HISTORY 3296 Section 002
Intermediate Writing Seminar – Historic Preservation and Urban Development
TR 2-3:20pm Tuttleman Hall 0401A
(t) 18th century engraving of Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall); (b)
aerial view of Pruitt-Igoe public housing projects in St. Louis
This is a writing-intensive course for history majors. Writing assignments will help students
develop or practice specific writing skills and the research skills that will be critical for success
in the senior-level capstone seminar. This section uses the dual themes of historic preservation
and urban development (especially urban renewal) to help students synthesize broad historical
narratives, to teach research skills, and to produce original writing based on historical research.
Required Texts available at Temple Bookstore:
Randall Mason The Once and Future New York
Max Page, Randall Mason Giving Preservation a History
Andrew Hurley Beyond Preservation: Using Public History to Revitalize Inner Cities
Gary Nash, First City: Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory
GRADING
Classroom Participation
Class Writing Assignments
Archives Assignment
Semester Project
-Topic Approval
-Weekly Reports
-Book Review
-Annotated Bibliography
-Rough Draft
-Peer Review
-Class Presentation
-Final Draft
Scale:
A
AB+
B
B-
93-100
90-92
87-89
83-86
80-82
25%
10%
15%
50%
5%
5%
5%
5%
5%
5%
20%
C+
C
CD+
D
77-79
73-76
70-72
67-69
63-66
DF
60-62
0-59
Assignments turned in late will be penalized one-third of a grade (eg from an A- to a B+) for
each day late. All assignments must be turned in. Anyone who fails to complete all of the
subsidiary assignments in the final project will receive a failing grade.
COURSE SCHEDULE
WEEK 1
January 18 (Tues): Introduction
January 20: Patterns of American Urban Development
Introduction (in Page/Mason)
David Lowenthal, “The Heritage Crusade and its Contradictions,” (in Page/Mason)
WEEK 2
January 25 (Tues): Gary Nash, First City, 1-107
January 27: Nash, First City, 108-222
WEEK 3
February 1 (Tues): Nash, First City, 223-end
The roots of American Historic Preservation
February 3: NO CLASS – ARCHIVES VISIT/ASSIGNMENT
WEEK 4
February 8 (Tues): Post-Civil War Development/Industrialization
James Lindgren, “‘A Spirit That Fires the Imagination,’” (in Page/Mason)
February 10: Michael Holleran, “Roots in Boston,” (in Page/Mason)
WEEK 5
February 15 (Tues): Progressive Era urbanization
Randall Mason, The Once and Future New York, ix-120
February 17: Progressive Era preservation
Mason, The Once and Future New York, 121-end
BOOK REVIEW DUE
WEEK 6
Feb 22 (Tues): Depression Era urbanization and preservation
Robert Weyeneth, “Ancestral Architecture,” (in Page/Mason)
Feb 24: WWII
Thomas Sugrue, “Detroit’s Time Bomb,” (Blackboard)
WEEK 7
March 1 (Tues): Urban Crisis
Arnold Hirsch, “The Loop Versus the Slums,” (Blackboard)
Topic/Thesis Approval
Mar 3: Urban Renewal
Mires, Independence Hall (Blackboard)
Daniel Bluestone, “Chicago’s Mecca Flat Blues,” (in Page/Mason)
WEEK 8 -- NO CLASS SPRING BREAK
WEEK 9
Mar 15 (Tues): Demonstration project legislation
Brian Greenfield, “Marketing the Past,” (in Page/Mason)
Mar 17:
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE
WEEK 10
Mar 22 (Tues): The Modern/Federal Preservation Movement
Mar 24:
WEEK 11
Mar 29 (Tues): Andrew Hurley, Beyond Preservation, 1-93.
Mar 31: Hurley, Beyond Preservation, 94-202.
WEEK 12
April 5 (Tues):
April 7: ROUGH DRAFT DUE
WEEK 13
April 12 (Tues):
April 14: PEER REVIEW
WEEK 14
April 19 (Tues): NO CLASS – WORK DAY
Apr 21: Presentations
WEEK 15
Apr 26 (Tues): Presentations
Apr 28: Presentations
MAY 5 – FINAL PAPER DUE