Although these lessons are available to anyone interested in them, they have been written primarily for undergraduates—both on campus and enrolled in Distance Learning—at the University of Washington in HSTAA 432, History of Washington State and the Pacific Northwest. As such, the lessons are not intended to serve as a comprehensive overview of regional or state history; rather, they are quite explicitly intended to be used in conjunction with other sources of information. Some students using the lessons will also be reading Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes, The Pacific Northwest: An Interperetive History, rev. ed. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1996), a textbook overview of regional history, so the lessons have been developed so as not to overlap too much with Schwantes. They are more thematic and conceptual than the textbook, and are meant to delve deeper into certain areas while glossing over other topics covered by Schwantes. Reflecting their origins as lectures in courses taught in Seattle for students who come primarily from the Puget Sound basin, the lessons also focus more on western Washington than on other parts of the region. Finally, the lessons reflect my own personal research interests and teaching strategies.

I welcome comments and suggestions for additions and revisions.

John M. Findlay, Professor
Department of History
University of Washington
July 1998

Unit 1: Whose Washington? Whose Northwest?

LESSON 1: Who Belongs in the Pacific Northwest?

LESSON 2: To Whom Does the Pacific Northwest Belong?

Unit 2: European Exploration, Imperial Rivalry, and the Maritime Fur Trade, 1741-1806

LESSON 3: European Rivalry for the Pacific Northwest

LESSON 4: Americans Enter the Rivalry

Unit 3: Fur Traders, Indians, and Anglo-American Rivalry for the Northwest, 1806-1846

LESSON 5: Natives and the Maritime Fur Trade

LESSON 6: The Continental Fur Trade

LESSON 7: The Changing World of Pacific Northwest Indians

LESSON 8: Settlement of the Oregon Boundary Question, 1818-1846

Unit 4: Settlers, Indians, and the Americanization of the Pacific Northwest, 1834-1900

LESSON 9: Settlers and Societies in California and Oregon

LESSON 10: Lines on the Land

LESSON 11: Overview of American Indian Policy, Treaties, and Reservations in the Northwest

LESSON 12: Indian Reservations, Resistance, and Changing U.S. Indian Policy since 1850

Unit 5: Cities, Hinterlands, and Extractive Industry

LESSON 13: Cities and Hinterlands: The Modern Northwest

LESSON 14: Industrialization, Technology, and Environment in Washington

LESSON 15: Industrialization, Class, and Race: Chinese and the Anti-Chinese Movement in the Late-19^th-Century Northwest

LESSON 16: Mastering Nature: The Rise of Seattle, 1851-1930

Unit 6: The Northwest as a Political and Economic Colony, 1880-1940

LESSON 17: Reform and the Pacific Northwest

LESSON 18: The I.W.W. in Washington

LESSON 19: Economic and Political Change Between the Wars, 1919-1939

Unit 7: World War Two and 20^th-Century Diversity in the Pacific Northwest

LESSON 20: World War Two as Turning Point in Northwest Race Relations

LESSON 21: African Americans in the Modern Northwest

LESSON 22: Asian Americans in the Modern Northwest

Unit 8: Cold War and the Age of the Environmental Movement

LESSON 23: The Impact of the Cold War on the Pacific Northwest: An Overview

LESSON 24: The Impact of the Cold War on Washington: Hanford and the Tri-Cities

LESSON 25: The Impact of the Cold War on Seattle: The 1962 World's Fair

LESSON 26: Spokane's Expo '74: A World's Fair for the Environment

LESSON 27:Extinction in Ecotopia: Environment and Identity in the late 20^th Century Pacific Northwest