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History
105,
Sec. 16 –
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Instructor Info - Office
Hours - Teaching Assistants
Course Materials - Important
Dates
Reading Assignments - Tests
- Final Exam - Papers - Grades
Absences - Make-Ups
- Academic Honesty
Dr. Susan Ditto
Office: Bishop Hall Rm. 318
Phone: 915-6945 or 915-7148
Email: scditto@olemiss.edu
Website: http://olemiss.edu/depts/history/faculty/ditto.html
Mon & Wed
Students who
have any question or problem concerning this class
should first consult this syllabus then the FAQ page of
the course website.
Then, if the answer to
your question is not found below, feel free to contact Dr. Ditto or one
of her
teaching assistants.
Mr. Billy
Pritchard. 310 Bishop Hall. Phone: 662-915-7148
Email: wrpritch@olemiss.edu
It
is the responsibility of all students to locate and acquire copies of
each of
the required texts in time to complete their assignments.
The following books should
be available at any of the textbook stores in town. One copy of
each book will also be available on
reserve in the university library (inquire at the circulation desk
on the lower
level). See the Readings page
of the course website for more information on the required texts.
- John
M. Murrin, et. al.,
- Laura
A. Belmonte, ed. Speaking of
- Stephen
V. Ash. A Year in the South: 1865
(Perennial, 2004)
- one 8 ½ x 11-inch Bluebook (write your name inside the front cover and turn in to Dr. Ditto or her teaching assistant no later than Friday, November 19.
IMPORTANT DATES
- Monday August 23 - Classes Begin
- Monday
August 30 – Seating chart sign-up
- Monday
September 6 – NO CLASS (Labor Day)
- Friday,
September 17 - Test #1
- Monday,
September 27 - Last Day to Withdraw
- Friday,
October 8, - Mid-Term Grades Reported
- Monday,
October 11 - Test #2
- Monday,
November 1 - Test #3
- Friday,
November 19 – Formal Paper Due
- Monday
November 22 - Friday November 26 – NO CLASS (Fall Break)
- Wednesday,
December 1 - Test #4
- Monday December 6 - Friday December 10 - Final Exams (exact date and time TBA)
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Students will
read an
average of 25 pages per week, (see the “Reading Assignment Schedule”)
for a
total of approximately 350 pages during the semester.
Tests (not
including the
final exam) will each contain a discussion question or two, worth 25 -
50
points, related to the readings from Speaking
of America. Students will also write
a 5-page formal paper on the book A Year
in the South. (See “PAPER ON REQUIRED
Students who
do the
assigned readings during the weeks for which they are assigned will get
more
out of both readings and
lectures than those students who
wait to do their reading right before each test.
Reading
Assignment Schedule
(Unless otherwise stated, all page numbers refer to Belmonte, Speaking
of America)
Week 1 -
Native American / European Contact
Bartolome de
las Casas, Brief Account of the Devastation of the
John Smith
Describes the Founding of
William
Bradford on Sickness Among the Natives, 11
Jesuit
Observations
on the Enslavement of Native American Women, 17
The Indians
of the Six Nations to William &
Week 2 -
Colonial
The London
Company Instructs the Governor in
The
Experiences of an Indentured Servant in
Week 3 -
Colonial
Trial and
Interrogation of Anne Hutchinson, 29
Mary
Rowlandson, Narrative, 36
A Puritan
Prescription
for Marital
Jane Colman
Turell, “Lines on Childbirth,” 57
Week 4 -
Middle and Deep South Colonies
Reverend
Charles Woodmason on Religion in the
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Week 5 -
Race,
Gender, and Servitude in Virginia Law, 27
Olaudah
Equiano Recalls the Horrors of the Middle Passage, 50
Week 6 -
Enlightenment & Great Awakening
Jonathan
Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” 63
Samuel
Adams, “The Rights of the Colonists,” 80
Week 7 –
Revolution
and
Declaration
of
The
Northwest Ordinance, 104
The
Constitution of the
The Bill of
Rights, 117
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Week 8 – The
Market Revolution
Catherine
Beecher on Domestic Economy, 223
Henry Clarke
Wright on Marriage and Parentage, 227
Week 9 -
Reform
and Abolitionism
Dorthea Dix
Calls for Humane Treatment of the Mentally Ill, 204
Horace Mann
on Educational Reform, 206
Nathaniel
Hawthorne, A Letter From Brook Farm, 239
John
Humphrey Nowes on Free Love at
Henry David
Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience,” 301
