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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:
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"
Peter Oliver, "Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion"
October 5
5th Quiz
Documents:
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
November 9
8th Quiz
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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