COURSE SCHEDULE

Please complete readings for the date they are assigned.  

8/28: First Class—Introductions, Syllabus Review

• review the syllabus and assignments and email me if you have any questions

9/4: Indigenous Mannahatta and Dutch New Amsterdam

• read the material in the folders marked “Indigenous Mannahatta” and “Dutch New Amsterdam” on Blackboard
  • note there are two response possibilities here; I’d recommend choosing 1.
• site review option: Port City at the Museum of the City of New York (due 9/18)

9/11: British New York–no class

• **Note** we don’t have class today but you should still do the reading and you have the option to write a response
• site review option: Port City at the Museum of the City of New York or The Luce Center at The New York Historical Society or African Burial Ground (due 9/25)

9/18: Early Republic

• **Note** we don’t have class again but you should still do the reading and you have the option to write a response.
• site review option: Port City at the Museum of the City of New York or The Luce Center at the New York Historical Society or Federal Hall (due 10/3)

9/25: Immigration and Freedom in New York

• • read the material in the folder marked “Immigration Freedom in New York.” You have the option to write a response
  • site review option: Nativism section in Activist New York at the Museum of the City of New York or The Irish Hunger Memorial (due 10/10)
• Final Project Topic Choice due via Blackboard by 10 p.m. on 9/24

10/2: The Civil War and the Draft Riots

–Movie Review Option: Gangs of New York (review due 10/16)

• read the material in the folder marked “The Civil War and the Draft Riots.” You have the option to write a response
• site review option: Civil War section in Activist New York at the Museum of the City of New York (due 10/16)

10/9: The Gilded Age in New York

–Movie Review Option: The Age of Innocence (review due 10/23 )

• Read the material in the folder marked “The Gilded Age in New York.” You have the option to write a response.
• site visit option: Port City at the Museum of the City of New York (due 10/23)

10/16: The Progressive Era

—Movie Review Option: Ragtime (review due 10/30)

• Read the material in the folder marked “The Progressive Era.” You have the option to write a response.
• site visit option: World City at the Museum of the City of New York (due 10/30)

10/23: The Roaring Twenties

–Movie Review Option: The Crowd (review due 11/6)

• • Read the material in the folder marked “The Roaring Twenties.” You have the option to write a response.
  • site visit option: World City at the Museum of the City of New York (due 11/6)

• Annotated Bibliography is due via Blackboard by 10 p.m. on 10/22

10/30: The Great Depression and the New Deal

—Movie Review Option: Brighton Beach Memoirs (review due 11/13)

• Read the material in the folder marked “The Great Depression and the New Deal.” You have the option to write a response.
• site visit option: World City at the Museum of the City of New York (due 11/13)

11/6: Postwar New York

—Movie Review Option: West Side Story (due 11/20)

• Read the material in the folder marked “Postwar New York.” You have the option to write a response.
• site visit option: World City at the Museum of the City of New York (due 11/20)

11/13: The 1960s

—Movie Review Option: The Cool World  (due 11/27)

• Read the material in the folder marked “The 1960s.” You have the option to write a response.
• site visit option: 1960s protest sections in Activist New York at the Museum of the City of New York (due 11/27)

11/20: The Fiscal Crisis and the 1970s

—Movie Review Option: Crooklyn (due 12/4)

• • Read the material in the folder marked “The Fiscal Crisis and the 1970s.” You have the option to write a response.
  • site visit option: World City or South Bronx/Young Lords Section in Activist New York at the Museum of the City of New York (due 12/4)

• Progress Report due via Blackboard by 10 p.m. on 11/19

11/27: The 1980s

—movie review option: Downtown 81 (review due by 12/11)

• Read the material in the folder marked “The 1980s.” You have the option to write a response.
• site visit option: World City at the Museum of the City of New York (due 12/11)

12/4: The 1990s and the Giuliani Administration

—Movie review option: Kids (review due by 12/14)

• Read the material in the folder marked “The 1990s and the Giuliani Administration.” You have the option to write a response.

12/11: Post-9/11 and Bloomberg-Now

—movie review option: Man Push Cart (review due 12/14)

• Read the material in the folder marked “Post-9/11 and Bloomberg-Now.” You have the option to write a response.