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Unit 1: Freedom, Slavery, and Race in Colonial America |
| Jan. 11 |
The Journey of American Freedom |
| Jan. 13 |
What is Freedom? |
| Jan. 15 |
Using a Different Mirror to Study America |
| Jan. 18 |
No Classes: Martin Luther King Holiday |
| Jan. 20 |
Understanding the Meaning of Columbus |
| Jan. 22 |
Freedom and the Origins of American Slavery |
| Jan.. 25 |
Indians, Race, and Freedom in the New World |
| Jan. 27 |
The First Thanksgiving as the Myth of American Innocence |
| Jan. 29 |
Invading Native America |
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Unit 2: Creating a Free American Society, 1750-1850 |
| Feb. 1 |
Creating American Freedom |
| Feb. 3 |
Slavery and the New Republic |
| Feb. 5 |
Slavery and an Empire of Liberty |
| Feb. 8 |
The Boundaries of Freedom in the Young Republic |
| Feb. 10 |
Slavery and Racism in the Early 1800s |
| Feb. 12 |
Indian Removal and Exclusion |
| Feb. 15 |
The Golden Age of American Slavery |
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Unit 3: Slavery, Freedom, and Rights, 1830 to 1950 |
| Feb. 17 |
Irish Immigration and Ethnic Exclusion |
| Feb. 19 |
Making Mexicans Second-class Citizens in their Own Land |
| Feb. 22 |
The Civil War and a New Birth of Freedom |
| Feb. 24 |
The Failure of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow |
| Feb. 26 |
The Indian Question: Removal and Allotment |
| Mar. 1 |
Chinese Immigrants in the American West |
| Mar 3 |
Guilded Age Worker Freedom |
| Mar. 5 |
Immigrant Sweatshop Labor and Freedom |
| Mar. 8 |
Japanese Immigrants in America |
| Mar. 10 |
El Norte and Mexican Immigrant Freedom |
| Mar. 12 |
The Black Exodus and the Black Depression |
| Mar. 15 |
The New Deal and a Re-definition of Freedom |
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Unit 4: Fighting for Freedom during the World Wars, the Cold War,and the War on Terror, 1910 to 2009 |
| Mar. 17 |
Progressive Freedom |
| Mar. 19 |
World War I and Making America Free |
| Mar. 22-26 |
No Classes: Spring Break |
| Mar. 29 |
Fighting for Freedom in World War II |
| Mar. 31 |
Through a Glass Darkly in World War II |
| Apr. 2 |
Early Cold War Freedom |
| Apr. 5 |
The National Security State and Freedom |
| Apr. 7 |
The Civil Rights Movement as a Struggle for
American Freedom |
| Apr. 9 |
The 1960s and the Struggle for Freedom |
| Apr. 12 |
The Vietnam War and the Struggle for American Freedom |
| Apr. 14 |
The Watergate Conspiracy against American Freedom |
| Apr. 16 |
The Conservative Revolution and the New Freedom |
| Apr. 19 |
Reaganomics, Economic Freedom, and the Conservative Revolution |
| Apr. 21 |
Preparing for Global Nuclear War, the Iran-Contra
Investigation, and the Savings and Loan Scandal
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| Apr. 23 |
The War on Terror and fighting for Global Freedom |
| Apr. 26 |
The Iraq War and the Crisis of American Freedom |
| Apr. 28 |
The 2008 Financial Meltdown and the failure of Free Market
Freedom |
| Apr. 30 |
Is American Freedom Really Free: Teaching the Struggle for Freedom |
| Final Exam |
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The Iraq War and the War on Civil Liberties |
| Extra |
The Struggle over Waves of New Immigrants and Gay Rights
in the 21st Century |
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Learning from the Black Struggle for American Freedom |
