Georgia History (HIST 3711) GR University-Augusta MW 4:00-5:15, AH E259 John R
Georgia History (HIST 3711) GR University-Augusta MW 4:00-5:15, AH E259 John R. Barney, Professor Fall Semester 2014 I. Course Description: Georgia History serves as an introduction to the various activities within Georgia from its pre-colonial period through the first decade and a half of the 21st century. This introduction addresses not only political and economic features but also cultural and demographic features. II. Books: Georgia: A State History, Buddy Sullivan, The Making of America Series, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, Georgia Historical Society (2003) ISBN: 978-0-7385-8589-5, Paperback. Cornerstones of Georgia History Documents that Formed the State, edited by Thomas Scott University of Georgia Press, Athens (1995) ISBN; 13-978-08203-1743-4, Paperback III. Evaluation: Presentations: 30% Class Participation: 10% Midterm Examination: 30% Final Examination: 30% Georgia History (3711) Fall Semester 2014 IV. Course Calendar: Monday, August 18: Introduction, distribute syllabus, assign presentations Wednesday, August 20: Two “Forgotten” Centuries(GASH), Pain and the Native Americans: The Guale Revolt, 1597(COGH). Monday, August 25 and Wednesday August 27: The Colony Under the Trustees(GASH), Cherokees and Creeks: Traditional Cultures and the Anglo- Saxon Encounter and Trustees and Malcontents: The Colonial Controversy over Slavery and Georgia’s Future(COGH). Presentations: James Oglethorpe, Chief Tomochichi. Monday, September 1: Labor Day Holiday. Wednesday, September 3: A Royal Province(GASH). Presentations: John Reynolds, Henry Ellis, Sir James Wright, Mary Musgrove. Monday, September 8 and Wednesday, September 10: The American Revolution and Statehood(GASH),Patriots and Loyalists: Georgia on the Eve of the Revolution (COGH). The Declaration of Independence (find online).
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