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Fall 2019 Course Syllabus
Course: HIST-1301- Section: 72 United States History I |
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| Instructor | Christina Wilbur | ||||||||||
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| Phone | (409) 984-6394 | ||||||||||
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| Description | A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the pre-Columbian era to the Civil War/Reconstruction period. United States History I includes the study of pre-Columbian, colonial, revolutionary, early national, slavery and sectionalism, and the Civil War/Reconstruction eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History I include: American settlement and diversity, American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, and creation of the federal government. | ||||||||||
| Prerequisites | None. | ||||||||||
| Learning Outcomes |
1. Relate the events that led to the exploration and colonization of early America 2. Summarize reasons for colonial discontent and actions that led to revolution and independence 3. Demonstrate an understanding of our documents of democracy 4. Describe our foreign policy as it developed in the 19th century 5. Analyze stages of economic development as the United States became an industrialized nation 6. Realize the causes of sectionalism as they moved us toward civil war 7. Discuss the major features of Reconstruction and their political impact |
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| Core Objectives |
* Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and visual communication. * 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. * Social Responsibility: Students will demonstrate intercultural competency and civic knowledge by engaging effectively in local, regional, national and/or global communities. * Personal Responsibility: Students will demonstrate the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making. |
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| Program Student Learning Outcomes |
PSLO ALPHA: Reading skills - Demonstrates comprehension of content-area reading material. Identifies all main ideas, supporting details, and vocabulary in reading material; demonstrates a full understanding of the reading. PSLO 1: Critical Thinking Skills ? Uses creative thinking, innovation, inquiry and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information. Creatively identifies problem, argument, or issue (to determine extent of information needed); differentiates the facts from opinions as relates to situation; constructs possible solutions or prediction or consequences; uses logical, sound reasoning to justify conclusion. PSLO 2: Communication Skills ? Demonstrates effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and/or visual communication. Expresses a strong thesis; organizes information with effective transitions & sequencing of ideas; uses substantial, logical & specific development of ideas; details are relevant, original, credible and correctly documented when appropriate to show an effective development and interpretation of ideas; and presents ideas in appropriate mode of expression for the task. PSLO 5: Social Responsibility Skills - Expresses intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities. Identifies cultural characteristics (including beliefs, values, perspectives and/or practices); demonstrates knowledge of civic responsibility; provides evidence of experience in civic- engagement activities; and describes what she/ he has learned as it relates to a reinforced and clarified sense of civic identity in local, regional, national, or global communities; and shows awareness of one?s own culture in relation to others. PSLO 6: Personal Responsibility Skills ? Integrates choices, actions and consequences in ethical decision-making. Recognizes ethical issues when presented in a complex, multilayered (gray) context; recognizes cross- relationships among the issues; discusses in detail/ analyzes core beliefs; the discussion has greater depth and clarity showing the independent application of ethical perspectives/ concepts to an ethical question accurately; and is able to consider full implications of the application. |
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| Textbooks |
Required Materials: Brinkley, Alan. The Unfinished Nation, Volume I. Connect Access 1 semester. Horton, Lois. Harriet Tubman and the Fight for Freedom. Bedford. Any edition. Remini, Robert. Andrew Jackson. Harper. Any edition. The Connect Access is required for the course. You may purchase the access code from the LSCPA bookstore or in Blackboard directly from the publisher. You do not need a hard copy of the textbook but you may purchase one if you care to. There is a looseleaf version available from the publisher. Connect Access: To register for our section just click on the first SmartBook assignment and it will take you to the publisher where you can purchase your access. Students are allowed 2 weeks of free access - after that period you will be locked out until you upgrade to full required access. If you use the two weeks of free access, please keep up with your expiration date so that you do not miss any assignments. |
