{"id":21,"date":"2020-01-21T11:17:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T11:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2025-12-04T19:43:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:43:32","slug":"syllabus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cEvery word \u2026 decides a question between power &amp; liberty.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211;James Madison, <a href=\"https:\/\/founders.archives.gov\/documents\/Madison\/01-14-02-0172\">January 18, 1792<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">[<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Syllabus-US-Constitution.pdf\">PRINTABLE SYLLABUS<\/a><\/span><\/strong>]<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Books<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Eric Foner, <em>The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution <\/em>(New York: W.W. Norton, 2019)<\/li>\n<li>Gordon S. Wood, <em>Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution <\/em>(New York: Oxford, 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Additional Readings &amp; Resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Avalon Project at Yale Law School, various documents [<a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/subject_menus\/constpap.asp\">WEB<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center: <a href=\"https:\/\/carlisleindian.dickinson.edu\/teach\/kill-indian-him-and-save-man-r-h-pratt-education-native-americans\">Richard Henry Pratt speech<\/a> (1892)<\/li>\n<li>Casey Cep, \u201cThe Imperfect, Unfinished Work of Women\u2019s Suffrage,\u201d <em>New Yorker <\/em>July 1, 2019 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2019\/07\/08\/the-imperfect-unfinished-work-of-womens-suffrage\">WEB<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Casey Cep, \u201cDeb Haaland Confronts the History of the Federal Agency She Leads,\u201d <em>New Yorker, <\/em>April 29, 2024 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2024\/05\/06\/deb-haaland-confronts-the-history-of-the-federal-agency-she-leads\">WEB<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Saul Cornell, \u201cAristocracy Assailed: The Ideology of Backcountry Anti-Federalism,\u201d <em>Journal\u00a0of American History<\/em>76 (March 1990): 1148-1172. [JSTOR]<\/li>\n<li>Mary L. Dudziak, \u201cBrown as a Cold War Case,\u201d <em>JAH <\/em>91 (June 2004): 32-42 [JSTOR]<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Frost, \u201c\u2019By Accident of Birth\u2019: The Battle Over Birthright Citizenship After <em>United States v. Wong Kim Ark,<\/em>\u201d <em>Yale Journal of Law &amp; Humanities <\/em>32 (2021): 38-76 [<a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3926759\">WEB<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Timothy B. Huebner, \u201cRoger B. Taney and the Slavery Issue: Looking Before \u2013and Beyond\u2014<em>Dred Scott.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<em>Journal of American History\u00a0<\/em>97 (June 2010): 17-38. [JSTOR]<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge for Freedom seminar (KFF): <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/constitutional-convention-1787\/\">Debating Slavery<\/a> (1787) and <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/lincolns-first-inaugural-1861\/\">Lincoln<\/a> (1861)<\/li>\n<li>Walter LaFeber, \u201cThe Constitution and United States Foreign Policy: An Interpretation,\u201d\u00a0<em>Journal of American History\u00a0<\/em>74 (Dec. 1987): 695-717. [JSTOR]<\/li>\n<li>Jill Lepore, \u201cFlip-Flopping on Free Speech,\u201d <em>New Yorker, <\/em>October 1, 2017 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2017\/10\/09\/flip-flopping-on-free-speech\">WEB<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Library of Congress: Federalist Papers (1787-88) [<a href=\"https:\/\/guides.loc.gov\/federalist-papers\/full-text\">WEB<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Mount Vernon: Washington Farewell&#8217;s Address (1796) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountvernon.org\/library\/digitalhistory\/digital-encyclopedia\/article\/george-washington-s-farewell-address\">WEB<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>National Archives: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/founding-docs\/declaration-transcript\">Declaration<\/a> (1776), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/milestone-documents\/articles-of-confederation\">Articles of Confederation<\/a> (1777), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/founding-docs\/constitution-transcript\">US Constitution<\/a> (1787), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/founding-docs\/bill-of-rights-transcript\">Bill of Rights<\/a> (1791)<\/li>\n<li>National Constitution Center: Interactive Constitution [<a href=\"https:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/the-constitution\">WEB<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Matthew Pinsker, \u201cAfter 1850: Reassessing the Impact of the Fugitive Slave Law<em>,\u201d <\/em>in D.A. Pargas, <em>Fugitive Slaves and Spaces of Freedom <\/em>(2018)<em>, 93-115. <\/em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-american\/essay-after-1850\/\">WEB<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>David A. Strauss, \u201cThe Irrelevance of Constitutional Amendments.\u201d\u00a0<em>Harvard Law Review\u00a0<\/em>114 (March 2001): 1457-1505. [JSTOR]<\/li>\n<li>Aaron Tang, \u201cLessons from\u00a0Lawrence: How \u201cHistory\u201d Gave Us\u00a0Dobbs\u2014And How History Can Help Overrule It,\u201d <em>Yale Law Journal, <\/em>FORUM: April 24, 2024 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yalelawjournal.org\/forum\/lessons-from-lawrence-how-history-gave-us-dobbsand-how-history-can-help-overrule-it\">WEB<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/assignments\/1787-constitution-essay\/\"><strong>First Essay \u00a0\u20131787 Constitution<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>On <strong>Friday, October 17<\/strong>, students will submit a 3-5 page typed, double-spaced essay on a topic about the formation of the 1787 Constitution provided to them in class on the previous Thursday, October 9. All essays must use primary sources from the course syllabus and Gordon Wood&#8217;s <em>Power and Liberty <\/em>(2021) properly cited with Chicago-style footnotes. Outside research is allowed but not required. Essays will be graded on depth of analysis, use of evidence, and quality of prose. Late essays will be penalized up to 5 points each day.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/assignments\/second-founding-essay\/\"><strong>Second Essay \u2013Second Founding<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>On <strong>Friday, November 14<\/strong>, students will submit a 3-5 page typed, double-spaced essay on a topic about the Reconstruction era constitutional amendments provided to them in class on the previous Thursday, November 6. All essays must use primary sources from the course syllabus and Eric Foner&#8217;s <em>Second Founding <\/em>(2019), properly cited with Chicago-style footnotes.\u00a0 Outside research is allowed but not required. Essays will be graded on depth of analysis, use of evidence, and quality of prose. Late essays will be penalized up to 5 points each day.