HISTORY 125
IMMIGRATION & ETHNIC GROUPS IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Van Ells, Fall 2008
LECTURE & READING SCHEDULE
(Revised 10/23/08)
WEEKS 1-2 (8/28 – 9/4)
BASIC CONCEPTS/AMERICA
BEFORE COLUMBUS
READINGS: Lectures 1-2.
WEEK 3 (9/8 – 9/11)
OLD WORLD MEETS NEW WORLD
READINGS: Lectures 3-4; Gjerde, Ch. 2.
9/8: QUIZ 1
WEEKS 4-5 (9/15 – 9/25)
COLONIAL & REVOLUTIONARY
AMERICA
READINGS: Lectures 5-8; Gjerde, Ch. 3.
9/15: QUIZ 2
9/25: QUIZ 3
WEEK 6 (10/2)
EXPANSION, SLAVERY, AND
THEIR ETHNIC CONSEQUENCES
READINGS: Lecture 9.
WEEKS 7-8 (10/6 – 10/16)
THE “OLD IMMIGRATION,”
1820-1890
READINGS: Lecture 10-13; Gjerde, Ch. 4-5.
10/6: EXAM 1
WEEKS 9-10 (10/20 – 10/30)
THE “NEW IMMIGRATION,”
1820-1890
READINGS: Lectures 14-19; Gjerde, Ch. 6, 8.
10/20: QUIZ 4
10/30: QUIZ 5
WEEK 11 (11/3 – 11/6)
RACE, ETHNICITY, AND IMMIGRATION,
1865-1920.
READINGS: Lectures 20-22; Gjerde, Ch. 7, 9.
11/3: PAPER TOPIC SELECTIONS DUE
11/5: QUIZ 6
11/5: LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM CLASS
WEEKS 12-13 (11/10 – 11/20)
CLOSING THE DOOR: IMMIGRATION
RESTRICTION
READINGS: Lectures 23-24; Gjerde, Ch. 10.
11/20: EXAM 2
WEEK 14 (11/24 – 11/26)
PROSPERITY, DEPRESSION, AND WAR, 1924-1945
READINGS: Lectures 25-26; Gjerde, Ch. 11.
THANKSGIVING BREAK
WEEK 15 (12/1 – 12/4)
RACE & ETHNICITY IN POSTWAR AMERICA
READINGS: Lectures 27-28; Gjerde, Ch. 12-13.
12/1: QUIZ 8
WEEK 16 (12/8 – 12/15)
THE REVIVAL OF IMMIGRATION: 1965 TO THE PRESENT
READINGS: Lectures 29-30; Gjerde, Ch. 14.
12/8: REVIEW PAPER DUE
FINAL EXAM: TIME AND PLACE TO BE ANNOUNCED