Fall 2014
The following schedule is a tentative day-by-day plan for the semester. Be prepared to discuss speeches on the days indicated. 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. Readings marked with an asterisk (*) will be discussed in class. All indicated readings are from Reid and Klumpp, except Wills as noted.
September 2 4 9 11 16 18 23 25 30
October 2 7 9 14 16 21 23 28 30
November 4 6 11 13 18 20 25 27
Last updated
November 25, 2014
| Date |
Reading |
Discussion Leaders (Bibliography Due) | Lecture |
| Tuesday, Sep 2 | Introduction and Administration | ||
| Thursday, Sep 4 | Introduction, pp. 1-22 * Benjamin Franklin, pp. 145-47 |
Criticizing Public Discourse | |
| Tuesday, Sep 9 | The New England Theocracy | ||
| Thursday, Sep 11 | The New England Theocracy | ||
| Tuesday, Sep 16 |
* The
Covenants of Salem, 1629, 1636 |
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| Republican Virginia | |||
| Thursday, Sep 18 | Republican Virginia | ||
| Tuesday, Sep 23 | * John Pigg Petition, pp. 133-35
* Matthew Talbott's Petition to Clement Read (2nd letter) |
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| Creating Revolution | |||
| Thursday, Sep 25 | * Samuel Haven, p. 79-84. * Patrick Henry, pp. 108-11. * Thomas Paine, pp. 112-27 |
Anthony Nixon Hannah Mahon |
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| Creating the National Community | |||
| Tuesday, Sep 30 | Creating the National Community | ||
| Thursday, Oct 2 | * Patrick Henry and James Madison, pp. 148-73 |
Gabriella Clark |
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| Review for Exam | |||
| Tuesday, Oct 7 |
Midterm Examination 1 |
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| Thursday, Oct 9 | Silver Orators | ||
| Tuesday, Oct 14 | * Daniel Webster, pp. 227-45 * Webster-Hayne Debate, pp. 346-70 Webster, Calhoun, and Henry Clay, pp. 371-95 |
Nicole Coletti Andrew Sisti |
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| Rhetoric of the American Frontier | |||
| Thursday, Oct 16 |
* Davy Crockett, pp. 256-60 |
Ken Goins Avery Thompson |
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| Tuesday, Oct 21 | The Reformist Community and Abolition | ||
| Thursday, Oct 23 |
William Lloyd Garrison, pp. 286-90 |
Brock Dean Sean Davis Lawrence Leeds |
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| African American Communities: The Slave Quarters and Freedman Enclaves | |||
| Tuesday, Oct 28 |
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African American Communities: The Slave Quarters and Freedman Enclaves | |
| Thursday, Oct 30 | |||
| The Cavalier Community | |||
| Tuesday, Nov 4 | No class | ||
| Thursday, Nov 6 | *Thomas R. Dew, pp. 291-308 | Liz Ebeling Sarah Schneebaum Jonathan Lee |
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| Tuesday, Nov 11 | * Abraham Lincoln, pp. 448-55 |
Abraham Lincoln | |
| Thursday, Nov 13 |
* cc. 2, 3 |
Lincoln | |
| Tuesday, Nov 18 | * Wills, cc. 4, 5, "Epilogue" * Abraham Lincoln, pp. 460-62 |
Lincoln | |
| Review for Exam | |||
| Thursday, Nov 20 | Midterm Examination 2 | ||
| Tuesday, Nov 25 | The Entrepreneurial Community | ||
| Thursday, Nov 27 | No Class | ||
| Tuesday, Dec 2 | William Graham Sumner, pp. 544-58 Henry Grady, pp. 492-500 * Russell Conwell, pp. 520-33 |
Lenaya Stewart Bethany Monaghan |
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| Immigrant and Labor Community | |||
| Thursday, Dec 4 | * Terence Powderly, pp. 602-606 * Samuel Gompers, pp. 607-13 Eugene V. Debs, pp. 614-18 * Mother Jones, pp. 619-26 |
D'Ereka Bolden Ben Warnquist Andrew Zuckerman |
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| Developing Women's Voice | |||
| Tuesday, Dec 9 | Developing Women's Voice | ||
| Thursday, Dec 11 | Seneca Falls, pp. 331-34 Susan B. Anthony, pp. 637-41 * Elizabeth Cady Stanton, pp. 647-55 |
Rebecca Mount Karissa Borostyan Kabora Wanjeri |
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| Review for Final | |||
| Friday, Dec 19, 1:30-3:30 | Final Exam | ||
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