| # | DATE | TOPIC | READING | ASSIGNMENTS |
| 01. | Sep. 03 | Age of Absolutism | Chapter 1 | Quiz #1 bonus |
| 02. | Sep. 05 | War for Empire | Chapter 1 | Quiz #2 bonus |
| 03. | Sep. 08 | Ben Franklin | Chapter 1 | |
| 04. | Sep. 10 | Revolution | Chapter 1 | Quiz #3 in class |
| 05. | Sep. 12 | Revolution | Chapter 1 | class meets 10:20-11 |
| 06. | Sep. 15 | Federalist Era | Chapter 2 | Quiz #4 bonus |
| 07. | Sep. 17 | Federalist Era | Chapter 2 | |
| 08. | Sep. 19 | Federalist Era | Chapter 2 | Quiz #5 in class |
| 09. | Sep. 22 | Republican Era | Chapter 2 | |
| 10. | Sep. 24 | Republican Era | Chapter 2 | Quiz #6 in class |
| 11. | Sep. 26 | Causes of War of 1812 | Chapter 2 | |
| 12. | Sep. 29 | Mr. Madison's War | Chapter 2 | |
| 13. | Oct. 01 | John Quincy Adams | Chapter 3 | 1st report due by e-mail |
| 14. | Oct. 03 | John Quincy Adams | Chapter 3 | |
| 15. | Oct. 06 | Daniel Webster | Chapter 3 | |
| 16. | Oct. 08 | Adams Chronicles 8 | Chapter 3 | no class meeting |
| 17. | Oct. 10 | Daniel Webster | Chapter 3 | Quiz #7 by email |
| 18. | Oct. 13 | midterm exam | ||
| 19. | Oct. 15 | Manifest Destiny | Chapter 3 | |
| (Fall Holiday Oct. 17) | ||||
| 20. | Oct. 20 | Manifest Destiny | Chapter 3 | |
| 21. | Oct. 22 | Manifest Destiny | Chapter 3 | |
| 22. | Oct. 24 | Mexican War | Chapter 3 | Quiz #8 bonus |
| 23. | Oct. 27 | University closed | Chapter 3 | |
| 24. | Oct. 29 | University closed | Chapter 3 | |
| 25. | Oct. 31 | Mexican War | Chapter 3 | Quiz #9 bonus |
| 26. | Nov. 03 | Filibusters | Chapter 4 | 2nd report due by e-mail |
| 27. | Nov. 05 | Asian Treaties | Chapter 4 | |
| 28. | Nov. 07 | Asian Treaties | Chapter 4 | Quiz #10 in class |
| 29. | Nov. 10 | Civil War & Adams | Chapter 4 | Quiz #11 in class |
| 30. | Nov. 12 | Civil War & Clay | Chapter 5 | |
| 31. | Nov. 14 | Civil War & Seward | Chapter 5 | Quiz #12 bonus |
| 32. | Nov. 17 | Economic Imperialism | Chapter 5 | Quiz #13 in class |
| 33. | Nov. 19 | Ideological Imperialism | Chapter 5 | |
| 34. | Nov. 21 | Strategic Imperialism | Chapter 6 | |
| 35. | Nov. 24 | Political Imperialism | Chapter 6 | |
| 36. | Nov. 26 | Crises of the 1890s | Chapter 6 | Quiz #14 in class |
| (Thanksgiving Holiday Nov. 28) | ||||
| 37. | Dec. 01 | Spanish-American War | Chapter 6 | |
| 38. | Dec. 03 | Managing the Empire | Chapter 7 | |
| 39. | Dec. 05 | Teddy Roosevelt | Chapter 7 | 3rd report due by e-mail |
| 40. | Dec. 08 | Panama | Chapter 7 | extra credit due |
| 41. | Dec. 10 | Open Door | Chapter 7 | |
| 42. | Dec. 12 | Dollar Diplomacy | Chapter 7 | |
| Dec. 19 | Final Exam 11-1 in PJ215 |