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Fall 2010 Full-Semester Linked Calendar of 
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HIST 1301 T/TH 10:30 – 11:50 am, UGLC 126 COURSE CALENDAR (subject to change). Read the chapters from The Way We Lived carefully. You can skim the Created Equal readings. |
[Chapters 24 & 25 will be assigned as needed throughout the
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Novel
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1 Aug 23-27 |
Week 1: Aug. 24 / 26
T: Introduction to Course: Syllabus and Team Forms TH: Read Created Equal, preface II. Indigenous, European, African, and Asian Contact, Conflict, Colonization, and Resistance in the Americas |
Chapter 1: Active reading and thinking strategies:
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Assignments:
Respond to "I Hate Reading"
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2 Aug 30 - Sept 3 |
Week 2: Aug. 31 / Sept. 2 T: Created Equal, Chapter 1 TH: FIRST CRITICAL REVIEW DUE IN CLASS on The Way We Lived, Chapter 1, “The First Americans” (pp. 3 – 20). CRITICAL ANALYSIS 1: Does the chapter complement or challenge depictions of indigenous peoples in popular films and tv? Focus mainly on the chapter rather than on popular films/TV, but you can draw some illustrations from the latter.
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Chapter 2
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Discuss "wu wei" (non-effort) in relation to reading.
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How to drop a course--please don't, but if you must, do it this way! Course Drop Form.
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3 Sept 6-10 |
Week 3: Sept. 7 / 9 T: Read Created Equal, Chapter 2 TH: Read The Way We Lived, Chapter 2, “Colonial Beginnings” (pp. 21 – 39)
III. Slavery and National Formation
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Chapter 3: Thesis, Main Ideas, etc.
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You should be half done with the novel! |
In-class assignment: Your Personal Reading Map.
Summary practice on The Way We Lived, Chapter 3 “The Enslavement of Africans” chapter (pp. 40 – 55) . |
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4 Sept 13-17 |
Week 4: Sept. 14 / 16 T: Read Created Equal, Chapter 3 TH: SECOND CRITICAL REVIEW DUE IN CLASS on The Way We Lived, Chapter 3 “The Enslavement of Africans” chapter (pp. 40 – 55) CRITICAL ANALYSIS 2: Why was the sense of community that emerged among enslaved Africans / African Americans important? |
Chapter 4:Organizational Patterns
Chapter 24: Reading Psychology Selection: from Beginning to Heal, by Bass and Davis [distributed in class.]
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In class: Difficult summaries.
In: class: Summary practice
In class (lab) assignment: Writing as a teacher, respond to "I Hate Reading."
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5 Sept 20-24 |
Week 5: Sept. 21 / 23 T: Read The Way We Lived, Chapters 4 and 5, “Husbands and Wives” (pp. 56 – 73) and “Eighteenth-Century Religion” (pp. 74 – 99); read Created Equal, Chapter 4 TH: Read The Way We Lived, Chapter 6, “Urban Life in the Eighteenth Century” (pp 100 – 117); read Created Equal, Chapter 5 |
Chapter 5: Making Inferences Selection: Taking one. Chapter 25: Reading Biology |
What is it to analyze a text? In-class: Summary practice |
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6 Sept 27- Oct 1 |
Week 6: Sept. 28 / 30 T: Read The Way We Lived, Chapter 7, “People at War” (pp. 118 – 135); read Created Equal, Chapters 6 and 7 TH: Read Created Equal, Chapters 8
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Chapter 6
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In-class Analysis practice:
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Week 7: Oct. 5 / 7 T: Read Created Equal, Chapter 9 TH: Study Day
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Chapter 7
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ANALYSIS PARAGRAPH
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8 Oct 11-15 |
Week 8: Oct. 12 / 14 T: MIDTERM EXAM IV. Economic and Geographic Expansion of the Nation *1st-Year Midterm Grades emailed week of Oct. 18 |
Chapter 9
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You should be half-done annotating the novel! |
Reader response practice:3: Did the Lowell mills exploit or liberate women? . NO CLASS Thurs, Oct 14.
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9 Oct 18-22 |
Week 9: Oct. 19 / 21 T: THIRD CRITICAL REVIEW DUE IN CLASS on The Way We Lived, Chapter 8, “The Onset of Industry” (pp. 139 – 153); read Created Equal, Chapter 10 CRITICAL ANALYSIS 3: Did the Lowell mills exploit or liberate women? TH: Read The Way We Lived, Chapter 9, “The Cherokee Removal (pp. 154 – 172); read Created Equal, Chapter 11 **Read the novel |
Chapter 10 |
UTEP Reading Symposium Noon, Thursday, Oct. 21. Details to be announced.
In class: Reader response practice. |
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10 Oct 25-29 |
Week 10: Oct. 26 / 28 T: Read Daughter of Fortune, Part I / Hija de la Fortuna, Primera Parte TH: Continue reading novel *Friday Oct. 29: Course Drop Deadline |
Chapter 11 |
You should be done annotating the novel! |
Reader Response essay assigned. |
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11 Nov 1-5 |
Week 11: Nov. 2 / 4 T: Read Daughter of Fortune, Part II / Hija de la Fortuna, Segunda Parte TH: Continue reading novel |
Chapter 17 Selections: From New York Times |
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In-class: Reader response practice |
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12 Nov 8-12 |
Week 12: Nov. 9 / 11 T: Daughter of Fortune, Part III/Hija de la Fortuna, Tercera Parte TH: Essay on the novel due in class |
Chapter 18: Business/Advertising/Econ.
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In class: Rough draft of Reader Response due for peer review.
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13 Nov 15-19 |
Week 13: Nov. 16 / 18 T: Read The Way We Lived, Chapters 10 and 11, “Moving West” (pp. 173 – 190) and “Paths to Salvation” (pp. 191 – 208); read Created Equal, Chapter 12 TH: Read The Way We Lived, Chapters 12 and 13, “New People in a New Land” (pp. 209 – 225) and “The Age of Reform” (pp. 226 – 248) V. Debates over Slavery and Civil War |
Chapter 19 |
In-class: Response to article TBA. Summary refresher. |
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14 Nov 22-24 [Nov 25-26 Thanks-giving] |
Week 14: Nov. 23 / 25 T: Read The Way We Lived, Chapter 14, “Plantation Society” (pp. 249 – 270) TH: No Class |
Chapter 20
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Final exam practice.
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15 Nov 30-Dec. 2 |
Week 15: Nov. 30 / Dec. 2 T: Read Created Equal, Chapters 13 and 14 TH: Read The Way We Lived, Chapter 15, “The Soldiers’ Civil War” (pp. 271 – 289); Read Created Equal, Chapter 15
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Chapter 22 |
Final exam practice.
All reading journals due by last day of class! |
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For HIST 1301: Thursday Dec. 9: FINAL EXAM 10:00-12:45 |
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