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| Lecture Topics Outline |
Class Assignment and Reading Schedule All assignments are due by 11:59 pm on Sunday - except for the last week of class. UN: Readings from textbook: The Unfinished Nation, Vol. 1. Individual articles/videos for the Article/Film assignments are listed in Blackboard. Week 1: 8/26-9/1 Post ‘Getting to Know You’ in the Discussion Board: Due by 11:59 pm Sunday, September 30th. Take Pre-test: Due by 11:59 pm Sunday, September 30th. Complete course policy agreement. Due by 11:59 pm Sunday, September 30th. SmartBook reading - Chapter 1: The Collision of Cultures Begin reading Andrew Jackson Week 2: 9/2-9/8 UN: SmartBook reading - Chapter 2: Transplantations and Borderlands Article/film Assignment due Sunday by 11:59 pm. Connect Assignment 1: due Sunday by 11:59 pm. Week 3: 9/9-9/15 UN: SmartBook reading - Chapter 3: Society and Culture in Provincial America Week 4: 9/16-9/222 UN: SmartBook reading - Chapter 4 The Empire in Transition Article/film Assignment due Sunday by 11:59 pm. Connect Assignment 2 due Sunday by 11:59 pm. Week 5: 9/23-9/29 UN: SmartBook reading - Chapter 5: The American Revolution Week 6: 9/30-10/6 UN: SmartBook reading - Chapter 6: The Constitution and the New Republic Article/film Assignment due Sunday by 11:59 pm. Connect Assignment 3 due Sunday by 11:59 pm. Week 7: 10/7-10/13 UN: SmartBook reading - Chapter 7: The Jeffersonian Era Week 8: 10/14-10/20 UN: SmartBook reading -Chapter 8: Varieties of American Nationalism Article/film Assignment due Sunday by 11:59 pm. Connect Assignment 4 due Sunday by 11:59 pm. Week 9: 10/21-10/27 UN: SmartBook reading - Chapter 9: Jacksonian America Midterm Exam: Tuesday, October 22nd 5:00-7:30 pm Andrew Jackson Book Review due date: Sunday, October 27th by 11:59 pm. Begin reading Harriet Tubman and the Fight for Freedom Week 10: 10/28-11/3 UN: SmartBook reading - Chapter 10: America’s Economic Revolution Article/film Assignment due Sunday by 11:59 pm. Connect Assignment 5 due Sunday by 11:59 pm. Week 11: 11/4-11/10 UN: SmartBook reading - Chapter 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South Week 12: 11/11-11/17 UN: SmartBook reading - Chapter 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform Article/film Assignment due Sunday by 11:59 pm. Connect Assignment 6 due Sunday by 11:59 pm. Week 13: 11/18-11/24 UN: SmartBook reading - Chapter 13: The Impending Crisis Harriet Tubman Writing Assignment due date: Sunday, November 24th by 11:59 pm Week 14: 11/25-11/29 UN: SmartBook reading - Chapter 14: The Civil War Article/film Assignment due Sunday by 11:59 pm. Connect Assignment 7 due Sunday by 11:59 pm. Week 15: 11/30-12/6 UN: SmartBook reading - Chapter 15: Reconstruction Article/film Assignment due by Wednesday, December 4th Connect Assignment 8 due by Wednesday, December 4th Please note that the last week's assignments are due by Wednesday, December 4th Final Exam: Thursday, December 5th 5:00-7:30 pm The syllabus and class schedule/assignment dates are subject to change. Students will be notified at the earliest possibility - both on Blackboard and in class - if changes are required. |
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| Major Assignments Schedule |
HIST_1301_72_201990_P00304759.71_72 Fall 2019 LSCPA_final | ||||||||||
| Final Exam Date | December 5, 2019 - 5:00 AM Through December 5, 2019 - 7:30 PM | ||||||||||
| Grading Scale | 90 - 100=A 80 - 89=B 70 - 79=C 60 - 69=D Below 59 = F | ||||||||||
| Determination of Final Grade |
Grading: Two Exams: (Mid-term and Final Exam): 50% Please note that these exams are proctored on campus: Midterm Exam: Tuesday, October 22nd 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm. Final Exam: Thursday, December 5th 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm. Andrew Jackson Book Review: 10% Harriet Tubman Writing Assignment: 10% Article/Video responses: 15% Connect Assignments: 15% A 100-90 B 89-80 C 79-70 D 69-60 F 59-0 Exams: The midterm and Final Exam will be given on campus. Taking these exams is not optional. If there is a conflict with the dates then you will need to get with me to arrange another time. These exams may also be taken in the Student Testing Center. It is up to the students to make the necessary arrangements with me. Please keep up with your grades. Students should keep all copies of graded and ungraded work until course grades have been submitted at the end of the semester. A current running average is always available to you in the ‘Current Class Average’ of Blackboard. Your grade will be based solely on your performance on the above-listed grades. Additionally, all grades will be posted in Blackboard in a timely manner. Please make sure to read the comments sections included with your grade and, additionally, read the comments on your submitted assignments as I make comments in both places. It is your responsibility to read comments and assessment notes and to make the suggested changes on future assignments/exams. |
