A2BP_DUSA History of the United States

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2005
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
General aims: To support students in a process of personalizing history and relating it to their own cultures and everyday experiences. To focus students learning on a variety of perspectives on historical isssues and to critically explore differing points of view on these issues. To provoke students into questioning stereotypes and challenging racist attitudes. To support students in their development of affirmative understanding of ethnic and cultural groups. The main topic of the course: Race and Membership in American History - membership not only as a sense of belonging to a group, but also as freedom and right to belong and to participate so as to live a full and decent life. In our course we are going to see how millions of Americans were fighting for this dream.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction: Historical Perception starts nowadays 2. American History Learning: Race and Democracy 3. Slavery and the South and North of the United States 4. The Period of Reconstruction: Segregation 5. Scientific Justification of Racism 6. Nation of Immigrants 7. Scientific Justification: From Darwin to Eugenics 8. Scientific Justification: Eugenics and the Power of Testing 9. Science and the State Policy: "Eugenics Laws" 10. American 'Imperialism': The "White Man's Burden" 11. American Fight for Freedom and Civil Rights 12. Case studies solving: "Becoming American"- the experience of Chinese Americans
Literature
  • O'CALLAGHAN, D. B. An illustrated history of the USA. Harlow: Longman, 1990, 144 s. ISBN 0582749212. info
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
http://www.ped.muni.cz/weng/moodle
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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