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/assignments\/research-journal\/\"><strong>Research Journal posts <\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Students will submit two research journal entries (2-4 pages each or about 500 to 1,000 words per entry), posted PRIVATE at the course website.\u00a0 These narrative posts will detail research efforts for the final papers.\u00a0 The first entry <strong>(due by Tuesday, December 2)<\/strong> will describe the search for relevant secondary sources, especially in academic books and articles.\u00a0 The second entry <strong>(due by Tuesday, December 9)<\/strong> will describe the search for relevant primary sources, especially those available in published or digital format.\u00a0 Journal entries do not require footnotes, but they should include Chicago-style bibliographies and 2 to 3 images, properly captioned and credited.\u00a0 Entries will be graded on research effort, depth of analysis and quality of prose. Late entries will be penalized up to 5 points each day.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/assignments\/final-projects\/\"><strong>Final Paper \u2013Constitutional Change, 1876-1976 <\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>By <strong>Friday, December 19<\/strong>, students will submit a 10- to 12-page narrative paper that analyzes an amendment, landmark Supreme Court case or major constitutional crisis between the period 1876 to 1976 that resulted in a practical change to the US Constitution. Students should build their papers on a strong foundation of primary and secondary sources to tell a story that puts specific historical figures and their constitutional arguments with each other at the center.\u00a0 All papers should be typed and double-spaced as Word or PDF documents with title page and Chicago-style footnotes (no bibliography required).\u00a0 Papers will be graded on research effort, analysis, and prose.\u00a0 These final papers are due by 5pm on December 19.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Grade Distribution <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Class Participation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20 percent<\/p>\n<p>First Essay (1787 Constitution)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a020 percent<\/p>\n<p>Second Essay (Second Founding)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20 percent<\/p>\n<p>Research journal posts\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10 percent<\/p>\n<p>Final Paper\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a030 percent<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Class Schedule<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table width=\"624\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><strong>Day<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Discussion Topic<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><strong>Reading Assignment<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><strong>Part 1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Landmark Texts<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Monday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">9\/1<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/methods-center\/\">Methods<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/course-policies\/\">Expectations<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">9\/4<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/declaration-of-independence\/\">Declaration of Independence (1776)<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/founding-docs\/declaration-transcript\">Declaration<\/a><\/span> (National Archives)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Monday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">9\/8<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/critical-period\/\">Articles of Confederation (1781)<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/milestone-documents\/articles-of-confederation\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Articles<\/span><\/a> (National Archives)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">9\/11<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/constitutional-text\/\">US Constitution (1787)<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/founding-docs\/constitution-transcript\">Constitution<\/a><\/span> (National Archives)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Monday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">9\/15<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/ratification-debates\/\">Federalist Papers (1788)<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/guides.loc.gov\/federalist-papers\/text-1-10#s-lg-box-wrapper-25493273\">#10<\/a><\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.loc.gov\/federalist-papers\/text-51-60#s-lg-box-wrapper-25493427\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">#51<\/span>,<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/guides.loc.gov\/federalist-papers\/text-61-70#s-lg-box-wrapper-25493457\">#70<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/guides.loc.gov\/federalist-papers\/text-71-80#s-lg-box-wrapper-25493470\">#78<\/a><\/span> (Library of Congress)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">9\/18<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/bill-of-rights\/\">Bill of Rights (1791)<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/founding-docs\/bill-of-rights-transcript\">Bill of Rights<\/a><\/span> (National Archives)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Monday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">9\/22<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/revolution-of-1800\/\">Washington\u2019s Farewell Address (1796)<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mountvernon.org\/library\/digitalhistory\/digital-encyclopedia\/article\/george-washington-s-farewell-address\">Washington<\/a><\/span> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountvernon.org\/education\/primary-source-collections\/primary-source-collections\/article\/washington-s-farewell-address-1796\">direct link to transcript<\/a>)(Mount Vernon)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">9\/25<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/lincolns-first-inaugural\/\">Lincoln\u2019s First Inaugural Address (1861)<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/lincolns-first-inaugural-1861\/\">Lincoln<\/a><\/span> (KFF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><strong>Part 2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Historical Context<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Monday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">9\/29<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/revolutionary-thinking\/\">Revolutionary Thinking<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">Wood, Intro + chaps. 1-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">10\/2<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\">NO CLASS<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">YOM KIPPUR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Monday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">10\/6<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/1787-convention\/\">Crisis and Convention<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">Wood, chaps. 