WEEKS 1-2 (1/29 - 2/5)
THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND WORLD WAR II
Readings: Schaller, Ch. 1; Griffith, Ch. 1-2.

WEEKS 3-4 (2/9 - 2/19)
THE COLD WAR BEGINS
Readings: Schaller, Ch. 2,4; Griffith, Ch. 3
2/9: QUIZ 1
2/19: MAP QUIZ

WEEK 5 (2/23 - 2/26)
HAPPY DAYS?: LIFE AND CULTURE IN THE 1950s
Readings: Schaller, Ch. 3; Griffith, Ch. 4
2/23: QUIZ 2

WEEKS 6-7 (3/1 - 3/11)
THE KENNEDY YEARS
Readings: Schaller, Ch. 5; Griffith, Ch. 5, 7
3/1: QUIZ 3
3/11: EXAM 1

WEEK 8 (3/15 - 3/18)
LBJ AND THE GREAT SOCIETY
Readings: Schaller, Ch. 6; Griffith, Ch. 6

WEEK 9 (3/22 - 3/25)
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN VIETNAM?
Readings: Schaller, Ch. 7; Griffith, Ch. 8
3/22: QUIZ 4

WEEK 10 (3/29 - 4/1)
PROTEST AND REBELLION: THE TURBULENT 1960s
Readings: Schaller, Ch. 8; Griffith, Ch. 9-10
3/29: QUIZ 5
4/1: PAPER TOPICS DUE

SPRING BREAK

WEEKS 11-12 (4/15 - 4/22)
THE RISE AND FALL OF RICHARD NIXON
Readings: Schaller, Ch. 9-10; Griffith, Ch. 11
4/15: QUIZ 6
4/19: GUEST SPEAKER - Dr. Robert Hartwig on the economics of the 1970s

FINAL EXAM: Time and place TBA