Week 1 — European Contact (Jan 21–25)
- ✅ Assignment: European Contact (Completed)
- ✅ Discussion: European Contact & Slavery (Completed)
- de Vaca — Thesis
- de Vaca — Write
- WR Nathaniel Bacon — Compare to AI
- Essay: Nathaniel Bacon
Week 2 — Colonial America (Due Feb 1)
- Assignment: Colonial America
- Discussion: Colonial America
- Response: Colonial Slavery in Virginia & Maryland
Week 3 — Early Republic & Manifest Destiny (Due Feb 8)
- Assignment: Early Republic & Manifest Destiny
- Fugitive — Thesis
- Fugitive — Write
- Slave Revolt — Write
- Slave Revolt 4
Week 4 — Manifest Destiny North / West (Due Feb 15)
- Assignment: Manifest Destiny North / West
- Discussion: Manifest Destiny North / West
Week 5 — The South & Slavery (Due Feb 22)
- Assignment: The South & Slavery
- Discussion: The South & Slavery
- Dred Scott — Write
- Compromise — Write
Week 6 — Civil War & Reconstruction (Due Mar 1)
- Assignment: Civil War & Reconstruction
- Discussion: Civil War & Reconstruction
- Biographical Essay #1 (100 pts)
- Black Codes — Thesis
- Black Codes — Write
- Response: Louisiana Literacy Test
Week 7 — Harlem Renaissance (Due Mar 8)
- Assignment: Harlem Renaissance
- Discussion: Harlem Renaissance
- Migration — Write
- Riis — Write
Week 8 — WWI & Woman Suffrage (Due Mar 15)
- Assignment: World War I & Woman Suffrage
- Discussion: World War I & Woman Suffrage
- Response: Flapper & Feminist
Week 9 — Great Depression (Due Mar 22)
- Assignment: Great Depression
- Discussion: Great Depression
- Letters — Thesis
- Letters — Write
- Internment — Write
- Response: Psychological Effects of the Great Depression
- Essay: Letters to the Roosevelts
- Essay: Dorothea Lange & Hispanic Farmworkers
Week 10 — World War II (Due Mar 29)
- Assignment: World War II
- Home Front — Thesis
- Home Front — Write
- Anti-Soviet — Write
Week 11 — Cold War (Due Apr 5)
- Assignment: Cold War
- Anti-Soviet — Thesis
Week 12 — Vietnam & Social Movements (Due Apr 12)
- Assignment: Vietnam & Social Movements
- Discussion: Vietnam & Social Movements
- Biographical Essays #2 & #3 (200 pts)
- Response: Voting Rights Act
- Response: Cesar Chavez
- Malcolm X — Thesis
- Malcolm X — Write
Week 13 — Long Civil Rights Movement (Due Apr 19)
- Assignment: Long Civil Rights Movement
- Roe v. Wade — Thesis
- Roe v. Wade — Write
Week 14 — Feminism & Social Movements (Due Apr 26)
- Assignment: Feminism, Blowback & Social Movements
- Biographical Essay #4 (100 pts)
- King Riots — Thesis
Week 15 — Inequality & Incarceration (Due May 3)
- Assignment: Inequality & Incarceration
- Discussion: Inequality & Incarceration
- King Riots — Write
Week 16 — Immigration (Due May 10)
- Assignment: Immigration
- Discussion: Immigration
- Deportation — Thesis
- Deportation — Write
- Film Review: 13th (100 pts)
Final Exam
- Final Essay — Take-Home Exam (Due May 18 @ 9:00 AM)