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.
Grades. It is possible to accumulate 460 points for this semester's class. Points and grades will be earned as follows: