Lewis Hine/ Lower East Side Playground/ NYC circa 1910

OVERVIEW | ASSIGNMENTS | READING GUIDE

COMPUTER LAB | LINKS | EXAMS AND PAPERS

COURSE DESCRIPTION - A survey in printed text, CD-ROMs and the World Wide Web of American history from 1877 to the present. Using a multi-media approach, the course will integrate social, political and economic history, focusing on how ordinary people changed history and how history changed ordinary people.

LATENESS/ATTENDANCE - Be on time to class. Students who are consistently late will be counted as absent. You are allowed three un-excused absences. Excessive absence will result in failure.

READING - Purchase Lichtenstein et al, Who Built America, Volume II, 1877 to the Present (Worth Publishing)

CD-ROM/WORLD WIDE WEB - We will use resources from the CD-ROM and the World Wide Web to supplement the reading and classroom discussions. Previous background in computers is not necessary. In class, you will learn the skills necessary to use these resources.

QUIZZES - There will be a multiple-choice quiz for every weekly reading assignment.  Timed quizzes, generally given during the first ten minutes of the Wednesday lab, will be on the on the assigned reading for that week.  You will get a reading guide for each assignment plus questions covered by the quiz.  The average of your highest nine quiz grades will count as 20% of your final grade.

GRADES - Exams will comprise 60% of your grade, quizzes 20% and computer lab and class participation another 20%.

BIBLIOGRAPHY - There are useful bibliographies at the conclusion of each chapter in Who Built America.

OFFICE: N- 611 (212-346-8243)/ Office Hours are 9 - 9:50 AM and 11 - 11:50 AM on Mondays.  E-mail:  Billfheim@aol.com

BLACKBOARD:  The class will use course management software, called BlackBoard, which includes a threaded discussion board.  The web address for BlackBoard is <http://198.83.126.109:8080/>.  When you go to site, you will have to log on with a user name and a password, both of which will be assigned to you the first week of class.

WEBSITE:  Professor Friedheim's Website has more information about his courses and teaching.  You can access the site at <http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/acadpts/socscience/billfheim/index.htm>