Fall 2014 HCOM 266 Histories of Democracy. Course Web Site.

Fall 2014

HCOM 266Histories of Democracy

Types of Government

Monarchy

Dictato

rship

Theocracy

Oligarchy

AristocracyPlutocracyDemocracy

An

archy

Democracy

A Multi-dimensional

Concept

Histories of Democracy

Historical Periods▼ Pre-Democracy

▼ Early Democracy

▼ Segregated Democracy

▼ Civil Rights Era

▼ Today

Materials Used• Prep HWBs• Primary Source Docs• Secondary Sources• Joe’s Lectures and

Power Points• Students’ Research,

Lectures, and Power Points

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I. Pre-Democracy:European Conquest & Colonization of the Americas

Bull Romanus Pontifex 1453

Bull Inter Caetera1493

Requerimiento1513

I. Pre-Democracy:

African Slavery

I. Pre-Democracy:

American Slavery*Excerpt from a speech by John C.

Calhoun in 1837 *Excerpt from a book by George

Fitzhugh in 1854 *The essay “African Slavery in America” by Thomas Paine in 1775 *Benjamin Bannaker’s Letter to Thomas Jefferson in 1790

I. Pre-Democracy:

California MissionsHow should we interpret the

California Missions?

⦿ My PPT on the Missions

⦿ Your research on the Missions

II. Early Democracy

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Amendments 1-10 Bill of Rights

II. Early DemocracyAmendments 11-27

My OpinionMy Opinion

II. Early Democracy:

Manifest Destiny

II. Early Democracy:

Just 77 Years Later

AmericaAmerica

Spain/Mexico

Spain/Mexico

U.S.-Mexican War

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo“In the said territories, property of

every kind, now belonging to Mexicans, shall be inviolably respected. The present owners, the heirs of these, and all Mexicans who may hereafter acquire said property by contract, shall enjoy with respect to it guarantees equally ample as if the same belonged to citizens of the United States.”

II. Early Democracy in California

• Debates on voting and citizenship at the constitutional convention

CA Laws in the 1850s• Voting• Marriage• Land ownership• Taxes• Testimony at trial• Education• Serving in militia

CA Constitution of 1849

II. Early Democracy:

The Oppressed Speak OutNative Americans Chief Joseph (1879)

African Americans Colored Citizens of CA (1865)

Chinese Americans Norman Asing (1852)

Mexican Americans Antonio Maria Pico and Others (1859)

Female Americans Woman Suffrage Committee (1871)

All of these pleas for justice were rejected.

III. Segregated DemocracyU.S. Supreme Court Established Limited Equality

• The US Constitution does not prevent individuals or private businesses or organizations from engaging in racial discrimination…it only prevents governments from doing so.

• Governments are allowed to require separate facilities and services based on race… as long as those separate facilities are equal.

Private discrimination okay. Public segregation okay.

III. Segregated Democracy1860s-1960s

100 Years of Formally Approved

Second-Class Citizenship

Jim Crow Era

➤ Communities of Color ➤ Females ➤ Immigrants ➤ Persons with Disabilities ➤ Non-Christians

IV. Civil Rights Movement• African Americans• Women• Latinos• Persons with Disabilities• Non-English Speakers• Low-Income Persons• Anti-war Groups• American Indians• Immigrants• Others

IV. Civil Rights Movement

V. Democracy Today?

2014 Election

Ideology

2014 Election

California

2014 Election

NationalVoting Winners & Losers

Dem

ocratsD

emocrats

Repu

blic

ans

Repu

blic

ans

The Political Action Project

An exercise in “experiential education”

orlearning-by-doing

Form Team

Select General Issue Area

Conduct Research

Establish Political Objective

Carryout Political Action

Prepare Power Point Slides

Plan Class Presentation

Deliver Class Presentation

Write Reflection Report

The Political Action Project

Teams & Topics

Political Action Skill Set

✪ Group Work

✪ Research

✪ Strategic Planning

✪ Multimedia Presentation

✪ Political Action

✪ Evaluation

✪ Reporting

Analysis & Reflection

Assessment & Grading

Active Engagement

15 Homework Briefs

Pre-Democracy

Early Democracy

CR Presentation

Political Project

20%

20%

15%

15%

10%

20%

B

B+

A-

B-

C

C+

3.00

3.33

3.67

2.67

2.00

2.33

.60

.67

.55

.40

.20

.47

2.89 = B

Final GradeFinal Grade

HCOM 266: Histories of Democracy

The End !I hope you are

better prepared to understand

democracy and to contribute

to it if you decide to do so.