AMS 100 American Culture and Identity

                                                                    

AMS 100

Crouthamel

READINGS : Temperley and Bigsby- A New Introduction To American Studies

2006; Pearson/ Longman

Midterm (Notes I-IV D see syllabus)

Chapter 1 "The Human and Natural Environment" (Coates) pg. 7

Chapter 5 "Native Americans" (MacLeitch) pg. 98

Chapter 7 "American Immigration (Schafer) pg. 147

Chapter 4 "Slavery and Secession" (Temperley) pg. 75

Chapter 8 "Nineteenth-century American Literature" (Smith) pg. 170

Chapter 13 "America and War" (Reid ) pg. 302

SONGS: #1-#9; Film: "Citizen Kane"

Final (Notes IV E-V see syllabus)

Chapter 15 "Popular Culture" (Heffernan) pg. 352

Chapter 16 "America at the Millennium" (Crockatt) pg. 376

Songs: #10-#20; Film: "High Noon"; "Rebel Without A Cause"; "MASH"; "Do the Right Thing"; "Pulp Fiction"