Fall 2012

HCOM 266Histories of Democracy

Types of Government

Monarchy

Dictato

rship

Theocracy

Oligarchy

AristocracyPlutocracyDemocracy

An

archy

Democracy

A Multi-dimensional

Concept

Histories of Democracy

Historical Periods• Pre-Democracy

• Early Democracy

• Segregated Democracy

• Civil Rights Era

• Today

Materials Used• Primary Source Docs• Secondary Sources• Joe’s Lectures and

Power Points• Students’ Research,

Lectures, and Power Points

I. Pre-Democracy:

Conquest & Colonization

Bull Romanus Pontifex 1453

Bull Inter Caetera1493

Requerimiento1513

I. Pre-Democracy:

African Slavery*Excerpt from a speech by John C.

Calhoun in 1837 *Excerpt from a book by George

Fitzhugh in 1854 *The essay “African Slavery in America” by Thomas Paine in 1775 *Benjamin Bannaker’s Letter to Thomas Jefferson in 1790

I. Pre-Democracy:

California Missions

Video: Saints and Sinners

in the California Missions(1769-1834)

II. Early Democracy

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Amendments 1-10 Bill of Rights

• Amendments 11-27

II. Early Democracy:

Manifest Destiny

U.S.-Mexican War

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo“In the said territories, property of

every kind, now belonging to Mexicans, shall be inviolably respected. The present owners, the heirs of these, and all Mexicans who may hereafter acquire said property by contract, shall enjoy with respect to it guarantees equally ample as if the same belonged to citizens of the United States.”

II. Early Democracy

CA Constitution

Debates on voting and citizenship

at the constitutional convention

Early CA Laws• Voting• Marriage• Land ownership• Taxes• Testimony at trial• Education• Serving in militia

II. Early Democracy:

The Oppressed Speak OutNative Americans Chief Joseph (1879)

African Americans Colored Citizens of CA (1865)

Chinese Americans Norman Asing (1852)

Mexican Americans Antonio Maria Pico and Others (1859)

Female Americans Woman Suffrage Committee (1871)

III. Segregated DemocracyU.S. Supreme Court Established Limited Equality

• The US Constitution does not prevent individuals or private businesses or organizations from engaging in racial discrimination…it only prevents governments from doing so.

• Governments are allowed to require separate facilities and services based on race… as long as those separate facilities are equal.

III. Segregated Democracy1860s-1960s

100 Years of Formally Approved

Second-Class Citizenship

Jim Crow Era

➤ Communities of Color ➤ Females ➤ Immigrants ➤ Persons with Disabilities ➤ Non-Christians

IV. Civil Rights Movement

V. Democracy Today?

The Political Action Project

An exercise in “experiential education”

orlearning-by-doing

Form Team

Select General Issue Area

Conduct Research

Establish Political Objective

Carryout Political Action

Prepare Power Point Slides

Plan Class Presentation

Deliver Class Presentation

Write Final Project Report

CSU Tuition IncreasesBelle, Leo, Gabriel, Arturo, Lupe

Shark Finning Josh, Ian, Mariah, Yesenia, Daniel

Water Scarcity Alexis, Nick, Aaron, Ed, & Evan

Bag LadiesJordan, Brittney, Karina, Morgan

Genetically Modified FoodsChris, Nate, Olivia, Diego, Erin

Water BottlesTiffany, Weiwei, Chris

Ocean GarbageCasey, Andrew, Megan, Danielle, Jessica

Campus SustainabilityRebecca, Michael, Alex, Natalie, Josh

Political Action Skill Set

✪ Group Work

✪ Research

✪ Strategic Planning

✪ Multimedia Presentation

✪ Political Action

✪ Evaluation

✪ Reporting

Assessment & Grading

Active Engagement

12 Homework Briefs

Pre-Democracy

Early Democracy

CR Presentation

PP Presentation

PP Final Report

20%

15%

15%

15%

10%

15%

10%

B

C

A

B-

B+

C+

B-

3.00

2.00

4.00

2.67

3.33

2.33

2.67

.60

.30

.60

.40

.33

.35

.27

2.85 = B

Final GradeFinal Grade

HCOM 266: Histories of Democracy

The End !I hope you are

better prepared to understand

democracy and to contribute

to it if you decide to do so.