Update: Thu 22-Fri 23 Oct
Link coming: Instructions for Individual Papers (Stage 1)
Note: There is reading for Week 9 (27-29 October)

WEEK 8
Tue 20 Oct: MIDTERM TEST
Thu 22 Oct: SECOND HALF BEGINS

WEEK 9: THE REPUBLIC FROM 1790s TO CIVIL WAR
Reading: Summary of US History, 1789-1861, Parts 1-4++
-> Get as far as you can in this reading. A reading pack
Classes on Tue 27 Oct & Thu Oct 29

WEEK 10: CIVIL WAR, RECONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Reading Pack will be delivered to you in Week 9
Classes on Tue 3 Nov & Thu 5 Nov
Group A: The film “Lincoln” and the Reconstruction Amendments
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WEEK 11: GILDED AGE, PROGRESSIVE ERA, GREAT DEPRESSION
Classes on Tue 10 Nov & Thu 12 Nov
Group B: The documentary “Plutocracy (Part 1)” and labor struggles
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WEEK 12: WORLD WAR II & START OF THE POSTWAR ERA
Tue 17 Nov & Thu 19 Nov
Group C: “The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter” (2015)
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WEEK 13: FIFTIES INTO SIXTIES
Tue 24 Nov only
No class on Thanksgiving, Thu 26 Nov
Group D: “Medium Cool” (1968)
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WEEK 14: SEVENTIES INTO EIGHTIES
Tue 1 Dec & Thu 3 Dec
Group E: “Network” (1976)
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WEEK 15: NINETIES INTO NAUGHTIES (1991-2015)
Tue 8 Dec & Thu 10 Dec
Group F: “The Big Short” (2015)

FINAL EXAM
Tue 17 Dec?
Exact time will be announced when listed by CCNY on CUNYFirst.
THE FINAL EXAM IS A COLLEGE REQUIREMENT & YOU MUST ATTEND!
We will have two hours. Group presentations are possible. The final itself with be a single one-hour “Write What You Like” essay assignment in which you review aspects of the course that most moved you (for whatever reason) as if you were introducing and reviewing material that you choose for someone curious who knows nothing about the subject. Be the teacher.