(The AIHE CD-ROM series follows the Fellowship course
outline)
YEAR
ONE 17th & 18th centuries:
Empire vs. Colonies From
a set of small colonial outposts to Novus Ordo Seclorum
Fall
“The Roots of
the American Nation”
2 day colloquium
Colonial life in the American colonies, English precedents,
the governments, the religions, ethnicities, classes, slavery.
We will also have discussions on Natural Law and Common Law
traditions. Discussions will contrast the English American
colonies with the French and Spanish colonies in the New World
.
Winter
“The American
Revolution & the Declaration of Independence ”
3 day colloquium
The French and Indian War, along with the causes, politics,
plans, diplomacy of the American Revolution. We examine the
various levels of support for Revolution or for the English
government in America . This will include a detailed examination
of the Declaration of Independence. We also discuss the legacy
of the Declaration and the effects it has had on subsequent
American history. We will explore the war from Concord until
Yorktown .
Spring
“18th
Century site ”
1 day field trip
Field trip to local sites such as, Philadelphia , Boston
, Charleston , Ft. Toulouse , New Orleans
Summer
“The Constitutional
-Federalist Years”
5 day summer institute
Study of the Constitution, the compromises, slavery,
the Federalist/Anti-federalist debate, the people involved,
the institutions, the Bill of Rights, the Federalist years,
Republican opposition and the people‘s reaction.
YEAR
TWO: 19th Century:
Agrarian Culture vs. Industrialization and the Market
Economy From
Yeoman farmers and servants to industrial giants, and
a new urban working-class.
November
“The Old South
and the Changing North”
2 day colloquium
The American Industrial Revolution, expanding cities,
immigration, tariffs, new transportation, expanding slavery,
landed economy vs. market economy.
Winter
“The Civil War”
2 day colloquium
The causes, comparisons of
leadership, investigation into the soldiers backgrounds:
ethnicities, religion, race, etc., the aftermath, and consequences.
May
“Nineteen –Century, i.e. Civil War sites”
2 day field trip
Two day tour of nineteenth-century site, e.g. Gettysburg
, Vicksburg , Ellis Island , etc.
Summer
“American Becomes
a Modern Power”
5 day summer institute
The “Reconstructed” South,
the Industrial North, a Flood of Immigrants, the
development of the modern industrial city, and a world power.
YEAR
THREE 20th & 21st Centuries:
International Liberalism vs. The Totalitarians A
free society, based on the individuals, in battle with
command societies based on the primacy of the state.
Fall
“The Great War
and Wilsonian Internationalism”
2 day colloquium
The fall of the Empires, the rise of International Socialism,
the League of Nations, the deterioration in colonialism, Wilson’s
International Liberalism. We will also explore Progressivism
and women’s suffrage.
Winter
“The Fascists,
the Communists, and the Free”
2 day colloquium
America ’s reaction to European Fascism, to the
expanse of Communism, and to militarism. The immediate post
war. The termination of European colonialism.
Spring
“20th Century Field Trip ”
2 day field trip
Local tour of sites that deal with 20 th century issues
(WWI, WWII, Civil Rights Movement, Cold War, etc.
Summer
“The Cold
War to Terror”
5 day summer institute
The Kennan Document, Symmetrical containment—Asymmetrical
containment McCarthy, the VENONA files, espionage, the Gulag,
Reagan rejects containment. The fall of the wall. Islamofascists,
Al- Qaeda, Revolutionary Iran, and Baath socialists. We will
also explore the Feminist Movement, Student Protests and
the New Left, the Civil Rights Movement, the Conservative
Movement the Religious Right, etc.
