Gary Land
Spring 2010
HIST235 HISTORICAL INQUIRY (Revised)
NH205
MW 2::00-3:15
Credit Hours:
3
Office:
122A Nethery Hall
Telephone:
Office (269) 471-3511
Home (269) 461-6613
E-mail
land@andrews.edu
11:30-12:30 MWF
3:30-5:00 p.m. T Th
and by appointment
Office Hours:
Catalogue
Description:
Course Objectives:
Required Texts:
An introduction to history as an academic discipline. Students will learn the
basic elements of historical discourse (essays, book reviews, articles, and
monographs), the process of analyzing primary sources, and the fundamental
tools and procedures of research. A brief survey of the history of historical
writing and significant historical theories will also be included.
This course seeks to improve the student's ability to think historically and write
in the basic forms used in the discipline, including the following elements:
1. Basic research methodology and critical analysis of primary sources.
2. Critical analysis of secondary sources such as articles and books.
3. Writing of book reviews and short essays/articles based on original research.
4. Introduction to the history of historical writing and philosophy of history.
Benjamin, Jules R. A Student's Guide to History, 11th ed. (Bedford, 2009).
Davidson, James West and Mark Hamilton Lytle, After the Fact: The Art of
Historical Detection, 6th ed. (McGraw Hill, 2005).
Gilderhus, Mark T. History and Historians: A Historiographical Introduction,
7th ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007).
Turabian, Kate L., et al., A Manual for Writers . . ., 7th ed. (Chicago: University
of Chicago Press, 2007).
Course Requirements:
1. Reading Assignments, Take-Home quizzes, and Exercises: Students are
expected to complete the reading assignments, take-home quizzes and exercises
as indicated in the course schedule. Assignments are to be turned in at class
time; no late assignments will be accepted.
2. Article Analysis: Two article analyses using the provided forms by the
instructor are to be completed as indicated on the course schedule. In addition to
the forms, students must submit a printout or photocopy of the article that
includes the following items marked with RED ink:
a. The article introduction is to be labeled and indicated with brackets.
b. The thesis statement or the article's major question is to be labeled and
underlined.
c. Each subpoint is to be underlined and numbered in consecutive order. Each
section establishing the subpoint is to be marked with brackets.
d. The conclusion is to be labeled and marked with brackets.
Further information will be given prior to the assignment due date. 20 pts.
each. Article analysis 1 is to be accompanied by the graded article analysis 2.
3. Book reviews: Students are to write two book reviews on books chosen from
the list provided at the end of this syllabus, to be turned in as indicated on the
course schedule. 50 pts. Each finished review is to be accompanied by notes on
the book, a rough draft of the review, and the book review rubric distributed by
the teacher.* Book review 2 is to be accompanied by the graded book review 1.
4. Students are to complete one short research paper (3-5 pp.), with stages to be
turned in as indicated on the course schedule. No late stages will be accepted.
10 pts. for each stage; 50 pts. for final paper. Students are to have one
conference with instructor. Further instructions regarding research paper will be
given in class.
5. Examination: The final examination will cover the entire semester. A study
guide will be provided. 100 pts.
Grading:
Course Components:
Take-Home Quizzes and Exercises
Article Reports
Book Reviews
Research Paper
Examination
40%
10%
20%
20%
10 %
Grading Scale:
A 96-100%, A- 91-95%, B+ 86-90%, B 81-85%, B- 76-80%, C+ 71-75%, C 6670%, C- 61-65%, D 50-60%
Missed Examinations
and Late
Assignments:
The final examination may be taken late only in the event of illness, with a
medical excuse signed by a physician or nurse, or a death in the student’s
immediate family. The student must contact the teacher regarding late
examinations prior to the date of the examination is due. No late assignments
will be accepted..
Extra Credit:
Completing the course requirements with distinction will keep you occupied, for
you should expect to spend about two hours in preparation for each class. I do
not give extra-credit assignments.
Academic Honesty:
Please read the section on academic honesty in the Andrews University Bulletin
(p. 28, 2007-08 edition). Any violations of this policy, including such actions as
plagiarism on the research paper r using textbooks during quizzes or
examinations, will result in a grade of 0 for the individual assignment.
Student E-Mail:
Should I need to send a message to individual students or the entire class, I will
be using your Andrews University e-mail address. If you do not use this as your
primary address, it is your responsibility to set up your AU account to forward
messages to your primary address so that you will receive my messages. You
are responsible for any unread or missed messages.
Class Attendance:
As indicated in the Andrews University Bulletin, absences beyond 20% (5 class
periods) will result in an F. Three tardies equal one absence. Also, students are
expected to stay in the classroom once attendance has been taken and the class
has begun. Students leaving the classroom after this point will be marked
absent.
Disability
Accommodations:
If you qualify for accommodations under the American Disabilities Act, please
see the instructor as soon as possible for referral and assistance in arranging such
accommodations.
Schedule:
Date:
Jan. 6
11
13
18
20
25
27
Feb. 1
3
8
10
15
17
22
24
Mar 1
3
Topic:
Assignment:
Introduction
The Nature of History
Gilderhus, Ch. 1;Benjamin, Ch. 1
The Past and History
Davidson/Lytle, Prologue
NO CLASS: MARTIN
LUTHER KING DAY
Library Orientation
Benjamin, Ch. 2
History as Reconstruction
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 1;
Benjamin, Ch. 3
SUBJECT HEADING
EXERCISE
Interpreting Documents
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 2
Small-scale History
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 3;
Benjamin, Ch. 4
REFERENCE COLLECTION
EXERCIS
Analyzing a Single Document
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 4
Material Evidence
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 5;
Benjamin, Ch. 5
The Role of Theory
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 6
ARTICLE ANALYSIS
NO CLASS: PRESIDENT'S
DAY
Personal Motivation
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 7
BOOK REVIEW
The View of the "Other"
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 8
NOTE-TAKING EXERCISE
Photographic Evidence
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 9
Multiple Stories
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 10;
Benjamin, Ch. 6.
