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Spring 2022 Course Syllabus
Course: HIST-1302- Section: 3M United States History II |
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| Instructor | Marshall Godwin | ||||||||||
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| Phone | (409) 984-6102 | ||||||||||
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| COVID 19 Information | The Lamar State College Port Arthur (LSCPA) Student Code of Conduct COVID 19 Policy requires students who have been exposed to COVID 19 or diagnosed with COVID 19 to report their condition on the COVID 19 Notification Form (available via a link on the Student Code of Conduct COVID19 webpage). This information will be provided to the Dean of Student Services. In addition, this policy requires all students to wear face coverings in compliance with the criteria included in the policy. For more information please refer to the COVID 19 link on the LSCPA website. | ||||||||||
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| 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 suburbaniza | ||||||||||
| Prerequisites | None | ||||||||||
| Learning Outcomes |
1. Create an argument through the use of historical evidence. 2. Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources. 3. Analyze the effects of historical, social, political, economic, cultural, and global forces on this period of United States history. |
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| 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. Social Responsibility: Students will demonstrate intercultural competency and civic knowledge by engaging effectively in local, regional, national and/or global communities. 4. Personal Responsibility: Students will demonstrate the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making. |
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| Textbooks |
Textbook Purchasing Statement: A student attending Lamar State College Port Arthur is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from the college-affiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be available from an independent retailer, including an online retailer.
Textbook Purchasing Statement: A student attending Lamar State College Port Arthur is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from the college-affiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be available from an independent retailer, including an online retailer. OpenStax US History is a free, online textbook which you will be able to access in full from Blackboard. Any and all additional readings will be posted onto Blackboard. You will not need to purchase any textbooks or other reading materials for this course. |
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| Lecture Topics Outline |
1. WEEK 1 (Jan. 19 – Jan. 21): Course Introduction • Introduction to the structure of the course and subject matter of HIST 1302 • Reading: No reading for this week • Assignments due: No assignments are due this week 2. WEEK 2 (Jan. 24 – Jan. 28): Westward Expansion (Chapter 17 in U.S. History) • Lectures will focus on the rapid and often violent expansion of the U.S. across North America during the mid- and late 19th century • Reading: U.S. History Chapter 17: “Go West Young Man! Westward Expansion, 1840 – 1900,” pp. 435 – 461 • Assignments due: Quiz over chapter 17 (Friday, January 28 at 8:00 a.m.) 3. WEEK 3 (Jan. 31 – Feb. 2): The Rise of Big Business (Chapter 18 in U.S. History) • Topics of the week are the rise of wealthy businessmen to social, economic, and political prominence in the late 19th century U.S.; the economic shift to industrial capitalism; and the cultural consequences of the new U.S. economy • Reading: U.S. History, Chapter 18: “Industrialization and the Rise of Big Business, 1870 – 1900,” pp. 463 – 489 • Assignments: Quiz over chapter 18 (Friday, February 4 at 8:00 a.m.) 4. WEEK 4 (Feb. 7 – Feb. 11): Urbanization (Chapter 19 in U.S. History) • Topics of the week are the socio-cultural impacts of urbanization on a previously rural U.S.; the experiences of African Americans during urbanization, and especially the Great Migration; and the experiences of immigrants who migrated to the U.S. during the late 19th and early 20th centuries • Reading: U.S. History, Chapter 19: “The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870 – 1900,” pp. 491 – 518 • Assignments: Quiz over chapter 19 (Friday, February 11 at 8:00 a.m.). Paper 1 is due at 11:59 p.m. on Blackboard 5. WEEK 5 (Feb. 14 – Feb. 18): Politics in the Gilded Age (Chapter 20 in U.S. History) • Topics of the week will include the rampant political corruption at national, state, and local levels of government during the late 19th century; the rise of organized urban Labor movements and the Populist movement of rural workers and farmers. • Reading: U.S. History, Chapter 20: “Politics in the Gilded Age, 1870 – 1900,” pp. 521 – 547 • Assignments: Quiz over chapter 20 (Friday, February 18 at 8:00 a.m.) 6. WEEK 6 (Feb. 21 – Feb. 25): The Progressive Movement (Chapter 21 in U.S. History) • Topics of the week include the origins of the reformist Progressive movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; the new political power gained by women and African Americans; the cultural and political victories of the Progressive movement, and the actions of the “progressive presidents.” • Reading: U.S. History, Chapter 21: “Leading the Way: The Progressive Movement, 1890 – 1920,” pp. 549 – 577 • Assignments: Quiz over chapter 21 (Friday, February 25 at 8:00 a.m.) 7. WEEK 7 (Feb. 28 – Mar. 4): The American Empire (Chapter 22 in U.S. History) • Topics of the week include the Spain-U.S. War of 1898 and U.S. imperialism in Puerto Rico and the