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

Introduction to HIST 1302 / Overview of Reconstruction
Introduction to the structure of the course, the subject matter of HIST 1302, and the nature of history as an academic discipline. We will discuss primary sources, secondary sources, how to approach historical artifacts, and bias in historical records. We will also take a cursory look at the crucial Reconstruction period. The changes – and lack thereof – in the South and the U.S. as a whole during the Reconstruction are some of the most important developments in all of U.S. history.
Reading: No reading due for this week
Assignments: No assignments are due this week

The Westward Expansion
Our lectures and discussions for this week will focus on the rapid and violent expansion of the United States west of the Mississippi River during the 19^th century. We will pay particular attention to the socioeconomic developments in the western U.S. and to the atrocities committed against American nations by the U.S. military.
Reading: U.S. History chapter 17, pp. 435 – 462
Assignments: Quiz 1 over chapter 17

Industrialization
Our lectures and discussions for this week will focus on the importation and spread of modern technology in the U.S., and the drastic impact new technology had on the social and economic development of the U.S. during the late nineteenth century.
Reading: U.S. History chapter 18, pp. 463 – 490
Assignments: Quiz 2 over chapter 18

Urbanization
Our lectures and discussions for this week will focus on the demographic revolution of the late nineteenth century U.S., and on both the blessings and curses of intense urbanization. We will pay special attention to the experiences of the urban working-class and to developments in art and literature in late Victorian U.S. cities.
Reading: U.S. History chapter 19, pp. 491 – 520
Assignments: Quiz 3 over chapter 19



Politics in the Gilded Age
Our lectures and discussions for this week will focus on the corrupt and fractious politics of the “Gilded Age” (1877 – 1898), and we will pay close attention to the various rural and urban labor groups that attempted – sometimes with a modicum of success – to reform the U.S. economic and political systems.
Reading: U.S. History chapter 20, pp. 521 – 548
Assignments: Quiz 4 over chapter 20

The Progressive Movement(s)
Our lectures and discussions for this week will focus on the rise of the progressive movements (yes, plural) in the late 19^th and early 20^th century U.S. We will focus not only on the successful reforms of these movements (such as the women’s suffrage movement), but on the classist and racist elements of early progressivism.
Reading: U.S. History chapter 21, pp. 549 – 578
Assignments: Quiz 5 over chapter 21



The U.S. Colonial Empire
Our lectures and discussions for this week will focus on the expansion of the United States into the Caribbean Sea and out of the western hemisphere altogether. We will pay special attention to the bipartisan support for imperialism by both conservatives and progressives, the atrocious violence of U.S. soldiers in the Philippines, and some of the lesser-known imperial actions of the U.S. between 1890 and 1914.
Reading: U.S. History chapter 22, pp. 579 – 604
Assignments: Quiz 6 over chapter 22



The First World War
Our lectures and discussions for this week will focus on the First World War, a brutal conflict that ended tens of millions of lives and permanently altered the geopolitical order. We will focus on the context into which the U.S. entered the war and the global consequences of this bloodbath for people around the planet.
Reading: U.S. History chapter 23, pp. 605 – 636
Assignments: Quiz 7 over chapter 23

The “Roaring” 1920s
Our lectures and discussions for this week will focus on the cultural fluorescence of the post-World War United States, and on the (apparent) economic prosperity of the postwar U.S. We will pay special attention to the growth of civil rights and cultural revolution movements, and to the federal policies and economic trends that facilitated the near-total collapse of the U.S. economy in late 1929.
Reading: U.S. History chapter 24, pp. 637 – 664
Assignments: Quiz 8 over chapter 24

The Great Depression and the New Deal
Our lectures and discussions for this week will focus on the collapse of the U.S. economy following the Wall Street Crash of October 1929, and the slow climb out of mass unemployment, homelessness, and hunger, spearheaded by the Roosevelt administration’s “New Deal” policies from 1933 onward. We will also discuss the great environmental crisis of the 1930s, the Dust Bowl, a crisis which might recur in our lifetimes.
Reading: U.S. History chapters 25 and 26, pp. 665 – 722
Assignments: Quiz 9 over chapters 25 an 26

The Second World War
Our lectures and discussions for this week will focus on what some consider to be the low point of human history: the Second World War. We will focus on the genocides committed by Germany and Japan; the experience of U.S. persons on the home front, and especially the experiences of U.S. persons of Japanese ancestry; the role of the U.S. in the war and its crimes; and the new world order established by this cataclysm.
Reading: U.S. History chapter 27, pp. 723 – 752
Assignments: Quiz 10 over chapter 27



The Early Cold War
Our lectures and discussions for this week will focus on the major changes to both the role of the United States in postwar geopolitics and the socioeconomic and cultural shifts within the U.S. We will pay special attention to the Korean War, the building crescendo of social justice activism, and the growing cultural friction within the U.S. between 1945 and 1959.
Reading: U.S. History chapter 28, pp. 753 – 782
Assignments: Quiz 11 over chapter 28

Change and Trauma in the 1960s
Our lectures and discussions for this week will focus on the intense cultural friction within the U.S. during the crucial decade of the 1960s, as well as on the early phases of the destructive and still-controversial Vietnam War. We will pay close attention to the successes of the African American Civil Rights movement, and to the broad-based resistance to that movement by white Protestant persons across the U.S.
Reading: U.S. History chapter 29, pp. 783 – 814
Assignments: Quiz 12 over chapter 29

The Malaise of the 1970s
Our lectures and discussions for this week will focus on the continuing fight for social justice in the 1970s, and especially on the successes of the feminist movement and the rise of an organized movement to protect the rights of non-heterosexual persons. We will also discuss the U.S. failure in the Vietnam War, the economic stagnancy of the 1970s, and the corruption of the Nixon administration.
Reading: U.S. History chapter 30, pp. 815 – 846
Assignments: Quiz 13 over chapter 30 

The Twilight of the Twentieth Century
Our lectures and discussions for this week will focus on the cultural and geopolitical shifts of the 1980s and 1990s, with emphases on the near-catastrophic friction between the U.S. and Soviet Union during the 1980s; the disaster of the War on Drugs; the collapse of the Soviet Union during the early 1990s; the changing role of the U.S. in geopolitics following the Soviet collapse; and the centrist politics of the 1990s.
Reading: U.S. History chapter 31, pp. 847 – 876
Assignments: Quiz 14 over chapter 31. Writing Assignment due at or before 11:59 p.m. on Friday

Dawn of the Twenty-First Century and FINAL EXAM
We will cap the course off with a discussion about recent history, including the rapidly changing demographic composition of the United States racially, ethnically, and religiously; economic and technological changes; and conflicts such as the War on Terror and the increasingly polarized electorate.
Reading: No reading due for this week.
Assignments: FINAL EXAM 

1. First Offense: For your first plagiarism offense, you will receive a grade of 0% on the assignment.
2. Second Offense: A second plagiarism offense will result in the student failing the course entirely. The student’s name and all documented offenses will be forwarded to the proper LSCPA officials.

1. No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom.
2. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom.
3. Use of electronic devices for purposes other than note-taking or learning is prohibited.

• You may be absent 4 times before your Attendance & Participation grade is impacted.
• If you are absent a 5^th time, the maximum score you will be able to receive for your Attendance & Participation grade will be reduced to 66⅔ (10% of your final course average)
• If you are absent a 6^th time, the maximum score you will be able to receive for your Attendance & Participation grade will be reduced to 33⅓ (5% of your final course average)
• If you are absent a 7^th time, you will receive a 0% for you Attendance & Participation grade.
• If you are absent an 8^th time, you will FAIL THE COURSE ENTIRELY