Week One:

Jan. 28: Introduction
Jan. 30: Early Settlements: The Chesapeake

Special Presentation: LxC
Section

Reading: Becoming American, Becoming Ethnic, pp. 1-13, 20-28, 52-61, 75-81, 92-111; Different Mirror, 1-17.

Week Two:

Feb. 4: Early Settlements: New England
Feb. 6: Indentured Servitude: The English Background
Section

Reading: Different Mirror, pp. 21-50; Dublin, Immigrant Voices, pp. 1-68.

Week Three:

Feb. 11: Indentured Servitude in the Americas
Feb. 13: The Atlantic Slave Trade and the Origins of African Slavery in the British North American Colonies
Section

Reading: Different Mirror, pp. 51-76; Classic Slave Narratives, 1-127.

Week Four:

Feb. 18: First Wave of 19th-Century Immigration, 1840-1880: European Preconditions
Feb. 20: First Wave of European 19th Century Migration: Mechanisms of Migration
Section

Reading: Immigrant Voices, pp. 69-109.

Week Five:

Feb. 25: African-Americans and Slavery in the South, 1780-1860
Feb. 27: Early American Nativism
Section

Reading: Classic Slave Narratives, pp. 243-331.

FIRST PAPER DUE THIS WEEK.

Week Six:

March 4: Chinese Immigration and Life in California, 1850-1882
March 6: Anti-Chinese Laws and Chinese Resistance
Section

Reading: Asian Americans, 3-8, 25-35, 45-46, 48-51, 63-67, 81-83, 90-92; Different Mirror, pp. 191-221.

Week Seven:

March 11: Mid-term exam
March 13: Second Wave of European Immigration, 1880-1914
Section

Reading: Different Mirror, 277-310; Immigrant Voices, 146-72

WWW Seminars: Check course website and click on link: " The Changing Character of Immigration "

Week Eight:

March 18: Slide Lecture: Old Country, Immigration, Life in the Stetl
March 20: Slide Lecture: The Lower East Side--Work and Community
Section: On-line research seminar in preparation for final paper. Meet during regular section time in the computer training room in the Bartle Library Reserve Room.

Reading: Book selected for review.

Week Nine:

Spring Recess March 23 to April 1

Week Ten:

April 1: No Classes
April 3: Guest Lecture: Ms. Suronda Gonzalez, The Immigrant Protection League in Chicago
Section

Reading: Immigrant Voices, pp. 110-145

Week Eleven:

April 8: Immigrants in Industry
April 10: Mexican Migration and the South West
Section

Reading: Different Mirror, pp. 166-190, 311-39; Becoming American, Becoming Ethnic, 102-107, 187-92.

SECOND PAPER DUE MONDAY

Week Twelve:

April 15: Racial Thought and Nativism, 1880-1924
April 17: African-Americans and the Great Migration
Section

Reading: Different Mirror, 340-69; Becoming American, Becoming Ethnic, 108-11 and these Websites:

Week Thirteen:

April 22: Japanese Migration to the United States, 1868-1924
April 24: Internment during World War II: Accommodation and Resistance
Section

Reading: Immigrant Voices, pp. 234-59, 173-202; Becoming American, pp. 115-24, 130-179; Different Mirror, 246-76; Asian Americans, 9-12, 36-38, 45-61, 121-142.

Week Fourteen:

April 29: Puerto Rican Migration to New York City
May 1: Guest Lecture: Ms Lorelle Frushhour, New Immigrants in the Cities of Up-State New York
Sections

Reading: Immigrant Voices, pp. 260-97; Becoming American, Becoming Ethnic, 92-101, 113-14, 125-29.

Recommended Reading: "How Race is Lived in America: 'Best of Friends, Worlds Apart'"

BOOK REVIEW OR LxC REPORT DUE ON MONDAY

Week Fifteen:

May 6: Changing Immigration Law and Patterns of Immigration, 1943-2000
May 8: Conclusion: What Does It Mean to Be/Become An American?
Section

Reading: Immigrant Voices, 275-297; Becoming American, pp. 181-233; Different Mirror, pp. 373-428.

FINAL EXAM AT REGULARLY SCHEDULED TIME IN EXAM WEEK