Category: History : History

begin with a concise thesis as a direct answer to the question, analyze the main ideas presented in the readings and cite specific supporting details from the reading (I mean that you need to bring in specific examples). Arturo Rosales, Testimonio: A Documentary History of the Mexican American Struggle for Civil Rights (This is our “textbook,” and it’s a primary source reader as well). Chapter…

What are some other turning points in American history that historians have emphasized or should emphasize?  How might these other turning points influence where new American history surveys begin and end? 

How and why have certain Americans tended to view themselves and their nation as “exceptional”?  How has this notion shaped American culture, politics and economics?

What books and/or other readings would you use when developing lectures and discussions?  What books and/or other sources would you have the class read?  Defend and explain these choices.  

 For decades now, US History survey classes have been divided by the Civil War with the first half covering up to 1865 and the second half covering 1865 to the present.  Discuss why you think historians settled upon this demarcation and why it persists to this day.

What books and/or other readings would you use when developing lectures and discussions?  What books and/or other sources would you have the class read?  Defend and explain these choices.  

How and why have certain Americans tended to view themselves and their nation as “exceptional”?  How has this notion shaped American culture, politics and economics?

begin with a concise thesis as a direct answer to the question, analyze the main ideas presented in the readings and cite specific supporting details from the reading (I mean that you need to bring in specific examples). Arturo Rosales, Testimonio: A Documentary History of the Mexican American Struggle for Civil Rights (This is our “textbook,” and it’s a primary source reader as well). Chapter…

Assignment and evaluation * A paper on the Methods of the Gospels (30%): Due 9/21 (Sat). Write about methods of the Gospels, based on the book How to Read the Gospels (Kim, 2024). Pick ONE Gospel, choose important methods/perspectives in your view, describe them briefly, and explain why those methods are important to you. Length:…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this assignment is for you to practice “doing history” by researching Progressivism. Do not worry if after reading the documents you feel like you have an incomplete understanding of the topic. No set of sources that a historian uncovers is ever perfect or ever fully reveals what happened and why it matters. …