HIS 282 - Course Requirements, Spring 1999 Course
1. Attend class. Twenty-five percent of your grade will be based on attendance and participation.
2. Complete reading assignments on the following (tentative) schedule:
Date |
Topic |
Reading Assignment |
Class Presentation |
| January 18th | The Established Church | No assignment | |
| January 25th | Revivalism and Religious Freedom | Review Rhys Issac, The Transfomation of Virginia, pp.271-322 | Dorsey: Md. Free Blacks |
| February 1st | Virginius Dabney, Virginia: The New Dominion, ch. 15-16; William Styron, Confessions of Nat Turner, Part I | ||
| February 8th | Dabney, ch.17-18; Styron, Part II | ||
| February 15th | Presidents' Day holiday | No assignment | |
| February 22nd | Dabney, ch. 19-20; Styron, Part III | Hannen: Ten Black Writers Respond to Styron | |
| March 1st | Dabney, ch. 21-22; Styron, Part IV | Hopkins: Loudoun Freedmen in Liberia | |
| March 8th | Dabney, ch. 23-24 | Vlach: Architecture of Slavery | |
| March 15th | Spring break | No assignment | |
| March 22nd | Dabney, ch. 25-26; Tony Horwitz, Confederates in the Attic, ch.1-5 | Aurand: Loudoun diaries | |
| March 29th | Dabney, 27-28; Horwitz, ch.6-10 | 1st take-home test due; Newton: Civil War Reenactor | |
| April 5th | Confederates in the Attic | Dabney, ch. 29; Horwitz, ch.11-15 | Tony Horwitz will meet with us at Old School House in Waterford! |
| April 12th | Dabney, ch. 30-31 | Daugherty: Southern Honor | |
| April 19th | Dabney, ch. 32-33 | Colley: Sully; Kelly: Mosby (or 4/26) | |
| April 26th | Dabney, ch. 34-35 | Coughlan and Ward: Loudoun Video | |
| May 3rd | Dabney, ch. 36-37 | Reid: Massive Resistence; Lalik: Uncle Toms; | |
| May 10th | Dabney, ch. 38-39 | 2nd take-home test due |
3. Take two take-home tests, the first due on March 22nd, the second May 10th. Each test will account for 25% of your final grade. Click here for the test questions.
4. Complete a project. The last 25% of your grade will be based on an independent project, to be selected by each student in consultation with the instructor. Your grade will be based not only on the quality of your project, but on your success in sharing what you learn with the class, through a class presentation or, perhaps, by arranging and leading a field trip. Please plan to meet with the instructor within the first few weeks of the course to select your project and method of presentation.