Philippines; U.S. economic colonialism in China and the Caribbean Basin; and the internal political friction caused in the U.S. by U.S. imperialism • Reading: U.S. History, chapter 22: “Age of Empire: U.S. Foreign Policy, 1890 – 1914,” pp. 579 – 603 • Assignments: Quiz over chapter 22 (Friday, March 4 at 8:00 a.m.). Paper 2 is due at 11:59 p.m. on Blackboard 8. WEEK 8 (Mar. 7 – Mar. 11): First World War (Chapter 23 in U.S. History) & MIDTERM EXAM • Topics of the week include the U.S. isolationism and the 1917 declaration of war on Germany; the home front; and the experiences of U.S. infantrymen. The midterm exam will be given at the end of this week. • Reading: U.S. History, Chapter 23: “Americans and the Great War, 1914 – 1919,” pp. 605 – 635. • Assignments: MIDTERM EXAM on Friday, March 11, at 8:00 a.m. SPRING BREAK (Mar. 14 – Mar. 18) Be safe and come back refreshed! 9. WEEK 9 (Mar. 21 – Mar. 25): The Jazz Age (Chapter 24 in U.S. History) • Topics of the week will include the new economic prosperity of the 1920s; cultural changes in the U.S. during the 1920s, including the Harlem Renaissance; and the spread of new forms of popular culture. • Reading: U.S. History, chapter 24, “The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919 – 1929,” pp. 637 – 662. • Assignments: Quiz over chapter 24 (Friday, March 25 at 8:00 a.m.) 10. WEEK 10 (Mar. 28 – Apr. 1): The Great Depression (Chapter 25 in U.S. History) • Topics of the week include the causes of the Great Depression; the failure of initial governmental responses to the Depression; the Dust Bowl; and the suffering of the majority of Americans and expansion of the wealth gap • Reading: U.S. History, chapter 25, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929 – 1932,” pp. 665 – 694. • Assignments: Quiz over chapter 25 (Friday, April 1 at 8:00 a.m.) 11. WEEK 11 (Apr. 4 – Apr. 8): The Second World War (Chapter 27 in U.S. History) • Topics of the week include the rise of fascist governments in Japan, Germany, and Italy; the U.S. entry into the world war; the U.S. Home Front; the experiences of servicemen and servicewomen of color; the internment of Japanese-Americans in concentration camps by the U.S. military; and the use of nuclear weapons by the U.S. • Reading: U.S. History, chapter 27, “Fighting the Good Fight in World War II, 1941- 1945,” pp. 723 – 752 • Assignments: Quiz over chapter 27 (Friday, April 8 at 8:00 a.m.). Paper 3 is due at 11:59 p.m. on Blackboard 12. WEEK 12 (Apr. 11 – Apr. 13): The Early Cold War (Chapter 28 in U.S. History) • Topics of the week include the roots of the Cold War; the struggles, victories, and developments of the Civil Rights movement during the late 1940s and 1950s; and the rise of mass media and new modes of popular culture. • Reading: U.S. History Chapter 28, “Post-war Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945 – 1960,” pp. 753 – 782. • Assignments: Quiz over chapter 28 (Wednesday, April 13 at 8:00 a.m.) • NOTE: APRIL 15 is a campus holiday: we will not have class on Friday, April 15 13. WEEK 13 (Apr. 18 – Apr. 22): The 1960s (Chapter 29 in U.S. History) • Topics of the week include the successes of and obstacles faced by the Civil Rights movement during the 1960s; the rise of countercultural movements, and pushback against those movements; and the “Great Society” initiatives of the Johnson administration. • Reading: U.S. History Chapter 29, “Contesting Futures: America in the 1960s,” pp. 783 – 812. • Assignments: Quiz over chapter 29 (Friday, April 22 at 8:00 a.m.). Paper 4 due at 11:59 p.m. on Blackboard 14. WEEK 14 (Apr. 25 – Apr. 29): Chaos in the Late Cold War (Chapter 30 in U.S. History) • Topics of the week include the U.S. failure in the Second Indochina War (the Vietnam War); the scandals of the Nixon administration; the economic malaise durin the late 1970s and early 1980s; and the fractured nature of politics during the 1970s. • Reading: U.S. History Chapter 30, “Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968 – 1980,” pp. 815 – 845 • Assignments: Quiz over chapter 30 (Friday, April 29 at 8:00 a.m.) 15. WEEK 15 (May 2 – May 6): The End of the Cold War, and the End of the 20th Century (Chapter 31 in U.S. History) • Topics of the week include the Reagan administration and its policies; the fall of the Soviet Union; the First Gulf War and increasing U.S. military involvement in southwestern Asia; and the societal changes of the 1990s • Reading: U.S. History Chapter 31, “From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980 – 2000,” pp. 847 – 876 • Assignments: No assignments are due this week 16. WEEK 16 (May 9 – May 11) Review and FINAL EXAM • We will review all material covered in class and in the course readings from Week 9 to Week 15. • Reading: none • Assignments: FINAL EXAM on Wednesday, May 11, at 8:00 a.m. |
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| Major Assignments Schedule |
HIST_1302_3M_202210_P00353723.pdf | ||||||||||
| Final Exam Date | May 11, 2022 - 8:00 AM | ||||||||||
| Grading Scale | 90 - 100=A 80 - 89=B 70 - 79=C 60 - 69=D Below 59 = F | ||||||||||
| Determination of Final Grade |
Midterm Exam - 20% Final Exam - 20% Papers - 20% Quizzes - 30% Attendance and Participation - 10% |
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| Instructor Policies |
