Summer Sessions 2023 Course Syllabus Course: HIST-1302 (Section: 71, CRN: 61115) United States History II

Instructor Information
Instructor	Marshall Godwin
Email	godwinmt@lamarpa.edu
Phone	(409) 984-6102
Office	Madison Monroe Educational - Room: 147
Office Hours	Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, on Monday and Thursday from 3:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. or by specially scheduled appointment.
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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. 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.   OpenStaxU.S. History is a free, online textbook which you will be able to access in full from Blackboard. Any and all additional readings, should additional readings be assigned, will be posted onto Blackboard and/or provided by the instructor in the classroom. You will NOT need to purchase textbooks nor any other reading materials for this course.   You may access your OpenStax U.S. History via the following link:   https://openstax.org/details/books/us-history   You can read the book online directly from https://openstax.orgor download a PDF copy which you can save to your device. Be aware that the file is large (approximately 128 megabytes), and downloading a copy might take a few minutes.
Additional Materials/Resources	None.
Corequisites/Prerequisites	ENGL-0302 College Reading Skills ENGL-0327 Integrated Reading and Writing
Learning Outcomes	Create an argument through the use of historical evidence Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources Analyze the effects of historical, social, political, economic, cultural, and global forces on this period of United States history
Core Objectives	* Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and/or 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	Part I: Course Introduction The main focus for this subunit will be going over the syllabus and discussing history as a discipline. You may also take an ungraded “practice quiz” over the syllabus.   Part II: Assimilation This subunit will focus on the violent expansion of the U.S. across North America during the mid- and late 19th century. Subtopics will include the atrocities perpetrated against American nations by the U.S. military and the lived experiences of ordinary people in the “old west.” Reading: U.S. History chapter 17 (pp. 435 – 462) Part III: Industrialization This subunit will focus on the importation of industrial technology from Europe, its spread across the U.S. during the late 19th century, and the social and economic consequences of industrialization. Reading: U.S. History chapter 18 (pp. 463 – 490)     Part IV: Urbanization We’ll begin week 2 by examining the blessings and curses of urbanization in late 19th century U.S. cities, with emphasis on the demographic, economic, and medical changes urbanization brought with it. Reading: U.S. History chapter 19 (pp. 491 – 520) Part V: Organization Partly in response to the corrupt politics of the “Gilded Age,” urban and rural workers organized unions, cooperatives, and political parties to promote the interests of ordinary people. Subtopics include the rise and fall of the People’s Party and Federal responses to major strikes. Reading: U.S. History chapter 20 (pp. 521 – 548)   Part VI: Reformation In this subunit, we’ll examine the progressive movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, from the women’s rights movement and the temperance movement to political reforms and the rise of the NAACP. Reading: U.S. History chapter 21 (pp. 549 – 578) Part VII: Annexation This subunit will focus on the growth of the U.S. colonial empire, including the insidious takeover of the Kingdom of Hawai’i and the genocide committed by U.S. troops in the Philippines from 1899 through 1902. Reading: U.S. History chapter 22 (pp. 579 – 604) Part VIII: Devastation Week 3 will open with an examination of the First World War (1914 – 1919). We will paint a broad overview of this gruesome conflict and its global reach, and then take a more in-depth look at the U.S. home front and reasons for fighting. Reading: U.S. History chapter 23 (pp. 605 – 636)   Part IX: Degeneration This subunit will examine the (apparent) ease and prosperity of the 1920s, the reinvigoration of U.S. consumer culture, and the intensification of cultural conflict, including the rise of white supremacist terror groups and conflict over science education. Reading: U.S. History chapter 24 (pp. 637 – 664)   Part X: Tribulation This subunit will focus on the causes of the Great Depression and how ordinary people struggled to survive during the dark years of the early 1930s. We’ll also talk about the Dust Bowl (1931 – 1939), a major human-caused ecological disaster that might happen again. Reading: U.S. History chapter 25 (pp. 665 – 694)   Part XI: Reinvigoration The final subunit for week 3 will examine the “New Deal” programs of the Roosevelt administration, and the slow climb of the U.S. out of the Depression during the mid- and late 1930s.   Reading: U.S. History chapter 26 (pp. 695 – 722)     Part XII: Annihilation We will open the fourth week of class by examining the Second World War, with emphasis on the unprecedentedly massive genocides committed by Germany and Japan, as well as on the crimes against humanity committed by the United States during the war. We will also examine the crucial – and not widely remembered – work of Mexican agricultural laborers working in the U.S. through the “Bracero program,” and the contributions of U.S. women in factories.    