Weekly Syllabus

Week of Monday, September 28 through Friday, October 2

When preparing for class this week and next week, you might benefit from doing some background reading in APAN-RED, pp. 836-856.

You should plan to have completed your feedback on the third writing assignment before class on Tuesday, at the absolute latest.

Monday, September 28, 2009 (45 minutes)

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

Homework: TBA

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 (50 minutes)

Topic: Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech and the March on Washington. Dallas, November 22, 1963

Homework: Tonight you will begin work on the next writing assignment. It will concern President Kennedy, his death and his legacy. It is due by 11 pm next Tuesday.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 (45 minutes)-NO CLASS TODAY

Topic:

Homework: Work on your paper.

Thursday, October 1, 2009 (45 minutes)

Topic: Hands on time with primary documents.

Homework: Work on your paper.

Friday, October 2, 2009 (40 minutes)

Topic: The 1964 Election.The Gulf of Tonkin incident and the escalation of the Vietnam War.

Homework: Work on your paper.