“We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it.”
Attributed to many
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” Maya Angelou
“One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.” Golda Meir
I love history and I love teaching history—and I’m good at it. In today’s climate it is more important than ever that we, the people, with whom our country is entrusted, understand who we are as a nation and why. Because hundreds of people have asked me to, I will be offering a survey course over the next none months on the Fundamentals of United States History and I would love for you to be a part of this endeavor.
Register
Every week or so, with occasional breaks for holidays, etc.—I will present a 50—60-minute online lecture on a specific era or topic, per the syllabus below. The series will be my subscription only. The fee is per household, not person. Each household will have a password that will grant access to each posted lecture. There will also be access to a discussion board where questions and reactions can be posted, as long as they are civil and genuine—and the administrator of the message board will be the sole judge in case of mean-spirited or inappropriate comments.
The course will be divided into five units, again, as indicated by the syllabus below. The cost per household for each unit is $25, or $99 for the entire course upfront.
You will receive instructions, via e-mail, with instructions to access the course.
I hope you will join me for this important journey through American history.
It will be fun, informative and entertaining. What more could you want for a buck a lesson?
And remember, sometimes you just have to say, What the Huck!
God bless America…
Darrell
History with Huck
Unit One
July 10—Aug. 14
1—America before Columbus
The Tribes—America’s First Immigrants
Europe Seeks a New World
Arrival of the English
2—The Settling of the Colonies
Jamestown and the Chesapeake (The REAL John Smith and Pocahontas)
New England
Restoration Colonies
3—From Empire to Independence
The events and patriots who dared to fight for Liberty.
4—The American Revolution
These were the times that tried men’s souls.
5—The Constitution
The forgotten document
Unit 2
Aug. 21—Oct. 2
6—Birth of Political Parties
Hamilton, Madison, Adams and Jefferson
7—Andrew Jackson and the Spread of Democracy to the Common Man
8—The Economic Revolution and Rise of American Commercialism
9—The Cotton Kingdom and the Old South
10—Reforming Society—America at the Brink
11—Expansion of the Nation and the Sectional Crisis
Unit 3
Oct. 9—Nov. 27
12—The War Between the States
13—Reconstruction and its Aftermath
14—Fact and Fable of the American West
15—Industrial Supremacy in the USA
16—Political Stalemate in the United States
17—Early 20th Century Growing Pains
Unit 4
Jan. 8—Feb. 26
18—World War I
19—Did the Twenties Really Roar?
20—The Great Depression
21—FDR and the New Deal
22—The Road to War, 1930s
23—World War II
24—World War II continued
Unit 5
Mar. 4—April 30
25—The Cold War
26—The Miracle of the 1950s
27—The Ordeal of Enforced Liberalism
28—The Civil Rights Movement
29—The Insanity of the 60s and 70s
30—Reagan Revolution
31—Toward Globalization
32—Post 9/11 America
