This document provides information for a history course called HIS2A11. It outlines the lecturer, Mr. J.N. Klee, consultation times, and classroom locations. Students are instructed to fill out a registration card with their email and sign up for a tutorial slot. The course consists of three lectures per week that students must attend. Assessments include tutorials, semester tests, a research essay, and a final exam. Readings will come from the textbook A People and a Nation and supplementary sources in the library. The course is a chronological survey of post-1865 U.S. history that aims to understand how the country became dominant globally through political, economic, social and cultural developments.

1. HIS2A11: HISTORICAL STUDIES 2A

2.  WELCOMETO HIS2A
 # LECTURER – MR J.N. KLEE.
 # C LES 721.
 # CONSULTATIONTIMES – STUDY GUIDE.

3.  # Fill in white registration card.
 # NB: write down the email address you USE at
the bottom – this will be used to contact you.
 #Get Study Guide & andTutorial Guide.
 #Sign up for a tutorial slot outside of the
department on Friday the 7th of February (C Ring
7).
 #Make a note of the tutorial day, time and venue
!!!

4. Lectures:
 #There areTHREE lectures per week:
 Monday, 11h40-13h15 (C Les 103).
 Friday, 08h50-09h35 (C Les 101).
 #You must attend ALL lectures – an
attendance register will be kept.
 # If you have a timetable or exam clash, you
must choose between the 2 courses in
question; you are NOT allowed to register for
both.

5. ULink & Study Guide
 # Consult Blackboard on Ulink regularly:
announcements, extra readings, assignments
etc. will be posted there.
 # Use the Study Guide in conjunction with
lecture notes and ‘Self-Assessment
Questions’ to prepare for tests & exam.


6. Assessment:
 # Lectures (content) &Tutorials (skills).
 #Tutorials (40%): start in week 3; do worksheet
IN class, so therefore MUST attend.
 # 2 SemesterTests (30%): one in each quarter,
both written in class.
 # Short assignment: research essay (15%); will
receive topics and list of readings closer to the
time. One assignment must be done in first term
and one in second term.
 #Their will not be one assignment for first
semester as indicated in Study Guide page 7 par.
3.

7. Readings
 # Course based on: Mary Beth Norton et al., A
People and a Nation (9th ed., 2012).
 # Copies on Reserve Shelf at APK library.
 # Supplementary readings are also on Reserve Shelf
– not required reading, but for further exploration….
 # Many sources on American History – levels 2,3 and
5.
 # Please familiarize your self with the maps of the
USA found on the following website:
 Http://etc.usf.edugalleriesus]completeindex.php

8. This course
 Chronological survey of post-1865 USA.
 Second half closely linked with work of
HIS1A.
 Aim: ‘How did the US become so dominant in
the political, economic, social and cultural
aspects of the world’s population’?
 Historical Studies: ‘to understand the past in
its totality’ –> sub-disciplines.

9. Four main categories:
 Political history: the history of political
events, ideas, movements, leaders &
governance. Includes history of diplomacy,
military and constitution.
 Economic history: the history of the
economy and how it linked with political and
social developments. Includes history of
finance, business and industry (micro-
economic).

10. Four main categories:
 Social history: the history of ordinary people
and how they led their lives. Concentrates on
specific groups: e.g. women, slaves, urbanites
etc. Includes demographic, ethnic, gender,
urban and labour history.
 Cultural history: more vague, but concerns
the individual experience of cultural issues in
the past, both high and popular. Includes
history of mentality, material culture and
technology.