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Baseball and Americanism

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Gauge the role of nationalism in American history.

  • Survey institutions, such as the U.S. presidency, in shaping baseball.

  • Investigate how American identity is tied to baseball.

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Assessments

44 assignments

Taught in English

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This course is part of the American History Through Baseball Specialization
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There are 4 modules in this course

This course will explore baseball and Americanism. What does it mean that baseball is the national pastime? What does national pastime even mean? What about national? When you think of the United States, what do you think of? Is baseball a part of that? These are some of the aspects we are going to delve into throughout this course. We are going to spend some time discussing how baseball reflected American culture at the time. In some instances, we will discuss how baseball reflected what people wanted American culture to look like, or appear to be.

In this module we will cover topics surrounding the Civil War, reconstruction, the Indian Wars, and the Spalding Tour.

What's included

7 videos1 reading8 assignments1 discussion prompt

7 videos•Total 60 minutes
  • Module Introduction•11 minutes
  • The Civil War •6 minutes
  • Reconstruction•6 minutes
  • Indian Wars•9 minutes
  • Spalding Tour Part 1•10 minutes
  • Spalding Tour Part 2•7 minutes
  • Spalding Tour Part 3•11 minutes
1 reading•Total 1 minute
  • Course Updates and Accessibility Support•1 minute
8 assignments•Total 65 minutes
  • End of Module•30 minutes
  • Module Introduction•5 minutes
  • The Civil War •5 minutes
  • Reconstruction•5 minutes
  • Indian Wars•5 minutes
  • Spalding Tour Part 1•5 minutes
  • Spalding Tour Part 2•5 minutes
  • Spalding Tour Part 3•5 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Introduce Yourself!•10 minutes

In this module we will cover topics surrounding baseball and the early American empire, leading up to WWI.

What's included

13 videos13 assignments

13 videos•Total 72 minutes
  • Module Introduction•10 minutes
  • Baseball and the Early American Empire•6 minutes
  • Baseball and Cuba•7 minutes
  • Baseball and Latin America•6 minutes
  • Spanish-American War — Part 1•6 minutes
  • Spanish-American War — Part 2•6 minutes
  • The Philippine War •4 minutes
  • The Banana Wars•5 minutes
  • World War I — Part 1•4 minutes
  • World War I — Part 2•4 minutes
  • World War I — Part 3•7 minutes
  • World War I — Part 4•4 minutes
  • End of the War•3 minutes
13 assignments•Total 90 minutes
  • End of Module•30 minutes
  • Baseball and Early American Empire•5 minutes
  • Baseball and Cuba•5 minutes
  • Baseball and Latin America•5 minutes
  • Spanish-American War — Part 1•5 minutes
  • Spanish-American War — Part 2•5 minutes
  • The Philippine War •5 minutes
  • The Banana Wars•5 minutes
  • WW1 — Part 1•5 minutes
  • WW1 — Part 2•5 minutes
  • WW1 — Part 3•5 minutes
  • WW1 — Part 4•5 minutes
  • End of the War•5 minutes

In this module we will cover topics surrounding the 1920s, the Great Depression, and the New Deal.

What's included

9 videos1 reading10 assignments

9 videos•Total 47 minutes
  • Module Introduction•3 minutes
  • The Black Sox and the Changing Ideals of Baseball•6 minutes
  • The Return to Normalcy•4 minutes
  • The 1920s Part 2 — Technological Innovation•6 minutes
  • The 1920s Part 3 — Social Change•6 minutes
  • The Great Depression — Part 1•4 minutes
  • The Great Depression — Part 2•6 minutes
  • The New Deal — Part 1•5 minutes
  • The New Deal — Part 2•6 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
  • The 1920s — Part 1•10 minutes
10 assignments•Total 90 minutes
  • End of Module •30 minutes
  • The Black Sox and the Changing Ideals of Baseball•10 minutes
  • Return to Normalcy•5 minutes
  • The 1920s — Part 1•5 minutes
  • The 1920s — Part 2•10 minutes
  • The 1920s — Part 3•10 minutes
  • The Great Depression — Part 1•5 minutes
  • The Great Depression — Part 2•5 minutes
  • The New Deal — Part 1•5 minutes
  • The New Deal — Part 2•5 minutes

In this final module we will cover topics surrounding baseball and WWII, a post war world, and the Korean war.

What's included

13 videos13 assignments

13 videos•Total 64 minutes
  • Module Introduction•4 minutes
  • Baseball and Diplomacy in the Pacific Before WW2•5 minutes
  • WW2 — Part 1•5 minutes
  • WW2 — Part 2•6 minutes
  • WW2 — Part 3•5 minutes
  • WW2 — Part 4•5 minutes
  • WW2 — Part 5•5 minutes
  • WW2 — Part 6•5 minutes
  • Baseball and the Post-War World•5 minutes
  • Baseball and Post-War America•3 minutes
  • Baseball, Race, and the Second Red Scare•5 minutes
  • Korean War — Part 1•4 minutes
  • Korean War — Part 2•6 minutes
13 assignments•Total 90 minutes
  • End of Module•30 minutes
  • Baseball and Diplomacy in the Pacific Before WW2•5 minutes
  • WW2 — Part 1•5 minutes
  • WW2 — Part 2•5 minutes
  • WW2 — Part 3•5 minutes
  • WW2 — Part 4•5 minutes
  • WW2 — Part 5•5 minutes
  • WW2 — Part 6•5 minutes
  • Baseball and the Post-War World•5 minutes
  • Baseball and Post War America•5 minutes
  • Baseball, Race, and the Second Red Scare•5 minutes
  • Korean War — Part 1•5 minutes
  • Korean War — Part 2•5 minutes

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