HIST 1301 Fall 2017 Reading Schedule

HIST 1301 Fall 2017 Reading Schedule

Date Course & Lecture TopicAssigned Reading

Wed 8/16Course Syllabus & Grading PolicyNo Assigned Reading

Thurs 8/17Seating Chart, Historiography, TextNo Assigned Reading

Fri 8/18Historiography & Early AmericansNash (Handout or online)

Mon 8/21Early AmericansGrennes (Handout)

Tues 8/22Grennes vs. NashTextbook pp. 19-26

Wed 8/23Old World vs. New WorldTextbook pp. 27-34

Thur 8/24Reformation, Luther, & CalvinText pp. 37-42 (stop at “English Society onthe Chesapeake)

Fri 8/25English ColonizationText pp. 42-46 (stop at “Chesapeake Society in Crisis”)

Mon 8/28Pocahontas & English ColoniesText pp. 46-53 (stop at “The Founding of the Carolinas”)

Tue 8/29Triangular Trade, English ColoniesText pp. 53-57

Wed 8/30English Colonization, HakluytText pp. 59-64 (stop “The Pilgrim Settlement at Plymo…”

Thur 8/31New EnglandText pp. 64-69 (stop at “Goodwives & Witches)

Fri 9/1New EnglandText pp. 69-74

Mon 9/4Labor Day (Holiday)No Assigned Reading

Tue 9/5Salem WitchesText pp. 75-77

Wed 9/6Salem WitchesText pp. 79-85 (stop at “Eighteenth-Century New France”)

Thurs 9/7Middle ColoniesText pp. 85-92

Fri 9/8Colonial ComparisonText pp. 93-97

Mon 9/11Colonial ComparisonText pp. 99-104 (stop at “The Imperial Crisis”)

Tues 9/12French & Indian WarText pp. 104-110 (stop at “The Resistance Organizes”)

Wed 9/13Results of French & Indian WarText pp. 110-116 (stop at “Common Sense”)

Thur 9/14RevolutionText pp. 116-118; 120-125 (stop at “The Fighting in the North”)

Fri 9/15RevolutionText pp. 125-130 (stop at “The Struggle in the South”

Mon 9/18RevolutionText pp. 130-136

Tues 9/19RevolutionStudy for Exam

Wed 9/20Review for ExamStudy for Exam

Thur 9/21EXAM (Multiple Choice Only)No Assigned Reading

Fri 9/22Early Release DayText pp. 139-145 (stop at “Slavery & Sectionalism”)

Mon 9/25Student HolidayNo Assigned Reading

Tue 9/26After Revolution/Critical PeriodText pp. 145-154 (skip p. 149, stop at “Ratification”)

Wed 9/27NW OrdinancesText pp. 154-156; 158-163 (stop at “The New Government”)

Thur 9/28Constitutional ConventionText pp. 163-169

Fri 9/29Ratification ProcessText pp. 170-176 (stop at “The Beginnings of Great Awakening”)

Mon 10/2Jefferson, Hamilton, MadisonText pp. 176-180 (stop at “The Decision for War”)

Tue 10/3Jefferson vs. HamiltonText pp. 180-184 (Homecoming Parade & Pep Rally)

Wed 10/4War of 1812Text pp. 186-191

Thur 10/5War of 1812 & National Anthem Text pp. 192-198 (stop at “Social Structures of Market Society”)

Fri 10/6Early 1800s/Jacksonian EraText pp. 198-202

Mon 10/9Peggy Eaton & Petticoat ScandalText pp. 205-211

Tue 10/10Trail of TearsText pp. 211-216 (stop at “The Nullification Crisis”)

Wed 10/11Jackson, Bank Wars, & Van BurenText pp. 216-222

Thur10/12Second Great Awakening & Trans.Text pp. 224-232

Fri 10/13Results of 2nd Great AwakeningText pp. 233-238 (stop at “the Women’s Rights Movement”)

Mon 10/16TranscendentalismText pp. 238-240

Tue 10/17Women’s MovementText pp. 262-268 (Stop at “The Trek West”)

Wed 10/18Manifest DestinyText pp. 268-275 (Stop at “The Rise of the Slavery Issue”)

Thur 10/19Mexican WarText pp. 275-283

Fri 10/20Compromise of 1850 (Review Page)No Assigned Reading -- STUDY

Mon 10/23Review for examNo Assigned Reading – Study

Tue 10/24EXAM (Multiple Choice)Text pp. 243-249

Wed 10/25Old SouthText pp. 250-255 (stop at “Slave Culture”)

Thur 10/26Plantation LifeText pp. 255-260

Fri 10/27Events leading up to Civil WarText pp. 285-292 (stop at “The Political Realignment…”)

Mon 10/30Events leading up to the Civil WarText pp. 292-297 (stop at “The Lincoln-Douglas Debates”)

Tue 10/31Dred Scott DecisionText pp. 297-301 (stop at “The Outbreak of War”)

Wed 11/1Election of 1860Text pp. 301 – 304

Thur 11/2Civil WarText pp. 307-311 (stop at “Opening Moves”)

Fri 11/3Civil War (Early Release Day)Text pp. 311-319 (stop at “The Union Home Front”)

Mon 11/6Civil WarText pp. 319-323

Tue 11/7Civil WarText pp. 324-330

Wed 11/8ReconstructionText pp. 332-337 (stop at “Congressional Reconstruction”)

Thurs 11/9ReconstructionText pp. 337-340 (stop at “Black Aspirations”)

Fri 11/10ReconstructionText pp. 340-343 (stop “The Abandonment of Reconstruction”)

Mon 11/13End of ReconstructionText pp. 343-348 (on page 346, right side under “The Disputed Election of 1876, the first paragraph, the sentence should read: “The Republicans nominated Ohio governor Rutherford B. Hayes to oppose Samuel TILDEN, governor of New York.”)

Tues 11/14ReviewNo Reading – STUDY!!

Wed 11/15EXAMNo Assigned Reading

Thurs 11/16Essay Portion of ExamNo Assigned Reading

Fri 11/17Civil War Documentary?No Assigned Reading

Monday 11/20 – Friday 11/24 Thanksgiving HolidayWork onoptional History Fair Assignment

Mon 11/27Laws passed during Civil WarNo ReadingHistory Fair Project DUE Tuesday!

Tues 11/28The “New South”Text pp. 351-357 (Stop at “Western Frontiers”)

Wed 11/29GEARS PaperNo Assigned Reading

Thur 11/30GEARS PaperNo Assigned Reading

Fri 12/1Student Flex DayNo Assigned Reading

Mon 12/4GEARS PaperNo Assigned Reading

Tue 12/5Submit GEARS PaperDUE BY 11:50 PM

Wed 12/6The ConspiratorNo Assigned Reading

Thur 12/7The ConspiratorNo Assigned Reading

Fri 12/8The ConspiratorNo Assigned Reading

Mon 12/11The WestText pp. 357-363 (stop at “Killing with Kindness”)

Tues 12/12Transcontinental RRText pp. 363-368 (stop at “The Final Frontier”)

Wed 12/13Native AmericansText pp. 368-371

Thur 12/14Wounded KneeNo Assigned Reading

Fri 12/15Wounded KneeNo Assigned Reading

Mon 12/18Wounded KneeNo Assigned Reading