History 111 Course Schedule

Cleveland State University
Department of History
Classes Meet MWF

Course Assignments:

Professor Thomas J. Humphrey
Email tom.humphrey@csuohio.edu
Phone: 216.523-7183
Office hours: MWF 11:00 to noon, and by appointment

Week 1: Indians and Colonists
Readings: Foner, Chapters 1 and 2.
Questions 1: Due 3 September.
Week 2: Colinization and Conquest
Readings: Foner, Chapter 3; Moore, Black Robe
.
Questions 2: Due 10 September.

Week 3: The Coalescence of the Colonies
Readings: Foner, Chapter 4.
Questions 3: Due 15 September.
No Class on 17 September!
Week 4: The American Revolution
Readings: Foner, Chapter 5.
Questions 4: Due 24 September
Paper on Black Robe due 22 September.
Week 6: Founding a New Nation
Readings: Foner, Chapter 7.
Questions 6: Due 8 October

Week 5: The Other Revolution
Readings: Foner, Chapter 6.
Questions 5. Due 1 October.

Week 7: Securing a Republic
Readings: Foner, Chapter 8.
Questions 7: Due 15 October.

Week 8: Markets and Capitalism
Readings: Foner, Chapter 9.
Questions 8: Due 22 October.

Week 9: Democracy in America
Readings: Foner, Chapter 10; Our Nig, all.
Questions 9: Due October 29.
Week 10: Slavery
Readings: Foner, Chapter 11.
Questions 10: Due November 5.
Paper on Our Nig due 5 November.
Week 11: Reforms and Utopias
Readings: Foner, Chapter 12.
Questions 11: Due 12 November

Week 12: Uncle Tom's Cabin
Readings: Uncle Tom's Cabin, all.
Questions 12: Due 19 November

Week 14: Reconstruction
Readings: Foner, Chapter 15.
Questions 14: Due 3 December.
Week 13: The Civil War
Readings: Foner, Chapters 13 and 14.
Questions: None. Papers on Uncle Tom's Cabin due 24 November.

Week 15: The Rise of Jim Crow and the Legacy of Racism.