End of Spring 2014 Term Details

by admin - May 5th, 2014

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Unit 4 Overview

by admin - April 12th, 2014

As the course winds down you will be working on two parallel tracks – understanding how historians have written about our own time, and enacting your own legislation in our Congress. Continue reading →

Instructions for Friday, April 11

by admin - April 10th, 2014

No, I am not here this morning (you can follow the meeting I’m attending at Twitter hashtag #oah2014). Yes, we are still having class. Continue reading →

Unit 3 and Exam 3 Update/News

by admin - March 31st, 2014

Good news! The tables and chairs are coming back – we should have them for Wed’s class, and if not, we have permission to use the classroom next door – so either way, plan on being able to spread out materials on tables for Wed’s exam. Continue reading →

Unit 3 – The 1970s

by admin - March 15th, 2014

This short unit (begun before the break) considers the 1970s and 1980s. Sometimes passed over as merely transitional from the liberal/contentious 1960s to the conservative 1980s, the 1970s are now being reexamined as important in their own right. And was the 1980s so conservative after all? After the 3rd exam we have a week devoted to working on the Research Paper. Continue reading →

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 →