Special Note: Includes an optional writing component. This is Part Two of a two-part course. However, students are not required to have taken Part One to sign up for this class.

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Course Outline:

Week 1: Introduction and overview of syllabus and assignments

Week 2: Abraham Lincoln, and the Civil War

Week 3: Ulysses Grant, and Reconstruction

Week 4: Susan B. Anthony, and the Women’s Suffrage Movement

Week 5: Thomas Edison, and Nikola Tesla

Week 6: Robert LaFollette, and the Progressive Era

Week 7: Woodrow Wilson, and WWI

Week 8: Bessie Smith, and the Jazz Age

Week 9: Franklin Roosevelt, and the Dust Bowl

Week 10: Chester Nimitz, and WWII

Week 11: Douglas MacArthur, and the Korean War

Week 12: John F. Kennedy, and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Week 13: Rosa Parks, and the Civil Rights Movement

Week 14: Fulton Sheen, and the Modern Age

• Course Materials: Provided free by the instructor.

Homework: Writing is an integral part of demonstrating both the assimilation of knowledge, and the articulation thereof. Therefore, students will be guided through the process of writing a short  (1-2 page, double-spaced) review of a book of their choice relevant to the subject matter. 

NOTE: High School students taking this course may instead write a 3-5 page book review
Also, students will have weekly, optional, short (5-10 minute) quizzes based on classroom lectures and discussions

Fee: For all 14 classes: $227 if you register on or before November 15, $247 if you register after Nov. 15. (Registration closes one week before the first day of class. After that date, registrations are not guaranteed. There is a $20 surcharge for late enrollments after the course is closed.)