J425 course syllabus | American History I

COURSE SYLLABUS
WEEK ONE
August 29	Course Introduction — Course Logistics; Conditions of Learning; Collective Mission; Individual Project
› student profile	*Discussion:* • What Is a University and Why Are You Enrolled in One? • What Is a Public University and Why Are You Enrolled in One? • What Is a Research University and Why Are You Enrolled in One? • Why Study the Humanities? • Why Study History?
› research proposal	Video: Rockman, Seth. “What Is Historical Reasoning?” Brown University, August 2014. [up to 2:32] *Discussion:* • How Is Knowledge Made? • What Is Inquiry? • What Is Research? • How Is History Made?
WEEK TWO
September 5	Choosing and Giving Purpose to a Project
› research report 1	*Reading:* Postel, Charles. Equality: An American Dilemma, 1866-1896. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2019. Pp. 3-13 (Introduction).
WEEK THREE
September 12	Working with Primary Sources
› research report 2	*Reading:* Weld, Kirsten. Paper Cadavers: The Archives of Dictatorship in Guatemala. Durham: Duke University Press, 2014. Pp. 1-26 (Introduction).
WEEK FOUR
September 17	National Voter Registration Day
September 19	Working with Secondary Sources
› research report 3	*Reading:* Ogle, Vanessa. “Whose Time Is It? The Pluralization of Time and the Global Condition, 1870s-1940s.” American Historical Review 118 (2013): 1376-1402.
WEEK FIVE
September 26	Workshop and Consultations
› research report 4	*Discussion:*
WEEK SIX
October 3	Narrating History
› research report 5	*Discussion:*
October 3 - October 6	Lotus World Music and Arts Festival, Bloomington IN
WEEK SEVEN
October 7	Indiana voter registration deadline
October 10	Humanizing the Story
› research report 6	*Discussion:*
October 11-13	“Fall Break”
WEEK EIGHT
October 17	WORKSHOP AND PRESENTATIONS
› research report 7	*Discussion:*
WEEK NINE
October 24	WORKSHOP AND CONSULTATIONS
› research report 8	*Discussion:*
WEEK TEN
October 31	ROUGH DRAFT
› rough draft	*Discussion:*
WEEK ELEVEN
November 7	Revision Strategies
› revision report 1	*Discussion:*
WEEK TWELVE
November 14	Workshop and Consultations
› revision report 2	*Discussion:*
November 15-17	IU Dance Marathon
WEEK THIRTEEN
November 21	Workshop and Consultations
› revision report 3	*Discussion:*
WEEK FOURTEEN
November 25-29	Thanksgiving Break — no classes
WEEK FIFTEEN
December 5	Career Strategies
› revision report 4	Walter Center for Career Achievement
WEEK SIXTEEN
December 12	Class Celebration
December 13	J425 Lightning Round Presentations (Friday, 1:00-4:00 p.m., Ballantine 803)
WEEK SEVENTEEN
December 16-20	FINALS WEEK
	FINAL DRAFT due no later than 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 17, to be submitted via Canvas.
WEEK EIGHTEEN
December 23-27	GRADING WEEK

J425, History Capstone Seminar, Fall 2024

Prof. Konstantin Dierks