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Summer Sessions 2019 Course Syllabus
Course: HIST-1302- Section: 71 United States History II |
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| Instructor | Christina Wilbur | ||||||||
| wilburca@lamarpa.edu | |||||||||
| 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 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 |
Student Outcomes: At the end of the 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. |
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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 II. Connect Access 1 semester. 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. |
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| Lecture Topics Outline |
Week 1: July 9 - July 14 Post ‘Getting to Know You’ in the Discussion Board Take Pre-test Complete course policy agreement. SmartBook readings: Brinkley: Unfinished Nation, Vol. II Chapter 16: The Conquest of the Far West Chapter 17: Industrial Supremacy Chapter 18 The Age of the City Film/Article Assignment The Reservation and Destruction of Indian Culture Women on the Western Frontier Sawdust City Geronimo and the Apache Resistance Spindletop Making a Way Out of No Way Connect Assignment 1 Week 2: July 15 - July 21 SmartBook readings: Brinkley: Unfinished Nation, Vol. II Chapter 19: From Crisis to Empire Chapter 20: The Progressives Chapter 21: America and the Great War Film/Article Assignment Theodore Roosevelt Jacob Riis Upton Sinclair Animals and Technology in WWI Theodore Roosevelt: From Roughrider to Rushmore Shell Shock Paris 1919: Inside the Peace Talks that Changed the World Connect Assignment 2 Mid-term Exam: Proctored mid-term exam on campus: Monday, July 22nd 5:00-7:30 pm. Your Mid-term exam will cover material from Weeks 1 &2 only. Week 3: July 22 - July 28 SmartBook readings: Unfinished Nation, Vol. II Chapter 22: The New Era Chapter 23: The Great Depression Chapter 24: The New Deal Film/Article Assignment The Ku Klux Klan Margaret Sanger FDR and Polio Work Relief in the Great Depression The Jazz Age The Crash of 1929 The New Deal Connect Assignment 3 Week 4: July 29 - August 4 SmartBook readings: Brinkley: Unfinished Nation, Vol. II Chapter 25: The Global Crisis Chapter 26: America in a World at War Chapter 27: The Cold War Film/Article Assignment A Day of Infamy Harry Truman The Homefront During WWII Containment - Long Telegram How the Nazi’s Came to Power D-Day Remembered 1941-1945: The Homefront Beaumont Race Riots video: Connect Assignment 4 Week 5: August 5 - August 13 (Please note that the class continues until August 13) All assignments will be due on Sunday, August 11th. Your Final Exam will be given on-campus Tuesday, August 13th. SmartBook readings: Brinkley: Unfinished Nation, Vol. II Chapter 28: The Affluent Society Chapter 29: Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism Chapter 30: The Crisis of Authority Film/Article Assignment Consumerism and Suburban Homes Port Arthur School Desegregation Letters from a Birmingham Jail Happy Daze The Children’s March Approaching the Apocalypse Connect Assignment 5 Post-test due by 11:59 pm Sunday Final Exam: Proctored Final Exam on campus: Tuesday, August 13th 5:00-7:30 pm. Your Final Exam will include material from Weeks 3-5. |
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| Major Assignments Schedule |
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| Final Exam Date | August 13, 2019 - 5:00 PM Through August 13, 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 (2) Major Exams: 55% These exams will be proctored exams on campus. SmartBook Readings/Assignments: 20% Article/Film Assignments: 25% A 100-90 B 89-80 C 79-70 D 69-60 F 59-0 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 | |||||||||
| Instructor Policies |
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. Additionally, students should be aware that the majority of the responsibility in mastering the material falls to the student. Should you believe that these aspects of the course will be problematic, then it is suggested that you register for an in-class section of the course. Please make sure to keep your passwords updated. Email: Students must put LSCPA 1302.71 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 1302.71 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. 'Texting' abbreviations, lack of punctuation and 'i' are not acceptable. 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. During the summer session, I am available during normal business hours – Monday-Friday 9am-4pm. Emails received in the evening will not get a response until the next day. I do strive to reply to email promptly and within 24 hours. Additionally, I do not generally check email on weekends. Should you have any questions, please make sure to email me before 4 pm on Friday. 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. Remember that in the summer we are completing 15 weeks of class in 5 weeks. I do not reduce class expectations because it is a condensed class. The standard expectation for a college level class is approximately 10-12 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. For summer classes, please multiply this number by 3! Please make sure to adjust your schedule accordingly. Suggestions for the course: This class moves very quickly and there is very little time to catch up if you get behind. This is even more important in the summer. Deadlines are firm. Make it a priority to read daily and to stay on schedule with the readings, videos, quizzes 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. 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 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. Additionally, all student submissions are checked for plagiarism and use of any materials not authorized is prohibited. Should it come to light that you are, you will receive an F in the class. 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. I do reserve the right to review previously submitted material if there are substantial inconsistencies in submitted student work. 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 an assignment or exam - 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. | ||||||||
| MyLamarPA | Be sure to check your campus E-mail and Course Homepage using MyLamarPA 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 MyLamarPA. | ||||||||
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| HB 2504 | This syllabus is part of LSC-PA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504. | ||||||||