history

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history
of the
americas
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nutsbolts

• Books
• Technology
• Expectations
• Philosophy of Education
• Course Outline

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books
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technology
Reliable Internet Access Homework Web Page On
Line Discussion Forum Download Microsoft Power
Point 2003 Viewer Adobe Reader 7.0
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expectations
Annotate Every Page Outline Every Chapter
Assignments On Time Being Present
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100

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Independent Thinking
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philosophyofeducation
If there were one phrase to describe my
philosophy of education it would be the same one
used to describe the lifelong love of learning,
liberal education. It rests on the supposition
that our humanity is enriched by the pursuit of
learning for its own sake it is dedicated to the
proposition that growth in thought, and the power
to think, increases the pleasure, breadth, and
value of life.
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generalcoursedescription
Unlike traditional history courses this course
takes a hemispheric approach that also
encompasses the other Americas Cuba, Mexico,
Haiti, and Brazil. The chronological boundaries
of this course will span from 1492-1990.
Students will be expected to become aware of the
Americas Concept and then the key political,
social, economic and cultural events and themes
that have had an impact on the Americas.
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coursethemes
We will explore the shifting ways that
individuals have conceived and experienced their
identity and their relationship to larger
communities
identity culture power
We will pay close attention to the hegemonic
cultures that achieve a degree of dominance at
particular times and places. We are especially
interested in issues of cultural resistance,
transformation, and domination
We are also interested not only in relationships
of dominance and hierarchy, but also in the
various ways that order has been contested and
resisted.
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courseoutline
Review Theory of Everything the Integral
Approach Explore the Americas Concept its
Founder Herbert Bolton Survey of United States
History from Colonial Era to Present
Day Intensive Research of Various Topics
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coursethemes
Slavery in the Americas Economic and social
developments from the Mid-19th c. to
1919 Cultural and intellectual developments from
the mid-19th c. to the First World War Political
Developments from Mid-19th c. to 1919 The Mexican
Revolution Cold War in the Americas
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slavery
conditions of enslavement adaptation and
resistance insurrections and reactions the
pro-slavery pro-abolition arguments life of
the free AfricanAmericans
Historical Method Research Methods
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socio-economic
economic modernization neocolonialism and
dependency industrial developments territorial
expansion labor and agrarian movements external
internal population movements economic and
social effects
Historical Method Outlining Sections
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culturalintellectual
liberalism, nationalism, positivism
romanticism the arts, music and literature reform
and increase of education technological
scientific developments
Arts or Media Presentation
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politicaldevelopments
evolution of political institutions
ideologies progressives foreign trade
relations Britain and France involvement in the
First World War AfricanAmericans Booker T
Washington and WEB Dubois role of leadership
Theodore Roosevelt
Internal Assessment Analyzing Synthesizing
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Mexican Revolution
causes and course of the revolution aims and
roles of the leaders, including Zapata and Pancho
Villa the Constitution of 1917 effects immediate
and long term political, social, economic and
cultural role of the USA
Historical Method Writing a Rough Draft
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US foreign policy, 1945-1995
origins of the Cold War Truman Doctrine,
Marshall Plan, Berlin Blockade and Airlift NATO
and the Korean War Eisenhower and Dulles Kennedy
Bay of Pigs, Berlin, Cuban Missile
Crisis Johnson, Nixon and Vietnam NixonKissinger
policies, détente, relations with China the USA
and the Middle East Reagan, Bush the end of
Cold War