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This seminar explores education during the so-called Jim Crow Era. Characterized by segregation and a glorification of the Confederacy, education during this period focused on maintaining white supremacy and resisting the growing Civil Rights movement. This class will use history and science education as examples showcasing the South’s unique status in American educational history, including textbooks and efforts by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) to influence history education in the American South. The 1925 Scopes ”Monkey” Trial will be used to showcase long-standing debates about the teaching of evolution in American public schools. History and science education remain controversial in the South today, and this seminar will explore the origins of these cultural clashes. The course will also touch on the experiences of segregation and responses to integration, including the rise of private ”segregation academies” during the 1960s.
This course will use English-language literature. Students are expected to be ready to write a paper or sit for an exam on a historical topic.
Prüfungsleistung: Hausarbeit, Mündliche Prüfung
Studienleistung: Essay
- Lehrende/r: Nicholas Johnson