• ENGL-0302 College Reading Skills
• ENGL-0327 Integrated Reading and Writing

1. Create an argument through the use of historical evidence
2. Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources
3. Analyze the effects of historical, social, political, economic, cultural, and global forces on this period of United States history

1.      WEEK 1 (08/26/24 – 08/31/24)
Introduction to the course, the subject matter of HIST 1302, and the nature of history as an academic discipline. You will also read about the westward expansion of the United States

Readings:

·        U.S. History chapter 17, pp. 435 – 462

Assignment:

·        Journal Entry no. 1

·        Quiz 1

2.      WEEK 2 (09/02/24 – 09/07/24)

This week we will cover the postbellum surge of industrialization across the United States.

Readings:

·        U.S. History chapter 18, pp. 463 – 490

Assignments:

·        Journal Entry no. 2

·        Quiz 2

3.      WEEK 3 (09/09/24 – 09/14/24)

This week we will cover the demographic shifts of the late nineteenth century, especially the rapid expansion of urban populations and the growth of eastern cities.

Readings:

·        U.S. History chapter 19, pp. 491 – 520

Assignments:

·        Journal Entry no. 3

·        Quiz 3

4.      WEEK 4 (09/16/24 – 09/21/24)

This week you will learn about the politics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the attempts by the Populist movement and other groups to reform the political and economic systems of the U.S.

Readings:

·        U.S. History chapter 20, pp. 521 – 548

Assignments

·        Journal Entry no. 4

·        Quiz 4

5.      WEEK 5 (09/23/24 – 09/28/24)

This week we will cover the Progressive movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and there many successes and failures, strengths and shortcomings.

Readings:

·        U.S. History chapter 21, pp. 549 – 578

Assignments:

·        Journal Entry no. 5

·        Quiz 5

6.      WEEK 6 (09/30/24 – 10/05/24)

This week we will cover the expansion of the United States into the Pacific Basin and Caribbean Basin during the late nineteenth century, and the complicated politics of imperialism.

Readings:

·        U.S. History chapter 22, pp. 579 – 604

Assignments:

·        Journal Entry no. 6

·        Quiz 6

7.      WEEK 7 (10/07/24 – 10/12/24)

This week we will cover the terror of the First World War, a complex conflict that many of us in the United States understand very poorly. In addition to the battlefields, we will also discuss some of the developments on the home front.

Readings:

·        U.S. History chapter 23, pp. 605 – 636

Assignments:

·        Journal Entry no. 7

·        Quiz 7

8.      WEEK 8 (10/14/24 – 10/19/24)

This week we will discuss the 1920s, a decade of apparent prosperity. Beneath the surface, though, signs of financial instability and stress were beginning to peak through.

Readings:

·        U.S. History chapter 24, pp. 637 – 664

Assignments:

·        Journal Entry no. 8

·        Quiz 8

9.      WEEK 9 (10/21/24 – 10/26/24)

The Great Depression plunged the U.S. into the deepest economic depression it has ever experienced. The Federal government responded to the depression during the 1930s, and the character of the Federal government changed as did so, but the economic crisis did not end until the U.S. was dragged into the Second World War in 1941.

Readings:

·        U.S. History chapter 25, pp. 665 – 694

·        U.S. History chapter 26, pp. 695 – 722

Assignments:

·        Journal entry no. 9

·        Quiz 9

10.  WEEK 10 (10/28/24 – 11/02/24)

The Second World War was by far the bloodiest conflict in all human history. We will cover the nightmarish crimes of Japan and Germany, and will also discuss some of the less-well-known developments that happened on the U.S. home front.

Readings:

·        U.S. History chapter 27, pp. 723 – 752

Assignments:

·        Journal Entry no. 10

·        Quiz 10

11.  WEEK 11 (11/04/24 – 11/09/24)

Following the Second World War, the only major powers able to fend for themselves were the United States and the Soviet Union, and soon the world found itself polarized between capitalist democracy on the one side and communist totalitarianism on the other. Meanwhile, the fight for Civil Rights at home continued to build steam.

Readings: 

·        U.S. History chapter 28, pp. 753 – 782

Assignments:

·        Journal Entry no. 11

·        Quiz 11

12.  WEEK 12 (11/11/24 – 11/16/24)

During the 1960s, the U.S. was in conflict in Southeast Asia, entering what many Americans call the Vietnam War. Meanwhile, conflict over social justice movements continued to divide the nation, even as the Civil Rights movement scored major legal victories.

Readings:

·        U.S. History chapter 29, pp. 783 – 813

Assignments:

·        Journal Entry no. 12

·        Quiz 12

13.  WEEK 13 (11/18/24 – 11/23/24)

This week we will cover the 1970s and the continuing crescendo of social justice movements, including the American Indian Movement, the rise of LGBT rights movements, and the successes and challenges that faced the Women’s Liberation movement and feminism.

Readings:

·        U.S. History chapter 30, pp. 815 – 846

Assignments:

·        Journal Entry no. 13

·        Quiz 13

THANKSGIVING WEEK (11/25/24 – 11/30/24)

You will not be required to do anything this week. Take whatever time you can to be with your families, work on your research assignments and study for the final exam.

14.  WEEK 14 (12/02/24 – 12/07/24)
In this final week of the course, you will learn about some of the bloody conflicts of the late twentieth century, including the First Gulf War. You’ll also learn a bit about the early twenty-first century, the September 11th attacks, the War on Terror and the rise of the national security state. Your research assignment is due this week. You will not have any journal entries to make, nor will you have a quiz this week. Spend your spare time studying for the final exam at the beginning of next week.

Readings: 

·        U.S. History chapter 31, pp. 847 – 876

·        U.S. History chapter 32, pp. 877 – 904

Assignments:

·        Research Assignment (due by 11:59 p.m. on 12/02/24)

15.  WEEK 15 (12/09/24 – 12/12/24)

Your FINAL EXAM will be held on Monday and Tuesday of this week, and you have a 48-hour window during which the exam must be completed. The exam is cumulative: good luck.

Readings:

None

Assignments:

·        FINAL EXAM (open from 12:00 a.m. on 12/09/24 until 11:59 p.m. on 12/10/24).

• A weather event or other disaster prompts a change in course due dates
• You have an Accommodations Memorandum that specifies you need changes to due dates
• You experience a documented and authenticated medical or family crisis.

1. First Offense: For your first plagiarism offense, you will receive a grade of 0% on the assignment. You will be required to come to my office and discuss plagiarism with me, something I am sure we both want to avoid.
2. Second Offense: A second plagiarism offense will result in yet another grade of 0% for the plagiarized assignment, and the student’s name and all documented offenses will be forwarded to the proper LSCPA officials.
3. Third or Further Offense(s): The student will receive grades of 0% for all offensive assignment and, in severe cases such as plagiarism on the final exam or research assignment, might even fail the course entirely.