The following schedule is a tentative day-by-day plan for the semester. We may well find that we fall behind, and there is time built into the schedule to compensate. So revisions will be announced in class and you are responsible for such announcements.
Last updated: February 7, 2012
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Preparation |
In Class | Discussion Leaders |
Introduction | ||||
Jan 26 | A Introduction to Course | |||
31 | B. Criticizing Public Discourse |
Read: R&K, pp. 1-22; and Watch: Obama State of Union Address #* |
Criticizing Public Discourse Discussion of Obama State of Union |
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I. Political Leadership | ||||
Feb 2 | A. Motivating Public Action: The Progressive Movement |
Read: The Progressive Era and Woodrow Wilson and the Election of 1912 View: Jacob Riis Photos Read: Upton Sinclair, The Jungle c. 14 and David Graham Phillips, "The Treason of the Senate." |
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Discussion: Roosevelt & Wilson Speeches | |
B. Marshaling Public Will: The New Deal |
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Marshaling Public Will: Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal | ||
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Read: Depression and FDR |
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14 | Read: Franklin Roosevelt's First Inaugural, RK, pp. 747-51 #* Read: First Fireside Chat, RK, pp. 752-55 #* |
Discussion: Roosevelt's First Inaugural and Fireside Chat | Sydney Airey Andrew Morreale |
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C. Diffusing Public Will: Economic Conservatism |
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Ronald Reagan & the Destruction of the New Deal | ||
16 | Read: Reagan, A Time for Choosing, RK, pp. 756-66; #Read and view: ; Reagan's First Inaugural Address, RK, pp. 767-772 #* | Discussion: Reagan's First Inaugural | Kaitlin Esrich Asha Allen Miriam Mathis |
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D. Policy Leadership: The Case of the Clinton Health Care Proposal |
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Policy Leadership |
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21 |
Read: Health Care Proposal Timeline Read: Clinton Health Care Speech #* |
Discussion: Clinton speech and Town Hall Meeting Watch: Harry and Louise |
Jeff Simpson Julie Penhallegon Liz Cheung |
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23 | Discussion: Harry & Louise | |||
Review for Midterm | ||||
28 | Mid Term Exam 1 | |||
II. Leadership in time of War and Peace | ||||
Mar 1 | A. Debating America's Role: Turn of the 20th Century |
Read: World War I Read: Albert Beveridge, American Empire, RK, pp. 672-78. # |
The Debate: Nationalism vs. an International Role | |
6 | Read: The League of Nations Debate, RK, pp. 700-12 #* | Discussion: The League of Nations Debate | Eli Greenspan Jason Chen Patrick Johnston |
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B. Motivating War: World War II | Read: Prelude to World War II and Pearl Harbor and Mobilization | Motivating War Opposing Facism |
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8 |
Read and listen: FDR's Arsenal of Democracy, RK, pp. 713-22 Read and watch: FDR's Declaration of War, RK, pp. 730-32 |
Discussion: Arsenal of Democracy and The War Message | Lillie Coppinger Diana Peisach Courtney Feeley |
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13 | View "Prelude
to War " |
Discussion: "Prelude to War " | ||
C. Maintaining Permanent War: The Cold War | Read: Breakdown of postwar peace | The Cold War | Cameron Ripley Kyle Hendley Travis Salisbury |
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15 |
Read and listen: Winston Churchill, RK, pp. 774-78 Watch: Duck and Cover |
Discussion: Churchill and Duck and Cover | Cameron Ripley Kyle Hendley Travis Salisbury |
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27 |
Read: The "Second Cold War" Ronald Reagan, "The Evil Empire," RK, 796-803 |
Discussion: Reagan | Cameron Ripley Kyle Hendley Travis Salisbury |
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D. Confronting Terrorism: 9/11 | 9/11 | |||
29 | Read: George W. Bush, Statement
in Florida Statement in Louisiana Speech To Congress, RK, pp. 804-810 |
Discussion: Bush speeches | Amy Young Jackie Elliot Kayla Butler |
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E. Justifying War: The Case of Iraq |
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The Iraq War |
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Apr 3 |
Read & Watch: Bush 2003 State of Union, (from 41:20 into speech) ; Powell, Speech to United Nations |
Discussion: Bush and Powell |
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Review for Exam | ||||
5 | Mid-term Exam 2 | |||
III. Leading Social Movements | ||||
10 | A. Focusing Organizations for Political Power: Suffrage |
Social Movements The Suffrage Movement |
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Read: Carrie Chapman Catt, RK, 656-70 #* |
Discussion: Catt | Chris Holmes Harley Levine Lauren Ashley |
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B. Bringing Commitment to Social Action: African-American Civil Rights | Civil Rights Movement | |||
17 |
Read: Martin Luther King, "Speech
at Holt Street" |
Discussion: King | Molly Krebs Samantha Mundie Lindsay Muller |
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C. Leading Radical Movements: Black Power | Malcolm X | |||
19 |
Read: Malcolm X, "The Ballot or the Bullet" #* |
Discussion: Malcolm X | Molly Krebs Samantha Mundie Lindsay Muller |
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D. Identity Movements: Feminism | Movements in the 1960s: Feminism | |||
24 |
Read: "Men and Violence" #* |
Discuss: Feminist Consciousness Raising | Christine Cunningham Ilana Glazer Allison Agazzi |
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IV. Moral Leadership | ||||
Moral Leadership | ||||
26 | Read: Martin Luther King, "I Have a Dream," RK, 837-43 #* | Discuss: "I Have a Dream" | Molly Krebs Samantha Mundie Lindsay Muller |
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May 1 | Read and watch: Al Gore, Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech #* | Discuss Gore Speech | Tim Visclosky Jen Yu Robin Galluci |
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V. Leadership in a Business Shaped World | ||||
Leadership in Business | ||||
3 | Read: Russell Conwell, RK, pp. 520-33 #* |
Discuss Conwell |
Leonard Gahm Brandon Stiffler Mark Susser |
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8 | Read: Bill Gates, "Speech at Lakeside High School" #* | Discuss Gates | ||
10 | Review for Final | |||
TBA | Final Exam |