Reading: U.S. History chapter 27 (pp. 723 – 752) Part XIII: Agitation This subunit will examine the mid-20th century (1945 – 1959), a period of many national and international changes. Subtopics will include the upswell in social justice movements in the U.S., white reactionary violence, and the Korean War. Reading: U.S. History chapter 28 (pp. 753 – 782)   Part XIV: Transmutation This subunit will focus on the cultural friction of the 1960s, the successes of the Civil Rights movement, the widespread opposition to the movement by white Protestant persons across the U.S. (not just in the South), and the complicated beginnings of the Second Indochina War (the “Vietnam War” to many in the U.S.). Reading: U.S. History chapter 29 (pp. 783 – 814)   Part XV: Enervation We’ll end Week 4 by continuing our discussion of the increasingly fractious “culture wars” of the 1970s, especially the friction between countercultural movements that promoted equality and the traditionalist movements that opposed the rise of new popular values. Reading: U.S. History chapter 30 (pp. 815 – 846) Part XVI: Domination We’ll open our final week of class by talking about the last decades of the 20th century, the end of the Cold War, and the rise of new challenges to U.S. society, including the War on Drugs and the increased power of the U.S. abroad. Reading: U.S. History chapter 31 (pp. 847 – 876) Part XVII: Culmination With our final subunit of class, we will talk about the early 21st century and some of the challenges facing the U.S. as our society moves into the future. Reading: U.S. History chapter 32 (pp. 877 – 904)
Major Assignments Schedule	Refer to the chart below to quickly look up when our quiz dates and other assignment due dates are. These dates are also listed in the COURSE SCHEDULE section at the end of this syllabus.   Quiz 1 July 13th – July 14th, 2023 Quiz 2 July 20th – July 21st, 2023 Quiz 3 July 27th – July 28th, 2023 Quiz 4 August 3rd – August 4th, 2023 Discussion 1 July 11th – July 14th, 2023 Discussion 2 July 17th – July 21st, 2023 Discussion 3 July 24th – July 28th, 2023 Discussion 4 July 31st – August 4th, 2023 Writing Assignment August 9th before midnight Final Exam August 10th, 2023
Final Exam Date	August 10, 2023 - 12:00 AM   Through  August 10, 2023 - 11:59 PM
Grading Scale	90 - 100=A 80 - 89=B  70 - 79=C   60 - 69=D  Below 59 = F
Determination of Final Grade	Assignment Percentage of final course grade Final Exam 25% Quizzes 40% (10% each) Writing Assignment 15% Discussion Board Participation 20%
Course Policies
Instructor Policies	Assignment Due Dates All assignment due dates are listed in this syllabus, both in the ASSIGNMENTCALENDAR and COURSE SCHEDULE sections. Unless an Accommodations Memorandum provides for a different work schedule, assignments are due when they are due: no exceptions.     Late Work Policy I do not accept late work. Since you will have most of the semester to complete the writing assignment, I do not expect this to be a problem, provided that you are self-disciplined. Put in other terms, since you have such a long time to work on this relatively small assignment, there are no valid excuses for not turning it in. Should you fail to turn in your writing assignment on or before the due date, you will automatically receive a score of 0% for the writing assignment. There will be no exceptions. Turn in your assignment sooner rather than later.   As mentioned above in GRADES &ASSIGNMENTS section, there will be no retakes or make-ups for either the final exam or the reading quizzes, excepting students who have an Accommodations Memorandum that provides for different testing needs. You will take the final exam on August 10th,2023, and will complete the quizzes and discussion boards on their respective dates.      ADA Considerations The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination law that provides civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among many other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their particular educational needs. If you believe you have a disability requiring accommodation, please contact:   Office of Disability Services Coordinator Madison Monroe Building, Room 231 disabilityservices@lamarpa.edu (409) 984-6241     Disability Accommodations It is the policy of Lamar State College-Port Arthur to accommodate students with disabilities, pursuant to state and federal law and the College’s commitment to equal educational opportunities. Any student with a disability, who needs accommodation (for example, in seating placement or arrangement for examinations, notes, etc.), should inform the instructor with a copy of the Accommodations Memorandum from the Office of Student Disabilities at the beginning of the course.   If you have an Accommodations Memorandum, please be sure to show me a copy as soon as possible, and to email me a scanned copy or a PDF. I must have a copy of the Memorandum in order to apply it properly to your assignments or to adjust quiz / exam taking to meet your learning needs.     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 your future self out of your own education.   All student submissions will be screened 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).   