Edmund S - Bates College



Edmund S. Muskie Scholars Program in

History, Politics, and Government(

Bates College, Lewiston, Maine

June 19 - July 1, 2005

Syllabus

Faculty:

Chris Babbidge, chair, Social Studies Department, Kennebunk High School, Kennebunk, Maine; state representative, 141 Legislative District, Maine House of Representatives

Chris Beam, director, Muskie Scholars Program; lecturer in history, Bates College; and archivist, Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

Ann Cohen, adjunct instructor in graduate and professional studies, St. Joseph’s College of Maine, Standish; teacher (retired), Social Studies Department, Morse High School, Bath, Maine

Residential coordinators:

Matt Biggart (Bates 2006), Hedge Hall

Melisa March (Bates 2006), Hedge Hall

Guest lecturers and speakers:

John R. Baughman, assistant professor of political science, Bates College

Joseph Hall, assistant professor of history, Bates College

Laura Juraska, associate librarian, George and Helen Ladd Library, Bates College

Karen Kothe, associate dean of admissions, Bates College

Margaret Maurer-Fazio, associate professor of economics and associate dean of the faculty, Bates College

Christian P. Potholm, DeAlva Stanwood Alexander professor of government, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

Doug Rawlings, Vietnam veteran; poet; administrator, University of Maine at Farmington

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( The Edmund S. Muskie Scholars Program in History, Politics and Government offers high school seniors an intensive college-level course in recent U.S. political history. Now in its 17th year, the program is sponsored by Bates College with support from the Edmund S. Muskie Foundation in Washington, D.C., and the Maine Community Foundation.

James Reese, associate dean of students, Bates College

James Richter, professor of political science, Bates College

Office of Summer Programs, 163 Wood Street, Lewiston, (207) 786-6077

Laura Biscoe, director

Kristen Cloutier, administrative assistant

Brenda Pelletier, associate director

Required reading:

David A. Horowitz and Peter N. Carroll, On the Edge: The United States since 1945 (Belmont, California: Wadsworth, 2002), 3rd edition – on 2-hour reserve in Ladd Library

Daily schedule:

7:00 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (Chase Hall)

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Lecture (111 Carnegie Science Hall)

10:15 - 11:30 a.m. Discussion (111 Carnegie)

11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch (Chase Hall)

1:15 - 1:30 p.m. General meeting (111 Carnegie)

1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Advisory groups

(Chris Babbidge - 321 Carnegie)

(Chris Beam - 111 Carnegie)

(Ann Cohen - 115 Carnegie)

2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Tutorials, tours, individual research and writing

4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Recreation

5:00 - 6:45 p.m. Dinner (Chase Hall)

7:00 - 10:00 p.m. Video presentation and discussion, group activity

Sunday, June 19

2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Registration (Lounge, Hedge Hall)

4:30 p.m. Welcome Scholars (Edmund S. Muskie Room, second floor, Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, 70 Campus Avenue)

5:00 p.m. Buffet dinner for scholars, guests and faculty (Muskie Room)

7:00 p.m. Security briefing (Muskie Room)

8:00 p.m. Official welcome (Muskie Room)

Week 1 (June 20-25) reading assignment: Peter N. Carroll and David A. Horowitz, On the Edge: The United States since 1945, pages 1-160 (Ladd Library 2-hour reserve)

Monday, June 20

9:00 a.m. Lecture: James Richter, “The Cold War, 1945-1960”

10:15 a.m. Discussion

1:15-1:30 p.m. General meeting

1:30-2:30 p.m. Advisory groups

2:30-3:30 p.m. Reference orientation: Laura Juraska, George and Helen Ladd Library

7:00 p.m. Video presentation and discussion: Dr. Strangelove” (Lounge, Hedge Hall)

Tuesday, June 21

9:00 a.m. John Baughman, “The United States Congress”

10:15 a.m. Discussion

1:15 – 2:30 p.m. Video presentation and discussion: “Edmund S. Muskie: The Man from Maine” (111 Carnegie)

2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Orientation to the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library and workshop on use of primary sources (reading room, first floor, Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library)

Wednesday, June 22

9:00 a.m. Lecture: Christian Potholm, “This Splendid Game: Maine Campaigns and Elections since 1945”

10:15 a.m. Discussion

12:00 noon Lunch with Karen M. Kothe, associate director of admissions, Bates College (Library Arcade, BBQ)

1:15-2:30 p.m. General meeting/advisory groups

Thursday, June 23

9:00 a.m. Lecture: Chris Babbidge, “The United States Supreme Court, 1954-1970”

10:15 a.m. Discussion

1:15-2:30 p.m. General meeting/advisory groups

4:00 p.m. Archives research project: paper topics/thesis paragraph due

7:00 p.m. James Reese, “Growing up in the South” (Hedge Hall)

Friday, June 24

9:00 a.m. Lecture: Ann Cohen, “Social and Political Movements of the 1960s and 1970s”

10:15 a.m. Discussion

1:15-2:30 p.m. General meeting/advisory groups

5:00-6:30 p.m. Cook-out (Hedge Hall)

Saturday, June 25

10:00 a.m. Mid-program examination

1:15-2:30 p.m. General meeting/advisory groups

4:00 p.m. Archives research project: first rough draft due

Sunday, June 26

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Trip to the Maine coast

6:00 p.m. Pizza and discussion with RCs: an insider’s guide to college (Hedge Hall)

Week 2 (June 27 – July 1) reading assignment: Carroll and Horowitz, pages 161-309; Ha Jin, “After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town,” in The Bridegroom Stories (New York: Pantheon Books, 2000), pp. 184-225 (Ladd Library 2-hour reserve)

Monday, June 27

9:00 a.m. Lecture: Doug Rawlings, “The Vietnam War, 1965-1973: Reflections of a Veteran”

10:15 a.m. Discussion

1:15-2:30 p.m. Draft deferment exercise

Tuesday, June 28

9:00 a.m. Lecture: Joseph Hall, “The Maine Indian Land Claim Case and the American Indian Movement”

10:15 a.m. Discussion

1:15-2:30 p.m. General meeting/advisory groups

4:00 p.m. Archives research project: final rough draft due

7:00 p.m. Video presentation and discussion: CBS News, “Watergate: A Retrospective” (Hedge Hall)

Wednesday, June 29

9:00 a.m. Slide show and audio tape presentation: Chris Beam, “Watergate and the Presidency of Richard M. Nixon: The White House Taping System” (113 Carnegie)

1:15 p.m. Video presentation: “China in the Red”

Thursday, June 30

9:00 a.m. Margaret Maurer-Fazio, presentations on China’s Three Gorges dam project and China’s changing labor force

10:30 a.m. Discussion

1:15 p.m. General meeting

4:00 p.m. Archives research project: final paper due

5:00 p.m. Lobster bake (Commons)

Friday, July 1

9 a.m. Special examination on modern U.S. political history

10:00 a.m. Final examination

12 noon Banquet lunch and closing ceremony (Rowe Room)

1:15 p.m. Departures

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