| HIS 390 Historical Controversy on the Web Fall 2009 Assignments | What's New?
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| HIS 390 Historical Controversy on the Web Fall 2009 Assignments | What's New?
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| Instructor: Jim
Jones Email: jjones@wcupa.edu; Telephone: 610-436-2168 | Office: 519
Main Hall
West Chester, PA 19383 Hours: WF 11-noon & MWF 1-2pm Go to the HIS390 Syllabus |
instructions for first examination
instructions for second examination
Instructions for class
partipation
Instructions for research projects
How to access articles from JStor
How to access court cases from Lexis-
Nexis
Exam 1 (25% of
your final grade)
You will take this during class on Friday, September 25. All
writing paper will be provided by the professor. You will chose
from a list of terms and write short IDs, and then write a short
essay on a major topic covered in class.
Exam 2 (25% of
your final grade)
You will take this during finals week, Dec. 15-19. A blue book
will be provided.
Class
participation (10%) Due at every class
Research poject
(40%)
Due at various times throughout the semester (see below)
Research paper: All papers must be typewritten using
one-inch margins and a normal-sized font (i.e. 12 point Arial,
Helvetica, Times Roman or Courier). Do NOT provide a separate
title page; instead save paper by typing your name in
the upper-left-hand corner of the first page, the date in the
upper-right-hand corner, and the title of the assignment
underneath your name. Then skip one line and start writing. For
assignments longer than two pages, add page numbers.
You must cite all sources used in anything you submit to me.
Cite them using endnotes (not footnotes), just like the citations
in our textbook, No Equal Justice by David Cole. When
finished, your paper should be five-ten pages in length, NOT
counting pages which contain your endnotes.
Research presentation: You will use a class period to
teach everyone else what you have learned. Each presentation
should clearly present 1) background to your topic, 2) an
explanation of the topic itself, 3) discussion of how it relates
to the rest of our course, and 4) your conclusions. The use of
multimedia is acceptable but not required. If you have a handout
for the class (maximum two sides of a page), present it to the
professor at least two days before your presentation for
photocopying.
Deadlines will be strictly enforced since the
syllabus depends on each group presenting their report on the
assigned date. Late papers turned in within 24 hours of the due
date/time will have their grade reduced by 20%; papers submitted
after that will be returned with a grade of zero. Late
presentations will be rescheduled at the disgression of the
professor, and if that is not possible, you will receive a grade
of zero.
How to access
articles from JStor
The four articles on this semester's syllabus are all
available through the WCU Library's subscription to the JStor subscription. To read
them, you can use the links that appear below, but you must first
be logged in to JStor. The easiest way to do this is to
access the articles from an on-campus computer. An alternative
for people who are off-campus is to follow these steps:
Here's a tip: Instead of printing the article
(Kennedy's article is almost forty pages long), open it up and
then click on the "diskette" icon to save it to a thumbdrive or
diskette. Later you can read it on any computer that is equipped
with Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader.
Ronald W. Perry, "The American Dilemma at Sea: Race and
Incarceration in the Naval Justice System" in Phylon (I960-),
vol. 41, no. 1 (1st Qtr., 1980), pp50-56. Read article.
Terence P. Thornberry, "Socioeconomic Status and Sentencing
in the Juvenile Justice System" in The Journal of Criminal Law
and Criminology (1973-), Vol. 64, No. 1 (Mar., 1973), pp90-
98. Read
article.
Charles H. Nartin, "Race, Gender, and Southern Justice: The
Rosa Lee Ingram Case" in The American Jounal of Legal
History, vol. 29, bo. 3 (July 1985), 251-268. Read article.
Randall Kennedy, "Race Relations Law and the Tradition of
Celebration: The Case of Professor Schmidt" in
Columbia Law Review, vol. 86, no. 8 (Dec., 1986),
pp1622-1661. Read
article. NOTE: You only need to read pp1622-1631 &
1656-1661 for class discussion.
How to access cases
from Lexis-Nexis
The six court decisions listed as reading assignments on this
semester's syllabus are all available through the WCU Library's
subscription to the Lexis-Nexis Academic database. There
are no direct web links to any of the court decision, but if you
follow these steps, you should be able to locate them.
Additional notes
"SOYO" is short for "Surf (the web) On Your Own" to
find information about the scheduled class topic for the day.
This does not have to be laborious or scientific, but it should
result in you having something to add to the class discussion.
Remember to make a note, not only of the information you find
about the topic, but also the name of the web site where you
found it, the identiy of the person ro group that
created/maintains the website, and why you consider the website
to be reliable.
You will chose one of two questions (topic will be announced
after Thanksgiving) and write an essay on one of them.
You are expected to take notes on all readings before they
are due and be prepared to discuss them in class. You will
receive a grade of 0 (did not participate), 1 (minimal
paricipation) or 2 (participated well) for each class, and a
report on how you are doing after each exam.
Everyone in the class will be assigned partners with whom to
prepare a scholarly research paper and make an in-class
presentation on one of the topics from our regularly assigned
readings.
Date
Topics
Partners
Mon. Oct. 19
Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
is the case that obliges police officers to "read you your
rights" if you are placed under arrest. What was the background
to the court case, and what was the U.S. Supreme Court's
reasoning?
Dave B., Aaron S.
Wed. Oct. 21
David Cole called March 18, 1963 the "highwater
mark for the right to counsel" (p70) because on that day, the
U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Gideon v.
Wainright and ruled in Douglas v. California. What
was going on in the USA at that time that might explain these two
decisions?
Grant, Jim C., Alicia
Fri. Oct. 23
Clarence Earl Gideon was the defendent in the
case of Gideon v. Wainright, 372 U.S. 355 (1963). How did
he become a defendant and what happened to him after the Court's
decision?
Sarah, Pat, Matt N.
Wed. Oct. 28
The decision in Strauder v. West
Virginia, 100 U.S. 303 (1880) eliminated race as a criteria
in jury selection. What was the background to the case and what
was the Supreme Court's reasoning?
Mike, Aaron K., Kyle
Wed. Nov. 4
The trial and execution of Sacco and Vanzetti,
two Italian immigrants, raised doubts about the American judicial
system. Why were they put on trial and what doubts did their
case raise?
Andrew, Dan R., Yuriy
Fri. Nov. 6
Emmett Till was murdered while visiting
relatives in Mississippi, but even though there were witnesses,
no one was convicted. Explain the background to the case, why no
one was convicted, and the consequences for American history.
Morgan, Bou
Mon. Nov. 16
In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the
death penalty violated the Eighth Amendment, but by 1976
executions resumed in the United States. How did this come
about?
Dan K., David P.
Wed. Nov. 18
What is the U.S. Sentencing Commission, where
did it come from, who runs it and what does it do?
Justin, Ryan, Sean
Fri. Nov. 20
Explain the origin of "three strikes and you're
out" laws in the United States.
Duncan, Robert, Matt W.
Wed. Dec. 2
In the late 1970s, the U.S. Department of
Justice investigated the Philadelphia police department. What
made them interested, what did they discover, and what effect (if
any) did it have on Philadelphia?
Zach, Tim, Gaelan