HISTORY 250/ FALL 1999 MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY PROF. FRIEDHEIM

WW II Poster/ Rosie the Riveter

Monday, August 30.  Introductory class. What is history?

Wednesday, September 1.  Computer Lab – Two Photos/ Many Stories

Monday, September 6.  College Closed - No Class.

Wednesday, September 8.  "The Trans-Mississippi West", Chapter 17 in The Enduring Vision.

Monday, September 13.  "The Rise of Industrial America", Chapter 18 in The Enduring Vision.

Wednesday, September 15.  Computer Lab – Two Photos/ Many Stories

Monday, September 20.  College Closed - No Class.

Tuesday, September 21.  "The Transformation of Urban America" and "Daily Life, Popular Culture, and the Arts, 1860-1900", Chapters 19 and 20 in The Enduring Vision.

Wednesday, September 22.  Computer Lab – Two Photos/ Many Stories

Monday, September 27.  "Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age", Chapter 21 in The Enduring Vision.  Video -  Savage Acts

Wednesday, September 29.  Computer Lab – Expansion and Race

Monday, October 4.  "The Progressive Era", Chapter 22 in The Enduring Vision.  Video - Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl.

Wednesday, October 6.  Computer Lab – Expansion and Race

Monday, October 11.  College Closed - No Class.

Wednesday, October 13.  Computer Lab.

Monday, October 18.  "World War I", Chapter 23 in The Enduring Vision. Video - Up South.

Wednesday, October 20.   Midterm paper due.

Monday, October 25.  "The 1920s", Chapter 24 in The Enduring Vision.

Wednesday, October 27.  Computer Lab – TVA: Electricity For All .

Monday,  November 1.  "Crash, Depression and the New Deal", Chapter 25 in The Enduring Vision.

Wednesday, November 3.  Computer Lab – TVA: Electricity For All .

Monday,  November 8.  "American Life in a Decade of Crisis at Home and Abroad", Chapter 26 in The Enduring Vision.

Wednesday, November 10.  Computer Lab – TVA: Electricity For All

Monday,  November 15.  "Waging Global War, 1939-1945", Chapter 27 in The Enduring Vision.

Wednesday, November 17.  Computer Lab – “Instructions to all Persons of Japanese Ancestry” .

Monday,  November 22.  "Cold War America, 1945-1952" and "America at Mid-Century", Chapters 28 and 29 in The Enduring Vision.

Wednesday, November 24.  Computer Lab – “Instructions to all Persons of Japanese Ancestry” .

Monday,  November 29.  "The Turbulent Sixties", Chapter 30 in The Enduring Vision.

Wednesday, December 1.  Computer Lab – “Instructions to all Persons of Japanese Ancestry” .

Monday, December 6.  "A Troubled Journey: From Port Huron to Watergate", Chapter 31 in The Enduring Vision.

Wednesday, December 8.  Computer Lab -- Preparation for Final.