I.  Class Announcements

Welcome to Spring Semester.  Please visit me in my office hours (Tuesday & Thursday from 1pm -3:30 pm) in Portable 29A for additional help with the class.

II.  Hist 1302 Course Syllabus

Spring 2012 Syllabus

III.  Study Guide

Unit 2 Study Guide 

Unit 1 Study Guide

IV.  Lecture Powerpoints

Weekly Powerpoint Presentations will be posted at the beginning of each Unit.

UNIT 2:

The Progressive Era

World War I

The 1920s

The Great Depression

The New Deal

UNIT 1:

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Western Movement: (Re)Settlement, Railroads, & Environmental Change

The Rise of Industrial America: Robber Barons, Immigration, & Labor Activism

City Life in the Gilded Age: Machines & Leisure

V.  Final Presentation

 Final Presentation Instructions

Examples of Presentations

VI.  Extra Credit

 

VII.  Resources for Students

Need a Tutor or Help with Writing and Study Skills?  Visit the FREE South Texas College Center for Learning Excellence at our Pecan Campus: http://academicaffairs.southtexascollege.edu/cle/index.html

Are you trying to overcome Anxiety about Writing? Read “Why We Should Write Badly,” by Amanda Jenkins, Ph.D. Candidate at University of California-Santa Cruz, published in Evergreen State College’s Inkwell: Guide to Student Writing, Fall 2010

Citation Instructions for History: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/chicago-turabianstyle.pdf