FF:HIB0047 History of the USA - Course Information
HIB0047 History of the USA in the Eighteenth Century
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Libor Vykoupil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Wed 15:50–17:25 U32
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- History (programme FF, B-GE)
- History (programme FF, B-GK)
- History (programme FF, B-HI) (3)
- History (programme FF, B-HS)
- History (programme FF, B-MA)
- History (programme FF, N-HI) (2)
- History (programme FF, N-HS)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in History (programme FF, N-GK)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in History (programme FF, N-SS) (2)
- Course objectives
- Class-leavers will be able to describe history of the North American continent from the earliest times through the arrival of Europeans, to compare French, Spanish, Swedish and Dutch colonization of North America, to characterize the period of colonial aggression, the history of the English colonial domains, the struggle of the American colonies for independence and the subsequent period. They will be able to interpret main documents and papers of conflict, to characterize creation of American democracy (Tocqueville).
- Syllabus
- Natives (Indians) – first inhabitants of America, Vikings and Christopher Columbus
- French, Spanish, Swedish and Dutch colonization of North America
- English colonial domain in North America; Virginia and tobacco, Massachusetts and Pilgrim Fathers (puritans)
- Wars between French and Britain on the North American continent
- The History of the American Revolution
- The Declaration of Independence (1776) and American Constitucion (1788)
- Formation of American democracy (Tocqueville)
- The Political Economy of Slavery
- Literature
- RAKOVÁ, Svatava and Josef OPATRNÝ. USA. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2003, 255 s. ISBN 8072771574. info
- OPATRNÝ, Josef. Amerika v proměnách staletí. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1998, 841 s., [8. ISBN 80-85983-42-7. info
- RAKOVÁ, Svatava. Podivná revoluce : dlouhá cesta Američanů k nezávislosti (1763-1783). Vyd. 1. Praha: Triton, 2005, 287 s. ISBN 8072545752. info
- TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de. Demokracie v Americe. Translated by Vladimír Jochmann. 1. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1992, 378 s. ISBN 807106050X. info
- Rand McNally Atlas of American history. Scales differ. Skokie, Ill.: Rand McNally, Educational Publishing Division, 1991, 1 atlas (. ISBN 0-528-83456-8. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, class discussion, reading
- Assessment methods
- Final colloquium aimed at checking the student’s ability to connect relevant facts into logical relations.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
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