Professor Linnie Pawlek Office # 2608 E-mail: linnie.pawlek@rrcc.edu
READING AND ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE
HIS 202
Spring 2010
Week One- January 20 (Introduction)
20th: Course Introduction, Syllabus, Overview
Week Two- January 25, 27 (Reconstruction; The West)
25th: Recommended: Roark pp 553-555
Required: Roark pp 555-565; 568-586
Listen to Podcast “14th Amendment”www.pawlekhistory.pbworks.com
27th: Recommended: Roark pp. 591-593
Required: Roark pp 593-597; 600-621
Week Three- February 1, 3 (The Gilded Age; City & Workers)
1st: Recommended: Roark pp 627-628
Required: Roark pp 628-643; 644-660
3rd: Recommended: Roark pp. 665-666
Required: Roark pp. 666-690
3 PAGE PAPER DUE TODAY!
Week Four- February 8, 10 (Political Machines, Labor Wars, Activism)
8th: TEST # 1
10th: Required: Roark pp. 691-697; 707-727
Week Five- February 15, 17 (Open Door Policy, Spanish-Am. War, T. Roosevelt, Progressivism, WWI)
15th: Required: Roark pp 727-740; 747-765
17th: Required: Roark pp 769-800
Web activity #1- “Theodore Roosevelt Trust Buster” -wiki
Week Six- February 22, 24 (WWI, 14 pts., Normalcy, Prohibition)
22nd: Required: Roark pp 800-820
24th: Required: Roark pp. 825-850
Week Seven- March 1, 3 (Great Depression)
1st: TEST #2
3rd: Required: Roark: pp. 850-858
Woody Guthrie music (in class)
Week Eight- March 8, 10 (The New Deal, WWII)
8th: Required: Roark pp. 863-898
10th: Required: Roark pp. 903-909
Web Activity #2-Propaganda posters - wiki
Professor Linnie Pawlek Office # 2608 E-mail: linnie.pawlek@rrcc.edu
Week Nine- March 15, 17 (WWII)
15th: Midterm Exam
17th: Required: Roark pp. 909-914
Week Ten- March 22, 24 (WW II; Cold War, Harry Truman)
22nd: Required: Roark pp. 914-942
24th: Recommended: Roark pp.947-948
Required: Roark pp.949-963
Spring Break March 28- April 4
Week Eleven- April 5, 7 (Korean War, Culture Change Civil Rights)
5th: Required: Roark pp. 963-1003
7th: Required: Roark pp. 1003-1015
Week Twelve- April 12, 14 (Kennedy, Johnson, Black Nationalism)
12th: Required: Roark pp. 1021-1048
14th: TEST #3
Week Thirteen- April 19, 21 (Rebellion, Feminism, Nixon; Vietnam)
19th: Required: Roark pp. 1049-1057
Web Activity #3-Music of Rebellion
21st: Required: Roark pp. 1063-1077
SUPPLEMENTAL READING PAPER DUE TODAY!
Week Fourteen- April 26, 28 (Vietnam, Watergate)
26th: Required: Roark pp 1077-1107
Listen to podcasts “Mai Lai”
th
28 : Required: Roark pp. 1107-1112
Week Fifteen- May 3, 5 (Jimmy Carter, Reagan)
3rd: ARTIFACT SEARCH DUE
5th: Required: Roark pp. 1111-1136
Week Sixteen- May 10
10th: FINAL EXAM
The professor reserves the right to make changes, additions, or deletions to this schedule.
In class assignments will be assigned throughout the semester.