Dr. Douglas Hales

History 2301

Office: ISC 111B

Office Hours: Wednesday 3:00-4:00;  Tuesday-Thursday 1:15-4:00

                                                                                      TEXAS HISTORY

Text:  Rupert N. Richardson, Texas: The Lone Star State (eighth edition)                                                                                                

Course Requirements:  There will be two-one hour examinations and a final. Makeup examinations will be considered only in approved circumstances.  Every student is expected to read the assignments and participate in class discussions. Additionally, you will be required to do one written book report. Attendance will be taken on a regular basis. Unapproved lateness to class may result in the student receiving a lower grade and unexcused absences certainly will.

Grade Breakdown:                  Examinations            1 & 2         50%

                                                   Final Examination                       30%

                                                   Book Report                               20%

Note: Any student who, because of a disabling condition, may require some special arrangements in order to meet course requirements should contact the instructor as soon as possible to make necessary accommodations.

Tentative Lecture and Examination Schedule:

Jan. 14                     Introduction To Course

Jan. 16                    Geography and Native Peoples:  Chapter One

Jan. 21-23               Exploration and Spanish Occupation:  Chapter Two and Pages 46 - 51

Jan. 28-30               Mexican Rule and the Coming of Revolution:  Pages 51 - 61 and Chapter Four

Feb. 4--11               The Texas Revolution:   Chapters Five and Six

Feb. 13                   First Examination

Feb. 18-20              The Independent Nation of Texas:  Chapter Seven    

Feb. 25                   Early Statehood:  Pages 157-172 and 175-178

Feb. 27                   People and Institutions of Antebellum Texas:  Pages 182-186(top) and 189-204

Mar. 4-Mar. 6        Slavery:  Pages 173-175 and 186-189                

Mar. 11 and Mar. 25-27    The Civil War and  Reconstruction :  Chapter Ten and Eleven

April 1                  Second Examination            

April 3-April 8        A Frontier Society in Transition:  Chapter Thirteen                  

April 10-April 15    Political Reform and Discontent in Late Nineteenth Century Texas: Chapter  Twelve and Fourteen

April 17                    Texas and the early Twentieth Century: Chapter Fifteen and Sixteen

April 22-April 24     The Great Depression and the New Deal: Chapter Seventeen

April 29                    Texas During the Civil Rights Revolution

May 5                        Final Examination 10:30-12:30 p.m.

Dr. Douglas Hales

History 2301

Office: ISC 111B

Office Hours: Monday 11:00-11:30 Wednesday 3:00-4:00

Tuesday-Thursday 1:15-4:00

                     TEXAS HISTORY

Text: Rupert N. Richardson, Texas: The Lone Star State (eighth edition)

Course Requirements:

 There will be two-one hour examinations and a final. Makeup examinations will be considered only in approved circumstances.  Every student is expected to read the assignments and participate in class discussions. Additionally, you will be required to do one written book report. Attendance will be taken on a regular basis. Unapproved lateness to class may result in the student receiving a lower grade and unexcused absences certainly will.

Grade Breakdown:

 Examinations 1 & 2      50%

 Final Examination       30%

 Book Report            20%

Note: Any student who, because of a disabling condition, may require some special arrangements in order to meet course requirements should contact the instructor as soon as possible to make necessary accommodations.

Tentative Lecture and Examination Schedule:

Jan. 13  Introduction to Course and 1st Lecture

              Chapter 1

Jan. 20  Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

Jan. 27 Exploration and Spanish Occupation

              Chapter 2 and Pages 46-51

Feb. 3  Mexican Rule and the Coming of Revolution

              Chapter 4 and 5

Feb. 10 The Texas Revolution and Texas Republic

              Chapter 6 and 7

Feb. 17 First Examination (1^st half of class)

          Early Statehood

              Chapter 8

Feb. 24 Slavery, Secession and Civil War

Chapter 9 and 10

Mar. 3  The Civil War continued

Mar. 10 Reconstruction and Reform

              Chapter 11 and 12

Mar. 17 Spring Break

Mar. 24 The Conquest of the Frontier, the Agrarian Revolt to the Progressive Period

              Chapter 13 and 14

Mar. 31 Second Examination (1^st half of class)

        Texas in 1900

              Chapter 15

Apr. 7 Texas in the 1920s and the Great Depression

              Chapter 16 and 17

Apr. 14 The Great Depression continued and World War II

              Chapter 18

Apr. 21 The Civil Rights Movement in Texas, Urban Politics

              Chapter 19

Apr. 28 Texas at the End of the Century

              Chapter 20

May  5 Final Examination 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.