Monmouth College
History 112
Spring 2010


COURSE SCHEDULE


13 January: Introduction to the class, the syllabus, the course expectations.
        ►
Chapter 20

15 January: Progressives:  Why They Cared


20 January:  Progressives:  What They Cared About
   
 ►Chapter 21

22 January:  Wilson's New Freedom:  Progressive or Not?


25 January:  The Looming European Crisis
   
 ►
Chapter 22

27 January:  The War to End All Wars

29 January: Over Here: The War at Home


1 February: The Jazz Age
   
 ►Chapter 23

3 February: The Other Side of the 1920s

5 February:  The Coming of the Great Depression
   
 ►Chapter 24
   
 ►Winesburg, Ohio book exam due


8 February: Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal
   
 ►Chapter 25

10 February: Changing Society

12 February:  The Legacy of the New Deal


15 February:  first midterm examination:  Progressive era through the new deal

17 February:  The Coming of World War II
   
 ►Chapter 26

19 February:   The "Good War"


22 February: Discussion:  Luck of the Draw

24 February:   The Post-War Years
   
 ►
Chapter 27

26 Febrary:  NO CLASS


1 March:  Affluence and Anxiety

3 March:  Cracks in the Picture Window

5 March:  Korea and the Red Scare
 
    ►Luck of the Draw book exam due


15 March:  Civil Rights in the Eisenhower Era: The Gathering Storm
   
 ►Chapter 28

17 March:   Eisenhower and the Second Stage of the Cold War

19 March:  The Cold War Heats Up 


22 March:  SECOND MIDTERM EXAM:  WWII THROUGH THE EARLY COLD WAR  

24 March:   Eisenhower and the Second Stage of the Cold War

26 March:  Kennedy's New Frontiers and Johnson's Great Society
   
 ►Chapter 29


29 March: Vietnam:  America's Longest War

31 March:  Vietnam:  America's Longest War, continued

2 April:  Good Friday:  no school 


5 April:  Easter Monday:  no school

7 April:  The New Left

9 April:  no class

  Death of Innocence book exam due.  You must print out the exam and hand it to Mrs. Crum, the secretary in the basement of Wallace Hall.  She must write the date and time on it.  Your essay is late and will drop one letter grade if it arrives to Mrs. Crum after the start of your class (i.e., the 10:00 a.m. class papers are late at 10:01 and the 1:00 p.m. class papers are late at 1:01 HOWEVER, Mrs. Crum goes to lunch from noon until 1:00--so, unless you are planning to pounce the moment she returns, and unless you are a gambler, ready to trust that she won't be delayed that day, then 1:00 p.m. students should get the papers in to Mrs. Crum BEFORE noon.  I'm giving you loads of extra time on this exam, and therefore I will show NO MERCY if a paper is late!!!


12 April:  The Counterculture

14 April: Nixon's Domestic and Foreign Agendas 
 
 ►Chapter 30

16 April:  Nixon and Watergate


19 April: Ford and the Energy Crisis

21 April:  Carter and the Middle East

23 April:  The Rise of Ronald Reagan
   
 ►Chapter 31


26 April:  The Iran-Contra Affair

28 April:  The Clinton Years

30 April:  Discussion:  Sisters in a Band of Brothers


3 April  Bush, 9/11 and the Future
   
 ►Chapter 32
   
 ► Sister in a Band of Brothers book exam due

5 April:  Class wrap up and questions about the final exam


The final exam for the 10:00 a.m. class is 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 12 May 2010.
The final exam for the 1:00 p.m. class is 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 11 May 2010.
Neither the date nor the time of the final may be changed.  You may not take your final with the other class.


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