Unit 2 Summary
by admin - February 14th, 2014
No class on Feb 14th, due to the snow.
We will just cancel instead of reschedule Congress #3, to keep us on track with the syllabus as outlined below. I will hand back the graded exams on Wednesday. Stay safe as you dig out!
Mon 2/17 No Class, President’s Day
Wed 2/19 Age of Consensus. MO Ch 6
Fri 2/21 Age of Consensus: What, Are You Kidding Me? Reading: HOT Part 3 (bring with you)
Viewing: Eyes on the Prize (in our campus library, also widely available on YouTube). We watched part of Episode 2 “Fighting Back, 1957-1962”
Mon 2/24 New Frontiers and Great Society. Reading: MO Ch 7 + 8 up to page 133
Civil Rights Timelines Version 1 | Version 2 | Version 3 | Version 4
Relevant links:
Nixon-Kennedy televised debates, 1960
JFK, Inaugural speech, 1961
Freedom Riders, 1961
Cuban Missile crisis (JFK Library), 1962
March on Washington, 1963 (King’s speech in its entirety, here)
Wed 2/26 Vietnam. Reading: MO Ch 8 from 133 to the end of the chapter + HOT Part 4
Relevant links:
LBJ’s Report on the Gulf of Tonkin incident, 1964
Fri 2/28 Congress Day #4.
Mon 3/3 Rebellion and Counterculture. Reading: MO Ch 9 + HOT Part 5
Wed 3/5 The 1960s in Review – bring HOT with you
Update: we went over Vietnam material, here’s the slides I used –
Fri 3/7 Exam #2 in class (MO Ch 5-9 and HOT 3-5) – Download the study guide here. You may bring one 3×5 note card to the exam, as well as the HOT book.
