You may read one of the following books over the next 8 weeks if you wish.
There are a series of questions you will need to answer in constructed response form for each book.
You must get approval from me of the book you choose by November 5. The questions will be handed out on December 1; book critiques are due with absolutely NO EXCEPTIONS on Monday, December 10 at 10:11 am.
The Slaveholding Republic, By Don Fehrenbacher
The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It, by Richard Hofstadter
The Other Founders: The Anti-Federalists and the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828, by Saul Cornell
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, by James McPherson
A History of Reconstruction, by Eric Foner
The Age of Jackson, by Arthur Schlessinger
Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation, by John Ehle
The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties, by Mark A. Neely
1776, by David McCullough
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
A Different Mirror: A Multicultural History of America, by Ronald Takaki
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States, by Charles A Beard
The Cycles of American History, by Arthur Schlessinger
A History of the American People, by Paul Johnson
America’s Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines, by Gail Collins
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown
Posted by AP US Dorito on October 31, 2007 at 2:52 pm
bury my heart at wounded knee baby.