Course Title: 20th Century American History Course Number: AMH 2030
Credit Hours: 4.0 Quarter Credit Hours Course Length: 6 Weeks
Prerequisite: None Term: Summer Mini 2009
Instructor: Ron Ziegler Day/Time: TR 8:30-12:30
Instructor Email: [email protected] Instructor Phone: 321-805-2507

Course Description: A survey of the events of the modern era of American history. This course begins with the Spanish American War, the watershed of the 20th Century, and covers the political, social, and diplomatic developments including the populist movement, World War I, The Treaty of Versailles, the Jazz Age, the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, the Atomic Age, the Cold War, the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, the information age, civil rights and feminism. Prerequisite: None.

Lecture Hrs: 040 Lab Hrs: 000 Other Hrs: 000

Objectives: Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
Discuss and explain the Progressive Era within American society.
Understand and describe the different cycles of the economy and its effect on our politics.
Discuss the rapid rise of science and technology.
Explain the advancing concepts of war from the Spanish American to the current conflict.
Compare and contrast the philosophies of different types of government, from dictatorship to Oligarchy, to democracy in relation to the Cold War.
Explain the concepts of diversity as it relates to our society.

Text:
The American Journey, TLC Edition Volume 2, 5th Edition
Goldfield & Abbott
Pearson Education, 2009

Instructional Methods: The course will be taught through a series of lectures, group discussions, in class exercises, library research. Guest speakers, when available, will be invited to share knowledge and experience.

Resources: Additional resources including magazines, newspapers, journals, and periodicals may be used by the instructor and the student. Students are strongly encouraged to use the resources of the college library to enhance their overall learning experience.

Attendance: Students are expected to attend every class meeting and will not be allowed to do makeup work unless approved by the instructor.

COURSE OUTLINE

20th Century American History

R. Ziegler/Summer Mini Term 2009/Everest University

Schedule of Work

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8/25 Introductions/Syllabus/Course Requirements/Grading Criterion/The Fed and Monetary Policy

8/27 Ch 17,18 Progressivism and Jim Crow/Fiscal Policy

Taxing the Poor*/Lincoln's Progress*

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9/1 Ch 19, 20 U.S. Foreign Affairs into the 20th Century/Boom and Bust

Legacy of Progressivism

9/3 Ch 21 The Great War/Keynesianism

Great Myths of the Great Depression

9/8 Ch 22, 23 Roaring Twenties/History of Rock n Roll 1

9/10 Ch 24, 25 Depression and New Deal/Rock n Roll 2

Dealing with a Hoax: Holes in the Ozone Layer

9/15 Ch 26, 27 Cold War and 1950s/Rock n Roll 3/Midterm Due

Liberalism's Urban Legacy/Bawling Alone

9/17 Ch 28 Great Society/Rock n Roll 4

Origins of the Structural Deficit*

9/22 Ch 29 Reagan Revolution/Free Markets

There You Go, Again*/It's Reagan's Economy, Stupid

9/24 Ch 30, 31 Contemporary America/History of the Deficit/The Velvet Revolution

The Third World War*

9/29 Ch 32, 33 Into the Twentyfirst Century

Ceteris Non Parabus*

10/1 Final Exam, etc Due

each individual grading instrument will be worth 1/5 of your final course grade

on line at www.ejournalofpoliticalscience.com

on line at www.ejournalofpoliticalscience.com

This is based on the student's overall participation in classroom and prepartion activities.

Students are required to maintain proper classroom decorum and are expected to be in class on a regular basis. The grade her is based on the number of classes the student misses, with necessary and appropriate adjustment for participation. Unexcused absences can lower this grade one letter for each two unexcused absences.

