Colonial America
HIST 237
Spring 2011
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 151 |
| Certificates: Civic Engagement |
This course surveys North American history from the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to the eve of the Revolution, with particular attention given to the struggle of European colonizers for control of the continent and its indigenous population, Puritanism and witchcraft, the Atlantic slave trade, material culture, and the origins of American political and cultural institutions. In addition to training students in the use of primary sources--objects, images, contemporary written documents--the course models a cultural approach to the study of colonization and everyday life in colonial America. Such an approach necessarily combines aspects of social, political, intellectual, and economic history to provide the fullest picture possible of America's growth during two of its most violent and discordant centuries. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Interpretation, Writing
This course requires students to spend considerable time evaluating and interpreting primary sources: images, objects, documents. The course also requires students to write critically and imaginatively about primary as well as secondary sources--e.g., articles and books written by modern historians.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(CIVI-MN)(HIST-MN)(HIST)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Bailyn, Bernard, THE PEOPLING OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA: AN INTRODUCTION
Berlin, Ira, MANY THOUSANDS GONE: THE FIRST TWO CENTURIES OF SLAVERY IN NORTH AMERICA
Deetz, James, IN SMALL THINGS FORGOTTEN: AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF EARLY AMERICAN LIFE
Demos, John, A LITTLE COMMONWEALTH: FAMILY LIFE IN PLYMOUTH COLONY
Demos, John, REMARKABLE PROVIDENCES: READINGS ON EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY
Demos, John, THE UNREDEEMED CAPTIVE: A FAMILY STORY FROM EARLY AMERICA
Ellis, Joseph J., FOUNDING BROTHERS: THE REVOLUTIONARY GENERATION
Franklin, Benjamin, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Hariot, Thomas, A BRIEF AND TRUE REPORT OF THE NEW FOUND LAND OF VIRGINIA
Isaac, Rhys, THE TRANSFORMATION OF VIRGINIA, 1740-1790
Karlsen, Carol F., THE DEVIL IN THE SHAPE OF A WOMAN: WITCHCRAFT IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND
Klepp, Susan E. and Smith, Billy G., eds., THE INFORTUNATE: THE VOYAGE AND ADVENTURES OF WILLIAM MORALEY, AN INDENTURED SERVANT
Morgan, Edmund S., VISIBLE SAINTS: THE HISTORY OF A PURITAN IDEA
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Examinations and Assignments:
Active participation, attendance; mid-term and final exams, plus a research paper of eight to ten pages. |
| Instructor(s): Swinehart,Kirk Davis Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: PAC004; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 40 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 15 | FR: 10 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 4 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 3 |
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