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| Course Policies | |||||||||||
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SmartBook Readings: Each week chapters in the SmartBook e-textbook are assigned for you to read and complete. You will complete the reading and answer the questions as you go along. There is no grade for completing the Smart Book readings but much of the material on your exams will come from the text. I recommend completing the readings. You may see a score within Connect and/or Blackboard but these are not factored into your overall grade. Connect Assignments: Connect Assignments are assigned both for your practice and for a grade. All Connect assignments are listed in each Module and are due by 11:59 pm Sunday night. These are assigned every two weeks and you have two weeks to complete them. Assignments: All assignments are listed in each 2 week module in Blackboard. Late assignments are not accepted. No extra credit is offered. Assignments open in two week increments. Dual Credit/Wilson Early College students: All class requirements, due dates and policies apply to dual-credit students/Wilson Early College students. Major Assignment due dates: Andrew Jackson Book Review due date: Sunday, October 27th by 11:59 pm. Harriet Tubman Writing Assignment due date: Sunday, November 24th by 11:59 pm. Midterm Exam: Tuesday, October 22nd Final Exam: Thursday, December 5th Email: Students must put LSCPA 1301.71 or 1301.72 in the subject line of any email. This is not optional. If the class and section number are not listed it makes it difficult for me to give you a prompt response. I will not stop what I am doing to log in and sort through multiple class rolls to determine what class you are in. An email that says only, “This is Sarah from your history class. I have a question about the paper” is problematic. Which Sarah? What history class - 1301 or 1302? Online student or in-class student? What paper? Including the required LSCPA 1301.71 or 1301.72 makes it much easier for me to provide you with a prompt and accurate response. Moreover, please make sure to include your full name in the email. Do not put your student ID # in an email. It is not necessary. I do not use Blackboard email. Please note that most questions can be answered by reading the class syllabus, assignment sheet or other directions available to you in Blackboard. Since we will communicate extensively through email, it is important that students are aware of the tone and structure of their correspondence. All emails should include a greeting, a clear statement of the question or inquiry, your name and include proper spelling and grammar. I enjoy getting to know my students through email so please do not hesitate to contact me. All email must come from the student's assigned lamarpa.edu email address. Email from Gmail, Yahoo, and others will frequently end up in my spam or clutter folder and I will not see it. Moreover, due to federal privacy laws, I am not allowed to discuss any sort of grade(s) through any other email system other than the official LSCPA system. I am available during normal business hours – Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. Emails received in the evening will not get a response until the next day. I do strive to reply to email within 24 hours. I do not check email after 5:00 pm or on the weekends. Please note that on Tuesday and Thursday, I am in class from 9:30-2:00 and am not available to reply to email. Time Requirements for this Course: An online class is not an ‘easier’ class. The time requirements for an online class are similar to a face-to-face class. The standard expectation for a college level class is approximately 9-10 hours a week. A class that is a 3-hour credit class will require 3 - 4 hours outside study time for each hour in class. Our class is considered a 3 hour credit class and therefore this time expectation is applicable to our class. Suggestions for the course: This class moves very quickly and there is very little time to catch up if you get behind. Deadlines are firm. Make it a priority to read daily and to stay on schedule with the readings, videos, and discussion posts. These take time. Additionally, remember that you not only have to read the material but you also have to make time to study the material. I recommend that students print out the assignment schedule and refer to it daily and plan their schedules accordingly. Posted Videos: The video links included in the syllabus are an integral part of the course. They provide students with a resource to gain a deeper understanding of the material. I have chosen selections that I feel will aid in deepening your understanding related to a person, era, event, experience, etc. Some are documentaries or films, some standard lectures from other universities, and others - book discussion by authors - address the subject they have written about but also help you to understand the ‘historian’s craft.’ You should take notes while viewing just as if you were sitting in a classroom listening to a presentation. Currently, all video links are ‘working’ but sometimes they may, without notice, get moved to a new server, expire or an organization may decide to take down a link. If you notice a broken link during the semester, please let me know and I will look into it and update the selection with a new link or a replacement selection. Students should make sure that they view the links on schedule and take notes just as if you were in a lecture class. Material from the provided videos will be included on examinations. Viewing is not optional. Every other week you will have a video response(s) due in the discussion board. The videos due each week are listed in the syllabus. You should watch the required selection thoroughly and respond with a thoughtful written response in the ‘Discussion’ posting section. Each response should be 250 words minimum - approximately two full paragraphs - and reflect your thoughts on the content and how it relates to the unit we are currently studying, or perhaps, how you see the material as applicable to today. These are due every two weeks on Sunday by 11:59 pm. Posted Articles: Each week articles are posted in the Module folder. You should read and then respond to the applicable discussion post by the due date listed. This article might be from an academic journal, an essay, a selection from a book or newspaper, internet blog, etc. You should read it thoroughly and respond with a thoughtful written response in the ‘Discussion’ posting section. This should be 250 words minimum - approximately two full paragraphs - and reflect your thoughts on the content and how it relates to the unit we are currently studying, or perhaps, how you see the material as applicable to today. These are due every two weeks on Sunday by 11:59 pm. Article / Video Responses are graded as follows: 100=Excellent 80=Good 60=Fair 40=Poor 20=Are you kidding me? 0=Not completed Technology Responsibility: It is assumed that students registered for an online class are proficient with the technological/computer requirements and the Blackboard system. A lack of computer proficiency is not an excuse for the failure to submit assignments, etc. It is your responsibility to understand how to navigate Blackboard, upload files, view video, etc. Academic Integrity: Academic integrity is essential to online learning and I take it very seriously. Academic dishonesty will not be accepted in this class. Students are to submit their own work – not the work of others. If you submit other’s work as your own or use resources not allowed during examinations, not only are you jeopardizing your academic future but you are paying for an education you are not receiving and, moreover, you are wasting your own time and energy in an effort not to learn. All student submissions are checked for plagiarism. You are better off not doing an assignment - as missing a few individual low-value assignments will not cause you to fail - than submitting a questionable assignment and failing the class. My class policy is that if any academic dishonesty is discovered, the student will receive an F in the class. You will not just receive a 0 on the individual assignment - whether it be a paper, discussion board post, exam or other assignments - you will receive an F for the course. |
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| Attendance Policy |
Class Attendance: Students are required to log-on to Blackboard in order to stay current regarding class announcements, assignment due dates and exam dates. If a student fails to log in on a regular basis, I will assume you are no longer participating in the class and may administratively drop you from the class. Additionally, failure to log in will affect attendance requirements for financial aid, if applicable. |
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| 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. | ||||||||||
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| ADA Considerations | The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the the Office for Disability Services Coordinator, Room 231, in the Madison Monroe Building. The phone number is (409) 984-6241. | ||||||||||
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| HB 2504 | This syllabus is part of LSC-PA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504. | ||||||||||