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1. African Americans in US History
A/ Historical Background: Slavery, Segregation (19th to mid-20th centuries)
read documents 1-2-3-4 (due date: Feb. 05 & 6)
Read documents 5-6-7-8 (due date Feb. 12 & 13)
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Télécharger « What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July.docx »
Abolitionists
Read documents 3, 4, 5, 8 (due date Feb. 19 & 20)
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Readings for Feb. 26 & 27
The Atlanta Compromise: Booker T. Washington Vs W.E.B Du Bois
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NEW
Read document "Exodus from the South" (due date: March 04 & 05)
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PAPER TEMPLATE
Télécharger « paper-template.pdf »
Template / WORD FORMAT:
Télécharger « paper template.docx »
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How to read primary and secondary sources:
Télécharger « milestone documents.pdf »
READINGS/ PRIMARY SOURCES:
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IDENTITY & PROTEST THROUGH THE ARTS:
AFRICAN AMERICANS NATIONALISM & SEPARATISM:
B/ Contemporary Challenges:
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MAKE UP SESSION for GROUP 2 on TUESDAY DECEMBER 10 at 11:20 (CEIL where we will find a spare room)
MAKE UP TEST (for those who have missed the 1st or2nd test, and the latecomers) on MONDAY DECEMBER 16 at 12:50 (CEIL where we will find a room - meeting place: room 1)
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HANDOUT:
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POWER OF CONGRESS/ IMPEACHMENT
THE LATEST REPORT/
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NEW: TD / EVALUATION
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WEEK 4 OF OCTOBER 2019
- The Idea of Democracy
- The American Revolution and the Origins of the US System of Government.
WEEK 1 OF NOVEMBER 2019
- The Articles of Confederation & the Constitution
download « lectures 1-2-3.pdf »
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Group 2 -MAKE UP SESSION ON TUESDAY NOV. 12AT 11.20 - meeting in the CEIL compound to find a room
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Readings for October 27 2019 (group 1) and October 30, 2019 (group 2)
1. Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (excerpt)
Download Thomas-Hobbes-Leviathan-reading.pdf »
2. John locke, The Second Treatise of Government (excerpts)
Download « locke_second_treatise_excerpts.pdf »
3. VERY IMPORTANT (excerpt from Kimberly Hutchings (1998) "Modelling democracy," Global Society, 12:2,159-175, DOI: 10.1080/13600829808443158) Download «Two Stories of Democracy.pdf »
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research assignments MASTER 1
Topics:
paper template:
Télécharger « paper template.pdf »
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NEW: Readings for November, 3 (group 1), November 6 (group 2), 2019
Paine's Common Sense (excerpt): (no summary)
download « Paine s Common Sense excerpt.pdf »
Declaration of Independence (1776) (no summary)
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
download « documents_articles of confederation excerpt.pdf »
download « The Making of the Constitution.pdf »
The Constitution and the Federalist Papers:
download « Federalist Papers excerpt.pdf »
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NEW: Readings for November 2019
An interpretation:
download « behind the framing of the constitution.pdf »
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THE POWER OF THE CONGRESS/
Case 1: Impeachment
https://www.democracynow.org/live/watch_house_of_representatives_intelligence_committee
CHECKS AND BALANCES/
cases:
US vs Alvarez (2012)
http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/holding-us-v-alvarez
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MLA
Télécharger « Codex-MLA8.pdf »
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Required Readings
Declaration of Independence (to be downloaded and printed):
Paine's Common Sense (excerpt):
download « Paine s Common Sense excerpt.pdf »
The Articles of Confederation (excerpt):
Other Sources:
Paine's Common Sense:
download « Common Sense_Paine 1776.pdf »
John Adams' Letters to wife Abigail (selected):
https://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/browse/letters_1774_1777.php
Federalist Papers:
Télécharger « Essential-Federalist-Papers.pdf »
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Elections: From M. J. C. Vile, Politics in the USA 6th ed. (New York: Routledge, 2007)
Gerrymandering:
INTEREST GROUPS/
LOBBYING/
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To 3rd year students of English, option: Literature and Civilization:
November 18th, 2012: American Civilization: The Shaping of the United States of America 1
download "The Formation of the United States of America: a Geo-historical Perspective.pdf "
November 18th, 2012: British Civilization: The Anglo-Saxon Era (6th C. - 1066)
download "The Anglo-Saxon Era.pdf"
November 25th, 2012: American Civilization: The Shaping of the United States of America 2
November 25th, 2012: British Civilization: Norman England
December 2nd, 2012: American Civilization Pre-Columbian America: the Natives
download "Pre-Colonial North America: the Natives.pdf"
December 2nd, 2012: British Civilization: Feudalism in Medieval Life (postponed)
Download "Feudalism in Medieval Life"
December 9th, 2012: American Civilization: Explorations and Settlement: the Thirteen Original Colonies
December 9th, 2012: British Civilization: Feudalism in Medieval Life (postponed)
December 16th, 2012: American Civilization: Explorations and Settlement: the Thirteen Original Colonies
December 16th, 2012: British Civilization: Feudalism in Medieval Life
January 06th, 2013: British Civilization: The 15th Century: Transition from the Middle Ages to Renaissance
Download "The 15th Century of Transition.pdf"
January 13th, 2013: American Civilization: The American Revolution part 1 (documentary aired in the lg lab)
+ discussion on the Declaration of Independence (July 1776)
link to the Declaration transcript: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html
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1. Identifying and Developing a Research Topic
- Requisites : Knowledgeability – Interest – Stamina
2. Identifying and Locating Potential Sources
- The citation trail; contents; indexes; abstracts; works cited
3. Evaluating Sources
- External Evaluation
- Internal Evaluation
- Reliability and Relevance of Sources: the example of articles and periodicals
4. Borrowing Material: Using Note Cards
- Benefits of Note Cards
- Types of Note Cards
- Layout of Note Cards
- Using Note Cards
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