Presentation Assignments

US History to 1877 (HIST 1050) Kenneth Wilburn Presentation Assignments for Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States 20170918 Instructions for Panelists in Group Presentations: Find your name listed below in the assignments. Chairs briefly identify a chapter’s contents, introduce presenters, and facilitate the panel’s activities. Panelists must prepare an 8minute presentation (introduction, body, and conclusion) that summarizes the assignment. Panelists assigned the “Conclusion and Reaction” briefly summarize the content of what was presented, then pull content from that summary and their panel’s presentations into their own experiences. Thus, they demonstrate that history is personally relevant. Afterwards, the audience comments on the effectiveness of the presentations and contributes its own insights and reactions. Panelists are exempt from uploading summaries to Blackboard. Instructions for Students in the Audience: Students in the audience must select one of three chapter sub-divisions and write a one-page summary with an introduction, body, conclusion, and reaction. Good reactions associate content from the summary with one’s own life. Except for panelists, all students must upload to Blackboard his/her selected chapter section’s one-page summary and reaction before class on the day of that panel’s presentation. All students must use their word processor’s spell/grammar/style checker. Finally, students in the audience must participate in the discussion that follows all panel presentations by offering deserving praise and constructive criticism on both the quality of presentations and coverage of content. Names in color are students who volunteered for extra credit. Wednesday, 6 September Read Howard Zinn’s “Afterword” (pp. 683-688), write a one-paragraph reaction, and upload it to Blackboard. Monday, 11 September Assignment: Chapter 1, “Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress” Chair: Karli Alge Summary of pages 1 - 7, “…believe it.”: Daniel Baliko and Aumirikel Branch Summary of pages 7 - 11, “…going on.”: Savannah Brooks and Savannah Brooks (for Lawton Bullock) Summary of pages 11 - 22: Koby Butts and Michael Cameron Conclusion and Reaction: John Coleman and John Colwell Discussion: Class (Speak Up!) Monday, 18 September Assignment: Chapter 2, “Drawing the Color Line” Chair: Miranda Cox Summary of pages 23 - 30, “…any scruple.”: Alison Christison and Jacob Rowe Summary of pages 30 - 34, “…becomes different.”: Emily McMurdo and Erin McMurdo Summary of pages 34 - 38: Kody Danielson and Reiner Daw Conclusion and Reaction: Erin Flynn and Zachary Fontana Discussion: Class (Speak Up!) Monday, 25 September Assignment: Chapter 3, “Persons of Mean and Vile Condition” Chair: Jalen Glenn Summary of pages 39 - 47, “…their servitude.”: Elizabeth Graham and Emily Griffin Summary of pages 47 - 52, “…went away.”: Cortez Herrin and RayeAnna Hoff Summary of pages 52 - 58: Haley Howell and Matthew Howell Conclusion and Reaction: Nathaniel Hoyt and Jordyn Inman Discussion: Class (Speak Up!) Monday, 2 October Assignment: Chapter 4, “Tyranny is Tyranny” Chair: Janelle Jacobs Summary of pages 59 - 63, “…the countryside.”: Kenneth Jenkins and Alyssa Jernigan Summary of pages 63 - 68, “…be discountenanced.”: Vincent Justice and Tyler Kerby Summary of pages 68 -75: Benjamin Kris and Benjamin Layton Conclusion and Reaction: Nolan Likens and Kaylen Maier Discussion: Class (Speak Up!)

Monday, 16 October Assignment: Chapter 5: “A Kind of Revolution” Chair: Tory Mason Summary of pages 77 - 83, “…it worked.”: Sidney McCall and Bradley Mercer Summary of pages 83 - 93, “…was threatened.”: Timothy Metcalf and Kristen Murphy Summary of pages 93 - 102: William Neal and Samuel Newhouse Conclusion and Reaction: Andre Nichols and Martaleigh O'Neal Discussion: Class (Speak Up!) Monday, 23 October Assignment: Chapter 6, “The Intimately Oppressed” Chair: Anthony Olavarria Summary of pages 103 - 109, “…obtruding themselves.”: John Person and Jacob Quinn Summary of pages 109 - 117, “…agitators, speakers.”: Tyanna Robertson and Jacob Rowe Summary of pages 117 - 124: Emmersyn Ruhmke and Michael Sriraman Conclusion and Reaction: Sean Sullens and Steven Sweeney Discussion: Class (Speak Up!) Monday, 30 October Assignment: Chapter 7, “As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs” Chair: Ruben Valdez Summary of pages 125 - 133, “…her bosom.”: Grachy Vazquez and Jacob Wade Summary of pages 133 - 139, “…in Mississippi.”: Mason Walker and Taylor Williams Summary of pages 139 - 148: Kalei Woolard and Tim Metcalf Conclusion and Reaction: Erin Flynn and TBA Discussion: Class (Speak Up!) Monday, 6 November Assignment: Chapter 8, “We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God” Chair: Haley Howell Summary of pages 149 - 156, “…like sin.”: Erin Flynn and Benjamin Layton Summary of pages 156 - 163, “…dark waves.”: Erin McMurdo and Alison Christison Summary of pages 163 - 169: Cortez Herrin and Tim Metcalf Conclusion and Reaction: TBA and Kalei Woolard Discussion: Class (Speak Up!) Monday, 13 November Assignment: Chapter 9, “Slavery Without Submission, Emancipations Without Freedom” Chair: Kaylen Maier Summary of pages 171 - 183, “…never will….”: Cortez Herrin and Kalei Woolard Summary of pages 184 - 196, “You’s free!”: Daniel Baliko and RayeAnna Hoff Summary of pages 196 - 210: Tim Metcalf and Kenneth Jenkins Conclusion and Reaction: Jacob Rowe and Haley Howell Discussion: Class (Speak Up!) Monday, 20 November Assignment: Chapter 10, “The Other Civil War” Chair: Jacob Quinn Summary of pages 211 - 224, “…never escaped.”: Benjamin Layton and Kristen Murphy Summary of pages 224 - 238, “…the crops.”: Cortez Herrin and Karli Alge Summary of pages 238 - 251: Erin Flynn and Jacob Rowe Conclusion and Reaction: RayeAnna Hoff and Anthony Olavarria Discussion: Class (Speak Up!) Other assignments may be forthcoming. For significant extra credit, you may volunteer to replace any student who is absent the day of his/her panel assignment.