Schedule of Readings, Assignments, and Exams
June 2: Course Introduction
June 7: 9/11 and Changing Definitions of Freedom
Reading: Ch. 28 (Give Me Liberty AND Voices of Freedom)
June 8: Globalization
Reading: Ch. 27 (Give Me Liberty AND Voices of Freedom)
June 9: Rise of Conservatism
Reading: Ch. 26 (Give Me Liberty AND Voices of Freedom)
June 14: The Sixties
Reading: Ch. 25 (Give Me Liberty AND Voices of Freedom)
June 15: The Affluent Society
Reading: Ch. 24 (Give Me Liberty AND Voices of Freedom)
June 16: The Cold War
Reading: Ch. 23 (Give Me Liberty AND Voices of Freedom)
June 21: World War II
Reading: Ch. 22 (Give Me Liberty AND Voices of Freedom)
June 22: [MIDTERM EXAM]
June 23: Great Depression/The New Deal
Reading: Ch. 21 (Give Me Liberty AND Voices of Freedom)
June 28: World War I and the 1920s
Reading: Ch. 19-20 (Give Me Liberty AND Voices of Freedom)
June 29: Populism and Progressivism
Reading: Ch. 17-18 (Give Me Liberty AND Voices of Freedom)
June 30: The Gilded Age; Industrialization
Reading: Ch. 16 (Give Me Liberty AND Voices of Freedom)
July 6: Reconstruction and Civil War Memory
Reading: Ch. 15 (Give Me Liberty AND Voices of Freedom)
July 7: Take-home FINAL EXAM DUE (by email)
