ENG 219 - American History and CultureLecture ContentsThis webpage will contain all of the lecture materials, texts, presentations, and important links. If there is anything missing please tell me.
Course IntroductionWhy study American history? What can we learn from the grand, flawed experiment of American democracy?
Unit 1: The Foundations of GovernmentFrom it's humble beginnings as a group of tiny colonies, the United States fights for and wins independence from England and creates the world's longest surviving constitutional democracy.
Unit 2: America's First PeoplesWe take a look at the indigenous peoples who were living and thriving in North America long before the arrival of the Europeans.
Film Study: Hostiles (2020)
Unit 3: Slavery and the Civil WarWe explore the terrible legacy of American slavery, from the horrors of the Middle Passage to the fight against segregation.
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MidtermUnit 4: ModernismLecture Materials:
Unit 5 - America as SuperpowerLecture Resources: Unit 6: PostmodernismLecture Resources: Film Study: The Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) Final |
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