Late Work Policy: If you fail to turn in one of the short papers before the due date, your highest possible grade on the paper will decrease by 10 points (to a maximum possible grade of 90). If you have not turned in the paper by 11:59 p.m. on the Saturday following its due date, the highest possible grade you may receive on the paper will decrease a further 10 points (to a maximum possible grade of 80). If you have not turned in the paper to Blackboard by 11:59 p.m. on the Sunday following its due date, you will receive a “0” for the paper. Quizzes and exams will be turned in during the same class session that they are handed out. A 10-minute timer will be started by the instructor after quizzes are handed out: students are to complete the quiz within the allotted time. Once the timer reaches 0 minutes and 0 seconds, all quizzes will be turned in to the instructor, whether they are complete or not. Students will be given the entire class period to take their midterm exam and final exam (50 minutes, from 8:00 a.m. until 8:50 a.m.). At 8:50 a.m. on exam days, all students will turn their exam in to the instructor, whether the exams are complete or not. If you are late to class on an exam day, you will not receive extra time, and must still complete the exam by or before 8:50 a.m. In cases of a documented medical emergency, I will consider extending due dates on a case-by-case basis. Classroom Etiquette Policy: I expect everyone in the classroom to be respectful of one another. This means, first and foremost, that any form of discriminatory remarks or actions on the basis of race, sex, gender, national origin, ethnicity, religion, or any other factor will not be tolerated. Secondly, it means that you must be kind and respectful to your peers. Listen when someone else is talking, and show others the courtesy that should be shown to you. Students who are disrespectful of their peers or the instructor will be asked to leave the classroom. Academic Integrity: Academic integrity is essential to truly learning any subject or discipline. You are to submit your own work, not the work of peers, friends, or anyone else. By cheating, you not only jeopardize your own academic future, you are cheating yourself out of truly learning. All student submissions will be checked for plagiarism. For a more thorough definition of plagiarism, please refer to the “Academic Policies” section of the Student Handbook (in the present edition, this should be on page 30). Part of the instructor’s duty is to help you recognize what plagiarism is and is not. The following penalties will occur if you plagiarize: 1. First offense: For your first plagiarism offense, the instructor will reduce the grade you would have otherwise received on the assignment by half (i.e., a paper that would have received a grade of 100% would instead receive a grade of 50%, a paper that would have otherwise earned a 90% will receive a grade of 45%, and so on). The student will meet with the instructor to go over what plagiarism is, so that there are not future offenses. The student will not be given a chance to make up the plagiarized assignment. 2. Second and third offenses: For your second and/or plagiarism offense(s), you will immediately receive a grade of 0% on the plagiarized assignment(s) 3. Fourth or further offenses: Future plagiarism offenses will result in the student failing the course entirely. The student’s name and all documented offenses will be forwarded to the proper university officials. |
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| Attendance Policy |
Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class session, and attendance records submitted to Memorial High School. It is important that you attend class, as we will go over much of the material that will be on the exams and quizzes during lectures and class discussions. You are also expected to participate by engaging with discussion questions during class periods. Of course, life happens, and it is likely that there will be times you are unable to attend class in person. Note that you do not need to contact me about why you are absent: there are no “excused” or “unexcused” absences, only absences. For this course, as in all college courses, you have a limited number of absences which you may take before you fail the course entirely. In light of the present situation with the coronavirus pandemic and its broader societal impacts, you will have a higher number of potential absences than you would normally be given. You may be absent from this course up to 7 times before your course grade is impacted. If you are absent an eighth time, the maximum highest grade you may earn for attendance and participation will be reduced to 5% of your final course grade. If you are absent a ninth time, you will receive “0%” for your attendance and participation grade. If you are absent a tenth time, you will fail the course entirely, and will receive a final course grade of “F.” |
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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. | ||||||||||
| MyLSCPA | Be sure to check your campus E-mail and Course Homepage using MyLSCPA campus web portal (My.LamarPA.edu). When you've logged in, click the email icon in the upper right-hand corner to check email, or click on the "My Courses" tab to get to your Course Homepage. Click the link to your course and review the information presented. It is important that you check your email and Course Homepage regularly. You can also access your grades, transcripts, and determine who your academic advisor is by using MyLSCPA. | ||||||||||
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Dual Credit Below is the contact information for the Director of the Dual Credit Program and LSCPA. Director: Ms. Hilda Billups Email: billupshm@lamarpa.edu Phone: (409) 984-6102 The instructor does not discuss grades with the parents of students. If your parents wish to discuss a grade issue, they must contact the Director of Dual Credit. |
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| HB 2504 | This syllabus is part of LSC-PA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504. | ||||||||||
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