have their grades reduced accordingly (at least one letter grade. Students are excused only with a Dean's excuse or for College-recognized religious holidays or, for team members, away athletic or other collegiate sponsored activities. In the case of an "excused absence" students should inform me promptly. No one will miss class the day before or the day after the October Break or the Thanksgiving Vacation or the last day of class. 2) Choose three of the four pairs of Assigned Readings and write a typed, five-page (1200 word) comment, due in class on the day that the second of the pair of readings is scheduled for discussion in syllabus. These will be graded and represent one third of your final grade. Any late papers will be reduced at least a letter grade. I will not accept any papers more than one week late without a compelling excuse. Papers will be graded on the basis of content, argument, neatness, and writing. See writing guideline. 3) One hour-exam (October 15th); a map quiz (October 29); and a cumulative final exam to be taken during scheduled exam period. For the exams you will be responsible for lectures, map information, text, all assigned readings, film, and discussions. Lecture and Discussion Schedule: Aug. 30 "1492" Sept. 1 Europe Before America Sept. 3 Discussion: Columbus, Four Voyages, pp. 27-199 Boyer, pp. 1-38 Sep. 6 Virginia and the Chesapeake Sept. 8 God, the Devil, and Massachusetts Sept. 10 Conquest of Eastern North America Boyer, pp. 39-59 Sept. 12 Black Robe Film: Hig. Aud.7:00 P.M. Sept. 13 Discussion Sept. 15 The Middle Way Sept. 17 Discussion: Demos, Unredeemed Captive (Pair # 1 due) Boyer, pp. 59-86 Sept. 20 Servitude: Black and White 22 The Great Awakening 24 On the Eve of Independence Boyer, pp. 87-89
Sept. 27 Justifying the Revolution 29 The American Revolution Oct. 1 Discussion: Paine, Common Sense, all Boyer, pp. 90-127 Oct. 4 E Pluribus Unum 6 One Nation 8 Federalists Boyer, pp. 127-143
Oct. 11 October Break 13 Republicans Boyer, pp. 144-183 15 MID-TERM EXAM Oct. 18 Liberty's Daughters 20 Marshall Court 22 Image-ing the Nation slide/discuss Oct. 25 Economic Transformation 27 Ante-bellum City 29 Map Quiz Boyer, pp. 184-197
Nov. 1 Painting America slide/discussion 3 Jacksonian America 5 Discussion: Dina, Erin's Daughters Boyer, pp. 198-217
Nov. 8 Reformers and Transformers 10 Racial Politics 12 Discussion: Srebnick, Death of Mary Rogers (Pair #2 due.) Boyer, pp. 218-248 Nov. 15 Old South Nov. 17 Slavery Nov. 19 Discussion: Greenberg, Masters and Statesmen Boyer, pp. 249-270 ***Thanksgiving*** Nov. 29 Cult of Domesticity Dec. 1 Rise of the Republican Party 3 Discussion: Douglass, My Bondage: My Freedom, 3-334 (Pair # 4 due). Boyer, pp. 271-314, review chapter 11 Dec. 6 The War Against the States Dec. 8 Discussion: McPherson, For Cause and Comrades (Pair # 2 due). Dec. 10 One Nation Indivisible Boyer, pp. 315-339 Dec. 13 READING DAY
MAP LIST History 21 Adirondacks Alamo Albemarle Sound All states and state capitals Annapolis Appalachian Mountains Astoria Atlanta Bad Lands Black Hills Blue Ridge Mountains Boston Bunker Hill Cairo Cape Cod Cape Hatteras Cape Kennedy Cape May Catskill Mountains Cascade Mountains Central Valley (California) Charleston, S.C. Chattanooga Chesapeake Bay Choctaw Chicago Cincinnati Colorado River Columbia River Connecticut River Cumberland Gap Dallas Delaware Bay Denver Detroit Dust Bowl Eastern Shore Erie Canal Everglades Finger Lakes Fort Worth Front Range Gadsden Purchase Gettysburg Grand Canyon Great Desert (Utah & Westward) Great Salt Lake Great Lakes High Plains Hudson River Iroquois James River Jamestown Key West Lake Champlain Las Vegas Little Big Horn Long-grass Prairie Long Island Long Island Sound Los Angeles Louisiana Purchase Mason-Dixon Line Massachusetts Bay Mesa Verde Mexican Cession Miami Milwaukee Mississippi River Missouri River Mobile Bay Monongahela River Mount Rushmore Mount Mckinley Mount Washington Mount Whitney Natchez New Orleans Ozark Mountains Newport, RI Niagara Falls Northwest Territory of 1787 Ohio River Paducah PhiladelphiaPiedmont Pittsburgh Platte River Plymouth Proclamation line of 1763 Puget Sound Quebec City Rio Grande/Rio Bravo del Norte Roanoke Rocky Mountains Salem Salt Lake City San Antonio San Francisco San Francisco Bay Sante Fe Saratoga Savannah, GA Savannah River Sierra Nevada Mountains Snake River South Pass St. Augustine St. Louis St. Lawrence River Short-grass Prairie Sutter's Fort Tennessee River Tidewater Trail of Tears Upper Peninsular Vicksburg West Point Wheeling, W.V. Williamette River Wounded Knee Yorktown Yosemite Yellow Stone Yorktown State Capitols States of Northwest Territory WRITING INSTRUCTIONS I Focus on verbs. Good writing begins with good verbs. This means 1) active voice, 2) simple past tense, 3) verbs of action, 4) no redundant, meaningless auxiliaries, and 5) establishing clear causal relationships between the agent of cause (subject), the causal act (verb), and the object of cause (direct object). Write with clarity, coherence, detail, and artfulness. 1) Always write in the ACTIVE VOICE. The passive voice drains the life out of your prose obscures the true subject of your sentence, the agent of causation. Examples: Wrong:
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2) Whenever possible use the simple past tense. The strongest of all verb forms, consistent use of the simple past avoids most tense confusions. The one acceptable exception is past perfect when you refer to an event that occurred prior to the one you are discussing. Examples:
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3) Except in rare instances never use verbs of being. Use verbs of action. Like the passive voice, verbs of being kill your prose. They also tell you nothing except that your subject exists or that it is present. Don't waste a verb. It is, by far, the most important element in writing. Make it say something. Use it to hold readers' interest. Only use verbs of being occasionally for dramatic emphasis (The history teacher was boring!) or to alter the tempo of your writing. Wrong:
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II Always have unifying theme. State your theme in the introduction (usually the first paragraph), use it to tie together everything in your essay, and in your conclusion, evaluate the theme and show its significance. All expository essays should have an introduction, an argument, and a conclusion. III Transitions knit your essays together. Make sure that each sentence flows naturally from the preceding sentence, that you link each paragraph to the preceding paragraph, and that you relate each new topic in essay to the preceding topic. Make your transitions as artful as it. Wrong: This essay is about Geronimo. I will discuss his childhood and how he led the Apache people against the Mexican and American governments. My theme is ... Correct: Geronimo, the great war-chief of the Apaches, resisted the conquest and taming of his people, first by the Mexican and then by the United States Government. Even as a young boy, born in the rugged, isolated Sierra Madre Mountains, Geronimo spurned the very idea of western civilization, fighting all efforts to destroy the wildness of his native people and land. |
