Spring 2018 OLLI Catalog (Interactive)
The Osher Lifelong Learning at California State University Dominguez Hills is a program of educational, cultural, and social opportunities for retired and semi-retired individuals age 50 and above. Members experience taking courses in a relaxed atmosphere for the pure pleasure of learning.
The Osher Lifelong Learning at California State University Dominguez Hills is a program of educational, cultural, and social opportunities for retired and semi-retired individuals age 50 and above. Members experience taking courses in a relaxed atmosphere for the pure pleasure of learning.
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DISCUSSION GROUPS<br />
The Skeptic’s Guide to American History<br />
This is the conclusion of the 24 part lecture series…What if<br />
everything you have come to believe about America’s early history<br />
was a lie, or in the least, did not tell the entire story? What if the<br />
historical facts you were taught in grades five through twelve were<br />
presented with a slightly distorted slant to guide your perception<br />
of America in relationship to the rest of the world? Professor<br />
Mark A. Stoler’s Great Courses lecture series will reframe your<br />
understanding of America’s past while also providing a fresh<br />
perspective on how to interpret the future.<br />
Professor Mark A. Stoler, Ph.D., is an award-winning scholar from<br />
University of Vermont. He provides a fresh insight into history, and<br />
how historians think and work. His series will sort through myths,<br />
misconceptions and half truths about our nation’s past. Professor<br />
Stoler offers an intellectual and delightful journey through America<br />
history while giving you the opportunity to rethink historical facts<br />
and their meaning.<br />
During this lecture series, we will delve into topics such as the<br />
impact other nations had on the American Revolution, the<br />
Newburgh Conspiracy in the winter of 1782-83, the Battle at<br />
Gettysburg, and America’s Vietnam policies. The course will open<br />
your eyes to aspects of American history you may have simply just<br />
taken for granted. Come join the ranks of the intellectually curious<br />
and satisfy the need to understand a different perspective of<br />
American history. This topic will bring a lively discussion on<br />
alternative truths.<br />
Session #7 13) Myths about American Isolation and Empire<br />
14) Early Progressives Were Not Liberals<br />
Session #8 15) Woodrow Wilson and the Rating of Presidents<br />
16) The Roaring Twenties Reconsidered<br />
Session #9 17) Hoover and the Great Depression Revisited<br />
18) What Did Roosevelt’s New Deal Really Do?<br />
Session #10<br />
Session #11<br />
Session #12<br />
19) World War ll Misconceptions and Myths<br />
20) Was the Cold War Inevitable?<br />
21) Real Blunders of the Vietnam War<br />
22) Myths about American Wars<br />
23) Who Matters in American History?<br />
24) History Did Not Begin with Us<br />
Facilitator: Jay Edie,<br />
<strong>OLLI</strong> & Omnilore Member<br />
6 Mondays<br />
March 5, 12, 19, 26<br />
April 2, 9<br />
10:00am – 12:00pm<br />
Extended Education Building,<br />
EE-1205<br />
Fee: $20<br />
NLLL 251 Section 01<br />
Course No. 23826<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2018</strong> | www.csudh.edu/olli | (310) 243-3208 17
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