History 105 Cavanaugh Hall, Room 215
Steve Cox (scox@indianahistory.org) Saturdays, 9 – 11:25
History
105 is the introductory course to U.S. History from settlement through the
Civil War. We will focus on broad themes
that relate to the country's social, economic and political development, and we
will examine the many challenges, assumptions and ideas emanating from this
diverse and unique North American culture.
Mary
Beth Norton et. al. A People
and A Nation, Vol. 1 (Seventh Edition)
Robert
Marcus et. al.
Solomon
Northup Twelve
Years a Slave
GRADES
Final
grades will be based on the following breakdown:
First Exam 20%
Second Exam 20% Quizzes
15%
Final Exam 25% Paper on Northup 20%
The
three exams will consist of essay and short answer, based on both the text (Norton)
and lectures. I will supply study
guides prior to each exam. The quizzes
over selected chapters in Norton will be multiple choice, true-false, and/or
short answer. While I do not make specific weekly assignments in Norton, I am
assuming you will have read the appropriate chapters prior to the exams and
quizzes. Selections from Marcus should be read by the dates indicated.
NOTE: There will be no “make-ups” for quizzes, nor
will students who arrive late be allowed to take the quiz. I will, however, drop your lowest quiz score
when figuring final grades.
SOME REQUESTS
--Please
turn off cell phones and pagers.
--Feel
free to ask questions at any time.
--Keep
up with your reading and writing. Do
Not wait until the last minute to read the assigned texts, write your paper, or prepare for
exams.
--Yes,
children are wonderful, but I would ask that they not attend class with you.
--Please
arrive on time (note the rule regarding quizzes and attendance above).
--It
is important that you attend class regularly.
Those who consistently miss classes will find it difficult to do well on the exams. Furthermore, I am required to take attendance
and inform the administration if and
when individual students are having problems in this area.
READING
SCHEDULE AND LECTURE TOPICS
(See
attached for specific reading assignments in Marcus)
Jan.
14 Exploration and early
settlement
Jan.
21 "Micro-history;”
peoples of colonial
Jan.
28 Creation of Empire;
native-colonist confrontations; early rebellion (Marcus,
selections from Part Two)
Quiz:
Feb. 4 Religion, Great Awakening, and
Enlightenment (Marcus, selections from Part Two)
Feb.
11 Revolution (Marcus,
selections from Part Three)
Quiz:
Feb.
18 FIRST EXAM (Norton,
chs. 2-6, Marcus, and lecture notes)
Feb.
25 Constitution; 1790s (Marcus,
selection from Part Three)
Mar 4 1790s-early 1800s and the challenges
to the republic
Quiz:
Mar.
11 Farm,
Factory & Cities; the Rise of Jackson (Marcus, selection from Part Five)
Quiz:
Mar.
18 SPRING BREAK No Class
Mar.
25
Apr 1 SECOND
EXAM (Norton, chs. 8-11, Marcus, and lecture notes)
Apr. 8 PAPER
ON NORTHUP DUE South and Slavery; Social Reform
Apr.
15 War and expansion (Marcus,
selections from Part Four)
Quiz:
Apr.
22 Territorial expansion and
the 1850s (Marcus, selections from Part Five)
Apr.
29 The Coming of War and
Reconstruction (Marcus, selections from Part Six)
Quiz:
May 6
FINAL EXAM (Norton, chs.14-16, Marcus, and lecture notes)
READING ASSIGNMENTS FROM
ROBERT MARCUS,
Jan 21 Part 1: Bartolome de Las Casas, Bernal Diaz del
Castillo, John Smith, Father Paul Le Jeune, Mary Jemison
Jan 28 Part 2: Olaudah Equiano, Gottlieb
Mittelberger, Abigail Abbot Bailey
Feb 4 Part
2: Ann Putnam, et. al., Cotton Mather et. al.
Feb 11 Part 3: Thomas Preston, George
Robert Twelves Hewes, John Tudor and the
Feb
25 Part 3: George Richards Minot
Mar
11 Part 5: Harriet Hanson Robinson
Mar 25 Part 5: Nat Turner, William Lloyd
Garrison, Charles Ball, et. al., Henry “Box” Brown,
Apr 15 Part 4: Ramon Alcaraz, An Officer
of the “Army of the West,” Priscilla Merriman Evans
Apr 22 Part 5: Thomas Henry Tibbles
Apr 29 Part 6: George Ward Nichols;
Pauline DeCaradeuc Heyward, Ellen Leonard, Cornelia Hancock, Felix Haywood, et.
al.