Syllabus/Course Guide PART 2
U.S. HIST 110
rev. Aug 24 7pm, 14
Frank Nobiletti
Section 04: U S History since the Civil War
San Diego State University- Fall 2014
Class Room: LT 161
Class Time: Tue/Thu 12:30pm-1:45pm
Office Location: Arts and Letters 555
Office Hours: (Preferably b y appointment) T hursday 5: 10pm -6 15pm at 555 AL and
Tue/Thu 1:45pm-2:30pm in or outside alongside the side of Little Theater161. Additional
individual times can be arranged.
REPEATED HERE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE:
Required Texts:
Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty! Brief 4e, vol 2
Eric Foner, Voices of Freedom 4e, vol 2 (Both books are available at SDSU bookstore as a package)
Ted Nace, Gangs of America (http://www.gangsofamerica.com/about.html) or hard copy at Bookstore.
O u t s i d e Video List
1. American Experience: Hawaii’s Last Queen [Media Center VTC-4645, 60 min.]
2. People’s Century: Killing Fields: The First World War: 1914-1919 [Media Center VTC 361,
Tape2]
3. Frontline: The Age of Aids [Media Center DVD-246 4 disks. 4 hours Watch any 1 hour.]
Film Notes: Brilliant. You can test the waters by just watching the first disk, then see if you also
want to do others for extra credit. (Also available free as streaming video on
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/ but since it is long you may prefer seeing it on a
bigger screen on DVD.)
4. The Life of Bayard Rustin [Media Center DVD-1967, (2003) 83 min. Also available online at
http://www.logotv.com/video/brother-outsider-the-life-of-bayard-rustin/1600849/playlist.jhtml.
Film Notes: About the gay African American who taught Martin Luther King Jr. and Ghandi
nonviolence, and organized the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington.]
5. Film: Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers [Media Center DVD-2994]
Section 4. Course Outline with Readings, and Assignments:
The instructor reserves the right to modify the reading assignments and schedule as conditions warrant.
All Dates are when the readings etc. are due.
Week
Readings, Class Activities, and
Assignments
Topics
Week 1
Aug 26 Tue
In Class Film: 500 Nations: Roads Across
the Plains, [VTC-328 - or DVD 6277 Disc 4, Start
Episode 6: California Indians + Plains Indians (both
Page 1
Purchase All Required Textbooks and
I-Clicker 2.
Southern and Northern Plains)] 49 min?]
DISCUSSION
Aug 28 Thu
-
Introduction to the Course; Syllabus Review
Read Syllabus
Week 2
Must Answer online self-study chapter
questions before class starts.
-
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Lecture/PPT/Discussion: w/ F Ch 16:
19th Century US Internal Imperialism (Native 2 in-class simple Clicker Questions on
America)
this day’s readings.
Read PPT: Five Techno Economic Stages
PPT: Five Techno Economic Stages of
of Humanity.
Humanity
Read: PPT Malthusian Cycles
Sep 02 Tue
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PPT/Discussion: Malthusian Cycles and
Big History
-
Lecture/PPT/Discussion: w/F Ch 15
Reconstruction
1863-1877;
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Collect Signed Contracts
Bring In Signed Class Contract
-
Lecture/PPT/Discussion,
(no reading): Nace, Ch 7 PPT:
“Superpowers”
2 in-class simple Clicker Questions on
this day’s readings.
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Sept 04 Thu
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Read: Foner, Chapter 16, “America’s
Gilded Age, 1870-1890” pages 488-494
(Struggles of the Plains Indians)
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Read PPT/Discussion: Reconstruction
1863-1877 then
Skim: Foner, Chapter 15, “What is
Freedom?: Reconstruction, 1865-1877”
Read: Nace, Ch 1 (pp. 11-18) “How did
In Class Film: 500 Nations: Attack on
Corporations Get So Much Power?”
Culture, Episode 8 [DVD 6277 Disc 4; Ch 25-27+] Read: Nace, Ch 5 (pp. 46-55) “...And
what they did about it”[The Founders &
time?
Corporations]
Lecture/PPT/Discussion: Nace Ch 1, 5, 6
Read: Nace, Ch 6: “The Genius- The
Man Who Invented the Corporation”
(Tom Scott) pp.56-69
Week 3
-
Lecture/PPT/Discussion:: w/ F Ch16: The
Incorporation of America: 1865-1900
Must Answer online self-study chapter
questions before class starts.
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings.
Sep 09 Tue
Read: Foner, Ch 16, “America’s Gilded
Age, 1870-1890” Pages 475-488 and
Page 2
494-507
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Lecture/PPT/Discussion: Nace Ch 8,9,10
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Voices: Group Discussion
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings. (No Foner reading = no at home
questions)
Read: Nace: Ch 8: “The Judge- Stephen
Field and the politics of personhood”
pp.87-101,
Read: Nace: Ch 9: “The Court ReporterWho really decided the Supreme Court’s
Most Important Corporate Case?”
