HIS 111, U.S.

History to 1877 Professor Mark Tebeau Fall 2009

Topics Week Date Activity American Destiny The Social Fabric Additional Prep Materials
(includes assessment) (includes questions) (includes quizzes)
Course Introduction Week 1 24-Aug Course Introduction
26-Aug Narratives
Empire & Exploration 28-Aug Encounters Chapter 1
Week 2 31-Aug Native Americans in the United States Chapter 1 History NOW
2-Sep Settlements Jamestown
4-Sep Different Americas Chapter 2
Colonial Life Week 3 7-Sep Slavery & Servitude Chapter 2 Ira Berlin
9-Sep Commerce & Religion: Different Americas
11-Sep Different Americans Chapter 3-4
The American Revolution Week 4 14-Sep British America Chapters 3-4
16-Sep The Declaration of Independence
18-Sep American Revolution Chapters 8, 9, 10
America After Revolution Week 5 21-Sep A Midwife's Tale
23-Sep The Constitution
25-Sep A Social History of the American Revolution Albert Young, Ghosts of the Revolution
The Early Republic Week 6 28-Sep Chapters 5-6
30-Sep Jefferson Questions: Modern Times (in class)
2-Oct Monroe
Industrial Development Week 7 5-Oct Chapters 7-8
7-Oct Building a Factory Lemelson Center: The Whole Cloth
9-Oct Transformingg the Environment Lemelson Center: The Whole Cloth
Week 8 12-Oct Columbus Day, No Class
Class & Neighborhood 14-Oct ** US Census Readings & Handout (ECR) Chapters 11, 17, 18
16-Oct No Class FIRST ESSAY DUE 4PM
Jacksonian America Week 9 19-Oct Andrew Jackson Chapter 9
Slavery Expands 21-Oct The Expansion of Slavery & the Census ** US Census Readings & Handout (ECR)
23-Oct Industrialization: Work Rules, African Americans, and Women Lemelson Center: The Whole Cloth
Week 10 26-Oct Slavery & Everyday Life Chapter 12 Valley of the Shadow
28-Oct Slavery & Everyday Life Chapter 16 History NOW
Ethnicity, Gender, and the Middle 30-Oct The Middle-Class Emerges Chapter 10
Week 11 2-Nov Ethnics Arrive: Firefighting
4-Nov Women Demand Rights SENECA FALLS
Moving West 6-Nov Westward Expansion Chapter 11
Week 12 9-Nov Native Americans and Westward Migrants Chapters 12 & 19
11-Nov No Class
13-Nov Farmers & Hispanics on the Frontier Chapters 15 & 20
Impending Conflict Week 13 16-Nov Abolitionism Chapter 13 Chapters 18 & 19
18-Nov The Politics of Slavery
20-Nov Lincoln
Civil War Week 14 23-Nov Why Fight Chapter 14 Chapters 20-22
25-Nov Fighting the War Matthew Brady
27-Nov Thanksgiving
Reconstruction Week 15 30-Nov Reconstruction Chapter 15
2-Dec The Challenges of Reconstruction Chapter 23
4-Dec Review
Week 16 9-Dec
NOTES: 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. ***