class schedule - february and march 2005

Please fill out an LTD Guide (download LTD Guide) for each of the assigned readings and bring it to class on the date indicated. For each reading, please review at least one related website. See links page for websites related to each reading.
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date due required readings recommended (optional) reading

W 2/2

Loewen, ch. 4 – Red Eyes

Zinn, ch. 8 – We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God

F 2/4

Hollitz, ch. 4 – Evaluating a Historical Argument: American Manhood and Philippine Annexation

Zinn, ch. 12 – The Empire and the People

M 2/7

Hollitz, ch. 5 – The Problem of Historical Motivation: The Bungalow as the “Progressive” Home

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W 2/9

Hollitz, ch. 6 – Ideology and History: Closing the Golden Door

Zinn, ch. 14 – War is the Health of the State

F 2/11

Hollitz, ch. 7 – History “From the Top Down”: Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady

Zinn, ch. 16 – A People’s War?

M 2/14

Hollitz, ch. 8 – History “From the Bottom Up”: The Detroit Race Riot of 1943

Midterm Paper Due (LTDs should include reading due by 2/11/05)

 

W 2/16

Hollitz, ch. 9 – Popular Culture as History: The Cold War Comes Home

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F 2/18

Campus Closed - Presidents’ Day Observed

M 2/21

Hollitz, ch. 10 – History and Popular Memory: The Civil Rights Movement

Zinn, ch. 17 – “Or Does it Explode?”

W 2/23

Loewen, ch. 8 – Watching Big Brother: What Textbooks Teach about the Federal Government

 

F 2/25

Hollitz, ch. 11 – Causation and the Lessons of History: Explaining America’s Longest War

Zinn, ch. 18 – The Impossible Victory: Vietnam

M 2/28

Loewen, ch. 9 – Down the Memory Hole: The Disappearance of the Recent Past

 

W 3/2

Hollitz, ch. 12 – Gender, Ideology, and Historical Change: Explaining the Women’s Movement

Zinn, ch. 19 - Surprises

F 3/5

Loewen, ch. 10 – Progress is Our Most Important Product

 

M 3/7

Hollitz, ch. 13  - Why Historical Interpretation Matters: The Battle over Multicultural Education

Zinn, ch. 22 – The Unreported Resistance

W 3/9

Loewen, ch. 11 – Why is History Taught Like This?

Zinn, ch. 23 – The Coming Revolt of the Guards

F 3/11

Loewen, ch. 12 – What is the Result of Teaching History Like This? and
Afterward: The Future Lies Ahead – and What to Do about Them
1 LTD guide

 

F 3/18

 FINAL EXAM (9:10 - 11:10 AM) - Please bring 1 Scantron 882E and a #2 pencil. (www.csupomona.edu/oracle/finals_winter.html)

last updated February 13, 2005