Schedule

Course Schedule*

Date Class Assignments

Welcome
Tuesday, 05/20 Discussion Read:
Syllabus

Unit I: Methods
Thursday, 05/22 Discussion and Lecture

  • Lecture: History, Memory, and the Past
  • Discussion: Reading and Survey
 Read:
Rosenzweig and Thelen, Presence of the Past, Intro. & Ch. 1Write:
Presence of the Past Survey
Tuesday, 05/27 Discussion, Lecture, and Workshop

  • Workshop: Transcription and Fact-Checking
  • Lecture: From Sources to Interpretation

 

 Write:
D.C. Riot Report[Email by 12pm]
Thursday, 05/29 Discussion and Lecture

  • Discussion: Reading
  • Lecture: From Interpretation to Argument

 

 Read:
Selections from Morley, Snow-Storm in AugustWrite:Reading Quiz

Unit II: History
Tuesday, 06/03 Discussion and Film

  • Film: 12 Years a Slave (2013)
 Read:
Brown and Shannon, Going to the Source, Ch. 10, 200-207Read:
Northrup, 12 Years a Slave, Chapters 1-6 (pgs. 1-55)Write:
Reading Quiz
Thursday, 06/05 Individual Meetings Write:
Submit list of potential articles for review.[Email by 12 pm]
Tuesday, 06/10 Discussion

  • Discussion: U.S. Slavery in Text and Film

 

 Read:
Northrup, 12 Years a Slave, Chapters 7-22 (pgs. 56-209)Write:
Reading Quiz
Thursday, 06/12 Lectures, Presentations, and Workshop

  • Workshop: Comparing historical interpretations.
  • Lecture: Historiography
  • Presentations: Student Reports on Articles

 

 Write:
Article Review[Email by 12pm]Write:
Article Presentation

Unit III: Memory
Tuesday, 06/17 Field Trip to U Street’s African-American Civil War Memorial [Arrive at 1:50] Read:
TBD
Thursday, 06/19 Discussion

  • Discussion: Readings

 

 Read:
Horwitz, Confederates in the Attic, Chapters 1, 2, and 5Write:
Reading Quiz
Tuesday, 06/24 Class Determined

  • This day’s activities will be decided upon by members of the class.

 

 Read:
TBD

Write:
TBD

Conclusion
Thursday, 06/26 Film and Discussion

  • Film: TBD
 Write:
Exhibition Review[Email by 12pm]

* I reserve the right to alter this schedule as the semester continues.