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Extra Credit

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

A few people have asked recently about the extra credit assignment that you have an opportunity to complete anytime until the time of your final exam.  It is worth between 1 and 4 points on your final grade depending on … Continue reading →

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Assignment due 4/6

Posted on April 4, 2011 by

Respond with at least two (2-3 sentence) comments to this post or other posts on topics covered in Gangs of New York.  Choose from the following for topics of discussion: –What do you think so far about the historical accuracy … Continue reading →

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Assignment due 4/4

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

1) Read this review of Gangs of New York. 2) Add at least one comment to my post expressing your reaction to the review and predicting what you will learn about New York City history from the movie.  Read the … Continue reading →

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Midterm Review (Exam is March 28)

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

Your midterm exam will be given in class on Monday, March 28.  Here is the study guide that we will review in class today (March 23).

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Assignment due 3/23

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

Reading: Chudacoff & Smith: read all assigned; Thernstrom: Introduction; Kessner: Introduction Written: Carefully look through the tag cloud (on the right side of the home page) on our course site.  Click on at least 3 tags and read the posts … Continue reading →

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Assignment due 3/21

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

Reading: Binder and Reimers: read all Written: Imagine a website that profiles topics related to immigration discussed in chapters 2 and 4 of Binder and Reimers.  Pretend that you have a massive budget so there are few limitations on the … Continue reading →

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Assignment due 3/16

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

A reminder that class will be held Wednesday, March 16. The following assignment is due by class time on Wednesday: Reading: Chudacoff & Smith: read all sections listed under “Readings” tab; Homberger: read all Binder and Reimers: read all of … Continue reading →

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Schedule for 3/14 and 3/16

Posted on March 12, 2011 by

I am cancelling class Monday, 3/14.  Class will be held 3/16, although it may be a guest professor.  You are still responsible for the assignments posted to the blog.  If there is a guest, he will be aware of your … Continue reading →

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Assignment due 3/14

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

Reading: Chudacoff & Smith: read all; Homberger: read all; Jackson: read Introduction and Chapter 2; Warner: read Introduction Written: Write a 1-2 paragraph post explaining the changes related to one type of transportation in American cities during the period covered … Continue reading →

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Assignment due 3/9

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

Reading: Chudacoff & Smith: read all; Homberger: read all; Bernstein: read Introduction and captions on images following Introduction Website: http://www.virtualny.cuny.edu/draftriots/Intro/draft_riot_intro_set.html Written: Write a 1-2 paragraph post comparing what you learned about the Draft Riots on the Virtual New York website … Continue reading →

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