Expected Completion Date:  Sept 3 (midnight)  (hard deadline – not extendable)

Topic: Overview of the Course and the Subject of Economic History

What you need to do:

Assigned Readings:

• Jim’s Guide Unit 1 on Econhist.econproph.net
• the Syllabus at http://jimluke.com/lcc/syllabus-econ-213-u-s-economic-and-business-history-fall-2012-lcc/
• Gordon book:  Introduction and part of Chap 1 (pgs xiii – 8)
• Weinberg book:  Introduction (pgs 1-9)
• Miller & Sexton book:  Chapters 1, 2 (pgs 3-24)

Assigned Videos: 

none

Discussion Activities:

• Introduce yourself and meet your students on the Unit 1 forum.

Graded Assignments (all in LCC Desire2Learn):

• Unit 1 Forum: Chatroom – Who Are You?
• Unit 1 Quiz (2 attempts – highest score counts)