{"id":492,"date":"2014-04-12T01:15:56","date_gmt":"2014-04-12T01:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/hi203\/?p=492"},"modified":"2015-12-31T17:45:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T17:45:44","slug":"unit-4-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/hi203\/unit-4-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 4 Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the course winds down you will be working on two parallel tracks \u2013 understanding how historians have written about our own time, and enacting your own legislation in our Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mon 4\/14 Foreign Policy in the 1980s<\/strong>. Reading: MO 15
\nLink: Miller Center \/ Reagan Foreign Policy<\/a>, including “Evil Empire” speech March 8, 1983<\/p>\n

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Photos from our whiteboard – click each to enlarge to full size
\n\"Change\"<\/a>
\n\"Continuity\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Map1\"<\/a>
\n\"Map2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Wed 4\/16 Social Tensio<\/a>ns and Culture Wars<\/strong>. Reading: MO 16
\nSee also: NYT Immigration Explorer Maps<\/a> and US Census Foreign-Born Infographics<\/a>. Also: we used Google N-Gram<\/a><\/p>\n

Fri 4\/18 Congress Day #8<\/strong>. On this day \u2013 finalize your committee pages, and debate your bill drafts in committee session.<\/p>\n

Mon 4\/21 No Class \u2013 Patriot\u2019s Day<\/em><\/p>\n

Wed 4\/23 Bill Workshop Day \u2013 Congress Bill is due<\/strong>. We will work as a Congress to finalize the bills and organize them into a queue for debate on the floor. Submit your bill by email in its final form by midnight<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fri 4\/25 Congress Day #9<\/strong> \u2013 first day of debate and full legislative session on your bills. Update<\/span> <\/strong>– the bills are all posted on the Congress Wiki<\/a>; familiarize yourself with them before coming to class, and bring laptops<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Mon 4\/28 Post-Cold War America and the World.<\/strong> Reading: MO 17 + HOT 9 (Bring the HOT book to class)<\/p>\n

Wed 4\/30 America and Americans in the New Millenium<\/strong>. Reading: MO 18 + HOT 10 (Bring the HOT book to class)<\/p>\n

Fri 5\/2 Congress Day #10<\/strong> \u2013 second day of debate and full legislative session on your bills<\/p>\n

\"\"Mon 5\/5 Epilogue: History in Our Time<\/strong>. Reading: MO 19. We will be making a time capsule of primary sources; bring either a document or an object to put in that you think represents life in America in 2014, and be prepared to defend your choice.<\/p>\n

Exam 4 will take place on May 14 at 8:30 am<\/strong> in our regular classroom, covering MO 15-19 and HOT 9-10. Your Congress Reflection Paper is due<\/strong> \u2013 either bring it to the exam, or, if you are not taking the exam please email it to me before or during the exam slot. The 4th exam will be the equivalent of the other three exams. It is not designed to fill the full three hours, but you should expect it to take longer to complete than our other exams. As before, you may bring the HOT book and a 3×5 notecard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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