Schedule of Readings, Assignments, and Exams
January 31: Course Introduction
February 2: Constructing History in Our Own Time, 2000-2010
Go to course blog at https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/his1005spring2011. Browse through the tabs to familiarize yourself with the site. Choose the “Assignments” tab and follow instructions in the “Assignment due 2/2” post.
February 7: Historical Memory and the Distant Past: Remembering the Civil War
Reading: Eric Foner review of David Blight, Race and Reunion (http://www.ericfoner.com/reviews/030401nytimes.html)
February 9: Reconstruction
Reading: Ch. 15 (Give Me Liberty)
February 14: The Gilded Age
Reading: Ch. 16 (Give Me Liberty)
February 16: Populism
Reading: Ch. 17 (Give Me Liberty)
February 21: NO CLASS, HOLIDAY
February 23: Progressivism
Reading: Ch. 18 (Give Me Liberty)
February 28: Progressivism, continued
March 2: World War I
Reading: Ch. 19 (Give Me Liberty)
March 7: World War I, continued
March 9: The Roaring Twenties
Reading: Ch. 20 (Give Me Liberty)
March 14: The Roaring Twenties, continued
March 16: Great Depression/The New Deal
Reading: Ch. 21 (Give Me Liberty)
March 21: Great Depression/The New Deal, continued
March 23: World War II
Reading: Ch. 22 (Give Me Liberty)
March 28: MIDTERM EXAM
March 30: World War II, continued
April 4: The Cold War
Reading: Ch. 23 (Give Me Liberty)
April 6: The Cold War, continued
April 11: The Affluent Society
Reading: Ch. 24 (Give Me Liberty)
April 13: The Affluent Society, continued
April 17-April 26 SPRING BREAK
April 27: The Sixties
Reading: Ch. 25 (Give Me Liberty)
May 2: The Sixties, continued
May 4: Rise of Conservatism
Reading: Ch. 26 (Give Me Liberty)
May 9: Rise of Conservatism, continued
May 11: Globalization
Reading: Ch. 27 (Give Me Liberty)
May 16: Globalization, continued
May 18: The Post-9/11 World and Changing Definitions of Freedom in Our Own Time
Reading: Ch. 28 (Give Me Liberty)
May 23: FINAL EXAM, 3:30-5:30pm