The US Since 1945

This course covers the period of US history since 1945. It also uncovers how historians think about and approach the history of the recent past, and is designed to help you navigate the road from “back then” to “right now.” It combines lecture, seminar-style discussion, historical simulation, and hands-on research to introduce you to some key sources, themes and problems from the past six decades of American history. For the complete list of what you’ll be expected to know and do by the end of the course, see the “SLOs” tab above.

This website serves as our online hub for the course, which for Spring 2012 is being listed as a “Special Topics” course in History, HI 450-03. It will be taught MWF at 9:30 (Room Sullivan 122). From this site, you can download the syllabus or access it online, stay up to date with course news and any changes, see the guidelines for the course papers and projects, and follow links to my recommended history and writing resources on the web. The two required books are listed under the “Readings” tab above.

This site is a blog, meaning it updates frequently and you should bookmark it or subscribe to it using an RSS feed reader (such as Google Reader). Please check it often or make sure that you subscribe to its updates to stay on top of our coursework.

If you have questions about the course before we meet in person on Wednesday, January 18th, please feel free to email me, at thangen (at) worcester.edu