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Course Profile: The course aims to span several selected topics related to American historical development, its ethnic and cultural diversity and institutions, while simultaneously boosting student topic-based 2nd language debating skills, using pre-selected wordstock. To access the course materials and seminar assignments, pls. go to: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=2319 enrolment key: usa
Last update: Esserová Kateřina, DiS. (02.12.2019)
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All the course materials are available online from: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=2319 enrolment key: franklin Online webinars are taught via Zoom at: https://cuni-cz.zoom.us/j/96355115365 Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (08.02.2021)
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Requirements: 80% attendance (2 unexplained absences allowed) The students are asked to take several online quizzes and a final in-class test (65% qualifies for a pass grade). Sample quiz is found in the final section in Moodle. Last update: Esserová Kateřina, DiS. (02.12.2019)
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Primary literature: downloadable from Moodle
Recommended secondary literature Dunbar-Ortiz, R. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States. Beacon Press, 2014 Friedan, B. The Feminine Mystique. Norton, 2013 Hofstadter, R. The Idea of a Party System: The Rise of Legitimate Opposition in the United States 1780-1840. University of California Press, 1970 Smith, H. N. Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth. Harvard University Press, 1971 Wilkerson, I. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration. Random House, 2010 Woodard, C. American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America. Viking, 2011 Zinn, H. The People´s History of the United States. Harper, 2005 Last update: Esserová Kateřina, DiS. (02.12.2019)
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American Studies Course outline and syllabus 1. Home assignment – online quiz (Scorm) Course introduction
2. Colonial America and its Puritan legacy Online video lecture (Jakub Ženíšek) + discussion topics
3. War of Independence and its contemporary reflections Thomas Paine: Common Sense (excerpts) Charles Johnson: A Soldier for the Crown
4. The Founding Fathers and their mythologies Robert Hughes – American Visions Howard Zinn – an excerpt (.pdf + audio)
5. American Slavery and its Abolition - intro Online video lecture (Jakub Ženíšek)
6. American Slavery and its Abolition – close reading Charles Johnson: Soulcatcher (documentary fiction) H.B. Stowe: Uncle Tom´s Cabin (excerpts)
7. Uniting American Mythologies Manifest Destiny and beyond R. Hughes: American Visions + Scorm quiz
8. Anti-War Manifestos Introductory lecture Reading: Mark Twain, “The War Prayer”; Ambrose Bierce: Chicamauga (optional)
9. US Civil Rights Movement Reading and listening M.L. King: I Have a Dream Malcolm X: The Ballot or the Bullet
10. Competing ideologies Religious Right vs Secular Left Home assignment: A debate between Jon Stewart and Michael Huckabee
11. US Foreign policies Home assignment: The World Policeman Debate Pros and cons debate
12. The use of euphemism in US public discourse
13. Course recap Last update: Esserová Kateřina, DiS. (02.12.2019)
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