Weekly Syllabus

Week of Monday, August 30 through Friday, September 3


Monday, August 29, 2011-- NO CLASS TODAY


 

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 (50 minutes)


Topic:  Brief description of class and Mr. Lewis.  Demonstration of class forum.
Homework: Complete the registration on the class forum (http://ethanlewis.ning.com) Read the handouts (Henry Luce "The American Century" pp. 167-171; David Oshinsky, A Conspiracy So Immense, pp. 85-100).


 

Wednesday, August 31, 2011 (45 minutes)

Topic: Information about the databases, and how we will use our class forum. Discussion of the reading. Yalta, Postdam, and other background on the Cold War. Background on issues concerning 1930's and 1940's America.

Homework: Reading about President Truman and the beginning of the Cold War. For background purposes, you can consult a previous version of A People and a Nation (APAN) Chapter 28. See me if you don't have a copy of this book. Finish reading the "American Century" handout.

 

Thursday, September 1, 2011 (50 minutes)


Topic
: Discussion of the reading. Introduction to first writing assignment.

Homework: Finish reading the Oshinsky handout. Work on writing assignment, due by 11:00 pm on Sunday.

 

Friday, September 2, 2011 (40 minutes)

Topic:Information about the databases, and how we will use our class forum. Discussion of the reading. Yalta, Postdam, and other background on the Cold War.

Homework: Reading about President Truman and the beginning of the Cold War. For background purposes, you can consult a previous version of A People and a Nation (APAN) Chapter 28. See me if you don't have a copy of this book.