| American Civilization History |
Dr. Schulkin |
| Daily Assignments |
Third Quarter |
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Jan. 10
Jan. 17 Jan.
24 Jan. 31
Feb. 7 Feb.
14 Feb. 21
Feb. 28 March 7
March 14
April 4 April
11 April 18
April 25 May
2 May 9
May 16
May 23
Week of January 10
Jan. 10: |
Introduction to Semester II. (Joint Meeting) (Day 1)
Potential Research Paper Sites ->->->->->-> |
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| Jan. 11: |
People, pp 509-517t and part I of WHDC materials. (Day 2)
Guides to Searching the Web ->->->->->-> |
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| Jan. 12:
| People, pp 517t-523b and part II of WHDC
materials. (Day 3)
Catalogs of Local Libraries ->->->->->-> |
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| Jan. 13: |
Read remaining WHDC materials. (Day 4) |
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| Jan. 14: |
Trip to White House Decision Center. (Day 5) |
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Week of January 17
| Jan. 17 |
Holiday. |
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| Jan. 18: |
Research problem proposal with
list of potential sources due. (Day 6)
Discussion of People, pp 292-298b. |
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| Jan. 19: |
People, pp 298b-307. (Day 7) |
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| Jan. 20: |
People, pp 308-316m. (Day 8) |
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| Jan. 21: |
Response to simulation experience at WHDC due. (Day 9)
Lecture: Industrial Growth and the Rise of Big Business. |
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Week of January 24
| Jan. 24: |
People, pp 316m-322t. (Day 10)
Lecture: Industrial Growth and the Rise of Big Business. |
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| Jan. 25: |
People, pp 322t-325 and Multiple-choice quiz. (Day 1) |
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| Jan. 26: |
People, pp 326-334b. (Day 2)
Video: Immigrant Experience. |
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| Jan. 27: |
People, pp 334b-342t. (Day 3) |
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| Jan. 28: |
Plain Folk, pp 3-13. Discussion of autobiography. (Day 5) |
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Week of January 31
| Jan. 31: |
Plain Folk, pp 22-34. (Day 4)
Lecture: Immigration. |
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| Feb. 1: |
Plain Folk, pp 37-48. (Day 6)
Lecture: "The Breadgivers." |
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| Feb. 2: |
Plain Folk, pp 49-57; 124-131. (Day 7) |
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| Feb. 3: |
Plain Folk, pp 97-114. (Day 8) |
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| Feb. 4: |
Plain Folk, pp 132-147. Fishbowl Debate. (Day 9) |
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Week of February 7
| Feb. 7: |
Plain Folk, pp 164-175. Discussion of Plain Folk. (Day 10) |
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| Feb. 8: |
Thesis, outline and list of works consulted due.
Research paper interviews begin. (Day 1) |
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| Feb. 9: |
Research paper interviews. Work on research paper. (Day 2) |
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| Feb. 10: |
Research paper interviews. Work on research paper. (Day 3) |
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| Feb. 11: |
In-class essay on Plain Folk. (Day 4) |
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Week of February 14
| Feb. 14: |
People, pp 347-355b. (Day 5) |
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| Feb. 15: |
People, pp 355b-362. (Day 6) |
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| Feb. 16: |
"Up From Slavery?," pp 1-6t. (Day 7) |
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| Feb. 17: |
First Draft of research paper due. (Day 8)
Begin review for mid-term exam. |
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| Feb. 18: |
No class. In-service day. |
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Week of February 21
| Feb. 21: |
Holiday. |
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| Feb. 22: |
"Up From Slavery?," pp 6t-12. (Day 9) |
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| Feb. 23: |
Review for mid-term examination. (Day 10) |
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| Feb. 24: |
Mid-term examination. (Day 1) |
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| Feb. 25: |
People, pp 363-371m. (Day 2) |
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Week of February 28
| Feb 28: |
People, pp 375m-381. (Day 3)
Reading quiz over People, chapter 21. |
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| March 1: |
People, pp 382-391b (emphasize 387-391b). (Day 4) |
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| March 2: |
People, pp 391b-397. (Day 5) |
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| March 3: |
People, pp 398-404m. (Day 6) |
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| March 4: |
People, pp 404m-414 (emphasize 410-414). (Day 7) |
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Week of March 7
| March 7: |
Final draft of term paper due. Lecture: The Women's Suffrage Movement. (Day 8)
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| March 8: |
Rise of the Ghetto, pp 1-6. (Day 9) |
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| March 9: |
