American Government

• Suite on Women in Government and Politics by Kathleen Dolan, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
  • Reading: Women and the US Constitution
  • Reading: Women’s Representation in the American States
  • Reading: Gender in American Elections
  • Reading: The Conservative Women’s Movement
  • Reading: DWomen in Congress make a Difference?
  • Activity: Women and the Presidency
  • Activity: Women and the Courts
  • Activity: The Impact of Domestic Policy Decisions on Women’s Lives
  • Suite on California Government by Kim Nalder, California State University, Sacramento
  • Reading: Introduction
  • Reading: The Structure of California Government
  • Reading: Direct Democracy and Governability of California
  • Reading: California Voters: Knowledge, Misinformation, Consequences
  • Reading: Campaigns and Elections in California
  • Activity: Six Californias
  • Activity: How will you Balance California?
  • Activity: DCalifornia Legislators look like you?

• Suite on Fake News: A Guide tFake News: Navigating the “Post-Fact” Era by Kim Nalder and Amy Kautzman, California State University, Sacramento
  • Reading: Introduction
  • Reading: Facts, Evidence, Reason: Critical for Democracy
  • Reading: How tSpot Fake News, Hoaxes, and Bad Sources
  • Reading: How tget Accurate Information – Good Research Sources
  • Fake News: Why Does it Matter? by Kim Nalder, California State University, Sacramento
  • Reading: Fake News: Trust, Misinformation, Press Legitimacy, and Democracy
  • Suite on Riding the Donkey from Jefferson tObama by Frank Gorgie, Santa Monica
  • College
  • Reading: Introduction
  • Reading: The Beginnings, 1800-1859
  • Reading: The Middle Years, 1860-1944
  • Reading: Modern Times, 1945-present

• Suite on The Grand Old Party and its Ideologies by Frank Gorgie, Santa Monica College
  • Reading: Introduction
  • Reading: The Republican Party from 1860s t1932
  • The GOP and Their Fight Against the New Deal Legislation, 1932-1990s
  • The GOP and the Neo-Cons, 2000-present
  • TEA Party by Frank Gorgie, Santa Monica College
  • Reading: TEA Party: Tree of Liberty or Alt Right Tyranny

• Suite: A Brief Introduction tFlorida Government by John J. Bertalan, University of South Florida

Individual Readings:

• • Rank Choice Vote! A New Electoral Reform System Used in our Cities by Anita
  • Chadha, University of Houston-Downtown
  • The Unique Characteristics of the 2016 Presidential Election by Terri Susan Fine,
  • University of Central Florida
  • Why are There Midterm Elections? by Terri Susan Fine, University of Central
  • Florida
  • Florida’s Constitutional Amendment Process in Historical Context by Terri Susan
  • Fine, University of Central Florida
  • Psychological Barriers tVoting by Terri Susan Fine, University of Central
  • Florida
  • The Contested 2000 Presidential Election: What happened in Florida by Terri
  • Fine
  • Water in the West by Theodore Strathman, California State University of San
  • Marcos
  • Dollar Democracy and the Disappearing Middle Class by Peter Mathews,
  • Cypress College

American History

American History, 1450-1877

• Suite on the US Military Occupation of Matamores, Mexico, 1846-1848 by James W. Mills, The University of Texas Rio Grande
  • Reading: Occupying Matamores
  • Reading: The long Occupation
  • Reading: The end of Occupation/
• Individual Readings and Activities:
  • Reading: William Lloyd Garrison and The Liberator by Ron Marinucci, Mott Community College
  • Reading: President Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, 1862 by Ron Marinucci, Mott Community College
  • Reading: Irregulators: Guerilla and Ranchero Warfare in South Texas and Northern Mexico during the Mexican-American War by James W. Mills, the University of Texas Rio Grande
  • Reading: East Tennessee Bridge Burning, 1861 by Melanie Storie, East Tennessee State University
  • Reading: Civil War Among Us: The Tennessee Secession Crisis by Melanie Storie, East Tennessee State University
  • The Last of the Confederacy in Louisiana, 1864-1865 by Michael Mumaugh, Louisiana State University-Alexandria
  • Activity: African and African American Music by Tatiana Irwin, San Mateo Community College

American History, 1877-present

• Suite on First Ladies by Katherine A. S. Sibley, St. Joseph’s University
  • Reading: Introduction
  • Reading: From the Victorian Age of Reform, 1901-1945
  • Reading: Tradition and Transformation in Mid-Century: 1945-1977
  • Reading: First Ladies as First Partners: Advocates and Activists
• Individual Readings and Activities:
  • Reading: Black Feminism by Caryn E. Neuman, Miami University of Ohio Regional Campuses
  • Reading: Christian Feminism: Church Women United in the 1960s by Caryn E. Neuman, Miami University of Ohio Regional Campuses
  • Reading: The American Nurses Association Embraces Feminism by Caryn E. Neuman, Miami University of Ohio Regional Campuses
  • Reading: Public Woman, Local Library: The Founding of the Campbell Free Library, 1905-1923 by Tatiana Irwin, San Mateo Community College
  • Reading: The Radicalization of Feminism by Kelly Smith, Stetson University
  • The Forgotten Woman of the West, 1860-1900 by Kelly Smith, Stetson University
  • The New Woman, 1860-1920 by Kelly Smith, Stetson University
  • Reading: Native American Termination, Relocation, Activism in the Post-War Years by Matthew Garrett, Bakersfield College
  • Reading: The Era of Red Power, 1960s-1970s by Matthew Garrett, Bakersfield College
  • Reading: Japanese and US Exchange of Civilians during World War II (1942-1943) by P. Scott Corbett, California State University, Channel Island
  • Reading: The Nation of Islam’s Economic Program Under the Leadership of Elijah Muhammad, 1934-1974 by Nafessa Muhammad, Spelman College
  • Reading: Air Pollution for Profit: How the Lack of Environmental Regulations Endangers our Health by Peter Mathews, Cypress College
  • Reading: Decreasing Youth Violence in Juvenile Facilities by Ginger Silvera, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Activity: Ethnic Manifestos, 1966-1972 by Matthew Garrett, Bakersfield College

World History

World History to 1500

• Reading: Genghis Khan and the Horse Culture by P. Scott Corbett, California State University, Channel Islands

World History 1500-present

• Suite on Brexit: The Vote for the United Kingdom to Leave the European Nation by Allen K. Settle, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
  • Reading: The British Exit (Brexit) and the Vote
  • Reading: After Brexit
  • Reading: Consequences for England in Europe and the World
• Individual Readings:
  • Reading: Modernism and its Exemplars by Katherine A.S. Sibley, St. Joseph’s University
  • Reading: Civilizing Warfare and the Geneva Convention of 1929, P. Scott Corbett, California State University, Channel Island