Colonial North America, 1492-1763 HIST 411/511 Fall 2009
Course Description
This course will examine and explore the lives of various groups of people who lived in and arrived
on the western edge of the Atlantic Ocean during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Contact Details
Professor: Dr. Ian Chambers
Office: History department, 315 Administration building
Phone: (208) 885-5777
Office hours: Wednesday 9:00am – 11:00am
Additional office hours available by appointment
E-mail: chambers@uidaho.edu
Texts
Required Books
David Weber The Spanish Frontier in North America (Brief Edition)
Allan Greer People of New France
Ira Berlin Generations of Captivity
Carol Berkin First Generations
Jack Greene Pursuits of Happiness
Recommended Books
Colin Calloway The World Turned Upside Down
Donna Merwick Death of a Notary
Course Requirements
Group and individual book reviews
Each assigned group will be assigned one of the required books
They will produce two pieces of work
a) A group book review – max 1000 words – to be made available to whole class
b) A personal book review – max 750 words to be handed in
For due dates see attached schedule 20% of final course grade
Research paper
Students will select a topic on some aspect of Colonial American history and prepare a research
paper of 2000 words (+/- 10%), type-written and double spaced. The paper will be due December
3rd and count as 40% of final course grade.
Class summary and suggestions
Each assigned group will make presentations to the class summarizing the salient facts of the
previous week’s lecture 10% of final course grade
For due dates see attached schedule all presentation will be made on Tuesdays
Take Home Final
Due my office 2:30 pm Dec 18 OR BEFORE 30% of final grade
Basic Class Rules and Regulations
Three-One System
You must wait ONE day before contesting any grade
You must write ONE paragraph explaining why your grade should
be adjusted
You must challenge the grade within ONE week of receiving it.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism WILL NOT be tolerated
Late Papers
You will lose one point per minute for any late work.
Additional rules
During the chronological period covered in this course you were
all British subjects of a Monarch.
For this course as an Englishman I will assume the role of
Monarch
411 Schedules
Wk
W/E Fri
1
2
28 Aug
4 Sep
3
4
11 Sep
18 Sep
5
6
7
25 Sep
2 Oct
9 Oct
8
9
16 Oct
23 Oct
10
11
12
13
30 Oct
6 Nov
13 Nov
20 Nov
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15
27 Nov
4 Dec
11 Dec
Book for discussion
Rec. book
The world turned
upside down
Lecture topic
Book Review Due Class Summary
Intro
Native America
Africa
Europe
Spanish Frontier
People of New France
Death of a Notary
Colonial Expansion
Colonial Expansion
Generations of
Captivity
Colonial Expansion
Colonial Expansion
Colonial Expansion
Colonial Expansion
First Generations
T/giving
Pursuits of Happiness
Spanish
French & Dutch
English
T/giving
T/giving
War for empire
A & F Wk 2
B & G Wk 3
24 Sept. A & F
8 Oct. B & G
22 Oct C & H
12 Nov D & I
1 Dec E & J
C & H Wk 4
D & I Wk 5
E & J Wk 6
Sept 17 No Class
Constitution Day @ UI: Sept. 17, 2009
You will be expected to attend one of the events and provide a report
to me on the event
October 1 No Class
I will be away Sept 30th to Oct 4th for presenting a paper and
chairing a panel at the American Society for Ethnohistory
conference in New Orleans
Grades
Paper – 40%
Final – 30%
Reviews – 20%
Summary – 10%