Required Books:

• Boyer and Nissenbaum, Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft.
• Gross, Robert A., The Minutemen and Their World. Henretta,et.al. America: A Concise History, Vol. # 1 (Cited as Text).
• Huehner, David Robert, History 101: The United States to the Civil War: Manual.
• Johnson, Paul, A Shopkeeper's Millennium: Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York 1815-1837.

NOTE: Lecture topics, films, and assignments subject to change.

Lecture Topics, Readings, Web Modules, and Map Assignments:

Week One:

Weekly Assignment: Text, Chap. 1.
Topic: Lecture 1: Introduction to the Course.

Week Two:

Assignments: Web Module #1 
Map Assignment: Geography: The Age of Exploration.
Topics: Lecture 2: The Age of Discovery and The Columbian Exchange.

Week Three:

Weekly Assignment: Text, Chap. 2.
Assignment: Web Module #1 (Discussion, Rough Draft Due)
Map Assignment: Geography: The Thirteen Colonies.
Topics: Lecture 3: England on the Eve of Colonization.
Lecture 4: British Colonization: Peopling the New World.

Week Four:

Weekly Assignment: Text, Chap. 3.
Disc. Sec. Assignment: Salem Possessed, ix-109.
(Web Module #1 Final Report Due)
Topics: Lecture 5: The Development of Regional Differences: The Northern, Middle, and Southern Colonies.
Lecture 6: The Colonial Family: A View from the Bottom.

Week Five:

Disc. Sec. Assignments: Salem Possessed, 110-221.
Topics: Lecture 7: Colonial Social Structure: Women a Fourth Class?
Lecture 8: The Public Colonial World: A Polity of Households, A Community of Souls.

Week Six:

Weekly Assignment: Text, Chap. 4.
Assignment: Web Module #2 (Computer Lab)
Map Assignment: Geography: War in the North. (Revolutionary War)
Topics: Lecture 9: The Maturing American World: Population Growth, The Enlightenment,and a Great Awakening.
Lecture 10:A New Colonial Policy: The Emergence of British Empire.

Week Seven:

Weekly Assignment: Text, Chap. 5.
Assignment: Web Module #2 (Discussion, Rough Draft Due).
Map Assignment: Geography: War in the South. (Revolutionary War)
Film: "Mary Silliman's War:" Part 1
"Mary Silliman's War:" Part 2

Week Eight:

Weekly Assignment: Text Chap. 6.
Disc. Sec. Assignment. No Discusion Section
Topic: Lecture 11: The Road to Independence: From Remonstrance to Revolution.

EIGHT WEEKS EXAM

Week Nine:

Weekly Assignment: Text, Chap. 7.
Disc. Sec. Assignments: The Minutemen and their World. (Web Module #2 Final Report Due)
Map Assignment: Geography: Territorial Growth.
Topics: Lecture 12: The War for Independence: The Nature of Citizenship.
Lecture 13: The Emergence of Political Parties: The First Party System.

Week Ten:

Weekly Assignment: Text, Chap. 8.
Assignment: Web Module #3 (Computer Lab).
Map Assignment: Geography: War of 1812.
Topics: Lecture 14: The Break with Europe: Diplomacy of the New Republic.
Lecture 15: The New Century: Expansionism.

      Week Eleven:

Weekly Assignment: Text, Chap. 9 & 10
Assignment: Web Module #3 (Discussion, Rough Draft Due).
Map Assignment: Geography: Indian Removal.
Topics: Lecture 16: The New Century: Economic Development.
Lecture 17: The New Century: Toward a More Civilized Nation.

Week Twelve:

Weekly Assignment: Text, Chap. 11
Disc. Sec. Assignment: A Shopkeeper's Millennium.
(Web Module #3 Final Reports Due)
Map Assignment: Geography: War With Mexico.
Topics: Lecture 18: The Woman's World: From Quiet Revolution to Militancy
Lecture 19: The Second Party System: The Politics of Mass Popularity.

Week Thirteen:

Weekly Assignment: Text, Chap. 12.
Topics: Lecture 20: Sectional Structures and Values: Background to Conflict.
Lecture 21: Black Society: Slave and Free.

THANKSGIVING BREAK

Week Fourteen:

Weekly Assignments: Text, Chap. 13 & 14:
Assignment: Web Module #4 (Computer Lab).
Map Assignment: Geography: Slavery 1820 and Geography: Slavery 1854.
Topics: Lecture 22: The Crusade Against Slavery.
Lecture 23: The Impending Crisis.

Week Fifteen:

Weekly Assignment: Text, Chap. 15.
Assignment: Web Module #4 (Discussion, Rough Draft Due).
Map Assignment: Geography: The Civil War.
Topics: Lecture 24: The Secession Crisis: The Third Party System.
Lecture 25: The Civil War: The Home Front.

Week Sixteen:

Assignment: Web Module #4 Final Report Due.
Topic: Lecture 26: The Aftermath of War: Problems Confronting the Union.

DEADLINES

Eight-Week Exam:

Paper Assignment Form due:

Paper Due:

FINAL EXAM:

Accommodation of Religious Beliefs:

Chapter 22 of the University of Wisconsin Administrative Code states that "It is the policy of the board of regents that students' sincerely held religious beliefs shall be reasonably accommodated with respect to all examinations and other academic requirements." Students should inform the instructor during the first two weeks of the semester of any specific days or dates on which they will request relief from course requirements. The instructor will make every effort to reasonably accommodate all requests for the accommodation of religious beliefs.