Introduction to the OHP. (Day 10)
People, pp 416-423t. |
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| March 10: |
Multiple-choice quiz over People, chapters 22-23. (Day 1) |
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| March 11: |
People, pp 425m-432b. (Day 2) |
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Week of March 14
| March 14: |
People, pp 434-443t. (Day 3) |
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| March 15: |
People, pp 443t-452b. (Day 4) |
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| March 16: |
Problem and List of Sources for OHP due. (Day 5)
Video: FDR and the New Deal. |
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| March 17: |
People, pp 454-463t. (Day 6) |
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| March 18: |
People, pp 463t-470. (Day 7) |
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Fourth Quarter Assignments
Week of April 4
| April 4: |
Revised Problem and List of Sources for OHP due. (Day 1)
Video: The Homefront. (Double History) |
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| April 5: |
Double English. Essay on The Homefront due. (Day 2) |
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| April 6: |
Reading quiz covering People, pp 471-478b; 479m-481m; 483-487b. (Day 3) |
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| April 7: |
People, pp 489-497. (Day 4) |
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| April 8: |
People, pp 498-508. (Emphasize 498-500; 506-508.) (Day 5) |
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Week of April 11
| April 11: |
Review for major examination. (Day 6) |
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| April 12: |
Major examination. (Day 7) |
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| April 13: |
Reread People, pp 509-517t. (Day 8) |
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| April 14: |
Reread People, pp 517t-523b. (Day 9) |
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| April 15: |
Read People, pp 523b-529 and begin review for quiz. (Day 10) |
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Week of April 18
| April 18: |
Multiple-choice quiz over People, chapter 29. (Day 1) |
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| April 19: |
People, pp 530-538t. (Day 2) |
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| April 20: |
People, pp 538t-546b. (Day 3) |
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| April 21: |
Begin video Making Sense of the Sixties. (Day 4) |
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| April 22: |
Optional First Draft of OHP due. (Day 5)
Continue video Making Sense of the Sixties. |
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Week of April 25
| April 25: |
Conclude video Making Sense of the Sixties. (Day 6)
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| April 26: |
In-class essay response to Making Sense of the Sixties. (Day 7) |
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| April 27: |
Lecture: Changing Shape of Woman's Sphere. (Day 8) |
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| April 28: |
People, pp 548-557b. (Day 9) |
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| April 29: |
Video: The TET Offensive. (Day 10) |
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Week of May 2
| May 2: |
Final Draft of OHP due. (Day 1)
Video: The Vietnam War. |
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| May 3: |
People, pp 557b-564m. (Day 2) |
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| May 4: |
People, pp 564m-568. (Day 3) |
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| May 5: |
Review for major examination. (Day 4) |
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| May 6: |
Review for major examination. (Day 5) |
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Week of May 9
| May 9: |
Major examination. (Day 6) |
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| May 10: |
Breaking Through, pp 1-28. (Day 7) |
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| May 11: |
Breaking Through, pp 29-60. (Day 8) |
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| May 12: |
Breaking Through, pp 61-93. (Day 9) |
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| May 13: |
Breaking Through, pp 94-126. (Day 10) |
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Week of May 16
| May 16: |
Breaking Through, pp 127-162. (Day 1) |
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| May 17: |
Breaking Through, pp 163-195. (Day 2) |
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| May 18: |
Joint project. (Day 3) |
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| May 19: |
Joint project. (Day 4) |
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| May 20: |
Joint project. (Day 5) |
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Week of May 23
| May 23: |
People, pp 569-579t. (Day 6) |
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| May 24: |
People, pp 584m-586b; 590b-592b; 596m-601b. (Day 7) |
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| May 25: |
Review for final examination. (Day 8) |
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| May 26: |
Review for final examination. (Day 9) |
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| May 27: |
Review for final examination. (Day 10) |
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