500 word commentary on one of the 13 articles listed above on the schedule and found

at www.ejournalofpoliticalscience.com, one submitted by the midterm and the other by the

end of the term to instructor at [email protected]

500 word critical review of one of the following submitted by email to instructor at [email protected] by the time the final is due

Strange Career of Jim Crow/Woodward

Autobiography of Malcolm X/Haley

The Visible Hand/Chandler

Men In Black/Levin

The Tempting of America/Bork

Planning for Freedom/Mises

Who Stole Feminism/Sommers

Stride Toward Freedom/King

Road to Serfdom or The Fatal Conceit/Hayek

Capitalism, The Unknown Ideal/Ayn Rand

Catastrophe/Dick Morris

For Good or Evil/Adams

Economics in One Lesson/Hazlett

Losing Ground/Murray

Treason/Coulter

Betrayal/Linda Chavez

The Conquest of Poverty(online)/Hazlett

Liberty or Tyranny/Mark Levin

Liberal Fascism/Jonas Goldberg

Common Sense/Glen Beck

500 word analyses of two films/videos such as the following

(there may be others you can do - if you have one in mind,

consult instructor) emailed to instructor at [email protected]

one at midterm and other by final:

Little Big Man

Cheyenne Autumn

Reds

Sergeant Rutledge

The Triangle Fire

Angela's Ashes

To Kill A Mockingbird

Bonnie and Clyde

A Raisin in the Sun

Casablanca

Porkchop Ridge

Blackboard Jungle

Rebel Without a Cause

Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Mississippi Burning

Ghosts of Mississippi

Thirteen Days

Missiles of October

A Bright and Shining Lie

Apocalypse Now

Panthers

JFK

Boyz n the Hood

Colors

Redemption

West Side Story

Three Kings

Ruby's Bucket of Blood

Color Purple

Harlem Nights

Cotton Comes to Harlem

Black Hawk Down

Iron Jawed Maidens

The Maldanado Miracle

Dances With Wolves

Nicholas and Alexandra

Geronimo (with Roger Young)

The Molly Macquires

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

Inherit the Wind

Chinatown

The Grapes of Wrath

Cabaret

Schindler’s List

American Hot Wax

American Graffiti

Hamburger Hill

Full Metal Jacket

All the Presidents Men

Nixon

Stand and Deliver

Heartbreak Ridge

The Diary of Anne Frank

Air America

The Three Butterflies

Blaze

Rosewood

We Were Soldiers

Starring Pancho Villa As Himself

Scarface

Gideon's Trumpet

Born in East LA

Lone Star

Each student must have their textbook by week # 2 of the class in order to earn credit in the class. Students who consistently come late to class will be referenced to Dean's office for counseling as necessary. Students are subject to copyright laws and must be very careful about copying text and other copyright material. Attendance in classes is a necessity. Although occasionally events may mandate that a student miss class,

it is incumbent of each student to notify instructor before such absences occur.

You may contact instructor directly by phone (321-805-2507) or by email ([email protected]) or by contacting the school and leaving a message at the Dean's office. Making up work can be problematic given the brevity of the term and therefore, any work not submitted in a timely fashion will not be accepted, except at instructor's discretion. Missed tests can be made up only by prior arrangement with instructor.

Due to their disruptive nature, use of cell phones is not permitted during classes. They should be set on vibrate or turned off during class. Leaving the room to take a call can be very disruptive and unacceptable. Students with laptops may not use them for anything unrelated to class during class.

There is no food or drink allowed in classrooms.

Academic Integrity:

Any form of deception in the completion of assigned work is considered a form of academic dishonesty. This includes, but is not limited to, copying another's work from any source and representing it as one's own (plagiarism), allowing another to copy from one's own work whether during a test or in the submittal of an assignment; any attempt to pass off work, data, ideas, or creative efforts of another as one's own. Attempting to give or obtain aid and/or information by illicit means whether successful or not (cheating) is considered a form of academic dishonesty. Violating the copyright laws on software or published material is considered a form of academic dishonesty.

The first offense will result in a failing grade for the assignment or exam. Subsequent offenses can result in suspension of dismissal from the class or the school.

The student has the right to appeal the above decisions in accordance with the Academic Appeals Procedures in the current catalog.