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ENG219 - American History and Society (AHS_S22)

Lecture Contents

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Course Introduction

Why study American history? What can we learn from the grand, flawed experiment of American democracy?

Class Resources:
  • Group Activity: Korean Revolution 2016 https://forms.gle/LG24h93n6E72HXC5A

Unit One: Laws of the Land

Chapter 1: The Foundations of Government


Lecture Activities: 
  • Group Activity: The Korean Revolution of 2016
  • Video: The First Flag​
  • Video: The Constitution Explained
  • Group Activity: Make Your Own Law

Chapter 2: Constitutional Issues Today


Lecture Resources:
  • US Gun Statistics: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41488081
  • Las Vegas Shooting: https://youtu.be/x7Q-_UFK-u8​


Unit Two: A Diverse Nation

Chapter 3: The Origins of Diversity


Lecture Resources:
  • List of Indian Massacres in North America
  • Video: The Last Buffalo
  • Video: Wounded Knee
  • Video: Django Scene
  • Video: The Transatlantic Slave Trade
  • Video: The Gangs of New York
  • Video: Ellis Island
  • Video: Angel Island

Chapter 4: Diversity in the United States Today


​Lecture Resources:
  • WORKSHEET: AHS - Immigration Data Analysis Worksheet
  • LINK: S. Korean Immigration - Carnegie Endowment
  • LINK: U.S. Immigrants - Pew Research
s. korean immigration - carnegie endowment.pdf
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u.s._immigrants_-_pew_research_center.pdf
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Midterm Exam Instructions


Unit Three: The Struggle for Equality

Chapter 5: The Struggle Begins


Lecture Resources:
  • Video: The Battle of Gettysburg
  • Video: Civil War Photography
  • Video: Civil War Artillery
  • Video: Sherman's March to the Sea
  • Article: Korea #1 in Wage Gap
  • Video: Truman Desegregates the Military
  • Video: Jackie Robinson
  • Video: Literacy Tests and Voting Rights
  • Video: The Harlem Renaissance
  • Video: The Birth of Jazz
  • Video: Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World
  • Video: Miles Davis - Blue in Green
  • Video: Nina Simone - Ain't Got No, I Got Life
  • Video: Martin Luther King Speaking About Gandhi
  • Video: The Little Rock Nine Documentary
  • Video: MLK - Biography
  • Video: MLK - Wrongful Deeds
  • Video: MLK - I Have a Dream 
  • Video: MLK - Promised Land
  • Video: MLK - Assassination​

Chapter 6: The Struggle Continues


Lectures Resources:
  • Initial Reports of Buffalo Shootings​
  • White Replacement Theory
  • Nick Vujicic

Unit Four: American Values

Chapter 7: American Values from the Past

Chapter 8: American Values Today


Final Exam Instructions

Course Documents

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ahs_s22_lesson_plan.pdf
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Primary Text:

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Williams, Jessica (2013). Academic Encounters: American Studies Level 2 - Reading/Writing. Second Edition. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978–1–107–64791–6

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