The objective of this course is to examine the history of Maryland from its founding in 1634 to the near present. There is one main text for the course, Robert J. Brugger, Maryland: A Middle Temperament, 1634-1980 (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988), available in paperback, supplemented with pamphlets, articles, and document packets. Students are expected to hand in a discussion outlines of all textbook, pamphlet, and article reading assignments on the night before the reading assignment is discussed, and graduate students are expected to read and review one additional secondary source chosen as indicated in the syllabus. This is a web-based course with all reading assignments available in electronic form for the use of enrolled students. Students are required to purchase in print copies of all copyrighted material and assume responsibility for personal use only of any electronic texts accessed by the password supplied by the instructor. Students are expected to have email accounts or access to email accounts.
Important: All written assignments are to be submitted to the instructor by email no later than the evening before class.
©Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse (instructor)
State Archivist
Office Hours by appointment
Phone: (o) 410-974-3869; (h) 410-467-6137
Internet Address: http://teachers.md
Email Address: edpapen@hotmail.com
Last update: September 6, 2000