College of the Liberal Arts

Week

Online
Lessons (Instructor Blog, Objectives, Primary documents)

Text
Readings

Weekly
Commentaries

Additional
Assignments/
Reminders

1

Orientation to course

Lesson 1: The Rise and Fall of Reconstruction

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 1: 548-585

1. Review examples of Lesson Commentary and Commentary Feedback

Read documents in Orientation to HIST 21 folder and post YOUR introduction to the discussion forum

2

Lesson 2: Industrial Revolution

Lesson 3: New Workers, New Immigrants & New Cities

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 2: 591-603

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 3: 600-603, 665-660, 678-690

1. Lesson 2 Commentary due by Tues at 10pm
2. Lesson 3 Commentary due Thurs at 10pm
3. Commentary Feedback due by Sun at 10pm

None

3

Lesson 4: Transformation of the West

Lesson 5:  Politics and Protest in the Gilded Age

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 4: 604-613

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 5: 614-647

1. Lesson 4 Commentary due by Tues at 10pm
2. Lesson 5 Commentary due by Thurs at 10pm
3. Commentary Feedback due by Sun at 10pm

Complete Carnival of Fury by next Wednesday

4

Lesson 6:  Imperialism

Lesson 7:  Jim Crow

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 6: 662-672

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 7: 647-655, 660, 747-750

1. No Lesson Commentaries or Commentary feedback this week

Class discussion on Jim Crow & Carnival of Fury

1. Posting 1 due Wednesday by 10pm
2. Postings 2 & 3 due Sunday by 10pm

5

Lesson 8: Progressive Era 1

Lesson 9:  Progressive Era 2

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lessons 8 & 9: 675-716

1. Lesson 8 Commentary due by Tues at 10pm
2. Lesson 9 Commentary due by Thurs at 10pm
3. Commentary Feedback due by Sun at 10pm

EXAM PAPER #1 Due next Tuesday by 10pm

6

SUBMIT EXAM PAPER #1

Start New Module:
Lesson 10: World War I

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 10: 719-762

Hard Times

1. Lesson 10 Commentary due by Thurs at 10pm
2. Commentary Feedback due by Sun at 10pm

PAPER #1 must be submitted to drop box by Tuesday at 10pm

Complete Hard Times by next Wednesday

7

Lesson 11: The Roaring Twenties

Lesson 12: The Great Depression

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 11: 765-798

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 12: 799-806

1. No Lesson Commentaries or Commentary Feedback due this week

Online class discussion on Hard Times:

1. Posting 1 due Wednesday at 10pm
2. Postings 2 & 3 due Sunday by 10pm

8

Lesson 13: The New Deal 1

Lesson 14:  The New Deal 2

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lessons 13 & 14: 809-846

1. Lesson 13 Commentary due by Tues at 10pm
2. Lesson 14 Commentary due by Thurs at 10pm
3. Commentary Feedback due by Sun at 10pm

None

9

Lesson 15:  World  War II 1

Lesson 16:  World War II 2

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lessons 15 & 16: 849-890

1. Lesson 15 Commentary due by Tues at 10pm
2. Lesson 16 Commentary due by Thurs at 10pm
3. Commentary Feedback due by Sun at 10pm

None

10

Lesson 17:  Cold War

Lesson 18: Postwar Prosperity

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 17:  893-926

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 18: 929-963, 972-976

1. Lesson 17 Commentary due by Tues at 10pm
2. Lesson 18 Commentary due by Thurs at 10pm
3. Commentary Feedback due by Sun at 10pm

EXAM PAPER #2 due next Tuesday by 10pm

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SUBMIT EXAM PAPER #2 

Start New Module:
Lesson 19: Civil Rights Revolution

Foner, Give Me Liberty, 963-972, 979-998.

Dear America

1. Lesson 19 Commentary due by Thurs at 10pm
2. Commentary Feedback due by Sun at 10pm

EXAM PAPER #2 must be submitted to drop box by Tuesday at 10pm

Complete Dear America by next Wednesday.

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Lesson 20:  New Frontier & Great Society

Lesson 21: War in Vietnam & War at Home

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 20: 979-998

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 21: 998-1020

1. No Lesson Commentaries or Commentary Feedback due this week.

Online Class discussion on Dear America

1. Posting 1 due Wednesday by 10pm
2. Postings 2 & 3 due Sunday by 10pm

Thanksgiving Break

13

Lesson 22: The Seventies

Lesson 23: The Regan Revolution

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 22: 1023-1055

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 23: 1055-1066

1. Lesson 22 Commentary due by Tues at 10pm
2. Lesson 23 Commentary due by Thurs at 10pm
3. Commentary Feedback due by Sun at 10pm

None

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Lesson 24: Post Cold War

Lesson 25: America after 911

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 24:1069-1110

Foner, Give Me Liberty, Lesson 25, 1113-1130

1. Lesson 24 Commentary due by Tues at 10pm
2. Lesson 25 Commentary due by Thurs at 10pm
3. Commentary Feedback due by Sun at 10pm

EXAM PAPER #3 due next Thursday by 10pm