Pp.102- 109,
Read: Nace: Ch 10: “. . . how ‘a majestic,
super-eminent’ lawyer deceived the
Supreme Court” pp.110-117
Sep 11 Thu
Read: Voices: #102 Sumner: Social
Darwinism; & #104 Henry George
Week 4
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First discussion of the Term Paper
-
Lecture/PPT/Discussion w/ F Ch 17: 19th
Century US External Imperialism
-
In Class Film: Crucible of Empire [ITS
VTC-568] Film Note: START} 1:18 hrs [at end of
John Phillip Souza picture “Stars & Stripes Forever’)
End} 1:28:33 hrs [Taft calls Filipinos “our little
brown brothers”] RUN TIME} 10 ½ min
Sep 16 Tue
-
Must Answer online self-study chapter
questions before class starts.
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings.
Read: Foner, Ch 17, “Freedom’s
Boundaries, At Home and Abroad,
1890-1900”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9WwaN
CRMvk&list=PL815C6B6262724C92&inde
x=6 (Short clip 15 min, start 3:16)
Discuss Film
Sep 18 Thu
-
In Class Film: American Experience: Ida B.
Wells: A Passion For Justice [start 17:30;
run time 26 ½ min]
Discussion
-
Lecture/PPT/Discussion Nace Ch 11
Page 3
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings.
Read: Nace: Ch 11, “Survival of the
Fittest” (pp. 118-129)
Week 5
-
Lecture/PPT/Discussion w/ F Ch 18: The
Progressive Era
Must Answer online self-study chapter
questions before class starts.
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings and last Thu film.
Read: Foner, Ch 18, “The Progressive
Era, 1900-1916”
Sep 23 Tue
First Outside Video Due in
Turnitin-BBD Friday [See Syl/Course
Guide Part 1, Section 3.1]
Sep 25 Thu
- In Class Film: Ethnic Notions (FN: Break
down into parts?)
Discuss Voices
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings
Read: Voices: # 117 (The IWW & Free
Speech Rights)
Week 6
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Sep 30 Tue
Oct 02 Thu
Lecture/PPT/Discussion w/ F Ch 19: A
Must Answer online self-study chapter
Global Power: The United States in the Era of questions before class starts.
the Great War, 1901-1920 (World War I
1914-1919)
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings AND LAST THU FILM:
Read: Foner, Ch 19, “Safe for
Democracy: The United States and World
War I, 1916-1029”
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings.
In Class Film Clips: The Great War, Episodes
Read: Voices: # 124 “Carrie Chapman
1 & 2, 7 & 8 used in class for short clips.
Catt”
Discuss Micro Assignment : PBS
Discuss: Voices
Micro Assignment #1( PBS) Due [see
BBd/Micro Assignment # 1 for further
info & Assignment.
Week 7
Must Answer online self-study chapter
questions before class starts.
Oct 07 Tue
-
Second discussion of the Term Paper
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In Class Film clip: Modern Times [Media
Center DVD-70 or ITS: VHS TV-2582]
Lecture/PPT/Discussion The Twenties
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings.
Read:: Foner, Ch 20, “From Business
Culture to Great Depression: The
Twenties, 1920-1932”
READ: Be sure to have read Term Paper
Guidelines and bring questions
Must Answer online self-study chapter
Oct 09 Thu
Page 4
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Lecture/PPT/Discussion w/ Foner Ch 21
The Great Depression & the New Deal:
1929-1940
questions before class starts.
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings.
Read: Foner, Ch 21, “The New Deal,
1932-1940”
Read: Voices: # 140 Roosevelt; & # 144
W.E.B. Du Bois
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Oct 16 class on Climate Change issues. If
none, then choose an article you think is
important on this year’s Midterm
Election.
Week 8
Must Answer online self-study chapter
questions before class starts.
-
Oct 14 Tue
-
Lecture/PPT/Discussion: World War II: [for
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
the US] 1941-45
readings.
Read: Foner, Ch 22, “Fighting for the
In Class Film Clip: Treasures From American
Four Freedoms: World War II,
Film Archives: 50 Preserved Films,
1941-1945”
Program 1: Cut# 28: Private Snafu: Spies
[DVD-72 - 4 min]
Second Outside Video Due Friday[See
Syl Part 1 Section 3.1]
Lecture/PPT/Discussion: Nace: Ch 11
“Survival of the Fittest”
Oct 16 Thu
Discuss Voices
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Discussion on Micro Assignment
Page 5
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings.
Read: Nace: Ch 11, “Survival of the
Fittest” (pp. 129-136)
Read: Voices: Chapter 22 # 149(F.A.
Hayek) & #152(Korematsu)
Micro Assignment # 2 (NY Times- find
one on Climate Change- if none, then
Election See BBD/Micro Assignments)
Week 9
Oct 21 Tue
Oct 23 Thu
- Lecture/PPT/Discussion: w/ F Ch 23.
