Weekly Syllabus

Week of Monday, September 21 through Friday, September 25

When doing the reading this week, you might benefit from doing some background reading in APAN-RED, pp. 827-836.

Monday, September 21, 2009 (45 minutes)

Topic: Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Homework: Work on your writing assignment. It is due to be submitted on the Ning by the start of class on Thursday.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 (45 minutes)

Topic:  The integration of school in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Homework: Work on your assignment.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 (40 minutes)

Topic: Time in class to work on your assignment.

Homework:Work on your assignment.

Thursday, September 24, 2009 (45 minutes)

Topic: The election of 1960.

Homework: Finish up your assignment.

Friday, September 25, 2009 (50 minutes)

Topic: The inauguration of President Kennedy. More on JFK and the myth of Camelot. Cuba, Berlin, Vietnam, Outer Space. Who's who in the 60's.

Homework: Twitter! (details to be given in class) Please write responses to 1 of your classmates' papers (from each group) by Sunday at 11pm.