HIST 2010

Readings & Assignments

Readings are taken from the textbook and this website. The chapter numbers in the schedule are from your textbook ( Nash, The American People) . The textbook readings are required, as are all of the Internet linked primary sources.

Weeks

Dates

Lecture Topic

Reading

1

Aug 25-29

Ancient America and Africa

Carson, Chapter 1; Nash Chapter 1

Thomas Morton: , 1637

2

Sep 1-5

Africa and the Atlantic World

Nash, Chapter 2; Carson Chapter 2


Thomas Morton: , 1637

3

Sep 8-12

Colonization in Early America

Reading Reaction #1 Due Sep 11

Essays #1, 2, and 3 Due Sep 11

Nash, Chapter 3; Carson Chapter 3

William Bradford: , c. 1650

4

Sep 15-19

Eighteenth Century Colonial Society: Slavery and Empire

Essay #4 Due Sep 18

Nash, Chapter 4-5; Carson Chapter 4

Olaudah Equiano, The Middle Passage, 1788
Gottlieb Mittelberger, , 1754

5

Sep 22-26

The Revolutionary Era

ID Quiz #1 Sep 23

Reading Reaction #2 Due Sep 25

Essay #5 Due Sep 25

Nash, Chapters 6; Carson 5

Patrick Henry: , March 23, 1775
Benjamin Franklin, Testimony Against the Stamp Act (1766)
Michel-Guillaume-Jean de Cr猫vecoeur, from Letters from an American Farmer ("What is an American?") 1782

6

Sep 29-Oct 3

A Post-Revolutionary People

Id Quiz #2 Sep 30

Essay #6 Due Oct 1

Nash, Chapter 7; Carson Chapter 6

George Washington

7

Oct 6-10

Creating a Nation for Whom?

Id Quiz # 3 Oct 7

Essay #7 Due Oct 9

Nash, Chapter 8

John L. O'Sullivan: , 1839
, 1832
Harriet Robinson: , 1834-1848
8

Oct 13-17

Society and Politics in the Early Republic

Nash Chapter 9
9

Oct 20-24

Economic Transformations in the Northeast

Midterm Examination Oct 23

Nash Chapter 10
10

Oct 27-31

Slavery in the Old South

Essay #8 Due Oct 30

Nash, Chapter 11; Carson Chapter 7

George Fitzhugh, "The Blessings of Slavery" 1857 Benjamin Drew (ed):
11

Nov 3-7

Era of Reform

Essay #9 Due Nov 6

Nash, Chapter 13

Thomas Corwin, Against the Mexican War (1847)
John L. O鈥橲ullivan, "The Great Nation of Futurity" (1845)
12

Nov 10-14

Manifest Destiny and Territorial Expansion

Essay #10 Due Nov 13

Nash, chapter 14; Carson, chapter 9

John C. Calhoun, , 1849;
Abraham Lincoln: June 1858
13

Nov 17-21

The Impending Crisis - Territorial Expansion and The Sectional Crisis ID Quiz #4 Nov 18

Reading Reaction #3 Due Nov 18

Essays #11, 12 Due Nov 20

Nash Chapter 15; Carson, Chapter 15

14

Nov 24-28

Crucible of Freedom: The American Civil War

ID Quiz #5 Nov 25

Reading Reaction #4 Due Nov 25

Essays #13, 14 Due Nov 25

Nash, Chapter 16; Carson. Chapter 11

Abraham Lincoln: , 1865
The Christian Recorder, 1864
15

Dec 1-4

Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution

D Quiz #6 Dec 2

Nash, Chapter 16; Carson. Chapter 11
Finals Dec 5-12 Final Study Guide - Thursday, May 1, 12-30-2:30 pm







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