Reading assignments for American Studies Institute
Saturday-Jan 29
Part I: A New Nation—Principles of American Independence and Constitutional Liberty
 10:30 – 11:30: PowerPoint Lecture: The Founding—Defining an American Creed Instructed by Philip Bigler
12:00 – 13:00: The Founding Generation—Six who Shaped a Nation and Defined a Country. Instructed by Philip Bigler
13:00 – 14:00: Small Group Discussion based upon readings from “Defining America” US News and World Report. Instructed by Philip Bigler
15:30 – 16:15: "What Is An American?: An Answer from France”. Instructed by Mark Facknitz:
Read Letters from an American Farmer.
16:15 – 17:00 Open Discussion. Instructed by Mark Facknitz: No reading assignments
18:30 – 19:30: What Will the New Nation Look Like? Instructed by Elizabeth Chew: No reading assignments.
Sunday-Jan 30
9:15 – 10:30: Faith and Reason in the American Founding. Instructed by Howard Lubert: Read the following:
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Read: Parts I-III
Benjamin Franklin To Joseph Huey by Benjamin Franklin
Memorial and Remonstrance (1785) by James Madison.
Assignments for 10:30 - 11:15 Discussion led by Howard Lubert:
No reading assignments
Part II: Living at the Margin: Difficulties & Opportunities in 20th Century America
11:45 – 13:00: Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow, 1880–1916. Instructed by Steve Reich:
To Make our World Anew Read: Pages 281–388
13:00 – 14:00: African-Americans, their Places and Spaces, 1700 – 1945. Instructed by Elizabeth Chew:
No reading assignments.
Assignments for session at 15:00 – 16:15: Working with Documents Session: War, Migration, and Protest, 1916–1921. Instructed by Steve Reich:
To Make our World Anew Read: Pages 388–408
16:30 – 17:45: Black Migrants and the Southernization of Urban America, 1922–1950. Instructed by Steve Reich:
To Make our World Anew Read: Pages 409–54
Monday-Jan 31
9:15 – 10:00: The Harlem Renaissance: Its Context, Key Poems, and Aspirations. Instructed by Mark Facknitz:
Voices from the Harlem Renaissance Read: Pages 3-42, 47-71, 135-216
10:00 – 11:30: The Nation of Islam and Black Protest Thought in 20th Century America. Instructed by Steve Reich & Howard Lubert:
No reading assignments
12:00 – 12:45: Martin Luther King's Great Speeches and Letters In and Out of the Classroom. Instructed by Mark Facknitz: Read:
Martin Luther King Landmark Speeches:
"The Birth of a New Nation"
"I Have a Dream"
"I've Been to the Mountaintop"
13:00 – 14:00: Seeking the ‘New’ Land: Immigrating to America. Instructed by Lorie Merrow: no reading assignment
16:00 – 16:45: Middle Eastern Immigrants in the U.S.A. Instructed by Lorie Merrow:
Arabs in America Building a New Future Read: Pages 100-109, 129-138, 209-224
Tuesday-Feb 1
Part III: Conservativism & Liberalism in 20th Century America
9:30 – 10:45: Conservativism and the Rise of Modern Liberalism in American Political Thought Instructed by Howard Lubert: Read:
What Social Classes Owe to Each Other.
Read: Chapters 1-2, 4-6, 8-9, 11
The Commonwealth Club Address (1932) by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
State of the Union Address. “An Economic Bill of Rights” (1944) by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
10:45 – 11:45: Modernism in American Art and Architecture. Instructed by Elizabeth Chew:
No reading assignments
12:00 – 13:15: Modern Liberalism and the Contemporary Conservative Response. Instructed by Howard Lubert: Read:
Ronald Reagan. “We will be as a City Upon a Hill”
Capitalism and Freedom. Read: Chapters 1-2 and 8-13
“When Virtue Loses All Her Loveliness”—Some Reflections on Capitalism and “The Free Society” by Irving Kristol
A Conservative Welfare State (1993) by Irving kristol
A De-moralized Society: The British/American Experience (1994) by Gertrude Himmelfarb
Assignments for discussion at 13:15 – 14:00 : “Reconciliation or Rupture? Where is American Conservatism Headed?” Instructed by Howard Lubert:
No reading Assignments
16:00 – 16:45: Contemporary Poets Phillip Levine and Rita Dove: America's Tradition of Hope, its Legacy of Inequality, and the Lasting Promise to Immigrants. Instructed by Mark Facknitz:
Don’t need to read before lecture from the Grace Notes Poems or Breath: poem.
Wednesday-Feb 2
9:15 – 10:30 Roundtable Commentary & Class Discussion: Reflections and Comments on Week’s Content and Themes Instructed by all:
No reading assignments
10:30 – 11:30 Pedagogical Lecture: Teaching Secondary School Students. Instructed by Philip Bigler:
No reading assignments
12:00 – 13:00 Panel Discussion on Individual Teaching Methods and Philosophies, Use of Resources, etc. Instructed by all:
No reading assignments
Assignments for 13:00 – 14:00 One-on-One or Small Group Curriculum Development Sessions and/or Research Project Meetings
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