Iran-Contra Document Workshop Day (Ch 28)
by Dr. H - November 23rd, 2014
Today’s workshop concerns the Iran-Contra Affair (scandal, controversy, crime, pick your title). Continue reading →
Unit 4: History in Our Time
by Dr. H - November 16th, 2014
Our last course unit deals with recent American history; during this unit you will write one last SkillBuilder and you will have a chance to “make history†yourself in the History Now final project. The 4th exam takes place during finals period but it is not a cumulative final. Continue reading →
Constitution in Action (Wed 11/12)
by Dr. H - November 12th, 2014
1964 Civil Rights Act Continue reading →
Document Workshop, Mon 11/2
by Dr. H - November 3rd, 2014
Assignment for Today: Your group will address one of these questions below, using documents from your assigned part of our textbook. By midnight tonight a representative from each group should leave a comment on the course website, responding to your assigned question USING primary source EVIDENCE. Continue reading →
Unit 3 – World War, Cold War, and the Liberal Consensus
by Dr. H - October 24th, 2014
In our third unit, US history collides with world history in a big way, and we seek to explain how the US became involved in the Second World War and the subsequent Cold War. We also explore the transition from the New Deal “welfare state” through the wartime homefront years to a multi-decade era of prosperity and political consensus. But were the postwar “good times” for everyone? Continue reading →
Popular Culture of the 1930s
by Dr. H - October 20th, 2014
Links for today’s workshop/discussion/review: Continue reading →
Unit 2: From the Gilded Age to the Great Depression
by Dr. H - September 24th, 2014
In the second unit of the course, we explore the U.S. at home and abroad in the early decades of the 20th century, with themes of modernization, imperialism, World War I, the Depression and New Deal, economic crisis, social change, popular culture and media, and the role of government. Continue reading →
Virtual Workshop on Progressivism, Mon 9/29
by Dr. H - September 22nd, 2014
Here are the instructions for our virtual class on Monday, Sept 29. Continue reading →
Unit 1: Reconstruction, Frontiers and the “Age of Industry”
by Dr. H - September 8th, 2014
Our first unit on post-Civil War America begins with a look at Reconstruction’s mixed legacy and the multiple meanings of freedom in the postwar South (Chapter 14). We will then turn to other regions of the country, including the West (Chapter 15), North (Chapter 16) and MidWest (Chapter 17). Continue reading →