William Lloyd
Garrison on Slavery, 213
Week 10 -
Antebellum
Slavery
Managing the
Fannie
Kemble Describes
Religion as
Social Control: A Catechism for Slaves, 263
Nat Turner’s
“Confession,” 268
Frederick
Douglass on Slavery, 272
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Week 11 –
Conflicts over Slavery
Harriet
Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 319
George
Fitzhugh Defends Southern Society, 265
Dred Scott
v. Sandford , 325
Week 12 – A Year in the
South (all)
Week 13 – A Year in the
South (all)
Week 14 - no
assignment (Fall Break)
Week 15 -
Civil War & Reconstruction
Mississippi
Declaration of Secession (located on the
“
Tally
Simpson, Letter From
Corporal James
Kendall Hosmer, On the Firing Line, 358
Mary Boykin
Chesnut Describes
Test
#1 – Fri. 9/17 (125 points)
- will cover all
lecture material up to that date via objective
(matching, multiple choice, listing,
or fill-in-the-blanks) questions AND will include one or two discussion
questions on the assigned readings for weeks 1 - 4.
Test
#2 – Mon. 10/11 (125
points) - will cover
lecture material since Test #1 AND assigned
readings for weeks 5 – 7
Test
#3 – Mon. 11/1 (125 points)
- will cover
lecture material since Test #2 AND assigned
readings for weeks 8 - 10
Test #4 - Wed. 12/1 (125 points) - will cover lecture material since Test #3 AND assigned readings for weeks 11-15.
COMPREHENSIVE
ESSAY FINAL EXAM (25% of
Course Grade) – date and time TBA
The final exam
in this course
will consist of a comprehensive essay in which students will be asked
to trace one
theme (such as slavery, families, religion, or constitutional issues)
from the
beginning of the course through the end.
A detailed
study guide, which
will include the essay topics from which you will be able to choose,
will be
provided during the last week of class and will be posted on the Lectures
page of the course website.
PAPER
ON REQUIRED
Students
will write a formal paper of at least
five pages on a topic related to A Year
in the South by Stephen Ash combined with selected readings from Speaking of America. (Paper
topics and other requirements will be handed
out in class and posted on the Assignments
page of the course website.)
Final grades will be
determined
according to the total number of points
that students accumulate during the semester.
At the end of
the semester, the FINAL GRADING SCALE in this course will be as follows: A = 1000-900, B =
899-800,
See the Grades area
of the course website for more information.
COURSE POLICIES
For answers to
most of your questions about this class, visit the
FAQ page of the course website.
Absences
Attendance at class meetings is required.
We will take roll during every lecture
through the use of a seating chart. (Students will sign up for the
seating
chart on Monday 8/30 and must sit in their assigned seat thereafter.)
Only absences
due to official, university-sanctioned
activities will be excused. However,
students are allowed up to three (3) unexcused
absences per semester which they may use that their own discretion. Upon
your fourth absence, your course grade will drop one letter.
Students who
are absent on the day of a test may
take a make-up, no excuse necessary, one
time during the semester. See Dr.
Ditto or one of her T.A.s immediately upon returning to class in order
to sign
up to take the make-up test, which will be held at a single place
and time
for all students.
The format of
the make-up tests will differ
substantially from that of the original test.
Students who
miss both a regularly scheduled test and the make-up
(or who miss a second
test) will receive a grade of zero.
Dr. Ditto
expects all of her
students to adhere to the highest standards of academic and personal
honesty.
Plagiarism (representing
someone else’s work as your own), cheating on tests, and other examples
of
dishonesty will not be tolerated.
Students
suspected of academic dishonesty will face disciplinary
action ranging from a grade of ZERO
on the assignment to expulsion from the University.
Although Dr.
Ditto encourages students to use academically reliable websites
(such as
those recommended on the Links page
of the course website) to help with studying for tests, students
are NOT allowed to consult
the internet for any reason related
to the required paper for this class.
For more
information on Plagiarism, see Dr. Ditto’s
“Guidelines for Formal Essays” (available on the Assignments
page of the course website) and your M-Book.