End of Fall 2015 Semester
by Dr. H - December 8th, 2015
Reminder: The 4th and last exam (Chapters 27-29) will take place during finals period. Continue reading →
Unit 4: History in Our Time
by Dr. H - November 14th, 2015
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. Continue reading →
The Constitution in Political & Social Movements
by Dr. H - November 9th, 2015
Mon 11/9 Reading: bring textbooks, review the Constitution (it’s in the Appendix).
Questions to consider:
How important was the Constitution in the civil rights and other social / political movements of the 1960s?
What were the legal, legislative and Constitutional milestones in that struggle?
How does this living document remain relevant — both as a legacy of that generation and in our own time?
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Unit 3 Document Workshop Day Fri 11/6
by Dr. H - November 6th, 2015
Document Workshop Chapters 23-24-25-26
Assignment for Today: Each group will address one of these questions below, using documents from your assigned part of our textbook. By the end of the day (preferably by the end of class) each group should leave a comment below, 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 23rd, 2015
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 →
Culture of the 1930s
by Dr. H - October 19th, 2015
Links for today’s Culture of the 1930s workshop/discussion/review:
Radio:
A Day in Radio (21 Sept 1939)
Mercury Theater of the Air
Popular Songs:
“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” (NPR)
“I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams” (Bing Crosby)
“Pennies from Heaven” (Billie Holliday)
Film:
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (Wizard of Oz, dir. Victor Fleming 1939)
Two for a Penny (Grapes of Wrath, dir. John Ford 1940)
“Remember My Forgotten Man” (Gold Diggers of 1933, dir. Mervyn LeRoy 1933)
Image: “Fireside Chat Listener” statue in the FDR Memorial, Washington DC
Unit 2: Progressivism, Imperialism and War: From the Gilded Age to the Great Depression
by Dr. H - September 25th, 2015
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 →
Unit 1: Reconstruction, Frontier(s) and the “Age of Industry”
by Dr. H - September 6th, 2015
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 →
Week 1: Emancipations and Reconstructions
by Dr. H - September 2nd, 2015
See the post below this one for the course basics if you are just adding in, or if you missed Day 1. For everyone else, here is what we’re up to this week: Continue reading →
Welcome, Fall 2015 Students!
by Dr. H - April 23rd, 2015
This website serves as the hub for Tona Hangen’s section of US History II US Since 1877 (HI 112) in the Fall 2015 semester at Worcester State University. Continue reading →