The Cold War Begins: 1945-1953
Must Answer online self-study chapter
questions before class starts.
- Lecture: Bretton Woods: Prelude to
Globalization
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings.
Read: Foner, Ch 23, “The United States
and the Cold War, 1945-1953”
- In Class Film: Berkeley in the 60s( First
15min)
- In Class Film: Berkeley in the 60s( the rest:
40min)
Read: Voices # 153(Vietnam) &
#157(Universal Declaration of Human
Rights)
Discuss Voices
Week 10
-
Lecture/PPT/Discussion: The Civil Rights
Movement: 1945-1966.
w/F Ch 24: An Affluent Society 1953-1960
Term Paper Due
Must Answer online self-study chapter
questions before class starts.
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings.
Oct 28 Tue
Read: Foner, Ch 24, “An Affluent
Society, 1953-1960”
Oct 30 Thu
In Class Film: Some clips on civil rights (one
clip from Eyes on the Prize)
Discuss Micro Assignment # 3
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings.
Read Voices # 156(Walter Lippmann),
165(Milton Friedman), 167(A. Ginsberg)
Micro Assignment #3 Due: NY Timeson Election
Week 11
-
Lecture/PPT/Discussion: Women’s
Liberation, Sexual Liberation, Identity
Politics, “The 70's”
VOTE!!!
Must Answer online self-study chapter
questions before class starts.
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings.
Read: Foner, ch 25, “The Sixties,
1960-1968”
Nov 04 Tue
Third Outside Video Due Friday [See
Syl Part 1 Section 3.1]
Nov 06 Thu
-
In Class Film: Chicano! Trouble in the Fields 2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
(Episode 2) Struggle in the Fields [Media
readings.
Page 6
Center: VTC4370 Tape 2 of 4 – 57 minutes]
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Discuss Voices
Week 12
Nov 11 Tue
-
No Class. Happy Veterans Day, especially
to Veterans and their families.
Nov 13 Thu
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In Class Film: With God On Our Side:
George W Bush and the rise of the Religious
Right [Media Center DVD 1729 – 101
minutes. All good] 45 min
Week 13
Nov 18 Tue
-
Read Voices #176 (Cesar Chavez)
No In Class Clicker Questions
Micro Assignment #4 ( NY Times- Post
Election) Due 30 min
Discuss Micro Assign #4
Cancel NY Times subscription or
change to student rate ($7.50 per
month.)
Lecture/PPT/Discussion: w/ F ch 26:
The Rise of Conservatism
Must Answer online self study chapter
questions before class starts.
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings.
Read: Foner, Ch 26, “The Triumph of
Conservatism, 1969-1988”
Lecture/PPT/Discussion: Nace: Ch 12
Read: Nace, Ch:12: “The Revolt of the
Bosses: The New Mobilization of
Corporate Power (1972-2002)”
pp.137-151
Nov 20 Thu
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Lecture/PPT/Discussion: Nace Ch 15
“ Crime Wave”
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Discussion on Micro Assignment # 5
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings.
Read: Chapter 15: Nace “Crime Wave”
pp. 178-186
Micro Assignment # 5: PBS Frontline
&/or assigned articles (See BBD/Micro
Assignments)
Week 14
Nov 25 Tue
-
Lecture: w/ F Ch 27: Globalization and its
Discontents
The Spectre of Climate Change
Review Lecture/PPT/Discussion:
Malthusean Cycles: Where Are We Now?
Must Answer online self-study chapter
questions before class starts.
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings.
Read Foner, Ch 27, “Globalization and its
Discontents, 1989-2000”
Read/Review PPT Malthusian Cycles
Nov 27 Thu
Week 15
-
No Class, Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Page 7
Dec 02 Tue
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Lecture/Discussion: The Information Age
What Kind of Globalization?
-
Discuss Nace Ch 18
Dec 04 Thu
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In Class Film: Food Inc. [DVD 5655 at least
last 30 min, and maybe 1st 30. Skip middle
30]
Discuss Voices
Week 16
Dec 09 Tue
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Lecture: The “National Security“ State
LAST
CLASS
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings.
Read!!: Nace, Ch 18: “Intelligent,
Amoral, Evolving: The Hazards of
Persistent Dynamic Entities” pp. 219-229
Article(s)?
2 in-class Clicker Questions on this day’s
readings.
Voices: Chapter 28 # 194(Lawrence vs.
Texas & 195(Boumediene vs. Bush)
Must Answer online self-study chapter
questions before class starts.
Read: Foner, Ch 28 “ Sept 11 . . .”
Read Posted Article(s)
Dec 11 Thu
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Final Examination drop off, if a take home and if paper copy is required
Don’t forget the e-copy in Turnitin, on BBD
1130-1230
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