History 267: The History of Latinos in the United States
Summer 2016
Four-Week Class: Monday June 27 to Saturday, July 23
(Online)
Prof. Joseph A. Rodríguez
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Department of History
This online four-week summer course covers the history of Latinos in the
United States. We will concentrate on Mexicans and Mexican Americans,
Puerto Ricans, and Cubans with some coverage of other groups (Salvadorans
and Nicaraguans) toward the end of the course.
IMPORTANT: Please note that I will be sending everything to your UWM
email account. Make sure you check it regularly or have your UWM email
forwarded to another account you do use regularly.
Taking an online course…
As you know, this course will be conducted completely online using a
course site on the UWM Desire-to-Learn (D2L) system. Scheduling: You
must have access to a computer and the internet on all test dates. You must
be able to access the D2L site and know how to use it before class starts. No
excuses accepted for missed examinations or missed discussion
submission dates. If you have not used D2L before, the instructions below
should help you find your way around the system. Regardless of your
experience, you should explore the site right away so you can iron out any
technical problems before the semester starts.
You can access D2L by going to the UWM Homepage
(http://www4.uwm.edu) and click on Quick Links and select D2L or you can
go directly to the login page (https://uwm.courses.wisconsin.edu/) Note:
there is no www in the address and an “s” on https. On the login page,
notice the “For Students” link that offers help files for dealing with various
aspects of D2L. The other help source is to visit the 24/7 help desk at 2294040, (toll free 1-877-381-3459) or sending an email to: help@uwm.edu.
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Learning Goals/Outcomes:
Students will:
1. Learn about the history of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans as it
relates to their presence in the United States.
2. Learn how these groups fit into the history of the United States more
generally including their role in shaping United States culture and the impact
of United States culture on these groups
3. How the identities of these groups (racial, ethnic, national and gender) are
all complex terms with different meanings and histories.
4. Learn the significance of race and racial mixture in Latino and American
history.
Student Rights and Appeals
UWM has policies on students' rights and appeals. Students can review
university policies on final exams, incompletes, complaints/appeals,
accommodations for students with disabilities, absences due to religion and
military service, sexual harassment, and academic misconduct (i.e. cheating
and plagiarism). These university policies are available at:
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SecU/SyllabusLinks.pdf
Anyone who needs special assistance should see me during the first week of
classes. My office is 325 Holton Hall; telephone: 229-3963; email address:
joerod@csd.uwm.edu. I am available for face to face meetings by
appointment.
Academic Misconduct
Academic misconduct is an act in which a student seeks to claim credit for
the work or efforts of another without authorization or citation, uses
unauthorized materials or fabricated data in any academic exercise, forges or
falsifies academic documents or records, intentionally impedes or damages
the academic work of others, engages in conduct aimed at making false
representation of a student's academic performance, or assists other students
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in any of these acts. Students caught can be expelled, and/or receive an F in
the course. See UWM policies on academic misconduct:
http://www4.uwm.edu/acad_aff/policy/academicmisconduct.cfm
Course Requirements: 100 total points possible; 5 ten-question quizzes on
readings lectures/powerpoints, worth 10 points each for a total of 50 points;
participation in online discussion, 15 points, a 4-page final essay, 30 points
due July 18.
Final Grade Scale
A = 94-100
A- = 90-93
B+ = 89-86
B = 85-83
B- = 83-80
C+= 79-76
C = 75-73
C- = 72-70
D+ = 69-67
D= 66-63
D- = 62-60
F = < 59
One book is required: (purchase from UWM Bookstore, other bookstore,
check out from library or order on Amazon; should be available used in
paperback and in local public libraries).
Manuel G. Gonzales, Mexicanos: A History of Mexicans in the United
States. Indiana University Press (all page references will be to the 2nd
edition, 2009).
The required text is available on 2-hour reserve in the Golda Meir Library.
If you are on campus infrequently and therefore do not have easy access to
the library’s reserve system, you should purchase the book. Consider
consulting an on-line bookstore like Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble
which also sell used books. Also, check for used copies at Half-Priced
Books or other used bookstores. Finally, you may check the books out of
the Milwaukee County Library system or your hometown public library.
------------------------------Topics, Readings, and Assignments
Week 1-June 27
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Study Powerpoints #1 and 2 and Lectures #1 and 2
Read, Gonzales, Mexicanos, chap. 1-3 guided by study questions provided.
Discussion Assignment #1:
Please post a 100-word comment and a 50-word response (to a classmate’s
post ) on the Discussion site in the D2L by Sunday, July 3rd.
Quiz #1-July 4
The quiz is available on the D2L quiz site and covers Week 1 material
including: Powerpoints and lectures and Gonzales, Mexicanos, chapters 1-3.
The test is available all day but you have 20 minutes to complete the quiz.
Week 2-July 4
Study: Powerpoints 3 and 4 and Lectures 3 and 4
Read: Gonzales, Mexicanos, chap. 4-6 using study questions provided.
Discussion #2-due by Sunday, July 10th: Please post a 100-word
comment and a 50-word response to the question provided on the Discussion
site.
Quiz #2-July 11.
The quiz is available on the D2L quiz site and covers Week 2 material
including: Powerpoints and lectures and Gonzales, Mexicanos, chapters 4-6.
The test is available all day.
Week 3-July 11
Study Powerpoints 5 and 6 and Lectures 5 and 6.
Read: Gonzales, Mexicanos, chap. 7-8; reading on e-reserve: Lutton,
“Mexico to Milwaukee” and “Rural Wisconsin, Latino Labor and the
Migration Paradox,” (starts on page 3 of Kaliedoscope II, Spring 2007).
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Discussion assignment #3: add a comment on the discussion site by Sunday
July 17.
Submit paper topic to drop box by July 10.
Quiz #3- July 18:
The quiz is available on the D2L quiz site and covers Week 3 material
including:
D2L Powerpoint and lectures and Gonzales, Mexicanos, chapters 7-8. The
test is available all.
Week 4-July 18
Study Powerpoints, 7-12 and Lectures, 7-12.
Read (all on e-reserve): Doña Licha’s Island, chps. 2 and 5; “Miami Now”;
Maldonado, “Contract Labor”; and “Waiting on Washington” —look at the
study questions for each reading.
No discussion submission required for this week.
Quiz #4a and 4b-Saturday, July 23:
The quiz is available on the D2L quiz site and covers Week 4 materials.
This quiz will serve as a final exam, though it will not be cumulative. It will
only cover week 4 materials but will be worth 20 points. You will take two
separate quizzes, 4 a and 4 b that will cover Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and
Salvadorans.
Final 4-5 page essay due on July 30. Submit to Drop Box. You can email
me for suggestions on sources and topics.
Final paper Assignment: Pick one of the following United States and tell
me the significant developments related to Latinos in that state since
World War II. This can include information about population growth
trends, employment, significant historical events, recent controversies,
current political debates, major employers, population source (Mexican,
Puerto Rico, Central, South America). DO NOT PICK: TEXAS,
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CALIFORNIA, OR FLORIDA. ANY other state is fine. You can even
pick a Canadian province.
You must: 1. Include three (3) secondary sources and 2. Include a system for
citing your sources (APA or ASA or Chicago Manual of Style). Consult with
me for more help. See this web site for reference help:
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
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