Below are the consequences for acts of plagiarism in this course:   First Offense: For your first plagiarism offense, you will receive a grade of 0% on the assignment. Second Offense: A second plagiarism offense will result in the student failingthe course entirely. The student’s name and all documented offenses will be forwarded to the proper LSCPA officials.   Note that any written response questions on the final exam will also be screened for plagiarism, and if you plagiarize on the final exam you will automatically receive a score of 0% on the exam. Classroom Etiquette Policy I expect everyone to behave civilly toward one another in the discussion boards. This means, first and foremost, that I will not tolerate any form of discriminatory remarks or actions by any student(s) against any other student(s) on the basis of race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, immigration status, ethnicity, religion, or any other factor, period.   Secondly, you must be kind and respectful toward your peers during class discussions. Be civil in your responses to others, and show them the courtesy that ought to be shown to you (even if they are being discourteous). This is especially important when there are debates over controversial topics: if you are to be a responsible citizen of the republic, it is all the more important that you learn to respectfully regard perspectives other than your own.   Finally, note that I take civility seriously. We live in an age when the institutions of our republic are under constant assault by ideologues: in order to preserve republican civilization in the United States, it is of utmost importance that you are able not merely to tolerate, but to coexist with and cooperate with people who have lifeways, faiths, identities, philosophies, and perspectives alien to your own. Students who are disrespectful of their peers or of the instructor will be reprimanded; if disruptive and discriminatory, they will be banned from the discussion thread and lose their participation points for that week. In extreme cases – for instance, if there is a threat of physical violence by a student against another student or against the instructor – the offending student will be removed from course entirely, and additional actions may be taken by the instructor or institutional authorities as pertains to any such extreme cases.     MyLSCPA Be sure to check your campus email account and course homepage using the MyLSCPA web portal (https://www.lamarpa.edu/MyLSCPA). When you’ve logged in, click the email icon in the upper right-hand corner to check your email, or click on the “My Courses” tab to get to your Courses Homepage. Click the link to your course to review the information presented. It is important that you routinely check your email and Course Homepage regularly. You can also access your grades, transcripts, and determine who your academic advisor is by using MyLSCPA.     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 (https://www.lamarpa.edu/General/Title-IX-Sexual-Misconduct).     Clery Act Crime Reporting For more information about the Clery Act and crime reporting, see the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report and the Campus Security website (https://www.lamarpa.edu/Lamar/media/Lamar/Files/Security/Annual-Security-Fire-Safety-Report.pdf).
Attendance Policy	Each week, a new discussion board will become available under the “Discussions” tab on the lefthand menu of Blackboard. There will be a total of four discussion boards during the semester, one on each week of the course, sans the week of the final exam. These boards will appear each Monday morning, and will close at 11:59 p.m. the following Friday. The only exception to this will be the first discussion board, which will appear on a Tuesday (since the first day of the Summer II semester is Tuesday, July 11th, 2023).   Each week’s discussion board will consist of 2 or 3 different threads in which you may participate. These threads will involve discussions of:   material covered in the PowerPoints and in the pertinent chapters of U.S. History primary and/or secondary sources provided for you on Blackboard impacts of long-term historical trends on life in the early 21st century U.S. (the present)   You must participate in at least one thread per week in order to receive your participation grade. “Participation” does not mean simply providing a single sentence and then ducking out of the discussion board. You should engage with the materials in your response to the prompt(s), and more importantly, you should engage in discussion and debate with your fellow students. In short, to earn your participation grade, you should:   provide an argumentative response to the question(s) posed by the instructor provide a civil and evidence-based rebuttal to a classmate’s position on the topic in question   If you fail to participate in the discussion boards during a given week, or if you do not adequately participate (by providing a non-argumentative or non-evidence-based response) your participation grade will be reduced accordingly:   No. of “absences” Impact on Participation grade 1 (none) 2 Maximum achievable participation grade: 66⅔% 3 Maximum achievable participation grade: 33⅓% 4 Maximum achievable participation grade: 0%
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	General Education and Developmental Studies Chair: Steven Zani Email: zanisj@lamarpa.edu Phone: (409) 984-6431