AMST 430
MICHAEL R. H. SWANSON Ph. D
The South
OFFICE: Feinstein College 111 
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY
Hours: M, T, Th, F 9:00-10:00 
SB 108
Or By Appointment 
T-Th 11:00-12:30
PHONE: (254)-3230 
Spring, 2001
 Final Examination (Take-Home) Due, Thursday, May 17, at the final exam period (10:00)



Answer both parts:

1. "What was and is the American South? What was and is a southerner? The answers to these questions depend largely on where and when they are asked. The answers are easier and clearer at some times than at others. The answer to the question about southern identity is harder and less clear now than at any time since the mid-eighteenth century. Still, the South endures. It endures in part because not even a flood of changes has washed away critical connections between the past and the present in the South."

In a brief (under 4 pp.) essay, reflect on the quotation above, which appears in your text and also the headnote to the syllabus for this course. On the basis of all you've studied in the second half of this semester, "What is the south and what is a southerner". References to the materials for the course will be much appreciated.

2. From the materials in Major Problems in the History of the American South and from the materials presented on the class website, choose the three that made the greatest impact on you and explain why.

(Optional)
I would appreciate your evaluation of the use of a class website and links to internet materials as the syllabus for the class. Comparing this course to others which use a traditional syllabus does this add sufficient to the course to make it worth the effort?
The Final Exam Period will be devoted to presentations, and will be held in the Library Classroom on the first floor,
Thursday, May 17, from 10:00 to 12:00