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HISTORY 101D: DIFFERENCE, IDENTITY, AND POWER
TUTH 2-4
211 DWINELLE
SPRING 2005
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WALDO E. MARTIN, JR.
wmartin@socrates.berkeley.edu
2308 DWINELLE 642-2559
OFFICE HOURS: Th 12:30-1:30
This is a research seminar in nineteenth and twentieth century United States
history. Students are expected to write a competent research essay, to do the assigned
reading, and to participate actively in the discussion and essay evaluation sessions. As
outlined below, the production of the research essay will be a step-by-step process: (1)
topic selection; (2) short project description; (3) annotated bibliography; (4) précis;
(5) outline; (6) first draft; and, (7) final draft. All assignments must be typed.
Throughout the various steps of constructing the essay, I will be available to guide and
assist you. Please note that there is a mandatory library tour that will be tailored to assist
you in the researching of your topics.
During the semester, there will be a series of individual conferences where you
will sign up to talk to me one-on-one. Sign-up sheets for tutorial conferences will be
available a week ahead of time in class or via email. There will also be open conferences
during the semester that will function like traditional office hours — that is, on a drop-by
basis at my office — dedicated solely to our seminar.
The seminar grade will be determined as follows: final paper — 45%; first
draft — 20%; working bibliography, précis, and outline — 20%; discussion and
essay evaluation sessions — 15%. Late and sloppy assignments are unacceptable, as are
incompletes. The essay evaluation sessions will be the times set aside for the critical yet
respectful discussion of the individual first drafts. Each student’s rough draft will be
discussed by a seminar colleague as well as by me. In other words, the discussant (and I)
will carefully read and respond critically to the first draft of a selected seminar
participant. I will assign student discussants in consultation with seminar participants.
REMEMBER: Your discussion of your colleague’s essay will be a crucial part of the
15% for “discussion and essay evaluation sessions” noted above.
TEXTS: (Available at ASUC, NEDS, Moffitt, History Library [2337 Dwinelle])
(1) Selected Student Essays from CLIO: XXXXXXXX
(2) Melton A. McLaurin, ed., Celia: A Slave
(3) Carlos Bulosan, America Is In the Heart
SCHEDULE
January:
18: Introduction
20: Student Essays
25: Celia: A Slave
27: LIBRARY TOUR
February:
1: Student Essays
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3: INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES TO FINALIZE TOPICS
8: *NO CLASS: TOPICS MUST BE FINALIZED; SHORT PROJECT
DESCRIPTION DUE (narrative description of research essay [one page: no more
than 250 words] along with tentative title in my mailbox in Main History Office,
3229 Dwinelle)
10: Bulosan, America Is In The Heart
15: CONFERENCES TO DISCUSS SHORT PROJECT DESCRIPTION;
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE (Critical primary and secondary sources
with a line or two describing each source’s importance to your work)
17: FINISH CONFERENCES TO DISCUSS SHORT DESCRIPTIONS
22: *NO CLASS: RESEARCH TIME
24: *NO CLASS: RESEARCH TIME
March:
1: INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES TO DISCUSS ANNOTATED
BIBLIOGRAPHIES; AND,
PRÉCIS DUE (concise 2-3 pages [500-750 words] emphasizing project’s
thesis/hypothesis, principal lines of argument/investigation, and proposed
organizational scheme)
3: FINISH CONFERENCES TO DISCUSS ANNOTATED
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
8: ENTIRE SEMINAR RE-CONVENES for presentation and discussion of
each précis (Each participant will give a very brief [less than five minutes] summary
of her/his project followed by brief responses from seminar members. Beforehand,
each of you should read all of these documents and prepare comments to be shared
openly. They will be on reserve in the History Library and will have been shared on
email.)
10: FINISH PRÉCIS PRESENTATIONS
15: *NO CLASS: OUTLINE DUE (Full outline of entire essay)
17: *NO CLASS
22-4: *NO CLASS: SPRING BREAK
29: INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES TO DISCUSS OUTLINES
31:
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April:
5: *NO CLASS
7: *NO CLASS
NOTE: FOR ALL OF OUR EVALUATION SESSIONS THE PRESENTER MUST
GET TO THE DISCUSSANT AS WELL AS TO ME A HARD COPY OF HIS/HER
FULL DRAFT AT LEAST 3/4 DAYS AHEAD OF THE DAY THE DRAFT IS TO
BE DISCUSSED. MY COPY SHOULD BE PLACED IN MY MAILBOX IN 3229
DWINELLE. THE PRESENTER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ARRANGING THE
RECEIPT OF THE DRAFT BY THE DISCUSSANT.]
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12: EVALUATION SESSIONS [COPIES DUE BY NOON, TH, 7 APRIL]
14: EVALUATION SESSIONS [COPIES DUE BY NOON, MON, 11 APRIL]
19: EVALUATION SESSIONS [COPIES DUE BY NOON, TH, 14 APRIL]
21: OPEN CONFERENCES
26: OPEN CONFERENCES
28: OPEN CONFERENCES
May:
3: *NO CLASS: FINAL ESSAY DUE NO LATER THAN 4 PM IN MAIN
HISTORY OFFICE
5: COURSE EVALUATIONS AND ROUNDUP
10: POTLUCK
*NO CLASS