Typical Courses Taught by John H. Thompson
- HST 183S, Canada Since the French Settlement
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- SYNOPSIS OF COURSE CONTENT: First, some “truth in packaging.” The course doesn’t really extend back to “French Settlement.” Instead it considers modern Canada from the Confederation of 1867 to the present day. The unifying theme of the course will be a comparative North American question: How and why did Canada become a nation- state very different than the United States? Specific topics that we will consider through reading and discussion include: the creation of the Canadian federation; western expansion across the continent; Canada’s membership in the British Empire-Commonwealth, including participation in World Wars I & II; the development of the Canadian welfare state, including Canada’s single- payer medical system; ethnic diversity; the contemporary military-diplomatic, economic, and cultural interactions between Canada and the USA. READING ASSIGNMENTS: will total about 150 pages a week. We’ll use the third edition of John Herd Thompson and Stephen J. Randall, Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies (University of Georgia Press, 2002) to provide a narrative overview, and I’ll assign parts of books and individual articles to examine specific topics. EXAMINATIONS: Students who wish to may choose to write a three-hour on-line final during the final exam period and return their answer via e-mail. TERM PAPERS: a 7-page paper based on the required reading for one of our discussion topics; and a 15-page research paper. Students will have the opportunity to submit several drafts of each paper to develop their writing skills. GRADE TO BE BASED ON: class participation, the short paper, the research paper, and the optional final, as described above. Each student will decide the percentage value s/he wishes to assign each component. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/COMMENTS: If you have questions, please call John Thompson at 684- 8102 or e-mail jthompso@duke.edu
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- HISTORY 303, FOCUSING ON TCHNG & PEDAGOGY