American+Cultures+II


 * This map is a bit "rougher" than the others because I have not taught this class the whole way through. So far I have main topics and a rough idea about the amount of class time I would like to devote to them.**


 * Themes: Progressivism: Civil Rights: Socialism: Fear: Immigration: Labor**

//Reconstruction and Rebuilding (5 classes)// -Amendments -Post Civil War challenges //Wild Wild West (10 classes)// -Native Americans -Railroads -Moving West/Settling West //Industrialization (5-10 classes)// -Industrial Revolution -Labour //Immigration (5 classes)// -Waves of immigration -Immigration laws -Prejudice //Progressivism (10-15 classes)// -Progressive social movements -Progressivism in government/Progressive Presidents - Transcendentalists, socialists, and comrades -Taft stuck in a bathtub (just because) //Expansionism vs. Isolationism (5 classes)// -Involvement in Central America -Move towards Isolationism //WWI + Post War (15 classes)// -WWI from a global perspective -Dough boys and trench foot and attrition, oh my! - The League of Nations and Henry Cabot Lodge and things in 14s - Setting up for failure //1920s (10 classes)// -Presidents - Society -Commercialism and Ford -The original Gangsters -The first Red Scare //Depression and New Deal (10 classes)// - The crash - The New Deal - Picturing the 1930s
 * Semester 1 (Reconstruction to the World Wars):**

//WWII and Postwar (20 classes)// - Road to War - European and Pacific Theatres - The Holocaust - The war through Dr. Seuss's drawings - UN and a push for PEACE - The beginning of the Cold War - The Arms Race //1950s society (8 classes)// - Another Red Scare - HUAC - Affluence and a baby boom - Korea //Civil Rights Movement (20 classes)// - Civil rights pre-WWII - Segregation - Brown V. Board - Malcolm X or Martin Luther King? - 1960s Civil Rights //1960s Culture/Counterculture/Gov't (5 classes)// - Sex, Drugs, and Rock n' Roll... should I censor this? - Presidents //Technology and the Cold War (2 classes)// - Sputnik - The Space Race //Expansion of the Cold War and Vietnam (10 classes)// - The October Crisis - The war in Vietnam - Response on the homefront - Bombing in Cambodia //70s, Presidents + Politics (5 classes)// - Foreign Affairs and Diplomacy - Economy - Yeah... I'll work on the 70s later... Disco? //80s Culture and Technology (3 classes)// - AIDS - Reagan - New technology //Cold War conclusions (2 classes)// - Tear Down that Wall! - What to fear now? //Globalization (5 classes)// - Implications of technology - Growing international relations //Current Events (5 classes)// - The war on terror - Recession - Etc
 * Semester 2 (We didn't start the fire):**

I'm considering doing the 50s-80s like this: 50s: coldwar/civil rights/society/politics 60s: cold war/civil rights/society/politics 70s: cold war/civil rights/society/politics 80s: cold war/civil rights/society/politics

I'm not 100% committed to conceptual vs chronological yet


 * Each semester adds up to approximately 17 weeks leaving 1 week for preparation and implementation of midterms and finals.**