Pensum:
(First two are to be bundled from Routledge.)
- David Mauk & John Oakland, American Civilization, 6th edition (Routledge).
- Costas Panagopoulos & Aaron C. Weinschenk, A Citizen’s Guide to U.S. Elections (Routledge).
- Cynthia Enloe and Joni Seager, The Real State of America Atlas: Mapping the Myths and Truths of the United States (Paperback, 2011) Penguin Books, 2011. (ISBN-10: 0143119354 ISBN-13: 978-0143119357)
- Paul S. Boyer, American History: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2012)
- Readings and Documents in Fronter
- Companion website for Mauk & Oakland, American Civilization
Web Sources:
- www.usa.gov
- www.loc.gov
- www.imdb.com
- http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php
- You Tube: Political ads from the current primary and election season,
- You Tube: Barack Obama’s 2004 speech
- http://www.makers.com/documentary/womenwhomakeamerica
Ted talks:
- https://www.ted.com/talks/rich_benjamin_my_road_trip_through_the_whitest_towns_in_america
- https://www.ted.com/talks/david_rothkopf_how_fear_drives_american_politics
- Yoruba Richen: What the gay rights movement learned from the civil rights movement
- https://www.ted.com/playlists/230/10_great_talks_to_celebrate_bl
- “How Culture Drives Behaviours” | Julien S. Bourrelle | TEDxTrondheim
- https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dl-Yy6poJ2zs&h=GAQHugVw1
Required (Pensum) Reference Works:
- Kitchen-D?derlein & Sk?rdal, Writing English (available on fronter).
Buy:
- A good dictionary: (For American Studies students, Webster’s New Collegiate is preferable, but others will suffice if you are unable to get Webster’s – though they are often better for British English, than American.It is often considerably cheaper to buy this on Amazon than to buy Oxford at Akademika, according to other students.)
- Mary Lynn Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History, 5th edition (Bedford/St. Martins, 2006).
Also excellent:
- James D. Lester and James D. Lester, Jr., Writing Research Papers (available in Akademika in the English section).See especially the chapter on plagiarism, which will be on Fronter.