Overview of Learning Module 4: History 103

The American Century [1]

Weekly Due Dates

Required Reading:

Chapter 25: Consensus & Conformity (822-826); Origins of the Welfare State (826-828); The Other America (832-842)
Chapter 26: Reform & Rebellion in the Turbulent Sixties, 1960-1969
Chapter 27: Disorder and Discontent (878-894; 898-911)

Activities (40 pts.): There will be only one activity in this learning module.

Extra Credit: Up to 30 points for semester. Due on or before December 7

Assessment Tools: points: 130 points

Dates	Topics for Lectures/Discussions	Assignments
Nov. 3	Overview of LM4. The Civil Rights Movement, Phase I & II	Read assigned pages in Chapters 25
Nov. 7/9	The “Sixties”; JFK, LBJ and Liberal Reform; The Civil Rights Movement, Phase III – The Black Freedom Movement	Prepare for quiz on Activity 1; Read Chapter 26
Nov. 14/16	The “Sixties” JFK, LBJ and Liberal Reform; The Black Freedom Movement.	Read/finish Chapter 26


Nov. 21/No class	Origins of the Social Welfare State; LBJ’s Great Society and War on Poverty. Quiz on Activity 1	Read chapter 27
Nov. 28/Nov. 30	The Quagmire of Vietnam; Nixon: Vietnam & Watergate; Distribute Exam Study Guide – LM4	Read chapter 27
Dec. 5/6	Nixon: Vietnam & Watergate (cont.); The Decline of Liberalism; The continuing question for social reform	Read chapter 27
Final Exam	70 points: 50 pts. For objective test; 20 points for exam essay