Schedule, Weeks 3-8

September 8

The bonds of empire; Enlightenment ideals

DUE:   EV Chapter 4

September 10

Toward revolution

DUE:   EV Chapter 5

September 12

Study / Discussion group meeting.

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September 15

Primary sources from the American Enlightenment

DUE:   Quotes by Thomas Payne, Common Sense

http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/2548496-common-sense-great-ideas

and Book II. Of Laws Directly Derived from the Nature of Government, from Montesquieu’s Spirit of Laws

http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/montesquieu/spiritoflaws.pdf

September 17

A new nation is formed.

DUE:   EV Chapter 6

September 19

US Founding documents

DUE:   Declaration of Independence (in EV Appendix), and the US Constitution

http://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm

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September 22

First decades; sections assigned for Wednesday

DUE:   EV Chapter 7

September 24

Student-led discussions

DUE: EV Chapter 8 (choose, read & present one of the 4 sections)

September 26

Expansion and change

DUE:   EV Chapter 9

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September 29

Democratic politics, religious revival and reform

DUE:   EV Chapter 10 (Monday Group only)

October 1

Technology, culture and everyday life

DUE:   EV Chapter 11 (Wednesday Group only)

October 3

The Old South and slavery

DUE:   EV Chapter 12 (Friday Group only)

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October 6

Workshop for analytical paper

DUE: Federalist Papers #10, http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed10.asp

October 8

Immigration

DUE:   EV Chapter 13

October 10

Review session for Midterm Exam

DUE:   Analytical paper

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October 13

Midterm Exam – written portion

October 15

Midterm Exam – non-written portion

October 17 – Midterm Break