Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

HIST 104: US after 1877 4  Primary Source : Boone (Ed.), WWI Propaganda Posters . Bottineau, ND: Dakota College at Bottineau, 2019.  Friday, January 25: Arsenal for Democracy: The U.S. (Eventually) Fights Fascism  Textbook : American Passages , 742-745, 752-753, 758-788.  Primary Source : Roosevelt, “On the Arsenal of Democracy.” Audio, 6:39.  ICE : Creating a PSA - What is the relationship between the world wars and American empire? Week 4: The New World Order  Monday, January 28: The Early Cold War, 1946-1960  Analytical Essay : Rough Draft Due  Textbook : American Passages , 797-799, 804-805, 818-821, & 836-837.  Wednesday, January 30: The Cold War Heats Up, 1960-1980  Textbook : American Passages , 850-854, 865-867, 876-888, 897-906, & 912-915.  Primary Source : Songs assigned to groups  Friday, February 1: The End of the Cold War, 1980-2001  Textbook : American Passages , 922-925, 928-931, 935-937, 943, 956, & 961-965.  Secondary Source : Songs assigned to groups  PSA or SSA: Last day to submit a PSA or SSA for Section 1  ICE : Group Presentations on Empire as an American Way of Life Section 2: Building a Consumer Republic: Buying the American Dream Week 5: The Making of an Industrial Nation  Monday, February 4: The Guided Age  Analytical Essay : Revised Prospectus or Final Draft for Section 1 Due  Textbook : American Passages , 486-506, 527, 531-540, 544-554, & 558.  Secondary Source : “The Birth of Corporate Personhood,” Back Story . Audio, 9:00.  Wednesday, February 6: Progressive Reforms & the Roaring Twenties  Textbook : American Passages , 575-581, 586-590, 610-616, 622-627, 645-647, & 677-682.  Secondary Source : Roy Rosenzweig, “Workers in an Industrial City, 1870-1920,” 1-34.  Friday, February 8: The Great Depression & World War II  Textbook : American Passages , 698-720, 726-741, 749-752, & 764-767.  Primary Source : Boone, Advertising America and Americans . 2018.  ICE : Essay - The Boom and Bust of American Capitalism Week 6: A Consumer Republic, 1946-1970  Monday, February 11: Consumerism and the Baby Boom Generation  Analytical Essay : Outline Due  Secondary Source : Lizabeth Cohen. “Rebellion: Forcing Open the Doors of Public Accommodations,” 166-192.  Wednesday, February 13: Capitalism v. Communism  Textbook : American Passages , 790-796 & 827-834.  Secondary Source : Cohen. “Commerce: Reconfiguring Community Marketplace,” 257-290.  Friday, February 15: A Consumer’s Republic  Textbook : American Passages , 864, 895-896, 903, & 911.  Primary Source : Songs assigned to Groups  ICE : SSA – How did consumerism reshape American experiences? Week 7: America’s Global Economy  Monday, February 18: No Class Meeting – President’s Day  Wednesday, February 20:  Analytical Essay : Rough Draft Due  Secondary Source : “The Dollar at the Center of the World,” Planet Money , NPR. Audio, 22:00.  Friday, February 22: