Fall 2019 Course Syllabus Course: HIST-1302- Section: 71 United States History II

Instructor Information
Instructor	Tina Kibbe
E-mail	kibbetm@lamarpa.edu
Phone	(409) 984-6330
Office	Location: Madison Monroe - Room: 147 Hours: Online via Blackboard
Department	Inmate Instruction Chair: Dr. Michelle Davis E-mail: davisml1@lamarpa.edu Phone: (409) 984-6341 If you have a grievance, complaint, or concern about this course that has not been resolved through discussion with the Instructor, please consult the Department Chair.
Course Information
Description	A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the Civil War/Reconstruction era to the present. United States History II examines industrialization, immigration, world wars, the Great Depression, Cold War and post-Cold War eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History II include: American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, urbanization and suburbanization, the expansion of the federal government, and the study of U.S. foreign policy.
Prerequisites	None
Learning Outcomes	After successfully completing this course, students will be expected to: 1. Relate the effects of the closing of the frontier 2. Identify how the United States emerged as an industrial power and its impact on business owners, farmers, workers, and immigrants. 3. Analyze the development of US foreign policy through the age of imperialism and WWI. 4. Trace the causes of the Great Depression and the measures enacted to aid the economy. 5. Describe the role of the US in WWII and the Cold War. 6. Chronicle the stages of American cultural movements and politics after the world wars. 7. Understand how the US came to realize the limits of being a political, economic and military superpower. 8. Create an argument through the use of historical evidence. 9. Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources. 10. Analyze the effects of historical, social, political, economic, cultural, and global forces on this period of United States history.
Core Objectives	1. Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and visual communication. 2. Critical Thinking Skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts and constructing solutions. 3. Teamwork: Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal and consider different points of view. 4. Social Responsibility: Students will demonstrate intercultural competency and civic knowledge by engaging effectively in local, regional, national and/or global communities. 5. Personal Responsibility: Students will demonstrate the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
Textbooks	Brinkley, Alan. The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People, 9th ed. , Connect Access 1 semester. Anderson, Sitting Bull and the Paradox of Lakota Nationhood Bryson, One Summer: America 1927
Lecture Topics Outline	August 26-August 30 Westward Expansion September 3-6 Industry, Immigration, & Labor The Rise of the City September 9-13 The Populist Movement & American Imperialism September 16-20 Progressive Reform September 23-27 The Great War (WWI) September 30-October 4 Toward a Modern America & Conservative Backlash October 7-11 The Great Depression and the New Deal October 14-18 The 2nd New Deal America Enters the War October 21-25 The End of World War II The Cold War October 28-November 1 The Paradoxical 1950s November 4-8 The Civil Rights Movement November 11-15 The Turbulent Sixties November 18-22 The Politics of Identity & Protest November 25-27 Nixon, Carter, and the 1970s & 1980s December 2-6 The Rise of the New Conservative Movement
Major Assignments Schedule	HIST_1302_71_201990_P00163670.pdf
Final Exam Date	December 4, 2019 - 6:00 AM   Through  December 9, 2019 - 11:30 PM
Grading Scale	Final Grade Scale: A 798-890 (90-100%) B 708-797 (80-89%) C 619-707 (70-79%) D 530-618 (60-69%) F 0-529 (0-59%)
Determination of Final Grade	Syllabus Quiz 3% Module Quizzes 18% SmartBook Assigments 15% Discussion Questions 11% Video Summaries 11% Writing Assignment 14% Mid-Term Exam 14% Final Exam 14%
Course Policies
Instructor Policies	Late Assignment Policy:     A) SmartBook Reading Assignments: SmartBook reading assignments open on Monday and are due on Friday by 11:30pm. No late assignments will be accepted.     B) Discussion Question Responses: Discussion question responses open on Monday and are due on Friday by 11:30pm and they are intended to count toward your participation and engagement in the class. As such, no late discussion question responses will be accepted. C) Video Summaries & Discussion Questions: Video summaries and discussion questions are open from the beginning of the course and are due on Fridays by 11:30pm. Late video summaries will be accepted only up to one day after the due date and will be penalized ten points. D) Writing Assignment: The Sitting Bull writing assignment is due by Sunday, October 27 @ 11:30pm. You may turn your paper in early. Late assignments will be accepted only up to three days after the due date and will be penalized ten points for each late day. No late writing assignments will be accepted after this three-day period. E) Quizzes/Exams: I essentially have a no make-up policy for quizzes and exams. If you are unable to complete these assignments in the time allotted, you must contact me immediately to discuss your situation. If you miss a quiz or exam and intend to ask me to re-open it, you must provide a valid, written excuse with your request. The only other way that I will re-set a quiz or exam would be if the Blackboard site itself malfunctioned and if that is the case, you need to provide a screenshot or picture of the error message with your request to re-set it. In addition, I reserve the right to administer a different version of the quiz or exam to any student who missed the original one.
Attendance Policy	Since this is an online course, your participation grade will come from your contribution to a posted discussion forum on Blackboard or by writing a short summary of the assigned video for the week, along with a discussion question.
Academic Honesty	Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSC-PA policies (Section IX, subsection A, in the Faculty Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty.
Facility Policies	No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission. Use of electronic devices is prohibited.
Important Information
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HB 2504	This syllabus is part of LSC-PA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504.