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This subject aims to familiarise its students with the basic aspects of the historical development in The United States of America beginning with the early settlement and colonisation of North America continuing through the first states founded in America, colonial administration, the War of Independence, the Civil War, the period of American industrial and economic growth passing to the basic aspects of American historical development in the 20th century: the participation in WWI, the interwar growth and crisis, the participation in WWII, the gradual establishment of the international relation net in which the USA appears to play the undeniable role as a co-creator of culture and politics of the 20th and 21st century.
It is necessary for the students to be prepared for the seminars doing regular and obligatory homework, namely compulsory reading (focused on the content and topic-specific vocabulary) which forms the basis for the following seminar discussions which are subsequently supplemented by teacher´s presentations.
Students make themselves familiar with the basic cultural and political development in the USA and its role in the global cultural and political context. The knowledge gained at the seminars is going to help the students to make themselves oriented in current international politics and moreover in compulsory courses of American literature.
Last update: Váňa Jan, PhDr. (08.02.2018)
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O´CALLAGHAN, B. An Illustrated History of the USA, Harlow: Longman Group UK Limited, 1991. ZINN, H. A People´s History of the United States, New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005. ZINN, H. A People´s History of American Empire, New York: St Martin´s Press, 2008. YOUNG, E. American History for Everyone, Bloomington: Xlibris Corporation, 2008. JOHNSON, P. Dějiny amerického národa, Praha: Academia, 2000. TINDALL, G. – SHI, D. Dějiny Spojených států amerických, Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny 2008. Last update: Váňa Jan, PhDr. (08.02.2018)
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80% attendance (max. 2 absences allowed) end-of-the-course test consisting of three equal parts · knowledge (based on presentations) 1/3 · vocabulary (compulsory reading based) 1/3 · short essay (200 words; based on presentations and reading) 1/3 minimal percentage score to grant the credit is 65% there are 2 attempts to pass the credit test Last update: Váňa Jan, PhDr. (12.09.2019)
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WEEK 1: The Early Beginnings of America WEEK 2: Colonial America WEEK 3: The War for Independence WEEK 4: 19th century America WEEK 5: The Civil War WEEK 6: Reconstruction WEEK 7: From the Great War to the Great Depression WEEK 8: The Second World War WEEK 9: The Cold War I. (intro) WEEK 10: The Cold War II. (1950´s ) WEEK 11: The Cold War II. (1960´s + 1970´s ) WEEK 12: The Cold War II. (1980´s + 1990´s )
Last update: Váňa Jan, PhDr. (08.02.2018)
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