8.24.2003
meeting those of you who came to orientation was exciting; i'm looking forward to actually meeting you tomorrow. i hope you are ready for a great year. i hope you have a lot of questions and things to say, because i'm not here to be the only one talking in class.
after seeing many of you during orientation for u.s. history, i discovered you did not really cover much about the american civil war last year, so i will spend this first week giving you a very quick idea of the topic so you can better appreciate the reconstruction era. however, since the civil war itself could be its own course, we will barely scratch the surface. one website you could look at if you are more interested, is this one from tulane university professor latner, called crisis at fort sumter. the background section itself, is well-worth reading.
after seeing many of you during orientation for u.s. history, i discovered you did not really cover much about the american civil war last year, so i will spend this first week giving you a very quick idea of the topic so you can better appreciate the reconstruction era. however, since the civil war itself could be its own course, we will barely scratch the surface. one website you could look at if you are more interested, is this one from tulane university professor latner, called crisis at fort sumter. the background section itself, is well-worth reading.
