Day by Day
Tuesday,
January 20
Housekeeping & Introductions
Thursday,
January 22
Lecture: “Typepad Orientation”
Discussion: “Top Ten History Makers ”
Tuesday,
January 27
Lecture: “Evidence: Moving Images ”
Reading: Out of Many, Chaps. 1–3
Discussion: Movies
In-class Exercise: Reading a Movie
Movies: Black Robe & Last of the Mohicans
Wednesday,
January 28
TYPEPAD ENTRY #1 DUE: “Movie Response”
Thursday,
January 29
Reading: “Leanard Crow Dog, Remaking the World…”; “Origins of Ottawa Society”; “The Indians of New Netherlands”
Discussion: Creation Stories
Friday,
January 30
TYPEPAD ENTRY #2 DUE: “Creation Stories”
Tuesday,
February 3
Lecture: “Evidence: Images ”
Reading: Out of Many, Chaps. 4–6
Discussion: Movies
In-class Exercise: Defining Freedom
Movies: The Patriot & A Midwife's Tale
Wednesday,
February 4
TYPEPAD ENTRY #3 DUE: “Movie Response”
Thursday,
February 5
Lecture: “What Happened to Paul Revere”
Discussion: Boston Massacre
Friday,
February 6
TYPEPAD ENTRY #4 DUE “Patriotic Ladies of Edenton”
Tuesday,
February 10
Lecture: “A Nation with a Short History”
Reading: Out of Many, Chaps. 7 –9; Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Discussion: Movie
In-class Exercise: Ghostly Images
Movies: Ken Burns’ Lewis & Clark, Pt 1
Wednesday,
February 11
TYPEPAD ENTRY #5 DUE: “Movie Response”
Thursday,
February 12
Lecture: “The Election of 1800 ”
In-class Exercise: List of Virtues
Friday,
February 13
TYPEPAD ENTRY #6 DUE: “George Catlin’s Indians”
Tuesday,
February 17
Lecture: “Jacksonian America ”
Reading: Out of Many, Chaps. 10–12; Narrative of Frederick Douglass
Discussion: Movie/Book
In-class Exercise: Suffrage & Abolition
Movies: Gangs of New York
Wednesday,
February 18
TYPEPAD ENTRY #7 DUE: “Movie Response”
Thursday,
February 19
Lecture: “Evidence Maps ”
In-class Exercise: Hygeia
Friday,
February 20
TYPEPAD ENTRY #8 DUE: “SimUtopia”
Tuesday,
February 24
Lecture: “Up at the Big House, Down in the Quarters”
Reading: Out of Many, Chaps. 13–16; Celia: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Discussion: Movie/Book
In-class Exercise: Family Memories
Movies: Beloved
Wednesday,
February 25
TYPEPAD ENTRY #9 DUE: “Movie Response”
Thursday,
February 26
Lecture: “Civil War ”
In-class Exercise: The Camera Goes to War
Friday,
February 27
TYPEPAD ENTRY #10 DUE: “Civil War Exhibit ”
Tuesday,
March 2
Lecture: “Evidence: Numbers”
Reading: Out of Many, Chaps. 17–18; Celia: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Discussion: Movie
In-class Exercise: TBA
Movies: McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Wednesday,
March 3
TYPEPAD ENTRY #11 DUE: “Movie Response”
Thursday,
March 4
Discussion: “Museum Exhibit Field Trip”
In-class Exercise: A Look at the US Census
Friday,
March 5
TYPEPAD ENTRY #12 DUE: “Museum Exhibit, Pt. 1”
Tuesday,
March 9
No Class—Spring Break
Thursday,
March 11
No Class—Spring Break
Tuesday,
March 16
Lecture: “Evidence: Things”
Reading: Out of Many, Chaps. 19–20
Discussion: Movie
In-class Exercise: Selling History
Movie: Age of Innocence
Wednesday,
March 17
TYPEPAD ENTRY #13 DUE: “Movie Response”
Thursday,
March 18
Discussion: “Museum Exhibit Field Trip, Pt 2”
In-class Exercise: The Checkered Game of Life
Friday,
March 19
TYPEPAD ENTRY #14 DUE: “Museum Exhibit, Pt. 2”
Tuesday,
March 23
Lecture: “The Intimate Life ”
Reading: Out of Many, Chaps. 21–22; State v. Rehberg
Discussion: Movie
In-class Exercise: KKK as the Hero?
Movie: Birth of a Nation
Wednesday,
March 24
TYPEPAD ENTRY #15 DUE: “Movie Response”
Thursday,
March 25
Lecture: “Populism/Progressivsim”
Discussion: State v. Rehberg
Friday,
March 26
TYPEPAD ENTRY #16 DUE: “We, the Jury”
Tuesday,
March 30
Lecture: “World War I & the Homefront”
Reading: Out of Many, Chaps. 23–24; Out of the Furnace
Discussion: Movie
In-class Exercise: Struggles in Steel
Movie: Public Enemy
Wednesday,
March 31
TYPEPAD ENTRY #17 DUE: “Movie Response”
Thursday,
April 1
Lecture: “The 1920s”
In-class Exercise: Selling Stuff
Friday,
April 2
TYPEPAD ENTRY #18 DUE: “Comment”
Tuesday,
April 6
Lecture: “Happy Days Are Here Again”
Reading: Out of Many, Chaps. 25
Discussion: Movie
In-class Exercise: That’s Entertainment
Movie: Sullivan’s Travels
Wednesday,
April 7
TYPEPAD ENTRY #19 DUE: “Movie Response”
Thursday,
April 8
Lecture: “WWII”
In-class Exercise: Reefer Madness
Friday,
April 9
TYPEPAD ENTRY #20 DUE: “Comment”
Tuesday,
April 13
Lecture: “The Cold War”
Reading: Out of Many, Chaps. 26
Discussion: Movie
In-class Exercise: Family Revisited
Movie: All That Heaven Allows
Wednesday,
April 14
TYPEPAD ENTRY #21 DUE: “Movie Response”
Thursday,
April 15
Lecture: “The Fabulous 50s”
In-class Exercise: Father Knows Best
Friday,
April 16
TYPEPAD ENTRY #22 DUE: “50s Exhibit”
Tuesday,
April 20
Lecture: “Evidence: Sound”
Reading: Out of Many, Chaps. 27–29; Coming of Age in MIssissippi
Discussion: Movie
In-class Exercise: Politics of Identity
Movie: Coming Home
Wednesday,
April 21
TYPEPAD ENTRY #23 DUE: “Movie Response”
Thursday,
April 22
Lecture: “Woodstock Nation”
In-class Exercise: Party On
Friday,
April 23
TYPEPAD ENTRY #24 DUE: “Top Ten in the 1970s”
Tuesday,
April 27
Lecture: “Greed is Good: the 1980s”
Reading: Out of Many, Chaps. 30–31
Discussion: Movie
In-class Exercise: Heroes: Race/Class/Gender Summary
Movie: Independence Day
Wednesday,
April 28
TYPEPAD ENTRY #25 DUE: “Movie Response”
Thursday,
April 29
Lecture: “Getting to 9/11”
CLASS EVALUATION
Friday,
April 30
TYPEPAD ENTRY #26 DUE: “Telling Your Story”
Thursday,
May 6
SELF-EVALUATION DUE