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Download the Course Description and Schedule for 2012<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(PDF 90 KB)<\/p>\n

Week 1
\n<\/strong>Lecture Topic: Course Introduction, syllabus, questionnaire, and writing sample
\nReading for week 2: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe First Americans,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pages 4-7.<\/p>\n

Week 2
\n<\/strong>Lecture Topic: 1600-1800, Colonial Life and American Independence
\nTest on \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe First Americans,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pages 4-7
\nReading for week 3: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcColonial Life in America,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pages 20-23<\/p>\n

Week 3
\n<\/strong>Lecture Topic: The Early 1800s, Westward Expansion and Industrialization
\nTest on \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcColonial Life in America,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pages 20-23
\nReading for week 4: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWest to the Pacific,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pages 40-43<\/p>\n

Week 4
\n<\/strong>Lecture Topic: 1860-1870, Civil War and Reconstruction
\nTest on \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWest to the Pacific,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pages 40-43
\nReading for week 5: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcReconstruction, \u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pages 54-57<\/p>\n

Week 5
\n<\/strong>Lecture Topic: The Late 1800s, Assimilation and Immigration
\nTest on \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcReconstruction, \u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pages 54-57
\nReading for week 6: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe Amerindians\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Last Stand,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pages 66-71<\/p>\n

Week 6
\n<\/strong>Lecture Topic: The 1920s and 1930s, Boom and Bust
\nTest on \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe Amerindians\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Last Stand,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pages 66-71
\nReading for week 7: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCrash and Depression,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pages 96-99<\/p>\n

Week 7
\n<\/strong>Lecture Topic: The 1940s and 1950s, Hot and Cold Wars
\nTest on \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCrash and Depression,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pages 96-99
\nReading for week 8: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCold War and Korea,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pages 116-119<\/p>\n

Week 8
\n<\/strong>Lecture Topic: The 1960s and 1970s, Changing Times
\nTest on \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCold War and Korea,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pages 116-119
\nReading for week 9: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBlack Americans,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pages 112-115<\/p>\n

Week 9
\n<\/strong>Special Lecture Topic: Contemporary America, 1980-2000
\nTest on \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBlack Americans,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pages 112-115
\nReading for week 10: ‘An End to the Cold War?’ pages 132-35
\nWorkshop on final exam preparation<\/p>\n

Week 10
\n<\/strong>Special Lecture Topic: Contemporary America, 1980-2000
\nReading Test on ‘An End to the Cold War?’
\nWorkshop on final exam preparation<\/p>\n

Week 11
\n<\/strong>Special Lecture Topic: Contemporary America, 1980-2000
\nMake-up Test: Write or Re-write one in-class test from weeks 2-10<\/p>\n

Week 12
\n<\/strong>Special Lecture Topic: Contemporary America, 1980-2000
\nListening Test: VOA Special English Program
\nWorkshop on final exam preparation<\/p>\n

Week 13
\n<\/strong>Special Lecture Topic: Contemporary America, 1980-2000
\nWorkshop on final exam preparation. Essay draft, outline and source list due<\/span><\/p>\n

Week 14
\n<\/strong>Special Lecture Topic: Contemporary America, 1980-2000
\nWorkshop on final exam preparation
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Week 15
\n<\/strong>Final Exam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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