F651Z Fall 2024 American Visions: The United States, 1800-1860

F651Z  American Visions: The United States, 1800-1860
Monday, 9:40—11:05, Sept. 23
One session
Instructors: Ed Ayers, Annie Evans
Coordinator: Camille Hodges
Historian Edward Ayers’ American Visions explains how key elements of American life, politics, and culture crystallized between 1800 and 1860. Ayers succeeds in providing both detail and the big picture, frankly describing the marginalization of and great harm done to women, African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants. He also chronicles how men and women fought against these problems, some making positive changes in their lifetimes, while others laid the groundwork for future reforms. Ayers’ accurate, balanced, and compelling history proves that progress is possible and that patriotism can be rooted in the complicated truths about the past. The instructors will share classroom resources from the American Visions companion website.
Ed Ayers is professor of the Humanities and president emeritus at the University of Richmond. He is the author of American Visions: The United States 1800-1850. He conceived of New American History (www.newamericanhistory.org) and Bunk (www.bunkhistory.org) after four decades of teaching, writing, and promoting history in the United States.
Annie Evans, MEd, is director of Education and Outreach at the University of Richmond and has spent over half her life teaching history, civics, and geography in Virginia’s K12 public schools. With New American History, she collaborates with a network of educators across the country to create learning resources to inspire the next generation of educators and historians.