Date

Topic/ Activity

Assignment

Aug. 17

Orientation; Legacies of the Civil War.

Distribute Activities 1 & 2

Purchase Textbook & Friedan biography.

Read assigned pages for Chapters 17 & 18

Aug. 19

NO CLASS.

Aug. 24

Agrarian Domains Industrialization, Immigration, Urbanization (Ch 18)

Read Chapter 19.

Aug. 26

Politics & Reform: Middle-Class Reform; Populist Movement; Depression of 1893; Middle Class Reform; Social & Reform Darwinism

Prepare for quiz/discussion on Activity 1
Read Chapter 20

Aug. 31

Becoming a World Power
Distribute Study Guide for Exam 1

Quiz/discussion on Activity 1

Prepare for Quiz/Activity 2

Sept. 2

Assumptions of Foreign Policy: Social and Reform Darwinism - Building an Empire

Quiz/discussion on Activity 2

Exam Review

Sept. 7

Labor Day – No Class

Sept 9

Exam 1