FYE / Andrews – Fall 2012 Schedule
of Activities & Assignments
Please note that
this schedule is tentative and may change as our semester evolves.
August 29
Introductions. Syllabus, Definitions: “ethinicity,” “race,”
“America.” Exploration of students’ understanding of their own ethnic
identities.
August 31
Hemispheric context – what is “America?”
DUE… READING: The Americas: A Hemispheric History, Chapter 1 “Americas? America?” and selection from
Chapter 2 “Between Colonizations: The Americas’ First ‘Normalcy’
~~~~~~~~~~
September 3 – Labor Day Holiday
September 5
Early migrations to the Americas – pre-Columbian peoples.
DUE… READING: The American Indian and the Problem of
History, Chapter 3, “American
Indians and American History.”
September 7
Evolving theories about initial migrations to the Americas
– the “kelp highway.”
DUE… READING: Jon Erlandson, “The Deep History of Pacific
Seafaring” and Jim Cassidy, “Evidence of Prehistoric Native American
Seafaring,” both in Mains’l Haul: A Journal of Pacific Maritime History, Winter/Spring 2011
~~~~~~~~~~
September 10
Colonial migrations and the age of revolution
DUE… READING: Daniels, chapters 1 and 2
September 12
Colonial migrations and the age of revolution
DUE… READING: Daniels, chapter 3
September 14
First Document Analysis Paper Assigned
~~~~~~~~~~
September 17
What is an American?
DUE… READING: Daniels, chapter 4
September 19
What is an American?
DUE… READING: Daniels, chapter 5
September 21
DUE… PAPER: First Document Analysis
~~~~~~~~~~
September 24
First Wave immigrants
DUE… READING: Daniels, chapter 6
September 26
First Wave immigrants
September 28
Are ethnicity and immigration issues reflected in the 2012
presidential campaigns? What are the candidates’ positions? How might each
candidate shape the ethnic future of America?
DUE: current event assignment TBA
~~~~~~~~~~
October 1
Industrial immigrants and migration patterns
DUE… READING: Daniels, chapter 7
October 3
Industrial immigrants and migration patterns
DUE… READING: Daniels, chapter 8
October 5
Minorities from other regions
DUE… READING: Daniels, chapter 9
~~~~~~~~~~
October 8
Research presentations
DUE… PAPER: First Mini Research Paper
October 10
Research presentations
October 12
Review session for Midterm Exam.
~~~~~~~~~~
October 15
Research presentations
October 17
Midterm Exam.
October 19 – Midterm Break
~~~~~~~~~~
October 22
One-on-one midterm status review. Documentary “The Other
Side of Immigration”
October 24
“The Other Side of Immigration” continued. Students will be
responsible for self-monitoring this day.
October 26
American Responses to Immigration - Nativism
DUE… READING: Daniels, chapter 10
~~~~~~~~~~
October 29
Document Analysis #2 assigned: in-class workshop
October 31
Immigration and ethnicity in the first half of the 20th
Century
DUE… READING: Daniels, chapter 11
November 2
Immigration from the new world
DUE… READING: Daniels, chapter 12; also, Document
Analysis #2
~~~~~~~~~~
November 5
Second Mini Research Project assigned
November 7
Immigration and Ethnicity in the Second Half of the 20th
Century
DUE… READING: Daniels, chapter 13
November 9
Immigration and Ethnicity in the Second Half of the 20th
Century
DUE… READING: Daniels, chapter 14
~~~~~~~~~~
November 12
Immigration and Ethnicity in the Second Half of the 20th
Century
DUE… READING: Daniels, chapter 15
November 14
Immigration and Ethnicity in an Age of Terrorism and
Globalization
DUE… READING: Daniels, chapter 16
November 16
Immigration and Ethnicity in an Age of Terrorism and
Globalization
DUE… READING: TBA
~~~~~~~~~~
November 19
Immigration and Ethnicity in an Age of Terrorism and
Globalization
DUE… READING: Daniels, chapter 17
November 21
Thanksgiving traditions in an ethnically diverse USA
DUE… Thanksgiving Preflection
~~~~~~~~~~
November 26
Current Issues in Immigration and Ethnicity
DUE… Current events article TBA
November 28
Semester review and preparation for the Final Exam.
November 30
Project presentations.
DUE… Second Research Paper
~~~~~~~~~~
December 3
Final Exam.
December 5
Project presentations.
December 7
Project presentations.
~~~~~~~~~~
No comments:
Post a Comment