College of Humanities
Syllabus
HIS/145
The American Experience Since 1945
College of Humanities
Course Start Date
10/08/2012
Course End Date
Group Number
Meeting Times
Workshop Dates
Learning Center
11/05/2012
YUEL12-1
6-10PM
10/08/12, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/05/2012
Yuma Learning Center
899 East Plaza Circle,
Yuma, Arizona - 85365
Phone:
928.341.0233
FACILITATOR INFORMATION
NAME:
George Thomson gthomson@email.uophx.edu
(University of Phoenix) teachweborg@gmail.com (Personal) 520-313-5873 (Arizona)
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Assignment Summary
ASSIGNMENTS
I ndividual (70%)
Weekly In-Class Participation
Due DATE
Points
Points Earned
All Weeks
10
All Weeks
8
Wk1
Wk1
5
2
Civil Rights Diary
WK2
5
Modern America Matrix:
1960s
WK2
2
WK3
5
WK3
3
Weekly In-Class DQs
Cold War and Communism
Modern America Matrix: 1950s
Social Movements and Trends
Modern America Matrix:
1970s
1
Syllabus HIS145 Version 4
Modern America Matrix: 1980s
WK4
3
Interview
WK4
7
Modern America Matrix:
1990s to Present
WK5
3
Terrorism
WK5
8
All weeks
10
America and the World
Presentation: Vietnam War
WK2
4
America and the World
Presentation: Nixon’s Détente and End of Vietnam War
Wk3
4
America and the World
Presentation: The 1980s
WK4
4
We didn't start the fire presentation Wk 5
5
America and the World
Presentation: 1990s to
Present
WK5
5
Complete SEOCS
Learning Team (30%)
Weekly LT activity points
Total
100
C ourse Description
This course is an overview of the principal social, political, economic, and global events which have shaped the
American experience since World War II. Understanding modern American history is a necessity in today's ever-changing world. This course aims to supply the tools for understanding current political, social, cultural, and economic problems in the U.S. by applying a historical perspective to analyze contemporary issues.
Policies
Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents:
● University policies
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● Instructor policies: This document is posted in the
Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality.
Course Materials
2
Syllabus HIS145 Version 4
Brinkley, A. (2012).
American history: Connecting with the past
(14th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
All electronic materials are available on the student website.
Week One: Postwar Society and Culture: 1945–1960
Details
Objectives
1.1
Explain American Cold War policies and practices in the late
1940s and 1950s.
1.2
Identify the relationship between the military events and outcomes of the Korean War.
1.3
Evaluate popular culture and consumerism during the
Eisenhower years.
For OPTIONAL
Fun
Take this e-test online and submit by Week 3
The 1960’s
Reading
Read
Ch. 27 of
American History
.
Reading
Read
Ch. 28 of
American History
.
Reading
Read the following articles from this week’s Electronic Reserve
Readings:
Due
Points
·
Milam, M. C. (2010). Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Humanist
,
70(4), 32-35.
·
Bernstein, B. J. (2002). Containment.
Encyclopedia of
American Foreign Policy
, 1(Edition 2), 345-364.
·
Merrill, D. (2006). The Truman Doctrine: Containing communism and modernity.
Presidential Studies Quarterly
,
36(1), 27-37.
·
1940s war, Cold War and consumerism. (2005).
Advertising Age,
76(13), 38-40.
·
Pollard, C. (2006). Her kind: Anne Sexton, the Cold War and the idea of the housewife. Critical Quarterly, 48(3), 1-24.
Participation
