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History 1304: United States History I: 1607 -1877

British Settlement through Reconstruction

Spring 2008


Course Schedule

 

January 23

First Day of Class

January 25

Case Study: The Threat of Anne Hutchinson

Reading:

  • Wheeler, Chapter 2

Lecture

January 28

Lecture

January 30

Homework #1

Quiz #1

February 1

Discussion #1

February 4

Case Study: What Happened at the Boston Massacre?

Reading:

  • Wheeler, Chapter 4

 

Lecture

February 6

Lecture

February 8

Homework #2

Quiz #2

February 11

Discussion 2

February 13

Case Study: Election of 1794

Reading:

  • Wheeler, Chapter 5

Lecture

February 15

Lecture
February 18

Homework #3

Quiz #3

February 20

Discussion 3

February 22

Case Study: Cherokee Removal

Reading:

  • Perdue and Greene, Cherokee Removal, entire.
  • Wheeler, Chapter 6

 

Lecture

February 25

Lecture

February 27

Lecture

February 29

Homework #4

Quiz #4

March 3

Discussion 4

March 5

Case Study: Working Girls of Lowell

Reading:

  • Wheeler, Chapter 7

 

Lecture

March 7

Lecture

March 10

Lecture

March 12

Homework #5

Quiz #5

March 14

Discussion 5

March 17-21 Spring Break

March 24

Case Study: Colonial Slavery

Reading:

  • Wheeler, Chapter 2

 

Lecture

March 26

Lecture

March 28

Homework #6

Quiz #6

March 31

Discussion 6

April 2

Case Study: Antebellum Slavery

Reading:

  • Wheeler, Chapter 8
  • Campbell, Chapters 1-3

 

Lecture

April 4

Lecture

April 7

Homework #7

Quiz #7

April 9

Discussion 7

April 11

Case Study: Texas and Manifest Destiny

Reading:

  • Wheeler, Chapter 9
  • Campbell, Chapters 4-10

 

 

Lecture

April 14

Lecture

April 16

Homework #8

Quiz #8

April 18

Discussion 8

April 21

Case Study: Civil War and Reconstruction: Port Royal Experiement

Reading:

  • Wheeler, Chapter 10
  • Foner, A Short History of Reconstruction, Chapters 1-4

Lecture

April 23

Lecture

April 25

Homework #9

Quiz #9

April 28

Discussion 9

April 30

Case Study: Reconstruction and the West

Reading:

  • Wheeler, Chapter 11
  • Foner, A Short History of Reconstruction, Chapters 4-7

Lecture

May 2

Lecture

May 5

Quiz #10

Homework #10

May 7 Discussion 10

May 9

Exam

Group 1 Final Discussion

May 13

Exam

12:00pm - 1:55 pm

 

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