Topics scheduled for discussion:

7 July A history of time in the Western world
21July USA - the first Americans, European discovery and settlement. This will be the first in a series on the history of the USA. Every second meeting from July to November will be devoted to an aspect of its history including:
1 September Europe in the 1930s and the causes of the Spanish Civil War
6 October Colonisation of New Zealand


American History:

The second session of Dabbling in History each month will be devoted to a study of American History. Members are welcome to attend this course independently of Dabbling in History which takes place on the first Wednesday of the month at 10.00am in the Kindergarten Hall

Course leader
Tom Comerford 5470 6230

Session 1 July 21 Beginnings, discovering America, the Spanish French and English and other European colonists
Session 2 August 18 Creating a Country: why revolt: the Wars of Independence: dispossing the Indians
Session 3 September 15 A Country Divided: slavery: the Civil War
Session 4 October 20 The West: railroads. cattle trails, cowboys and settlers, the end of the Indians
Session 5 November 17 Made in the USA: the birth of corporate America, the people, the Square Deal, New Freedom
Session 6 date to be decided The USA and the World to the Great War


Entry criterion
None

Expectation of participants
It is expected of participants in this class that they would be prepared to undertake some independent research of an event or contemporary associated with the period under study.

Meeting Time
10.00am every third Wednesday

Venue
Kindergarten Room Uniting Church