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Recent Courses

American Civilization Since 1865
American Civilization To 1865
Independent Study Student Life In The 1960s
S/T: History Of American Ideas I I
Senior Seminar: American History
Sophomore Seminar Research Skills
Special Studies In American History I
United States Since 1945
Us History 1920-1945

Personal Statement

I approach the teaching of history with the assumption that "facts" do not interpret themselves and are relatively meaningless unless used as a basis for understanding how cultures and societies function. So I urge students to use their interpretive powers, and we read a lot since otherwise there is nothing to interpret. And fairly lengthy term papers are required as well.

Teaching Specializations / Interests

Courses which I am qualified to teach (which means areas I have published in)include: America in the 1960s; History of American Families; Women's History; History of the American Revolution and Constitution; History of American Education; American Intellectual History (Or History of Ideas).

Books

Dominick Cavallo. (2010). A House Divided: America in the 1920s.

Dominick Cavallo, editor. (2009). Private Lives/Public Moments: Readings in American History: Volume One: From Before 1492 to Reconstruction. Volume Two: From Reconstruction to the Present. (Prentice-Hall, 2009).

Dominick Cavallo. (2001). A Fiction of the Past: The Sixties in American History.

Dominick Cavallo. (1981). Muscles and Morals: Organized Playgrounds and Urban Reform, 1880-1920.

Dominick Cavallo, co-editor. (1981). Family Life in America.

Other Scholarly / Artistic Work

Articles in Peer-Reviewed books or Journals, include:
"From Perfection to Habit: The Americvan Kindergaten, 1860-1920, History of Education Quarterly;

Jane Addams: From Childhood to Hull House," in Essays in Honor of Erik H. Erikson.