Category Archives: Assignments

Page assignments

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Caleb McDaniel

Here is the Google Doc that we used in class today to divide our labor for the exhibit. Please note which page you have been assigned to write text for. As you begin thinking about your page, remember that there … Continue reading →

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For Wednesday …

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Caleb McDaniel

In class today we developed a rough outline of sections for our exhibits. But now we need to do a quick analysis of how the “items” in our collection might be distributed across those sections. Not every item in the … Continue reading →

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Weekend Reading

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Caleb McDaniel

As discussed in class today, we need to decide next week on the basic structure of our exhibit for the Dowling collection. That means that over the weekend, you should read the following items; on Monday, you will be the … Continue reading →

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Dowling Links

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Caleb McDaniel

Here are some links to Dowling resources that you should begin looking through. Obviously you may not read through all of these by Friday, but get started, get as far as you can, and keep track of what you’ve looked … Continue reading →

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Position Paper #3

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Caleb McDaniel

In order to give us another day of class to talk about the results of emancipation, I have decided to change the deadline for the third position paper to Friday, October 14. Below is the prompt for the third position … Continue reading →

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Foner Discussion

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Caleb McDaniel

As noted on the schedule, next Wednesday Friday we will be having a discussion of Eric Foner’s Nothing But Freedom, one of the required books for this course. Those students who are NOT in Brown College need to comment on … Continue reading →

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Position Paper #2

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Caleb McDaniel

The packet for Position Paper #2 has now been posted to OWL-Space. More information about the paper will be provided in class tomorrow and especially on Friday.

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Who Freed the Slaves?

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Caleb McDaniel

I have uploaded two articles to OWL-Space–one by Ira Berlin and one by James McPherson, and both titled “Who Freed the Slaves?” These articles are assigned readings to be completed by class time on Wednesday, so please make plans to … Continue reading →

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Manning Discussion

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Caleb McDaniel

Next Wednesday we will spend our class time discussing the required book by Chandra Manning: What This Cruel War Was Over. The entire book is required reading. This is a longer reading assignment than we’ve had to this point, but … Continue reading →

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Reading Questions for August 31

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Caleb McDaniel

This Wednesday will be our first of six class meetings devoted primarily to discussion of assigned readings. As explained on the assignments page, you will be responsible for posting a comment to this blog on each of these six class … Continue reading →

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