HIS206 The American Story Week Five Open Forum

Required Resources

Text

• Barnes, L. & Bowles, M. (2014).The American story: Perspectives
  and encounters from 1877. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
  • Chapter 1: The West
  • Chapter 2: Industrialization
  • Chapter 3: Gilded Age Politics

Article

• O’Malley, M. (2004). Alien menace. Retrieved from
  http://chnm.gmu.edu/exploring/19thcentury/alienmenace/assignment.php
  • This article provides images and explanation related to the reception many
    immigrants in the late 1800s received. It also discusses the idea of “whiteness”
    and how that characterization did or did not apply to these immigrants.

Multimedia

• Jones, R. (Writer), & Hawksworth, R. (Director & Producer). (2001).
  The American industrial
  revolution [Video file]. Retrieved from
  https://secure.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=47596&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref=
  • This film discusses the Industrial Revolution, including the social,
    cultural, economic, and political impacts.

Recommended Resources

Articles

• Hudson, L. M. (2008). Entertaining citizenship:
  Masculinity and minstrelsy in post-emancipation San Francisco. Journal
  of African American History, 93(2), 174-197. Retrieved from the
  http://www.jaah.org/
  • This scholarly article looks at the ways that minstrel shows portrayed
    African American men and how these portrayals reflected social attitudes related
    to race and masculinity in San Francisco in the years after the Civil War. This
    is a scholarly secondary source that can be used for the discussion board posts
    and for the Final Project. This article can be accessed from the EBSCOhost
    database in the Ashford University Library.
• Zylstra, G. D. (2011). Whiteness, freedom, and
  technology: The racial struggle over Philadelphia’s streetcars, 1859-1867.
  Technology and Culture, 52(4), 678-702. Retrieved from
  https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/technology_and_culture/
  • This scholarly article provides additional explanation related to the
    conflict over race, gender, and ethnicity in the late 180s by focusing on the
    streetcars in Philadelphia. This scholarly secondary source can be used as a
    source for the discussion boards and for the Final Project. This article can be
    accessed from the Project MUSE database in the Ashford University Library.

Reading

• Wallenstein, P. (2012). Identity, marriage, and schools: Life along the
  color line/s in the era of Plessy v. Ferguson. In S. Cole & N. Ring (Eds.),
  The folly of Jim Crow: Rethinking
  the segregated South(pp. 32-45). Retrieved from the ebrary database.
  • This e-book chapter provides additional information on segregation in the
    South at the end of the 19th century, especially in relation to identity,
    personal relationships, and education.

Multimedia

• Burns, R. (Producer, Writer, & Director), Ades, L. (Producer), &
  Sanders, J. (Writer). (2003). New York, 1865-1898: Sunshine and
  shadow [Television series episode]. In R. Burns (Executive producer),
  New York: A documentary film by Ric Burns. Retrieved from
  https://secure.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=44172&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref=
  • This film provides elaboration and a visual medium through which students
    can find additional information on urban life at the end of the 1800s. It can be
    used as a source for the discussion boards and for the Final Project.
• Kunhardt, P. W., & Sheppard, S. (Executive producers). (2002). What is Freedom? [Series
  episode]. In Freedom: A history of US. Retrieved from
  https://secure.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=44253&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref=
  • This film discusses the challenges faced by former slaves in the years just
    after the Civil War as they sought to find freedom. It can be used as a source
    for the discussion boards and for the Final Project.

All of your participation in this forum is due before Day 7 of the week.
Students who post early in the week, using this forum to engage their classmates
on a regular basis, tend to do well and get more out of the
course.

Week Five Open Forum

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	Prepare: Take a few minutes to think about the material that we’ve covered in this course so far.
	Reflect: Reflect on what you found interesting, surprising, or confusing in this past week. Did anything that you learned cause you to understand an issue and event differently? Have you discovered any habits or tips that help you to complete your course work more effectively or efficiently?
	Write: This discussion forum is an opportunity for you to explore topics that interest you, share critical insights and questions that you are working with, share your struggles and triumphs, and discuss difficulties that may have arisen this week, hopefully finding solutions. Your initial post should describe your experiences in the course this past week, prompting further discussion. You should address at least two of the following questions: What struck you in particular as you explored the course materials this week? What insights have you had? What have you been struggling with? What questions have come up for you at this point? Do you have any helpful tips that you’ve picked up in this course or in a past course? Do you have questions about the assignment that your classmates might be able to help with? (If you have a question for the instructor, be sure to contact your instructor through email or in the Ask Your Instructor Forum). You are required to post at least 100 total words in this forum this week. You can post one time or ten times, the only requirements are that you post at least 100 words total and that you engage in conversation related to course content. Ask questions, answer questions, provide extra resources you found that are interesting, or engage in a debate about something you learned this week. The only requirement is that your comments have to relate to the course content. Provide a full explanation of the issues that you discuss in your posts. For example, if you write that you had difficulty finding sources for your Final Project, explain where in the process of finding sources you had difficulty. Was it choosing a database to search? Thinking of search terms? Did your search return too many sources that were not relevant to your topic? Did your search return too few results?