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Landmarks in 20th Century U.S. History and Their Interpretations - JTM251

Title:	Landmarks in 20th Century U.S. History and Their Interpretations
Guaranteed by:	Department of North American Studies (23-KAS)
Faculty:	Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual:	from 2024
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	6
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	13 / unknown (10)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	not taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

Guarantor:	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
Teacher(s):	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
Class:	Courses for incoming students
Incompatibility :	JMM012

Examination dates Schedule Noticeboard

Files		Comments	Added by
	A - Kennedy.pdf	New Deal	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	A - Leffler (optional).pdf	Cold War	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	A - Leffler.pdf	Cold War	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	A- Bauer.pdf	The Great Society	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	A-Filene.pdf	Progressivism	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	A-Heclo.pdf	Reagan	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	A-Smith, Tony.pdf	First World War	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	B - Gaddis (optional).pdf	Cold War	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	B - Zubok.pdf	Cold War	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	B- Gordon.pdf	New Deal	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	B-Buenker.pdf	Progressivism	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	B-Fordham.pdf	First World War	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	B-Mervin.pdf	Reagan	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	Catton.pdf	Vietnam	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	Gaimusho Memoirs.pdf	The End of WWII	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	Historiography-of-Progressivism.pdf	Progressivism (optional)	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	JMM074 anotace_ang combined.doc	JMM074/012 course description	doc. PhDr. Miloš Calda
	JMM074 JMM012 Require 2016.docx	Requirements	doc. PhDr. Miloš Calda
	Magic, Jul 17, 1945.pdf	The End of WWII	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	Meeting Minutes, July 18, 1945.pdf	The End of WWII	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	(Optional) Rossinow.pdf	Reagan	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	O-Smith, Geoffrey.pdf	First World War (optional)	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	PaperProject.docx	Paper Project form	doc. PhDr. Miloš Calda
	Second Sacred Judgment, Shimomura.pdf	The End of WWII	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	Walker.pdf	The End of WWII	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
	War on Poverty Reading.pdf	The Great Society	Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.

Annotation -

The course focuses on key events of the 20th century US history and explores different schools of historical thinking related to said events. This is not a history course, but rather a historiography course.

Last update: Pondělíček Jiří, Mgr., Ph.D. (30.10.2019)

Aim of the course -

The course will help students understand how selection of sources, their critical assessment and different methodological approaches reflect in different interpretations of historical phenomena.

Last update: Pondělíček Jiří, Mgr., Ph.D. (30.10.2019)

Course completion requirements

Grading is based on the Dean's Measure no. 20/2019: https://fsv.cuni.cz/deans-measure-no-20/2019

91% and more => A
81-90% => B
71-80% => C
61-70% => D
51-60% => E
0-50% => F

More in SMĚRNICE S_SO_002: Organizace zkouškových termínů, kontrol studia a užívání klasifikace A–F na FSV UK.

Last update: Lochmanová Sára, Mgr. (05.10.2023)

Literature -

See the reader in the IS with the texts to download.

Last update: Pondělíček Jiří, Mgr., Ph.D. (13.10.2020)

Teaching methods -

The course will help students understand how selection of sources, their critical assessment and different methodological approaches reflect in different interpretations of historical phenomena.

Taught in person.

Last update: Pondělíček Jiří, Mgr., Ph.D. (27.09.2021)

Requirements to the exam -

Attendance (max. 2 unexcused absences) and class participation, 20 %

Presentation, 20 %

Final Paper 2400-3000 words, 60 %

Grading is based on the Dean's Measure no. 20/2019: https://fsv.cuni.cz/deans-measure-no-20/2019

91% and more => A
81-90% => B
71-80% => C
61-70% => D
51-60% => E
0-50% => F

Last update: Hornát Jan, PhDr., Ph.D. (07.09.2020)

Syllabus - Czech

Prvni hodina: úvod, praktické informace

Historie a historiografie, prameny (dostupnost, povaha a kritika)

Témata:

1. Progresivismus - spory o terminologii a vymezení

2. Vstup USA do první světové války - pragmatismus a idealismus

3. New Deal - reformy a revoluce

4. Konec druhé světové války - atomové bombardování Japonská

5. Studená válka - tradicionalismus, revizionismus a post-revizionismus

6. Great Society - analýza dopadů a ideologické pohledy

7. Vietnamská válka - význam mírového hnutí

8. Civil Rights Movement - „hodný“ King a „zlý“ Malcolm X

9. Ronald Reagan - příjmová nerovnost a ekonomická prosperita

10. Kdo vyhrál studenou válku?

Last update: Tomečková Jiřina, Mgr. (26.09.2023)