Spring 2024 Course Syllabus Course: HIST-1302 (Section: 8B, CRN: 10860) United States History II

Instructor Information
Instructor	Ryan Romero
Email	romerord@lamarpa.edu
Phone	(409) 984-6102
Office	Madison Monroe Education - Room: 147A
Office Hours	Bob Hope High School - Room 212 8th Period
Additional Contact Information
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 suburbaniza
Required 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. American Yamp Textbook (Online) McGraw Hill US History since 1876 Textbook (for In-class Work)
Additional Materials/Resources	Chromebook Pens and Pencils Notebook for Journal Work and Bellringers
Corequisites/Prerequisites	ENGL-0302 College Reading Skills ENGL-0327 Integrated Reading and Writing
Learning Outcomes	·         Develop an understanding toward the history and impact of the Civil Rights Movement ·         Discuss the transition of America from a secondary power to a world power in 20th century ·         Understand American Imperialism and the effects that it had on the nation ·         Produce critical thinking skills that could be applied to US History ·         Demonstrate knowledge about the American culture that followed after World War One (i.e. Neutrality, Harlem Renanisas, etc.) ·         Demonstrate critical thinking skills through writing assignments and class activities through a historical perspective
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.
Lecture Topics Outline
Major Assignments Schedule	Week 1: ·         Unit 1- Gilded Age & Syllabus 1/8-12 YP: Chapter 16 & 18 – Capital and Labor / Life in Industrial America   Week 2 1/16-19 YP: Chapter 17: Conquest of the Far West Syllabus Quizdue January 20th at 11:59 pm Week 3: ·         Unit 2: Progressive Era 1/22-26 YP: Chapter 20 - Progressive Era 1st Discussion Assignment due January 26th at 11:59pm Week 4: ·         Unit 3: Imperialism & WW 1 1/29-2/2 YP: Chapter 19 – American Empire Week 5 2/5-9 YP: Chapter 21 – World War One & Its Aftermath 2nd Discussion Assignment due February 11th at 11:59pm Week 6 ·         Unit 4: Roaring Twenties 2/19-23 YP: Chapter 22 – The New Era (Roaring Twenties)   Week 7 ·         Unit 5: Great Depression & New Deal 2/26-3/1 YP: Chapter 23: Great Depression & New Deal 3rd Discussion Assignment due February 25th at 11:59pm Week 8 ·         Unit 6: World War Two 3/4-9 YP: Chapter 24: World War Two   Week 9 3/11-15 SPRING BREAK!!!!! Week 10 ·         Unit 7: Cold War 3/18-22 YP: Chapter 25: Cold War 4th Discussion Assignment due March 20th at 11:59pm Week 11 ·         Unit 8: Civil Rights 3/25-3/29 YP: Chapter 26: Affluent Society   Week 12 4/1-5 YP: Chapter 27: The Sixties 5th Discussion Assignment due May 5th at 11:59pm Week 13 ·         Unit 9: New Directions 4/8-12 YP: Chapter 28: The Unraveling Assessment Paper due on April 14th at 11:59pm Week 14 4/15-19 YP: Chapter 29: The Triumph of the Right   Week 15 ·         Unit 10: New Century 4/22-4/26 YP: Chapter 30: The Recent Past 6th Discussion Assignment due on April 25th at 11:59pm Week 16 ·         Unit 11: Government and Civics 4/29-5/3   Week 17 5/6-10 Final Exam
Final Exam Date	May 8, 2024 - 8:0 AM   Through  May 8, 2024 - 4:30 PM
Grading Scale	90 - 100=A 80 - 89=B  70 - 79=C   60 - 69=D  Below 59 = F
Determination of Final Grade	Quizzes and Unit Tests  - 40% Journal Checks  - 15% Assessment Paper - 5% Daily Grades– 25% Discussion Assignments/Homework - 15%
Course Policies
Instructor Policies	Please keep up with your grades.  Students should keep all copies of graded work until course grades have been submitted at the end of the semester. 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 and your current average is always available under the ‘My Grades’ tab in Blackboard.   Please make sure to read the comments included with your assignment.  It is your responsibility to read comments and assessment notes and to make the suggested changes on future assignments/exams. Extra Credit and Make-up is offered for points to certain quizzes, tests, and assignments, where the official details of said extra credit when offered will be posted onto Blackboard for documentation purposes. However, do not expect for it to be offered continuously and not with high amounts of points given. Due to the fact that the instructor has started HIST 1302 early to prep their students for the upcoming STAAR EOC Exam, any new student that enters the course late will be given at least a week to catch-up on missing work with any appropriate academic and professional assistance that can be given by the instructor.  Exam Reviews: An Exam review is provided before the Final Exam, but they should only be considered as an aide in studying for the exam. They are not, and are not meant to be, a substitution for thorough class notes, studying the textbook, and/or missed classes.  Exam reviews are not a comprehensive review of all material that may, or may not, be included on exams.  You are responsible for all material discussed in class, additional readings and textbook material.   Quizzes and Unit Tests Due to the fact that HIST 1302 or US History II is more aligned with the US History STAAR EOC Exam, this college course will be more aligned with STAAR standards or TEKS to help facilitate student success whenever possible through the guidelines of LAMAR STATE COLLEGE – Port Arthur. The material within the course are divided into units within Blackboard, where each time period studied shall be divided into a unit. Some units can go for two weeks or one week, for longer units there will be a quiz to review what was learned and at the end of the unit there will be a Unit Test where all material on the Unit Test is based on the material learned throughout the unit (meaning comprehensive). In terms of grading scale, Quizzes and Unit Tests are worthed as test grades with no difference in scaling between them besides names. These Quizzes and Unit Tests will be created on and used on DMAC to measure student understanding of TEKS and provide continuous improvement to ensure student success for STAAR EOC.   