Unit Code:	HIS2MAM
Alternative Unit Code:	HIS3MAM
Unit Short Title:	MAKING AMERICA: FROM POCAHONTAS TO JAZZ AND PROHIBITION
Credit Points:	20
Unit Description:	How did the US produce such memorable figures as gangster Al Capone, movie-mogul Walt Disney, and blues singer Billie Holiday? In this unit we examine the intersection of art, politics and social history. Starting with the republican culture of the post-Revolutionary era, we ask what place did women, wilderness and Indians have in the 'New World' vision and manifest destiny of the new republic? How did slavery create new arts forms, lead to the Civil War, and connect with feminist politics? In the wealth and power generated by industrialisation, immigration, and urbanisation there existed conflict, oppression and political resistance that was the source of a uniquely dynamic modern culture shaped by race and gender.
Prerequisites:	30 credit points of first year History and/or 30 credit points of first year Art History
Incompatibles:	ARH2/3MAM
Class Requirements:	one 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week. For a pass in this unit students must normally attend at least 80% of the tutorials
Work Experience Indicator:	Not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
one 2,500-word essay	40
one short answer test	25
one 1-hour exam	35	Third-year students will be expected to show a greater achievement of discipline-specific skills in their written work than second-year students.

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Preliminary	Women and American experience	Woloch, N.	3rd edn., McGraw Hill 2000

Unit Streams:

Teaching Period	Unit Class	Location
1   02-MAR-09   05-JUN-09	Day	BUNDOORA

Unit Coordinators:

Title	First Name	Last Name	Location	Primary Coordinator
Professor	Diane	Kirkby	BUNDOORA	Y