HISTORY 17C

COURSE: History 17C,US History 1900-Present

SECTION ID: 1076

ROOM: L24

PARTICULARS: 4 weekly lecture hours, 4 units

MEETING: Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:30 pm-3:10 pm

CLASS DATES: begin Tuesday, April 8th, end Friday June 27th

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Marder

EMAIL : guerre1859@yahoo.com

Instructor Website: www.debellum.org

Mid Term: Tuesday, May 13th

Final: Friday June 27th 4pm

RECOMMENDED TEXT: Liberty, Equality, Power, Murrin, 5th ed. 0-495-41103-5

FORMAT: Lecture/discussion/participation. there will be a quiz each week, in weeks where there is a midterm or final, there will be no quiz. Tests & quizzes will have multiple choice questions and essay questions. Questions come from the texts, the lectures, hand-outs, and videos. Missed quizzes can’t be made up. There will also be a midterm exam and a final exam. The exams are NOT comprehensive (the midterm exam will cover the first half of the course, the final exam will cover the second half). Your final grade will be based on your quizzes, your group work, your class participation, your midterm, and your final.

GRADING POLICY: there will be weekly quizzes (usually Thursdays) on the lectures and chapter readings (around a dozen quizzes in all). Tests will have essays and/or multiple choice questions. Questions come from the texts or the lectures. Missed quizzes may not be made up. There will also be a midterm exam and a final exam. Exams will cover readings, and lectures. Your final grade will be based on your quizzes (20%), class participation (10%), your midterm (30%) and your final (40%). On the midterm and final, students have the option of taking: 1)multiple choice only, 2) multiple choice + essay, or, 3) essay only.

There is a lot of information in this course: names of people, things, and places, many of them unfamiliar or even bizarre. And, because this course is not math or science, because it involves people, not numbers or chemicals, because the people and events concerned are hundreds of years ago, that information is fragmentary, complex, confusing, or even contradictory. Depending on your learning style, you may want to take a lot of notes during lectures and it's probably a good idea to thoroughly prepare before the lecture--this will help your understanding of the material. Because a lot of extra content not to be found in the texts will be presented during the lecture, regular attendance is important. Attendance is your responsibility and your choice: attendance is not a part of your grade (I do not confound physical presence in class with mental presence; there is little point in merely planting your posterior on a seat if you are not consciously engaged, involved). Therefore, those who are absent will not be penalized but, those who are actively present shall certainly benefit.

Day 1—April 8 Tuesday Chapter 19 Corporate America Day 2— April 10 Thursday Chapter 20 Industrial Society Day 3— April 15 Tuesday Chapter 21 Progressivism Day 4— April 17 Thursday Chapter 21 Progressivism Day 5— April 22 Tuesday Chapter 22 World Power Day 6— April 24 Thursday Chapter 22 World Power Day 7— April 29 Tuesday Chapter 23 World War I Day 8— May 1 Thursday Chapter 24 1920s Day 9—May 6 Tuesday Chapter 25 Great Depression Day 10— May 8 Thursday Chapter 25 Great Depression Day 11— May 13 Tuesday MIDTERM EXAM Day 12— May 15 Thursday Chapter 26 World War II Day 13— May 20 Tuesday Chapter 26 World War II Day 14— May 22 Thursday Chapter 26 World War II Day 15— May 27 Tuesday Chapter 27 Cold War Day 16— May 29 Thursday Chapter 27 Cold War Day 17—June 3 Tuesday Chapter 28 Affluence Day 18— June 5 Thursday Chapter 29 Vietnam Day 19— June 10 Tuesday Chapter 30 Power & Politics Day 20— June 12 Thursday Chapter 30 Power & Politics Day 21-- June 17 Tuesday Chapter 31 Social Change Day 22— June 19 Thursday Chapter 32 Hope and Fear Day 23—June 27 FRIDAY 4PM!!! FINAL EXAM