JOHN C. KINCHELOE Northern Virginia Community College

His 121 Early American History

Schedule of Readings

OER Course Materials:

There are no books to purchase for this class. All textbooks and monographs are free Open Online Resources linked below:

-Online Textbook= -American Yawp: Open online textbook (link) (HARD COPY AVAILABLE through Amazon)

-Additional online materials will be made available via the Course Schedule

Lecture Review Materials (links)

-Lecture Review Materials: US1 Chapter Terms US1 Lecture Slides 1 US1 Lecture Slides 2

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Fall 2024 His 121 Course Schedule (Hybrid)

note: This is ONLY A Reading GUIDE to help you plan your weeks with easy access to Readings. All Assignments, Group Work, Discussions, etc. are explained with due dates in Modules on Canvas.

Class Date	Topic: Face-to-Face Meeting	Readings (to be completed before the class)
Section 1 = Pre-Contact= The first fourteen Thousand Years 13,000 BC – 1492 AD
Week 1	North American Migration Theories
Week 2	North American Prehistory: Native Civilizations & lifeways	Read textbook: Ch. 1 Read Primary Documents: C artier's Second Voyage 1536 Columbus in Hispaniola 1493
Section 2 = Colonial North America 1492 – 1775
Week 3	The Settlement of North America	Read textbook: Ch. 2 Read Primary Documents: Las Casas, Devastation of the Indies (Read all 41pgs)
Week 4	Chesapeake and the Low Country	Read textbook: Ch. 3 Read Primary Documents Declaration by Nathaniel Bacon Gov. William Berkley on Bacon's Rebellion
Week 5	New England and Mid Atlantic	Read textbook: Ch. 4 Read Primary Documents: Journal of John Winthrop (Excerpts) Jonathan Edwards: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Section 3 = Creating a country of divisiveness 1763 – 1814
Week 6	Rising Tensions and the Motivation of Colonial Revolt	Read textbook: Ch. 5 Read Primary Documents: Declaration of Independence Townshend Act Hutchinson on the Stamp Act

Week 7	A Floundering Experiment: The Constitution	Read textbook: Ch. 6 Read Primary Documents: English Bill of Rights Jefferson: Statute of Religious Freedom (1786) The Constitution Of the United States of America
Week 8	Conflict in a weak nation: The Politics of Stability	Read textbook: Ch. 7 Read Primary Documents: Debate on Executive Power Letter: Jefferson->Adams 1796 George Washington Farewell Address
Section 4 = The Second Generation and the Making of the United States 1814 -1860
Week 9	Northern Industry & Reform	Read textbook: Ch. 8 & Ch. 9 Read Primary Documents: Republican Motherhood (1815) Lowell Mill Girls Go on Strike, 1836 American Frugal Housewife (1829)
Week 10	Southern Agriculture	Read textbook: Ch. 10 & Ch. 11 Read Primary Documents: George Fitzhugh advocates slavery Thomas Dew defends Slavery (1852) Garrison, "No Compromise
Week 11	An Expanding Nation	Read textbook: Ch. 12 Read Primary Documents: Declaration of Sentiments Memorial to Mass. Legislature Manifest Destiny
Week 12	Regional Tensions Build: A Nation Torn Apart	Read textbook: & Ch. 13 Read Primary Documents: Slave Narratives (Note- this is a long reading )
Section 5 = Civil War 1844 -1877
Week 13	The Civil War War Between the States War for the Union War of Southern Succession War of Northern Aggression	Read textbook: Ch. 14 Read Primary Documents: "The Crime Against Kansas." Preston Brooks: In defense of Attack on Sumner (1856) A House Divided Speech (1858) Lincoln
Week 14	Reconstruction	Read textbook: Ch. 15 Read Primary Documents: Gettysburg Address Emancipation Proclamation
	Final Exam Week = Wed. Dec. 11th (4:00pm)

Note: The instructor has the right to alter or change the course schedule at any time as he/she deems appropriate.

contact: jkincheloe@nvcc.edu

JOHN C. KINCHELOE Northern Virginia Community College

His 121 Early American History

Schedule of Readings

OER Course Materials:

Lecture Review Materials (links)

Class Date

Topic:

Face-to-Face Meeting

Readings

(to be completed before the class)

Section 1 = Pre-Contact= The first fourteen Thousand Years 13,000 BC – 1492 AD

Note: The instructor has the right to alter or change the course schedule at any time as he/she deems appropriate.