A2BP_DUSA1 History of the United States

Faculty of Education
Spring 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Michael George, M.A. (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 only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This is a survey course of American History from pre-Columbian times to the present day. Its aim is to provide part of the cultural background necessary for those intending to be become English language teachers, as well as to serve as an introduction and foundation for further studies in American culture and literature. This, the lecture class will meet weekly and deal with American History chronologically while the seminar class will meet for 2 hours fortnightly concentrating on a few selected issues (e.g. constitutional freedoms, slavery, the West, immigration) and show their effect on modern America. The lecture class will end with an exam and the seminar with a research paper.
Syllabus
  • 1. Renaissance Europe and exploration 2. Colonies to 1763 3. 1763 to 1776 - Declaration of Independence 4. 1777 to 1789 - Constitution 5. The West 6. North-South 7. Civil war and reconstruction 8. Settling the west 9. Industrialism and imperialism 10. Isolationism, WWI, depression 11. WWII and the beginning of the cold war 12. Korea, McCarthyism and Berlin 13. Vietnam, 1960's and civil rights 14. Recent America
Literature
  • DAVIDSON, James West. Nation of nations : a concise narrative of the American Republic. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996, xxiv, 947. ISBN 0070157383. info
  • 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.
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