3-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">10\/9<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/slavery-and-the-constitution\/\">Slavery and the Constitution<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">Wood, chap. 5 + <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/constitutional-convention-1787\/\">Debating<\/a><\/span> (KFF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Monday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">10\/13<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/judicial-review\/\">Independent Judiciary<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">Wood, chap. 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">10\/16<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/carlisle\/\">Carlisle and the Constitution<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/files\/2020\/02\/Cornell-article.pdf\">Cornell article<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Friday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><strong>10\/17<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Constitutional essays\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><strong>Due by 5pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Monday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">10\/20<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\">NO CLASS \u2013FALL PAUSE<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">10\/23<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/thirteenth-amendment\/\">Thirteenth Amendment<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">Foner, Intro + chap. 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Monday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">10\/27<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/fourteenth-amendment\/\">Fourteenth Amendment<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">Foner, chap. 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">10\/30<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/fifteenth-amendment\/\">Fifteenth Amendment<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">Foner, chap. 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Monday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">11\/3<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/segregation-and-jim-crow\/\">Supreme Court and Second Founding<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">Foner, chap. 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">11\/6<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/nineteenth-amendment\/\">Woman\u2019s Suffrage<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/files\/2025\/11\/Cep-article-on-Suffrage.pdf\">Cep article on Suffrage<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Monday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">11\/10<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/chinese-exclusion\/\">Chinese Exclusion and Birthright Citizenship<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/files\/2025\/08\/Frost-article.pdf\">Frost article<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">11\/13<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/indian-citizenship\/\">Carlisle and Indian Citizenship<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/carlisleindian.dickinson.edu\/teach\/kill-indian-him-and-save-man-r-h-pratt-education-native-americans\">Pratt speech<\/a><\/span> + <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/files\/2025\/11\/Cep-article-on-Haaland.pdf\">Cep article on Haaland<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><strong>Friday<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><strong>11\/14<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Second essays<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><strong>Due by 5pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><strong>Part 3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Subtext and Original Intent<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Monday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">11\/17<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/presidential-power-cases\/\">Imperial Presidency<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/files\/2020\/04\/LaFeber-article.pdf\">LaFeber article<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">11\/20<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/sectionalism-and-the-constitution\/\">From Fugitive Slaves to Illegal Aliens<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-american\/essay-after-1850\/\">Pinsker article<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Monday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">11\/24<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/dred-and-harriet-scott-case\/\">Remembering Dred Scott<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/files\/2020\/02\/Huebner-article.pdf\">Huebner article<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">11\/27<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\">NO CLASS \u2013THANKSGIVING<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Monday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">12\/1<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/brown-v-board-of-education-1954\/\">Brown v. Board and the Cold War<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/files\/2025\/08\/Dudziak-article.pdf\">Dudziak article<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><strong>Tuesday<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><strong>12\/2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Research journal \u2013Secondary sources<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><strong>Due by 5pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">12\/4<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/campus-free-speech\/\">Campus Free Speech<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2017\/10\/09\/flip-flopping-on-free-speech\">Lepore article<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Monday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">12\/8<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/roe-v-wade\/\">From Roe to Dobbs \u2013And Beyond<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yalelawjournal.org\/forum\/lessons-from-lawrence-how-history-gave-us-dobbsand-how-history-can-help-overrule-it\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tang article<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><strong>Tuesday<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><strong>12\/9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Research journal \u2013Primary sources<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><strong>Due by 5pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td width=\"48\">12\/11<\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/questioning-amendments\/\">Changing Our Constitution<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/files\/2020\/04\/Strauss-article.pdf\">Strauss article<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><strong>Friday <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"48\"><strong>12\/19<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"288\"><strong>Final papers due<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><strong>By 5pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEvery word \u2026 decides a question between power &amp; liberty.\u201d &#8211;James Madison, January 18, 1792 [PRINTABLE SYLLABUS] Books Eric Foner, The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution (New York: W.W. 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