Legal Evidence
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 11
EVIDENCE ANALYSIS
8
Apr
10
The Specific versus the
Collective
Use of Models
12-19
SPRING BREAK
22
24
Understanding Television
29
Recordings
31
Understanding Film
5
Beginnings of Historical
Consciousness
Modern Historical Consciousness
7
12
14
19
21
28 (Wednesday)
Speculative Philosophy of
History
Analytic Philosophy of History
Recent Developments in History
Culture Wars, Postmodernism,
and History
Final Examination
EXERCISE
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 12;
Benjamin, Ch. 7
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 13
ARTICLE ANALYSIS
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 14
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 15
DOCUMENTATION
EXERCISE
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 16
BOOK REVIEW
Davidson/Lytle, Ch. 17;
RESEARCH PAPER
BIBLIOGRAPHY/FINDING
AIDS LIST DUE
Gilderhus, Ch. 2
Gilderhus, Ch. 3; RESEARCH
PAPER NOTES 1 DUE
Gilderhus, Ch. 4, RESEARCH
PAPER NOTES 2 DUE
Gilderhus, Ch. 5.
Gilderhus, Ch. 6. ROUGH
DRAFT OF RESEARCH PAPER
DUE
Gilderhus, Ch. 7.
1:30-3:30; FINAL DRAFT OF
RESEARCH PAPER DUE
BOOKS FOR REVIEW
Students are to choose their books from the following list. All books are under 325 pages and may be
found in the James White Library. They are roughly listed by the chronological order of their subject.
Anderson, Virginia DeJohn, New England's Generation: The Great Migration and the Formation of
Society and Culture in the Seventeenth Century (1991).
Richter, Daniel. Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America (2001).
Stout, Harry S. The Divine Dramatist: George Whitefield and the Rise of Modern Evangelicalism (1991).
Bailyn, Bernard. The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (1967)
Buel, Joy D., and Richard Buel, jr. The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America
(1968).
Gross, Robert A. The Minutemen and Their World (1976).
Maier, Pauline. American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence (1997).
Ellis, Joseph J. His Excellency: George Washington (2004)
Hofstadter, Richard. The Idea of a Party System, 1780-1840 (1969).
Allgor, Catherine. Parlor Politics: In White the Ladies of Washington Help Build a City and a Government
(1999).
McCoy, Drew R. The Elusive Republic: Political Economy in Jeffersonian America (1980).
Altschuler, Glenn C., and Stuart M. Blumin. Rude Republic: Americans and Their Politics in the
Nineteenth Century (2000).
Feller, Daniel. The Jacksonian Promise: America, 1815-1840 (1995).
Meyers, Marvin. The Jacksonian Persuasion (1960).
Varon, Elizabeth R. We Mean to Be Counted: White Women and Politics in Antebellum Virginia (1998).
Johnson, Walter. Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market (1999)
Oakes, James. The Ruling Race (1982).
Abzug, Robert H. Cosmos Crumbling: American Reform and the Religious Imagination (1994).
Cochran, Thomas C. Frontiers of Change: Early Industrialization in America (1981).
Mintz, Steven. Moralists and Modernizers: America's pre-Civil War Reformers (1995).
Stewart, James Brewer. Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Society (1978).
Billington, Ray Allen. The Far Western Frontier, 1830-1860 (1956).
Merk, Frederick. Manifest Destiny and Mission in American History (1963).
Stephanson, Anders. Manifest Destiny: American Expansionism and the Empire of Right (1995).
Foster, Gaines M. Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause, and the Emergence of the New
South, 1865-1913 (1987).
Gaston, Paul M. The New South Creed: A Study in Southern Mythmaking (1970).
Bodnar, John. The Transplanted: A History of Immigrants in urban America (1985).
Lingenfelter, Richard E. The Hardrock Miners: A History of the Mining Labor Movement in the
American West, 1863-1893 (1974).
Utley, Robert M. The Indian Frontier of the American West, 1846-1890 (1984).
Wyman, Mark. Hard Rock Epic: Western miners and the Industrial Revolution, 1860-1910 (1979).
Williams, R. Hal. Years of Decision: American Politics in the 1890s (1978).
Clements, Kendrick A. The Presidency of Woodrow Wilson (1992).
Wiebe, Robert. The Search for Order, 1877-1920 (1967).
Beisner, Robert L. From the Old Diplomacy to the New, 1865-1900 (1975).
Hoganson, Kristin L. Fighting for American Manhood: How Gender Politics Provoked the SpanishAmerican and Philippine-American Wars (1998).
Flink, James J. The Car Culture (1975).
Hawley, Ellis W. The Great War and the Search for a Modern Order (1979).
Conkin, Paul. FDR and the Origins of the Welfare State (1967).
Lubell, Samuel. The Future of American Politics (1952).
Williams, Juan. Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 (1988).
Anderson, Elijah. Streetwise: Race, Class, and Change in an Urban Community (1990).
Phillips, Kevin. Boiling Point: Democrats, Republicans, and the Decline of Middle-Class Prosperity
(1992).
Posner, Richard A. An Affair of State: The Investigation, Trial and Impeachment of President Clinton
(1999).