AJ2BK_AMHC History and culture of the USA

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
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
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 issues 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.
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. Freedom Fighters (1): Freedom Summer of 1964 13. Freedom Fighters (2): "Becoming American"- the experience of Chinese Americans
Literature
  • Davidson, J.W. et al. Nation of Nations. A Concise Narrative of the American Republic. USA: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1996.
  • Race and Membership in American History: Eugenics Movement. Massachusetts: Facing History and Ourselves Foundation, Inc., 2002.
  • O'CALLAGHAN, D. B. An illustrated history of the USA. Harlow: Longman, 1990, 144 s. ISBN 0582749212. info
Teaching methods
seminar sessions
Assessment methods
essay, test
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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