HISTORY 12: U.S HISTORY FROM 1865 TO THE PRESENT y CSU Fresno y Fall Semester 2003 y Professor Jill Fields

Course Outline **

gWeek One: August 25-27

Introduction to the Class

The United States in the mid-19th Century

Film: Washington Square (115 minutes)

gWeek Two: September 1-3

Labor Day

The Meaning of Freedom -- Reconstruction and African Americans, 1865-1877

÷Reading: Roark, chapter 16

gWeek Three: September 8-10

The "New South" and the Origins of Jim Crow

Westward Expansion and the Second Great Removal of Native Americans

÷Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 17 (pp. 413-429)

÷Required Reading: Black Elk Speaks

gWeek Four: September 15-17

÷Discussion 9/15: Black Elk Speaks

California Indians

The Changing Nature of Work and Leisure: Social Mobility, Immigration & Urbanization

÷Required Reading: Black Elk Speaks

÷Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 17 (pp. 429-441), chapter 18

gWeek Five: September 22-24

The Other Civil War: 19th-Century Labor Movements & Working-Class Culture

Populism, Social Darwinism and the Cultures of U.S. Imperialism

÷Recommended Reading: Roark, chapters 19-20

gWeek Six: September 29-October 1

Progressive Reform: Regulation of Industry and the Poor

The Campaigns for Suffrage and Women’s Rights

÷Discussion 9/29: The Lost Sisterhood

÷Required Reading: The Lost Sisterhood, pp. 1-68

÷Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 21

Film: Women of Hull House

gWeek Seven: October 6-8

Redefining Gender Norms and Sexuality

The Rise of Consumer Culture

÷Discussion 10/6: The Lost Sisterhood

÷Required Reading: The Lost Sisterhood, pp. 69-178

gWeek Eight: October 13-15

World War I & the 1920s

The Silent Film Era: Modern Times (89 minutes)

÷Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 22, chapter 23 (pp. 575-594)

 

Mid-term due October 15

 

gWeek Nine: October 20-22

The Depression, the New Deal and the Labor Movement

Depression Culture: Federal Arts Programs and 1930s Movies

÷Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 23 (pp. 594-604), chapter 24

gWeek Ten: October 27-29

World War II and the Home Front

America and the Holocaust

Internment Camps

Film: A Family Gathering

÷Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 25

gWeek Eleven: November 3-5

The Atomic Bomb and the Cold War

Suburbia, Television and the Beat Generation

÷Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 26, chapter 27 (pp. 697-716)

gWeek Twelve: November 10-12

Civil Rights

Civil Unrest

÷Required Reading: Coming of Age in Mississippi, part 1

÷Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 27 (pp. 716-721), chapter 28 (pp. 723-739, 743-746)

Film: Eyes on the Prize

gWeek Thirteen: November 17-19

÷Discussion 11/17: Coming of Age in Mississippi

Second Wave: The Rebirth of Feminism

÷Required Reading: Coming of Age in Mississippi, parts 2-4

÷Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 28 (pp. 739-743)

gWeek Fourteen: November 24-26

Vietnam and the Anti-War Movement

Thanksgiving Recess

÷Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 29

gWeek Fifteen: December 1-3

The Nixon Presidency and Watergate

Identity Politics and Issue-Oriented Movements for Social Change

÷Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 30

gWeek Sixteen: December 8-10

U.S. Foreign Policies in Central America and the Middle East

The Global Economy

÷Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 31

Final Exam: Wednesday, December 17, 5:45-7:45 p.m.

 


**Please note: Topics, assignments and due dates are subject to change at discretion of professor. Students with disabilities will be accommodated per University regulations. Final grades are subject to University policies regarding cheating and plagiarism.