History 383 - Dr. Gayle Olson-Raymer

Checklist of Assignments for Fall 2012

_____  8/23 - 1st Reading Review - Elinson and Yogi, "Introduction" (pp 1-6) and "Epilogue" (pp 453-429)

_____ 8/30 - 2nd Reading Review - Guadalupe Vallejo, "Ranch and Mission Days in Alta California," (1890) at http://www.sfmuseum.net/hist2/rancho.html.

_____  9/4 - 3rd Reading Review - Richard Henry Dana, Two Years Before the Mast, Chapter 13, "Trading at Monterey" at http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/DanTwoy.html

_____ 9/8 - 4th Reading Review - The Chronicle, "The Foremothers Tell of Olden Times," (1900) at http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist5/foremoms.html

_____  9/11 - 5th Reading Review - Rudolfo Acuna, "California Lost: America for Anglo-Americans" in Acuna, Occupied America on Oncores.

_____  9/13 - 6th Reading Review - Elinson and Yogi, Ch. 2, "In a Strange Land: The Rights of Immigrants."

_____ 9/25 - 7th Reading Review - “Central Pacific Railroad: Building the Central Pacific – A Narrative History” at http://www.learncalifornia.org/doc.asp?id=112.

_____  9/25 - Preliminary Research Design for Social Justice Research Presentation

_____ 9/28 - 8th Reading Review - Bret Harte, "Indiscriminate Massacre... 1860" at http://users.humboldt.edu/ogayle/hist383/BretHarte.html and Elison and Yogi, Ch. 1, "Staking Our Claim: The Law in California"

_____  10/2 - 9th Reading Review - Andrew S. Isenberg, "Capitalizing on Nature: Innovation and Production in the Redwood Forests" in Mining California: An Ecological History on Oncores.

_____  10/4 - Typewritten list of the 3-5 most important things you learned from the California Master Plan for Higher Education and/or questions.

_____ 10/9 - 10th Reading Review - James J. Rawls and Walton Bean, "Labor and Capital" in California: An Interpretive History on Oncores.

_____ 10/11- 11th Reading Review - Elinson and Yogi, Ch. 3, "An Injury to All: the Rights of Workers."

_____ 10/16 - 12th Reading Review - Elinson and Yogi, Ch. 4,"Under Color of Law: The Fight for Racial Equality;" and Ch. 5, "Holding Up Half the Sky: The Rights of Women; and Ch. 6, "The Right Not to Remain Silent."

_____  10/18 - 13th Reading Review - Kevin Starr, "War and Peace: Garrison State and Suburban Growth" in California on Oncores and Elinson and Yogi, Ch. 7, "Mightier than the Sword."

_____ 10/23 - 14th Reading Review - Elinson and Yogi, Ch. 12, "Behind Barbed Wire: WWII Removal and Incarceration."

_____ 11/6 - 15th Reading Review - "Contemporary Issues Related to California's Water" at http://users.humboldt.edu/ogayle/hist383/WaterProblems.html

_____ 11/6 - Campus Dialog on Race evaluation form due.

_____ 11/8 - 16th Reading Review - Kevin Starr, "Stories and Dreams: The Movies Come to Southern California" in Inventing the Dream on Oncores

_____ 11/13 - Typewritten list of the 3-5 most important things you want to share with your classmates about the evolution of the Chicano Movement in your portion of the video Chicano! and a brief explanation of how useful this part was to your understanding of the Chicano Movement in California.

_____ 11/15 - 17th Reading Review - watch the documentary, Berkeley in the Sixties

_____ 11/27 - Social Justice Research Presentations.

_____ 11/29 - 18th Reading Review - Read the "Background," "The Landing," and "The Occupation" at under the "Reclaiming Native Land" section accessible on the Alcatraz is Not An Island website at http://www.pbs.org/itvs/alcatrazisnotanisland/nativeland.html and listen to the 7 short interviews of those who were at Alcatraz at http://www.pbs.org/itvs/alcatrazisnotanisland/people.html. (All can be accessed by clicking on the appropriate subtitle in the left-hand margin of the website.)

_____ 12/4 - 19th Reading Review - Richard B. Rice, William A. Bullough, Richard J. Orsi, "Eras of Limits: Ronald Reagan, Jerry Brown, and After" in The Elusive Eden on Oncores.

_____  12/6 - 20th Reading Review - Elinson and Yogi, Ch. 9, "That Dare Not Speak its Name;" and Ch. 10, "Breaking Down Barriers;" and Ch. 11, "The Wrong Side of the Law."

_____ 12/11 - Final Examination

Remember, your grades will be influenced by two things: the total number of points received on your quizzes and exams and your attendance.