Certain professors were responsible for certain weekly class sessions; please refer to the key below for their names.
RB = Renée Bergland
LB/STB = Leonard Buckle and Suzann Thomas-Buckle
For each class, one student was designated as a scribe to take down discussion notes. That student also opened the class up with an oral presentation on the readings for that day.
| WEEK # | PROFESSORS | TOPICS | STUDENT WRITTEN DISCUSSION NOTES | STUDENT ORAL PRESENTATIONS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RB, LB/STB | Welcome/Introduction: What are we talking about? | (PDF) | |
| 2 | RB | Early American sex: history and culture | (PDF) (Courtesy of Elizabeth Mount. Used with permission.) | |
| 3 | LB/STB | Marriage in social and legal history | (PDF) (Courtesy of Allison Vanek. Used with permission.) | |
| 4 | RB | Narratives of seduction and abandonment (What makes American seduction and sex so very American?) | (PDF) (Courtesy of Allison Lakomski. Used with permission.) | (PDF) (Courtesy of Allison Lakomski. Used with permission.) |
| 5 | LB/STB | Law's way for bastards and their mothers | (PDF) (Courtesy of Gretchen Sisson. Used with permission.) | (PDF) (Courtesy of Gretchen Sisson. Used with permission.) |