HSTY 111 Course Schedule

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Last updated: August 19, 2021

Date Topic Read to Prepare for Class Do to Prepare for Class
Thu., Sept. 2 Introduction to the Course
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Unit 1: Contacts and Colonies

Date Topic Read to Prepare for Class Do to Prepare for Class
Tue., Sep. 7 The Indigenous Americas American Yawp, ch. 1

During class:

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  • Complete module and quiz on taking history courses
Thu., Sept. 9 Colliding Cultures American Yawp, ch. 2
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  • Complete module and quiz on secondary sources
Tue., Sep. 14 Cultural Encounters
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  • Complete module and quiz on primary sources
Thu., Sep. 16 Becoming British America American Yawp, ch. 3
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  • Complete module on Writing in Your Own Words
Tue., Sep. 21 Imperial Growing Pains
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Thu., Sep. 23 The Maturing Colonies American Yawp, ch. 4

In class:

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  • Complete module on Writing Effective History Papers
Tue., Sep. 28 Society and Culture in Colonial America
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Unit 2: American Revolutions

Date Topic Read to Prepare for Class Do to Prepare for Class
Thu., Sep. 30 The Imperial Crisis and Independence American Yawp, ch. 5
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Tue., Oct. 5 A War for Independence
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  • Submit newspaper exercise
Thu., Oct. 7 New Politics for a New Nation
  • American Yawp, ch. 6
  • Dunbar, Never Caught, xv–xvii, 3–32
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Tue., Oct. 12 Creating a Republic
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Thu., Oct. 14 An Empire for Liberty?
  • American Yawp, ch. 7
  • Dunbar, Never Caught, 99–134
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Tue., Oct. 19 The Meaning of Independence
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Thu., Oct. 21 Revolutions: Markets, Transportation, Communication
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Tue., Oct. 26 Uncovering Marginalized Voices
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Thu., Oct. 28 Democracy for Some
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Unit 3: A Growing and Divided Nation

Date Topic Read to Prepare for Class Do to Prepare for Class
Tue., Nov. 2 Revivals and Reform
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Thu., Nov. 4 Reform Movements in the Antebellum North
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Tue., Nov. 9 Cotton and Slavery
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  • Submit project on Revolutionary Era
Thu., Nov. 11 Veterans’ Day No class meeting
Tue., Nov. 16 Manifest Destiny
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Thu., Nov. 18 Sections Dividing American Yawp, ch. 13
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Tue., Nov. 23 The Final Crisis
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Thu., Nov. 25 Thanksgiving Recess No class meeting
Tue., Nov. 30 The Civil War American Yawp, ch. 14

During class:

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Thu., Dec. 2 Reconstruction in America American Yawp, ch. 15
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Tue., Dec. 7 A New Birth of Freedom?
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Thu., Dec. 9 America in 1877 Final exam review
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