History 3317

American Expansion: 1800-1900

Worksheets
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CLASS SCHEDULE

Date

Reading

Homework

January 17

First Day

 

January 19

Frederick Jackson Turner, The Significance of the Frontier in American History , (1893)

Reaction Paragraph and 2 questions

January 22

Faragher, Introduction

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

January 24

Faragher, Part I

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

January 26

Faragher, Part II

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions

January 29

Faragher, The Social Fabric of the American West , (2004)

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

January 31

Cronon, Chapter 1

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

February 2

Cronon, Chapter 2

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

February 5

Cronon, A Place for Stories; Nature, History, and Narrative , (1992)

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

ARTICLE REVIEW DUE

February 7

Cronon, Chapter 3

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

February 9

Faragher, Part III

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

February 12

Faragher, Part IV

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

February 14

Cronon, Chapter 4

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

February 16

Faragher, Part V

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

February 19

McPherson, Was Blood Thicker than Water? Ethnic and Civic Nationalism in the American Civil War , (1999)

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

February 21

McPherson, Prologue, Chapter 1, 3

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

ARTICLE REVIEW #2 DUE

February 23

McPherson, Chapters 5, 9,

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

February 26

McPherson, Chapters 13, 14

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

February 28

McPherson, Chapters 16, 17

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

March 2

Make-up  

March 5

Make-up  

March 7

Class Cancelled

 

March 12-16 Spring Break

March 19

McPherson, Chapters 20-23

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

Book Reviw Due

March 21

McPherson, Chapters 25, 26

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

 

March 23

Cronon, Revisiting the Vanishing Frontier: The Legacy of Frederick Jackson Turner , (1987)

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

March 26

Faragher, The Frontier Trail: Rethinking Turner and Reimagining the American West , (1993)

March 28

Cronon, Chapters 5

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

 

March 30

Cronon, Chapters 6

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

April 2

Cronon, Chapters 7

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

April 4

Cronon, Chapters 8

Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

Compare/Contrast Article/Book Essay Due

April 6

Skocpol, Chapter 1 Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

April 9

Skocpol, Chapter 2 Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

April 11

Skocpol, Chapter 3 Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

April 13

Skocpol, Chapter 4 Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

April 16

Skocpol, Chapter 5 Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

April 18

Skocpol, Chapter 6 Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

April 20

Skocpol, Chapter 7 Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

April 23

Skocpol, Chapter 8 Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

April 25

Skocpol, Chapter 9 and Conclusion Reaction paragraph and two (2) questions.

April 27

No Class
 

April 30

Group Projects Gr. 6, 8

May 2

Group Projects Gr. 1, 3

May 4

Group Projects Gr. 4, 5

May 8, 4:00-5:55

Group Projects Gr. 2, 7, 9, 10