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Unit 3 up to Spring Break

by admin - March 10th, 2014

This week: the 1970s, and starting on the research paper (see new tab, above). Continue reading →

Unit 2 Summary

by admin - February 14th, 2014

No class on Feb 14th, due to the snow. Continue reading →

Unit 2: The Age of Consensus, Or Not (Feb 10 – March 7)

by admin - February 7th, 2014

Here’s the unit overview; as we go along I will add links to the discussion days as needed, so check back before/after each class for any updates. Continue reading →

Unit 1: Postwar America

by admin - January 24th, 2014

Our class discussion got off to a great start this week with our free-wheeling discussion of the US in 1945. Continue reading →

Course Intro, Starting the Fire

by admin - January 22nd, 2014

What to do by Friday: Continue reading →

Welcome, Spring 2014 Students!

by admin - November 21st, 2013

This website serves as the hub for Tona Hangen’s course, “The United States Since 1945,” for the Spring 2014 semester at Worcester State University (MWF 10:30 am). Continue reading →

Final Exam Info – Mon 5/7/2012

by admin - May 4th, 2012

Reminder, our third exam will be at 8:30 am on Monday, May 7th in our regular classroom. Your lowest exam grade gets dropped, so if you’ve taken the two previous ones you are not required to take the third one (but I always recommend it). The exam will be a combination of multiple-choice and essay questions. You may bring and use the Chafe book, History of Our Time. Your Congress papers are due at the last exam. If you are not planning to take the exam, please make sure I have your Congress paper in hand before 8:30 that morning.

Thanks, see you then! –Prof Hangen

Last Week of Classes – i.e. History Now

by admin - April 23rd, 2012

Here’s the plan for our last four classes.

Mon 4/23 – 9/11 and Post. Reading: HOT 369-395 and MO 296-309.

Wed 4/25 – Congress Day #8 – please be there, it will be our day for hearings, debate and voting on 9 or 10 bills – a big agenda.

Fri 4/27 – Recession 101 (or Congress Day #9 if needed). Instead of reading we have listening, a one-hour radio program (long live radio! But I digress). Please listen to, and take notes on, the “Giant Pool of Money” episode of This American Life from from May 9, 2008 that attempted to explain the origins of the emerging recession (then tagged as a “housing crisis”). Note how the producers narrate this tale, and what was (then) considered significant or ominous. From the vantage point of 2012, what parts of this story might you tell differently?

Mon 4/30 – History in OUR time. If you were assigned to add a new document to the end of the Chafe volume, what would it be? Bring your new document to class IN PRINTED FORM. If it’s lengthy, excerpt/edit it to under 5 pages. Also, your Congress page should be done by this day. The end-of-term instructions for your Congress project are found here: http://us45.wikispaces.com/END+OF+TERM+INFO

Reminder: Our third exam will be Monday 5/7 at 8:30 am in our usual classroom. Note the time is EARLIER than our class meeting time by one hour. Your Congress papers are due at the last exam. If you are not planning to take the exam, please make sure I have your Congress paper in hand before 8:30 that morning.

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Photo credit: Snapped by me on a college student on the campus of William and Mary

Online Class Today 4/9

by admin - April 9th, 2012

I’m working from home this morning due to sickness. In place of our class discussion, please take a few minutes to respond to the reading by completing this form. Hit “submit” when you’re done to send it to me. Thanks!

Congress Day 6 – Wed 4/4

by admin - April 3rd, 2012

A few of you mentioned that it would be helpful to have some notice on what we’d be doing in Congress days. The next three Congresses are designed to switch gears somewhat from reenactment to writing new legislation. Tomorrow in class I will have a small packet for you describing the process (in somewhat more detail than Schoolhouse Rock, "I’m Just a Bill").

Bring the MOSS book to class, and also bring your laptop.

We’ll be updating the Committee pages and beginning to design/draft legislation. Your legislation does not have to be related to your committee work. Everyone will write his/her own bill which will go to the various committees for discussion and recommendation before heading to the whole Congress for a vote, in our future Congress days.