ABOVE CLASS RESERVED FOR TEACHER CERTIFICATION SOCIAL STUDIES
STUDENTS.  ENTROLLMENT IN OTHER EDUCATION COURSES REQUIRED.  CONTACT
DOROTHY SLOTA, EDUCATION 1064 FOR ONLINE AUTHORIZATION AND
INFORMATION
ABOVE CLASS COLL INTENSIVE WRITING SECTION

Above class reserved for teacher certification Social Studies
students.  Enrollment in other Education courses required.  Contact
Dorothy Slota, Education 1064 for online authorization and
information.

Above class COLL intensive writing section

This course examines women’s political activism between 1789 (the
year of the ratification of the Constitution) and 1920 (the year of
the adoption of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to
vote).  Specific topics include the legacy of the American
Revolution, Jacksonian politics, the Civil War and Reconstruction,
Populism, and Progressivism.  A key goal of this course is to
provide future teachers with material that will allow them to
integrate women into the so-called mainstream of American history.
In addition, our course will address the following questions:

How can teachers bring some of the insights of recent historical
scholarship to their classrooms?

Does familiarity with new interpretations of women and American
politics change the “master narrative” of U.S. history?  Does it
change or expand our definition of what constitutes politics?  Of
what constitutes “power” or “influence”?

How do scholars construct historical interpretations?  What issues
should we consider when we read a textbook, a scholarly chapter or
article, or a primary source?  How can we learn to read critically?
How can we best teach this skill to our students?

What are some of the different ways that historical interpretations
are communicated (books, films, museums, monuments)?  How can
teachers and their students learn to “read” these sources critically?

Reading:  Almost every week we will read and evaluate three
different kinds of sources:  relevant selections of U.S. history
textbooks, secondary scholarship, and primary sources.  Most of the
reading will be available on electronic reserve.  You will be
required to purchase one book, Rebecca Edwards’s "Angels in the
Machinery."  I will provide each of you with a textbook.

Requirements:  Regular attendance and active participation are
essential. Students will complete short weekly essays and a longer
research paper. Students will have opportunities to integrate work
in this history seminar with their Block I social studies methods
course (M341).

The class meets on Wednesday from 1-3 PM and can count as a 300
level course in any primary social studies area. It also fulfills
the intensive writing requirement for secondary social studies
majors in the Teacher Education Program. Students must be authorized
to enroll in J301, along with all Block I courses, by Mrs. Dorothy
Slota in Education 1000.