History 3070    Fall 2009    MacKay

Course Schedule (subject to change with notification)

updated 2 december 2009

   no classes: September 18, October 9, October 16 (Fall Break), October 30, November 13, November 20, November 27 (Thanksgiving), December 4
 
Formal papers: typed, double spaced, free of gross grammatical and spelling errors
  • Critiques of Scholarly Articles due:
    • pre-1900 September 25
    • post-1900 December 9
  • Generations paper due: December 9
 Oral Presentations:
  • of resources September 4, 11
  • of Scholarly Text: November 16, 18
  • of film: November 30, December 2

    these presentations required a handout

 Quizzes:
  • October 2-5
  • November 5-9
  • December 4-7
Week Activities Assessments

Weeks 1-3
Student web Notes
Women in Early America

 Introductions

Discussion of resources about women: Gender Watch, New York Times, Institute for Women's Policy Research

September 7
no class		 September 9
oral presentations		 September 11

Discussion of
Berkin, Norton, Law of domestic relations, Law of slavery
Oral Presentation #1: resources available from Her Story, Library of Congress (September 4, 11)

Week 4
Student Web Notes
Colonial Experiences/Republican Mothers

 Discussion of readings   

Weeks 5-6
Student Web Notes

From Domestic to Industrial Production
September 28
Discussion of  Liberty Rhetoric Among the Mill Girls and Welter article		 September 30 October 2
Formal paper #1: Critique of Scholarly Article (pre-1900) September 25

Quiz #1  October 2-5

Weeks 7-8

 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Further information on Harriet Jacobs, including photos
October 5
Discussion of introduction and chronology		 October 7
Discussion of Chapters  I-XX		 October 9 no class
October 12
Discussion of XXI-appendix		 October 14
Discussion of  concluding materials		 October 16 no class (Fall Break)

 
Week 9

Student Web Notes

Women post-Civil War
October 19
Discussion of: Documents: After Civil War; Women's Centennial Agenda ; Dimensions of Citizenship I

 

 October 21 Discussion of
Kerber and DeHart essays by Hunter,  Hine, DuBois		 October 23
informal (no handout, 5 minutes) oral presentations of court cases, in teams: Oct. 23
 

Week 10

Student Web Notes

Progressive reformers
October 26
Discussion of
Kerber and DeHart essays 		October 28
Presentation of information about women progressives		 October 30: no class

 

Week 11

At the Crossroads
November 2

Women in the 1920s Advertizing images

 November 4
Kerber and Dehart essays: Cott, Cowan, Jones

 

 

 November 6
Quiz #2 November 5-9

Week 12

Rosie the Riveter/Suburban Housewife

The Second Women's Movement
November 9

Life images of "Women in the Fight"

Images (including posters) of women in WWII

What did you do in the war, Grandma?

Utah Minute Women

Women and Families in the 1950s

Take the AP quiz on the 1950s

View Power Point on the 1950s

Explore Women, a list of  resources from around the world

Find an article from GenderWatch (available from Stewart Library--will be the extra point question on Quiz 3)

 November 1: no class November 13: no class
 

Week 13
Nov. 16
Oral presentations of scholarly texts		 Nov. 18
Oral presentations of scholarly  texts		 November 20: no class
Oral presentation #2: scholarly texts

Week 14

 

The Body Project

Nov. 23
discussion of Introduction,, Chapters 1-2		 Nov. 25
discussion of Chapters 3-6		  November 27
no class (Thanksgiving)
 

Week 15
Nov. 30
oral presentations of films		 Dec. 2
oral presentations of films		 December 4: no class
 

Oral presentation #3:  films

Formal paper #2: Critique of Scholarly Article (post-1900) December 9

Formal Paper #3: Generations Paper: December 9

Quiz #3 December 4-7
Finals week: December 9--lunch 11:00 AM -- at Karen's Cafe 25th Street, Ogden