Schedule

Week 1 (January 12-16): Introduction

  • Monday: Introduction to Syllabus and Course Expectations  
  • Wednesday-Friday: Read Erika Lee, “A Part and Apart;” Adam Goodman, “Nation of Migrants;” Bruno Ramirez, “Globalizing Migration Histories?” in preparation for class discussion (handout) 

*** in-class pre-discussion assignment before class discussion on Wednesday ***

Week 2 (January 19-23): Colonial Migration(s)

  • Monday: No Class (MLK Day)
  • Wednesday: Read Venture Smith in preparation for class discussion (handout)  

*** in-class pre-discussion assignment before class discussion ***

  • Friday Read “Diary of John Harrower, 1773-1776” in preparation for class discussion (handout)  

*** in-class pre-discussion assignment before class discussion ***

Week 3 (January 26-30): Antebellum Immigration & Citizenship

  • Monday-Wednesday: Lecture
  • Friday: Set up collaborative research project on immigrants and the 1850 U.S. Census

Week 4 (February 2-6): Research Workshops

  • Monday-Friday: Research workshops on archival tools and group research 

Week 5 (February 9-13): Group Presentations

  • Monday: Research workshops on presentations and papers
  • Wednesday-Friday: Group Presentations

Week 6 (February 16-20): Chinese Immigration

  • Monday: Group Presentations
  • Wednesday: Lecture
  • Friday: Read excerpts from Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940 in preparation for class discussion (bookstore)  

*** in-class pre-discussion assignment before class discussion ***

Week 7 (February 23-27): Late 19th/Early 20th-Century European Immigration

  • Monday: Lecture

*** Final projects due at 5pm (census transcriptions, additional historical documentation, research notes, slide decks, and final research papers) ***

  • Wednesday: Lecture
  • Friday: Read Bread Givers in preparation for class discussion (bookstore)  

*** in-class pre-discussion assignment before class discussion on Friday ***

Week 8 (March 2-6): Spring Break

Week 9 (March 9-13): U.S. Mexican Border

  • Monday-Wednesday: Read excerpts from The Injustice Never Leaves You in preparation for class discussion (packet)  

*** in-class pre-discussion assignment before class discussion on Monday***

  • Friday: Watch Border Bandits in class and discuss

Week 10 (March 16-20): Japanese American Internment

  • Monday: Lecture  
  • Wednesday: Read excerpts from Morning Glory, Evening Shadow: Yamato Ichihashi and His Internment Writings, 1942-1945 in preparation for class discussion (packet) 

*** in-class pre-discussion assignment before class discussion ***

  • Friday: No Class. See Options Below:
    • Wednesday (6pm): Influence of Germany Americans Presentation at the Fredericksburg Public Library ***Email photograph of self at event
    • Saturday (10am): German American History of Fredericksburg Walking Tour with Dr. Marcel Rotter ***Email photograph of self at event

Week 11 (March 23-27): Post-World War II Refugees 

  • Monday-Wednesday: Lecture
  • Friday: Read excerpts from Structured Luck: Downstream Effects of the U.S. Diversity Visa Program in preparation for class discussion (packet) 

*** in-class pre-discussion assignment before class discussion ***

Week 12 (March 30-April 3): New Forms of Immigration & Legal Statuses 

  • Monday–Wednesday: Lecture
  • Friday: Read Dear America, Notes of an Undocumented Citizen in preparation for class discussion (bookstore)

*** in-class pre-discussion assignment before class discussion ***

Week 13 (April 6-10): Media Immigrant Discourse 

  • Monday: Set up collaborative research project on the media’s discourse about immigrants 
  • Wednesday: Research workshops on archival tools and group research
  • Friday: Research workshops on archival tools and group research

Week 14 (April 13-17): Group Presentations

  • Monday: Research workshops on archival tools and group research
  • Wednesday: Research workshops on archival tools and group research
  • Friday: Group Presentations

Week 15 (April 20-24): Review 

  • Monday: Group Presentations
  • Wednesday: Final Essay Review
  • Friday: No Class! Please Attend the Spring History and American Studies Symposium

*** Final projects due at 5pm (digital copies of articles; media data spreadsheet; final research paper; self and peer evaluation) ***

Week 16 (April 27-May1): Finals Week

  • Friday: Final essay summarizing the history of U.S. Immigration History will be written during the exam period (Friday, May 1 from noon-2:30pm)