Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

HIST 104: US after 1877 5  Textbook : American Passages , 921, 925-927, 942, 954, 957, & 971.  Primary Source : Songs assigned to Groups  PSA or SSA: Last day to submit a PSA or SSA for Section 2  ICE : PSA – How do songs assigned to your group define American capitalism? Section 3: Making Modern Americans: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, & Sexuality Week 8: The Wages of Whiteness  Monday, February 25: Jim Crow America, Part I  Analytical Essay : Revised Prospectus or Final Draft for Section 2 Due  Textbook : American Passages , 507, 523-524, & 581-583.\  Primary Source :  Booker T. Washington, “Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are.”  Du Bois, “Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others,”  Wednesday, February 27: Jim Crow America, Part II  Textbook : American Passages , 642, 654, 673-674, 683-685, 747-748, 768-771, 801, 822-826, 838, & 853-854.  Friday, March 1: The Persistence of Whiteness  Textbook : American Passages , 870-872, 892-893, 949-951, & 970.  Primary Source : Videos assigned to Groups  ICE : Group Presentation on race in America Week 9: The “New” Americans  Monday, March 4: Americanization, Nativism, & the Melting Pot  Analytical Essay : Outline Due  Textbook : American Passages , 498 & 516-520.  Secondary Source : Articles assigned to groups  Wednesday, March 6: Claiming a New Americanism  Textbook : American Passages , 612 & 670-673.  Primary Source : Articles assigned to groups  Friday, March 8: The Persistence of Immigration Crises  Primary Source : Boone (Ed.), “Political Cartoons on Immigration.” 2019.  ICE : Essay - How did “other” Americans negotiate whiteness, work, and citizenship? March 11-15 SPRING BREAK Week 10: Victorian Morals and Progressive Ideals, 1877-1940  Monday, March 18: Victorians  Analytical Essay : Rough Draft 1 Due  Textbook : American Passages , 525-527 & 576.  Boone (Ed.), “The Gibson Girl.” 2019.  Wednesday, March 20: Progressives  Textbook : American Passages , 588, 610-611, & 613.  Secondary Source : Articles assigned to groups  Friday, March 22: New Men and Women  Textbook : American Passages , 644, 654, & 691-692.  Primary Source : Articles assigned to groups  ICE : Essay – How did the debates among Victorians and Progressives over gender and sexuality create a foundation for further debates throughout the 20 th century? Week 11: Cult of Domesticity and Equal Rights, 1940-Present  Monday, March 25: Housewives and Working Women  Analytical Essay : Rough Draft 2 Due  Textbook : American Passages , 767 & 793-795  Wednesday, March 27: Breadwinners and Company Men