Assessment Writing Assignment and Paper Prep: Requirements for this assignment will be posted in Blackboard, where it will be based on the reading of the book Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy.   Late Work Policy: Online Work that is late will be accepted but will receive a 5 points every 24 hours until it reaches 50 where the highest grade a student will receive on mainly homework and daily grades; other grades like Assessment Paper, Quizzes & Tests, and other grades are not applied where they shall become zeros once they hit a zero when they hit the amount of days it takes to reach a grade of zero after the initial 24 hour grace period.   Journal: The student shall have a journal that they will bring to class every day and will use for their bellringers, where they must write the question and answer it within complete sentences (Students may use the RACE method where they can use the question embedded into the sentences of their answer as a way to write it). In addition, each week, students will use the regular US History Textbook at BOB HOPE to do journal work that will be written onto the board with the location for the set of questions that they must answer provided. Each 3 week academic weeks within BOB HOPE, the journals for the Students will be checked for at least 10 bellringers and 2 journal works (The third journal, if students completed it, will compensate for 5 bellringers). The journal checks is a project grade under BOB HOPE and is worth 15% for blackboard. When calculating the grade for the check, the bellringers is 50% and the journal is the other 50%.   Email: I recommend speaking to me in person either before or after class  as many issues can be clarified and questions answered much more quickly in person rather than by email. But if it is necessary to email me, please put LSCPA 1302.(and section number) in the subject line of any email.  If the class and section number are not listed you will not receive a prompt response as I will not make it a priority to log into each class and search out who you are and what class you are in.  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.  'Texting' abbreviations, lack of punctuation and 'i' are not acceptable.  All emails must come from the student's assigned Lamarpa.edu email address or through Teams.  Do not email me from google, yahoo, etc. as it is very likely the campus email will send your email to the Clutter folder and I will not receive it. In addition, there is a chance that any email that i send to your personal email could end up not being received. Emails received after 6:30 pm will most likely not get a response until the next day (unless told otherwise on blackboard).
Attendance Policy	Students within the course should be following the guidelines of the BOB HOPE SCHOOL attendance policy as outlined in the school's Handbook.
Additional Information
Institutional Policies
MyLSCPA	Be sure to check your campus email and Course Homepage using MyLSCPA campus web portal. You can also access your grades, transcripts, academic advisors, degree progress, and other services through MyLSCPA.
Academic Honesty	Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSCPA policies (Academic Dishonesty section in the Student Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty.
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.
COVID 19 Information	The Lamar State College Port Arthur (LSCPA) Student Code of Conduct COVID 19 Policy requires students who have been diagnosed with COVID 19 to report their condition directly to their local health department. Students should also contact their course faculty to report their quarantine status. In addition, this policy requires all students to wear face coverings when directly exposed to COVID 19 in compliance with the criteria included in the policy. For more information please refer to the COVID 19 link on the LSCPA website.
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.
HB 2504	This syllabus is part of LSCPA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504.
Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect	As per Texas law and LSCPA policy, all LSCPA employees, including faculty, are required to report allegations or disclosures of child abuse or neglect to the designated authorities, which may include a local or state law enforcement agency or the Texas Department of Family Protective Services. For more information about mandatory reporting requirements, see LSCPA's Policy and Procedure Manual.
Title IX and Sexual Misconduct	LSCPA is committed to establishing and maintaining an environment that is free from all forms of sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual violence, and other forms of sexual misconduct. All LSCPA employees, including faculty, have the responsibility to report disclosures of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment, sexual assault (including rape and acquaintance rape), domestic violence, dating violence, relationship violence, or stalking, to LSCPA's Title IX Coordinator, whose role is to coordinate the college's response to sexual misconduct. For more information about Title IX protections, faculty reporting responsibilities, options for confidential reporting, and the resources available for support visit LSCPA's Title IX website.
Clery Act Crime Reporting	For more information about the Clery Act and crime reporting, see the Annual Security & Fire Safety Report and the Campus Security website.
Grievance / Complaint / Concern	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.
Department Information	Dual Enrollment Chair: Steven Zani Email: zanisj@lamarpa.edu Phone: (409) 984-6431