AJ2BK_AMHC History and Culture of the USA

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Michael George, M.A. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
General aims: * To support students in a process of personalizing history and relating it to their own cultures and everyday experiences. * To focus students learning on a variety of perspectives on historical issues and to critically explore differing points of view on these issues. * To provoke students into questioning stereotypes and challenging racist attitudes. * To support students in their development of affirmative understanding of ethnic and cultural groups.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction: Historical Perception starts nowadays 2. American History Learning: Race and Democracy 3. Slavery and the South and North of the United States 4. The Period of Reconstruction: Segregation 5. Scientific Justification of Racism 6. Nation of Immigrants 7. Scientific Justification: From Darwin to Eugenics 8. Scientific Justification: Eugenics and the Power of Testing 9. Science and the State Policy: "Eugenics Laws" 10. American 'Imperialism': The "White Man's Burden" 11. American Fight for Freedom and Civil Rights 12. Freedom Fighters (1): Freedom Summer of 1964 13. Freedom Fighters (2): "Becoming American"- the experience of Chinese Americans
Literature
  • Race and Membership in American History: Eugenics Movement. Massachusetts: Facing History and Ourselves Foundation, Inc., 2002.
  • Davidson, J.W. et al. Nation of Nations. A Concise Narrative of the American Republic. USA: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1996.
  • O'CALLAGHAN, D. B. An illustrated history of the USA. Online. Harlow: Longman, 1990. 144 s. ISBN 0582749212. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
Teaching methods
seminar sessions
Assessment methods
essay, test
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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