Grading Criteria
Class Presentation
Guidelines
I. Introduction:
Week 1 (1/23/02-1/25/02)
Global and psychological dimensions of ethnic conflict: globalization
and tribalism
Zwirgle, Erla. 2000. ONE
WORLD?
lecture
notes--1/25/02-1/28/02
Week 2 (1/28/02-2/1/02)
contemporary American relations: Group Configurations and Stereotypes
Sontag, Deborah. 2001. Janiya
journal: An Arab Village Strangled
Bennett. 1/27/02. Trusting
Pessimism
Salamon, Julie. 2/1/02. An
Evolving Vision in Black and White
Week 3: (2/4/02-2/8/02)
Early American thought and the civic culture: Classical
Liberalism
II. European immigration patterns, (18th and 19th centuries)
Early Immigration Models
Eric Schmidt. Americans
(a) Love (b) Hate Immigrants
NY TIMES, 7/3/00. Deadly
Journeys
NYTIMES. 4/01. Redemption
of Sudanese Slaves
Week 5 (2/18/02-2/22/02)
German Immigration
Quotes: How
to be German in America
Clyde, Lola Gamble. Nobody
Would Eat Kraut
Get The
Rope! Anti-German Violence in WWI Era Wisconsin
Milwaukee
german
assimilation
lecture
notes-German immigration
Week 6: (2/25/02-3/1/02)
Irish Catholic Immigration
Construction of Political Machines
An Gorta
Mor: The Great Hunger
Barry, Dan. 3/2001. A
Case of Irish Charm
Know-Nothing
platform
lecture notes--Irish Catholic immigration
Week 7: (3/4/02-3/8/02)
Southern and Eastern European immigration
Early 20th century immigration policy
DuPre, Mike. Murder
Case Had it All : Lynch Mob, Bullet-ridden Corpse, Ethnic Prejudice"
Janesville Gazette, 3/5/99
Berger, Joseph. 8/13/00. Mrs.
Lieberman's Story and Others . NYTimes
Jordan, Michael J. 2001. Grief-Stricken:
A Jewish Response to the Terrorist Bombings
lecture notes--Eastern and Southern Europeans
STUDY
GUIDE--exam I
review
session notes--3/8/02
Exam 1--scheduled Monday, March 11, 2002
Week 8 (3/13/02-3/15/02)
III. Non-European immigration
early Asian immigration
Executive
Order 9066
Ronald Reagan's remarks: The
Redress Act 1988
Frutkin, Alan. 2000. Asian-Americans
Are Rarely Seen on TV
NYTIMES, 10/01. ENCOUNTER
with 442nd Regiment
Early
Chinese & Japanese immigration-notes
Week 9 (3/18/02-3/22/02)
Mexican immigration and American annexation
Family
Ties Across the Divide: Immigration Policies Can't Beat Networks
of Friends" San Francisco Chronicle: 11/98.
1999. The Zoot
Suit Riots of 1942
The Maquiladoras
Mexican migration and latino politics--notes
SPRING BREAK--NO CLASSES---(3/25/02-3/29/02)
Week 10: (4/1/02-4/5/02)
Latino political strategies
Sengupta, Somini. 2000. Farm
Union Takes Aim at Big Pickle Maker
Rodriguez, Gregory. 2000. We're
Patriotic Because We're Mexican
The
Myth of the Melting Pot
Martinez, Andres. 3/12/02. In
Texas, the Republican Party's Sure Thing Faces Grand Problema
Week 11 : (4/8/02-4/12/02)
American Indians
Yellow Bird, Doreen. December 2001. Effects
of Boarding Schools Linger Today
Amundson, Ryan. Green
Bay Casino Growth Adds to Economy of Area Beloit Daily News,
7/3/99
Fighting
Whities Nickname Provokes Laughter, Criticism
Middle
East conflict (4/8/02)
American Indians--notes
Week 13 (4/22/02-4/24/02)
African-Americans
DuPres, Mike. Racial
Prejudice Common in the Midwest
Kennedy, Randall. 12/23/99. From
Small Beginnings: the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Sit Down
Strikes Stir Fears of Greater Unrest in South February 14, 1960.
Malcolm
X: Selected Readings
Black
Panthers Platform and Program
No class on Friday, 4/26/02--NCUR
Week 14 (4/29/02-5/3/02)
African Americans
Sacks, Kevin. 12/30/98 The
Seeds of a Bi-Racial Politics NY Times
Tucker, Cynthia. 2/2000. Civil
Rights Have Transformed Us In Ways We Don't See
Magagnini, Stephen. 1999. Many
Blacks and Whites Find Race to Be a Minefield
EXAM II--scheduled Wednesday, May 1, 2002
STUDY
GUIDE- exam2
review
session-4/29/02
Week 15 (5/6/02-5/10/02)
Class Presentations
final
exam-due 5/16/02