Communication, Course Documents, and Supplementary Readings for Advanced Placement United States History, 2009-2010
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Reading for 9/9/09 "The Visible and Invisible Worlds of Salem"
This is another chapter from Davidson and Lytle's book, "After the Fact." When you open the document, you will find a series of questions on the first page. You DO NOT have to write out answers to these questions, but you may wish to read over them. The questions were prepared by another instructor, but they may be helpful. The actual reading begins on the second page.
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The Visible and Invisible Worlds of Salem |
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Update 9/14/09: As you know, there will be a multiple choice test this Friday on Chapters 3,4, and part of 5 (up to page 150). The essay test will be on Monday on the same material. I will check notes Wednesday. Keep working! You are doing a great job!
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Update 9/21/09: Reading assignments this week are as follows...
Tuesday pages 164-173
Wednesday pages 173-181
Thursday pages 181-194
Keep watching for another article, to be posted soon!
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...because we didn't get a chance to read it in class, here is the text of Thomas Paine's widely read pamphlet Common Sense.
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Paine, "Common Sense" |
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Update 9/28/09: Chapter 7 reading:
Tuesday night read pages 202-217 without taking detailed notes. Summarize briefly.
Wednesday night read pages 217-229. Be prepared to analyze this material.
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Read this article quickly for the main idea. Do not get bogged down in the details of the examples, but rather look for the main argument the author is trying to make, along with some (not all) of his supporting evidence. Be prepared to discuss this article in class on Friday, October 2.
Test Monday, October 5th (m/c and essay)
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Finkelman, "Slavery and the Northwest Ordinance" |
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Update 10/5/09
Readings for Chapter 8:
Monday evening 10/5: pages 238-246
Tuesday evening 10/6: pages 246-254
Wednesday evening 10/7: pages 255-263
Because of its significant place in the historiography of the Constitution, here is a link to Charles Beard's work. Feel free to consult any summary version, but be sure you are familiar with his thesis.
Multiple choice quiz on all of chapter 8, Tuesday, October 13.
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Beard, "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution..." |
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Update 10/13/09
We will look at the concept of "republican motherhood" in class on Tuesday 10/13 (after the quiz).
Readings for Chapter 9:
Tuesday evening 10/13: pages 270-285
Wednesday evening 10/14: pages 285-302
I am checking notes on Friday. Notes are required for anyone earning a "C" or below in the course. Notes are still recommended for everyone else, of course!
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Kerber, "Republican Motherhood" |
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Update 10/19/09
We will finish discussing Chapter 9 and take the quiz on Tuesday, October 20
Readings for Chapter 10:
Tuesday evening 10/20: pages 310-328
Wednesday evening 10/21: pages 328-340
Ira Berlin's book as discussed in class
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Berlin, "Generations of Captivity" |
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Update 10/26/09--I will check your articles chart and your chapter 10 notes on Tuesday. Notes are required (pv) of any student not earning an A or a B for quarter 1.
Readings for Chapter 11:
Tuesday evening 10/27: pages 348-362
Wednesday evening 10/28: pages 362-375
I will check chapter 11 notes on Friday (10/30).
Test Monday (11/1) on chapters 9(part)-10(all)-11(all), pages 293-375. I will post the essay questions on Thursday. You should come to class on Monday prepared to write all of them (no notes allowed for the test, of course). The test will consist of multiple choice questions and one essay question.
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Possible essay questions for Monday's test:
(1) “Although often defended and attacked on purely economic grounds, the federal tariff policies of the United States have been more important politically than economically.” Assess the validity of this generalization in regard to two tariffs in United States history.
(2) In what ways did the emerging sectional conflicts with the United States manifest themselves in the election of Andrew Jackson and in the domestic policies of the nation in the years 1828-1837?
(3) Analyze the extent to which the “Era of Good Feelings” deserved its name.
(4) Between 1790 and 1850, the South grew enormously and the nature of slavery changed, along with the arguments put forth by slavery’s supporters. Describe and analyze this change by discussing two of the following groups:
· African Americans, both slave and free
· White plantation gentry
· Free whites, both yeomen farmers and poor whites
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Update 11/02/09
Readings for chapter 12:
Monday evening: pp 382-390
Tuesday evening: pp 390-404
Wednesday evening: pp 404-411 (finish the chapter)
Thursday evening: article by Daniel Feller, "The Market Revolution Ate My Homework" (stop with the first sentence on 413---yes, this is a review of multiple books you have not read, but he is still making an argument that you can understand, so look for it!)
I will check chapter 12 notes on Friday.
Over the weekend, please begin chapter 13 by reading pages 418-431 in your textbook.
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Feller, "The Market Revolution Ate My Homework" |
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Update 11/10/09
You should have already read chapter 13 through page 435. By Thursday, you should also read the two articles posted here. The first is a chapter from David Roediger's book, "The Wages of Whiteness." This book, published in 1991, stimulated huge amounts of research in what became known as "whiteness studies," a term Roediger actually dislikes. You need only read the first 9 pages of the Word document (up to the numbered page 144). If you wish to preview more of his book, go to Google Books or Amazon.
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selection from Roediger, "Wages of Whiteness" |
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The next article is a response to "whiteness studies" by another prominent historian, Eric Arnesen. Published in 2001, this article presents Arnesen's objections to Roediger and subsequent work. For this article, you should read the introduction (through page 5) and then skip to the section entitled, "How Historians Made Immigrants White" (pages 13-21). After reading that section, skip to the conclusion.
Please finish chapter 13 over the weekend. I will check notes on Monday and you can expect a test on chapters 12 and 13 on Tuesday, November 17.
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Arnesen, "Whiteness and the Historians' Imagination" |
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Update 11/18/09
By Friday, November 20, you should read chapter 14 through page 472. Finish the chapter and the questions (which you will get from me) by Monday. While reading this material on westward expansion, ask yourself:
What is the "west"?
What is/was meant by "manifest destiny"?
What does is/was meant by "American exceptionalism"?
Frederick Jackson Turner once posed a thesis regarding the importance of the frontier in US history. Read the excerpt linked here to see what he thought. We will discuss this in class.
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An excerpt from Frederick Jackson Turner |
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