Syllabus
TÝDEN 1: Počátky osídlení
TÝDEN 2: Koloniální Amerika
TÝDEN 3: Válka za nezávislost
TÝDEN 4: Amerika v 19. století
TÝDEN 5: Občanská válka
TÝDEN 6: Období rekontrukce
TÝDEN 7: Od Velké války k Velké krizi
TÝDEN 8: Druhá světová válka
TÝDEN 9: Studená válka I. (úvod)
TÝDEN 10: Studená válka II. (50. léta )
TÝDEN 11: Studená válka III. (60. a 70. léta)
TÝDEN 12: Studená válka IV. (80. a 90. léta)
Annotation
This subject aims to familiarise its students with the basic aspects of the historical development in The United States of America beginning with the early settlement and colonisation of North America continuing through the first states founded in America, colonial administration, the War of Independence, the Civil War, the period of American industrial and economic growth passing to the basic aspects of American historical development in the 20th century: the participation in WWI, the interwar growth and crisis, the participation in WWII, the gradual establishment of the international relation net in which the USA appears to play the undeniable role as a co-creator of culture and politics of the 20th and 21st century. It is necessary for the students to be prepared for the seminars doing regular and obligatory homework, namely compulsory reading (focused on the content and topic-specific vocabulary) which forms the basis for the following seminar discussions which are subsequently supplemented by teacher´s presentations.
Students make themselves familiar with the basic cultural and political development in the USA and its role in the global cultural and political context. The knowledge gained at the seminars is going to help the students to make themselves oriented in current international politics and moreover in compulsory courses of American literature.