History of Maryland (Hist 400)
Tuesday and Thursday 12:30-1:45
TETC Room 252
Professor Long
Fall 2011
Salisbury University
Department of History
Office # 338 Holloway Hall
Office phone: 410-54(3-6267); Home phone: 410-860-6856
Email: cslong@salisbury.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10-12:00 and by appointment
The
purpose of this course is to take an in-depth look at Maryland’s past. Students
will study
Maryland’s social, cultural, economic, and political development from the
colonial period
through the mid-twentieth century. Students will examine Maryland’s past in
its own right but will
also explore the state’s place in the context of greater American history.
Required Texts:
Brugger, Robert J. Maryland: A Middle Temperament, 1634-1980
Lee, Jean B., Price of Nationhood: The American Revolution in Charles County, Maryland
Fields, Barbara Jeanne, Slavery and Freedom on the Middle Ground
Levy, Peter, Civil War on Race Street: the Civil Rights Movement in Cambridge, Maryland
All books are available in the University Bookstore
There
will also be a number of required readings on reserve at the library and/or
posted on my website.
I will announce additional readings throughout the semester
Assignments and graded components:
Mid-term and Final Exams 50%
Research paper 10 pages 20%
Short papers 20%
Classroom grade 10%
The
mid-term and final exams
will consist of short and long essay questions based on readings,
lecture, and text material. For the 10 page Research Paper
students will choose from a list of topics on Maryland history distributed in
class early in the semester. *** There will also be two shorter written
assignments, one dealing with Slavery and Freedom on the Middle Ground
and the other a research assignment dealing with ante-bellum/Civil War-era
Maryland history. These assignments will be outlined in handouts approximately
two weeks before they are due. Resources on campus for Maryland History are
plentiful. Both the Nabb Research Center in the Power Professional Building and
the Special Collections Room in Blackwell Library have excellent primary and
secondary sources relating to the region. Please note that the research paper
is due in class before the Thanksgiving break. Finally, your Classroom Grade
will reflect attendance, attentiveness, contributions to class discussions, map
quizzes, as well as in-class writing related to the course reading assignments.
Note: if you miss more than three classes, you may not earn higher than
75% on this portion of your grade and you should expect substantial reductions
in your course grade for each subsequent absence.
*** History Majors who have successfully completed the Proseminar may write a 12-15 page term paper to satisfy the departmental term paper requirement. Students exercising this option must submit a paper proposal and preliminary bibliography by the end of week four.
Late Paper Policy: Students must hand in papers at the beginning of class on specified due dates. For each day of lateness, I will deduct one letter grade. If you turn in a paper on the right day but after class, I will make an appropriate deduction.
Make-Up Exam Policy: If you have a compelling and documented reason for missing the mid-term exam, it is your responsibility to schedule a make-up within 2 weeks of the original exam date. All make-ups will be in my office.
Writing Across the Curriculum: There are a number of extended, formal writing assignments and ample opportunities to think critically in this course. Additionally, the exams consist exclusively of short and extended essays. Students will also take considerable notes during the course lectures. The course conforms to the University’s policy of improving writing skills.
HISTORY DEPARTMENT STATEMENT REGARDING ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
The best
learning environment is one based on mutual respect and trust. However, the
desire
to achieve a good grade without doing the necessary work may tempt some students
to cheat on exams or to represent the work of others as their own. As should be
obvious to anyone at Salisbury University, PLAGIARISM AND CHEATING ARE WRONG and
are acts of “academic dishonesty.” The term “academic dishonesty” means a
deliberate and deceptive misrepresentation of one’s own work. Instances of
academic dishonesty include all, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Plagiarism: presenting as one’s own work, whether literally or in paraphrase, the work of another author.
(2) Cheating on exams, tests, and quizzes; the wrongful giving or accepting of unauthorized exam material; and the use of illegitimate sources of information.
(3) Unsanctioned collaboration with other individuals in the completion of course assignments.
(4) Falsifying data and use of fraudulent methods in laboratory, field work, and COMPUTER WORK.
(5) Falsifying excuses for non-attendance or completion of assignments.
There are no mitigating circumstances to justify academic dishonesty. IF you are unclear about what constitutes academic dishonesty or plagiarism, please ask – Ignorance is no excuse. Discovery of academic dishonesty will bring stiff penalties, including a failing grade for the assignment in question and possibly a grade of F for the course. The maximum penalty at Salisbury University for plagiarism is possible expulsion from the entire USM system, so for your own sakes, DO NOT PLAGIARIZE.
Course schedule, reading assignments, and exams: (Readings subject to change with notice)
Week One, Aug. 30 and Sept. 1
Early Settlement of Maryland
Read "Instructions to the Colonists by Lord Baltimore" (available online)
Brugger, Chapter 1
Week Two, Sept. 6 and 8
Colonial Society
Read excerpts from “Journal of George Fox” available online
Brugger, Chapter 2
Week Three, Sept. 13 and 15
Pre-Revolutionary Maryland
Brugger Chapters 2 and 3;
Begin Price of Nationhood, pp. 3-132
Week Four, Sept. 20 and 22
Revolution in Maryland; Brugger Chapter 3
Finish Price of Nationhood , pp. 133-262
Week Five, Sept. 27 and 29
Sept. 27 handout of first short paper assignment
Early Republic Brugger , Chapter 4
Week Six, Oct. 4 and 6
Antebellum Period in a Middle State
Brugger, Chapter 5
Week Seven, Oct. 11 and 13
Oct. 11 first short paper assignment due
Brugger, Chapter 5; Begin Reading Slavery and Freedom on the Middle Ground¸ Intro. to p. 89
Mid-Term exam Oct. 13
Week Eight, Oct. 18 and 20
The Civil War: North? South? Somewhere in Between?
Brugger, Chapter 6
Robert Bailey “The Pratt Street Riots Reconsidered: A Case of Overstated Significance?” Maryland Historical Magazine 2003 98(2): 152-171
John Wennersten, “John W. Crisfield and Civil War Politics on Maryland’s Eastern Shore,” Maryland Historical Magazine 2004 99(1): 4-15 Both on e-reserve on Blackwell website
Week Nine, Oct. 25 and 27
Brugger, Chapters 6-7
Finish Slavery and Freedom on the Middle Ground, pp. 90-206
Week Ten, Nov. 1 and 3
Late nineteenth century; Industrialization across the state.
Brugger, Chapter 8
Paper on Slavery and Freedom on the Middle Ground, Due Nov. 1.
Reserve reading announced in class
Week Eleven, Nov. 8 and 10
The Progressive Era, War, and Temperance
Brugger, Chapter 9
Week Twelve, Nov. 15 and 17
Depression and the War years
Jo Ann
Argersinger “Toward a Roosevelt Coalition: The Democratic Party and the New
Deal in
Baltimore” Maryland Historical Magazine 1987 82(4): 288-305.
E-eserve
Blackwell website
Brugger, Chapter 10
Term Paper Due in or before class on Thursday Nov. 17
Week Thirteen, Nov. 22 (Nov. 24 Thanksgiving)
Begin Reading Civil War on Race Street Brugger, Chapter 11
Week Fourteen, November 29 and December 1
Economic Development
Brugger, Chapter 11
Week Fifteen, Dec. 6 and 8
Mid-twentieth-century Maryland; Brugger, Chapter 12
Civil Rights Finish Civil War on Race Street
Dates and reading assignments subject to change.
Final Exam: Tuesday December 13, 10:45-1:15 in TETC 252
Turn off all phones (including the text messaging feature) before you come into class.