History 3090    2013 Course Calendar

subject to change with negotiations -- updated 3 October 2013

Week Activities Assessments

One: Introductions; What is Social History?

 Choose an article on some aspect of U.S. social history from Journal of Social History (Available through Project Muse. JSTOR also makes available articles published before 2010.

Analysis paper: Write a short paper critically analyzing the scholarly article you chose.

peer review: Sept. 5
Due: Sept. 10
Two -Four: Age of Homespun

image of the Narragansett basket
MacPheadris-Warner House
Hannah Barnard's Cupboard
Eunice Bourne's Chimney Piece
Prudence Punderson's work
Molly Ocket's Pocketbook
Coverlet
Woodsplint Basket

discussions based on the text

9-13
observations - 1st response paper
 9-5
3-74
9-10
75-174		 9-12
175-305
9-17
306-412		 9-19

no class
1st Formal paper:  What is Thatcher Ulrich suggesting about the history of women? How has this text in social history contributed to your understanding of colonial American history?

peer review draft due: Sept. 19
final draft due: Sept. 24
Five - Seven Huck's Raft
 discussions based on the text
9-24
short paper in response to Ulrich
Prologue -  2		 9-26
3-5
10-1
6-9		 10-3
10-13
10-8
14-16		 10-10
17 primary sources - 2nd response paper
2nd Formal paper:  What is childhood? What has engendered changes in the ideas about children, parenting and the role of children in American society? Focus on 1 or 2 major influences.

peer review draft due: October 15
final draft due: October 17
Eight
  10-17
catch up
 
Nine-Eleven: Marriage, A History
discussions based on text
10 -22
Intro - Chpt. 2		 10 -24

Chpts 3, 9
10 - 29
Chpts 10-12		 10 -31
Chpts 13-14
11-5
Chpts 15 - 16		 11-7
Chpt 17 and Conclusion
news -3rd response paper

3rd Formal paper: What does Coontz think distinguishes marriage today from marriage in the past? Which of these changes over time seems most significant to you, and what has Coontz presented which helps you understand how it occurred?

peer review draft due: November 12
final draft due: November 14

 
Twelve-Thirteen: Cheap Amusmements
discussions based on text
  11-14
Intro and Chapts. 1-2
11-19
Chapts. 3-5		 11-21
Chapts. 6- Conclusion
amusements - 4th response paper

4th Formal paper:  According to Peiss: Leisure is not simply a vessel whose contents reveal a unified culture, nor is its relationship to other spheres of life such as work and family one-dimensional. Leisure activities may affirm the cultural patterns embedded in other institutions, but they may also offer an arena for the articulation of different values and behaviors.
Has Peiss made her case? How?

peer review draft due: November 26
final draft due: December 3
 Fourteen - Fifteen: We Are What We Eat

discussions based on text
11-26
Introduction - 4
Food of the day: tomato
 Thanksgiving holiday
12-3
5-8
Food of the day: pizza		 12-5
conclusion
foodways - 5th response paper

   
   
5th Formal Paper: Gabaccia sees food as more than just sustenance -- imported and assimilated foods directly represent the immigration and assimilation of diverse peoples.  Has she made her case? how?

peer review draft due: December 5
final draft due: December 10
Finals week
December 10
12:30 Restaurant 1107 -- Ben Lomand Hotel		  We will meet for lunch -- MacKay's treat.