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Course Description
Instructor: Trevor Davis
Starts: August 30, 2022
Ends: June 10, 2023
Tuesday 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET • Thursday 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET
Tuition: $700.00
Prerequisites
Students will not be required to have met any specific prerequisites before taking this course.
Recommended background
World History I is recommended, but not required.
Teacher's notes:
This is not an AP certified course. However, the instructor hopes that the distinctive approach and content of the course will be sufficient compensation for participating students, and the course content will cover many of the same bases that an AP-certified course would. All students will read Dr. Wilfred McClay's "Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story" as the primary textbook for the course. Students will also choose two books (out of six possible choices) that the instructor has chosen in advance and arrange in topical pairs. Students will need to work in consultation with the instructor to choose a pairing that most fits with their interests, otherwise they will be assigned a pair during the semester by the course instructor. The paired reading topics 1. Colonial and Revolutionary America (Gordon Wood and Guy Chet), 2. the Civil War and Reconstruction (Gary Gallagher + Joan Waugh and Eric Foner), and 3. the United States in the World Wars (Michael S. Neiberg and David M. Kennedy).
Textbooks and Materials
This item is required:
A Short History of Reconstruction. New York: Harper, 2015. [Edition or Version: 2], Authors: Eric Foner
ISBN: 0060964316
Publisher's website: A Short History of Reconstruction. New York: Harper, 2015.
Best sources: Harper (publisher website), Scholars Online Bookstore
Other information: This book is part of a thematic or topical pairing for an end-of-semester assignment. Students will also want to get a copy of Gary Gallagher and Joan Waugh's "The American War: A History of the Civil War Era," 2nd. Edition.
This item is required:
Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story [Edition or Version: 1], Authors: Wilfred McClay
ISBN: 1594039372
Publisher's website: Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore, Publisher's Website
Other information: This is the primary textbook that all students will be required to read for this course. Students may purchase either a physical or digital edition.
This item is required:
Stone, Norman. World War II: A Short History. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2013. [Edition or Version: 1], Authors: Norman Stone
ISBN: 978-0465013722
Publisher's website: Stone, Norman. World War II: A Short History. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2013.
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Other information: This book is part of a thematic or topical pairing for an end-of-semester assignment. Students *must* read this book alongside Norman Stone's "World War One: A Short History".
This item is required:
Stone, Norman. World War One: A Short History. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2010. [Edition or Version: 1], Authors: Norman Stone
ISBN: 978-0465019182
Publisher's website: Stone, Norman. World War One: A Short History. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2010.
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Other information: This book is part of a thematic or topical pairing for an end-of-semester assignment. Students who purchase this book (whether digital or physical) will also want to get a copy of Norman Stone's "World War II: A Short History".
This item is required:
The American Revolution: A History. New York: Modern Library, 2003. [Edition or Version: 1], Authors: Gordon S. Wood
ISBN: 0812970411
Publisher's website: The American Revolution: A History. New York: Modern Library, 2003.
Best sources: Penguin (publisher's website), Scholars Online Bookstore
Other information: This book is part of a thematic or topical pairing for an end-of-semester assignment. Students will also want to get a copy of Guy Chet's "The Colonists' American Revolution: Preserving English Liberty, 1607-1783."
This item is required:
The American War: A History of the Civil War Era, 2nd edition. State College, PA: Flip Learning, 2019. [Edition or Version: 2], Authors: Gary Gallagher and Joan Waugh
ISBN: 0991037537
Publisher's website: The American War: A History of the Civil War Era, 2nd edition. State College, PA: Flip Learning, 2019.
Best sources: Flip Learning (publisher's website), Scholars Online Bookstore
Other information: This book is part of a thematic or topical pairing for an end-of-semester assignment. Students will also want to get a copy of Eric Foner's "A Short History of Reconstruction," updated 2015 edition.
This item is required:
The Colonists' American Revolution: Preserving English Liberty, 1607-1783. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2019. [Edition or Version: 1], Authors: Guy Chet
ISBN: 1119591864
Publisher's website: The Colonists' American Revolution: Preserving English Liberty, 1607-1783. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2019.
Best sources: Wiley-Blackwell (publisher), Scholars Online
Other information: This book is part of a thematic or topical pairing for an end-of-semester assignment. Students will also want to get a copy of Gordon Wood's "The American Revolution: A History".
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