Assignments
Choosing aTopic
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Writing Your Paper
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History 407
Senior Seminar
Gender, Race, and Sexuality in U.S. History
Fall Quarter 2008
Professor Peggy
Pascoe
Office: 335 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Thursday 1:30-2:30
Phone and Voicemail: 346-3406
Email: ppascoe@uoregon.edu (Put "Hist
407" in subject line)
Course WebPage: http://uoregon.edu/~ppascoe/407/Default.htm
Class meets:
475 McKenzie Hall, 1:00-3:50 Wednesdays
Course Requirements:
History 407 is a "capstone"
course designed for senior history majors. The major requirement for the
course is to write a historical research
paper of 20-25 pages, based on primary sources. Your goal is to
choose a topic and write a paper that:
- Asks a
good historical question
- Is based on
primary sources
- Tells how its interpretation connects
to previous work by other
historians, and
- Offers a well-organized
and persuasive thesis of its own.
Students will also complete and hand
in weekly assignments that are designed
to contribute directly to the final paper.
Grades
As in most research seminar courses, the bulk
of your grade for this course will depend on the quality of your
final research paper. Keep in mind, though, that since each of the
smaller assignments will help you write your final paper--and because
all the students in the class will benefit from your participation--I
will lower the grades of students who do not attend class regularly, complete
the assigned readings, participate in class discussions, complete each
assignment in time for the due date. The due dates for weekly
assignments are clearly marked on the course syllabus, and I'll expect
to see all your final papers in their most polished form on Wednesday,
December 10, 2008.
Fair warning: I am
very reluctant to accept late papers and to gives grades of "incomplete."
Since I will do so only in highly unusual situations, such as documented
health emergencies, you should start planning NOW to meet all the course
deadlines.
Books:
The following books, which have been ordered
and should be available for purchase in paperback at the UO bookstore,
contain all the assigned readings for this course:
*Gabbaccia and Ruiz , eds., American Dreaming, Global Realities: Rethinking American Immigration History (2006)
*Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History (5th ed., 2007)
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Oct 1 : Class 1
*INTRODUCTION TO THE
COURSE & WEB PAGE
*SIGN UP FOR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH INSTRUCTOR
*CHOOSE ARTICLES FOR ARTICLE REPORT ASSIGNMENT
Oct 8 : No Class ( Meet Individually
with Instructor
During the Week)
Reading Assignment:
Read through Rampolla's Pocket Guide
Oct 15 : Class 2
Paper
Topic Assignment Due in Class
Article Report Assignment Begins in Class Today
Reading Assignment:
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*Martha A. Hodes, "The Mercurial Nature and Abiding Power of Race: A Transnational Family Story."
Reporters: ____________________
* Vicki L. Ruiz, "Confronting 'America': Mexican Women and the Rose Gregory Houchen Settlement."
Reporters: ____________________
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Secondary List Assignment Due in Class
Article Report Assignment Continues
Reading Assignment:
*Erika Lee, "Enforcing the Borders: Chinese Exclusion along the U.S. Borders with Canada and Mexico, 1882-1924."
Reporters: ___________________
*Yen Le Espiritu, "'We Don't Sleep Around Like White Girls Do': Family, Culture, and Gender in Filipina American Lives."
Reporters: ____________________
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Oct 29 : Class 4
Annotated
Bibliography Assignment Due in Class
Article Report Assignment
Continues
Reading Assignment:
*Thomas G. Andrews, "Turning the Tables on Assimilation: Oglala Lakotas and the Pine Ridge Day Schools, 1889-1920s."
Reporters: ___________________
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Nov 5: Class 5
Introduction Assignment Due in Class (Bring 5 Copies)
Bring American Dreaming Book to Class
Reading Assignment:
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Choose Two Favorite Articles from American Dreaming (ones we haven't read yet) and Come to Class Ready to Explain What You Like About Them
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Nov 12 : Class 6
Outline Assignment Due in Class (Bring 5 Copies)
Bring book to Class
Nov 19 : Class 7
Reading Assignment:
Rampolla, Pocket Guide, ch. 6
Nov 26: No Class (Work on Your Papers)
Dec 3 : Class 9 Class Presentations Assignment
In Class Today
Final
Papers Due by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 10.
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