HST 121: History of the United States to 1877

Discussion Section

Section A: F 10:00-10:50, Strong 004
Section B: F   9:00-9:50, Strong 205
Section C: F 11:00-11:50, Strong  305  

Mr. Brad Dorris
History Graduate Assistant
Office: 420, Strong Hall
Email:
Dorris63965@MissouriState.edu
836-5451
Office hours: Monday 11:00-12:00, Wednesday 3:00-5:00, Thursday 3:00-5:00
 

Read the documents assigned below before each lab or discussion section class meeting on Friday.

Quizzes. There will be ten quizzes given in the discussion section classes before the documents are discussed. 

Essay on the Readings
Go to this page for essay topics and information on the assignment.

% Breakdown of the Discussion Section Grade:

Quizzes: 5%
Discussion section attendance and class discussion: 5%
Essay on the readings: 15%

Weekly Schedule for Discussion Sections on Friday:

August 24

Introduction

August 31

1st Quiz

Documents:

Roger Williams, A Plea for Religious Liberty

Trial of Anne Hutchinson

September 7

2nd Quiz

Document: Jonathan Edwards, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

September 14

3rd Quiz

Document: John Dickinson, "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania"

September 21

Review for 1st Exam

September 28

4th Quiz

Documents:

Samuel Seabury, "Letters of a Westchester Farmer"

William Franklin, "Your Duty is to Guard and Preserve the Constitution and the Rights of Your Constituents"

Peter Oliver, "Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion"

October 5

5th Quiz

Documents:

U. S. Constitution

Federalist perspective: Madison, Federalist 10

October 12

6th Quiz

Documents:

Anti-Federalist perspective:

George Mason, Objections to the Proposed Constitution

Patrick Henry, Speeches in the Virginia Ratifying Convention

Bill of Rights, 1st 10 Amendments to the U. S. Constitution

October 19, No Class

October 26

Review for 2nd Exam

November 2

7th Quiz

Documents:

Neolin, the Delaware Prophet, and Pontiac, the Master of Life Speaks to the Wolf

Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa, the Shawnee Prophet, Speeches

November 9

8th Quiz

Document: Henry R. Schoolcraft, Journal of a Tour into the Interior of Missouri and Arkansaw ... in the Years 1818 and 1819

November 16

9th Quiz

Document: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Seneca Falls Declaration

10th Quiz

Document: Frederick Douglass, What to the Slave is the 4th of July?  

Thanksgiving--no class

November 30

Due date for the Essay on the Readings
Due date for Bonus Maps
Review for 3rd Exam

 

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