Week 1 Monday Lecture

I. Welcome

II. Nature of this Course

• Not Event-Centered
• Thematic
• Presentist

III. Course Focus

• Politics...Growth of Big Government
• Economics... The Functioning of The Modern American Economy
• Foreign Policy.... America's Role in The World
• American Society...Social Divisions of Race, Class, and Gender
• Cultural....Questions about Values

IV. A Useable Past...Developing An Understanding of The Past Which Fits
With And Helps Explain Today's World

V.The Course Syllabus

• Active Learning
• Internet Component
• Course Requirements
• Grading

VI. High Expectations

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created: February 10, 2000
last updated: February 23, 2000

Copyright 2000, Mark Kornbluh