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Winter Mini 2020 Course Syllabus
Course: HIST-1302- Section: 71 United States History II |
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| Instructor | Tina Kibbe | ||||||||||
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| Phone | (409) 984-6229 | ||||||||||
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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 |
After successfully completing this course, students will be expected to: 1. Relate the effects of westward expansion 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 |
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.
The American Yawp: A Massively Collaborative Open U.S. History Textbook, Volume II: After 1877, eds. Locke, Joseph and Ben Wright. *This is a free online U.S. History textbook. You can access it here. *You can download a PDF here. *You can obtain a print copy for $25 here. *There will also be supplemental articles and videos on Blackboard—these are required as well. |
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| Lecture Topics Outline |
FRIDAY 12/11 Westward Expansion & Capital and Labor Read over the entire syllabus and familiarize yourself with our Blackboard course site American Yawp “The West,” Sections I-VIII American Yawp “Capital and Labor,” Sections I-VII American Yawp Reader: Turner, “Significance of the Frontier in American History” (1893) Initial Post and responses to at least 2 other students’ posts on the Introduction Discussion Board by Sunday, 12/13 @ 11:30pm. MONDAY 12/14 Industrialization, Immigration, and the Rise of the City American Yawp “Life in Industrial America,” Sections I-VI American Yawp Reader, Barnett, “Lynch Law in America” (1900) ________________________________________ Blackboard: Video, “The Gilded Age-Part 1” Blackboard: Video, “The Gilded Age-Part-2” Exam I Bonus Practice Quiz available only until Monday, 12/14 @ 11:30pm. TUESDAY 12/15 American Empire American Yawp “American Empire,” Sections I-VI ________________________________________ Blackboard: Video, “The Age of Empire-Rise to World Power (1890-1945) EXAM I OPENS @ 6:00am. EXAM I CLOSES @ 11:30pm. WEDNESDAY 12/16 The Progressive Era American Yawp “The Progressive Era,” Sections I-VII American Yawp Reader, “Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois on Black Progress (1895, 1903) ________________________________________ Blackboard: Video, “Jim Crow-Part 1” Initial Post and responses to at least 2 other students’ posts on Discussion Board (#1) by 11:30pm. THURSDAY 12/17 World War I (The Great War) American Yawp “World War I & Its Aftermath,” Sections I-IX ________________________________________ Blackboard: Video, “The First Female African American Pilot” Video Summary (#1) by 11:30pm. ________________________________________ Exam II Bonus Practice Quiz available only until Thursday, 12/17 @ 11:30pm. FRIDAY 12/18 Toward a Modern America & Conservative Backlash American Yawp “The New Era,” Sections I-IX American Yawp Reader, Eastman, “Now We Can Begin,” (1920) ________________________________________ Blackboard: Video, “The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921” EXAM II OPENS @ 6:00am. EXAM II CLOSES @ 11:30pm. ________________________________________ Video Summary (#2) by Sunday, 12/20 @ 11:30pm. MONDAY 1/4 The Great Depression & FDR and the New Deal American Yawp “The Great Depression,” Sections I-X ________________________________________ Blackboard: Video, “Hoover and the Great Depression” Blackboard: Video, “New Deal” Initial Post and responses to at least 2 other students’ posts on Discussion Board (#2) by 11:30pm. TUESDAY 1/5 The “Second” New Deal & World War II American Yawp “The Great Depression,” Sections XI-XIV American Yawp “World War II,” Sections I-X ________________________________________ Blackboard: Video, “Japanese American Incarceration Camps During WWII” Exam III Bonus Practice Quiz available only until Tuesday, 1/5 @ 11:30pm. WEDNESDAY 1/6 The Cold War American Yawp “The Cold War,” Sections I-V ________________________________________ Blackboard: Video, “Origins of the Cold War” EXAM III OPENS @ 6:00am. EXAM III CLOSES @ 11:30pm. THURSDAY 1/7 The Paradoxical 1950s & the Civil Rights Movement American Yawp “The Affluent Society,” Sections I-VII American Yawp “The Sixties,” Section III ________________________________________ Blackboard: Video, “Fannie Lou Hamer’s Powerful Testimony” Blackboard: Video, “SNCC’s Legacy: A Civil Rights History” Initial Post and responses to at least 2 other students’ posts on Discussion Board (#3) by 11:30pm. FRIDAY 1/8 The Turbulent Sixties & Politics of Identity and Protest American Yawp “The Sixties,” Sections I-II, IV-VIII _______________________________________ Blackboard: Video, “The Chicano Movement in Texas” Video Summary (#3) by 11:30pm. MONDAY 1/11 Exam IV Bonus Practice Quiz available only until Sunday, 1/10 @ 11:30pm. EXAM IV OPENS @ 6:00am. EXAM IV CLOSES @ 11:30pm. ________________________________________ End of the Session Bonus Quiz Due by 11:30pm. |
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| Major Assignments Schedule |
See attached document |
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| Final Exam Date | January 11, 2020 - 6:00 AM Through January 11, 2020 - 11:00 PM | ||||||||||
| Grading Scale |
Grading Breakdown: Final Grade Scale: Introduction Discussion Board 100 pts. A 537-600 (90-100%) 2/3 Discussion Board responses (50 pts. each) 100 pts. B 477-536 (80-89%) 2/3 Video Summaries (50 pts. each) 100 pts. C 417-476 (70-79%) 3/4 Module Exams (100 pts. each) 300 pts. D 357-416 (60-69%) Total 600 pts. F 0-356 (0-59%) *Your final grade is the result of your overall accumulation of points. |
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| Determination of Final Grade |
Grading Breakdown: Final Grade Scale: Introduction Discussion Board 100 pts. (17%) A 537-600 (90-100%) 2/3 Discussion Board responses (50 pts. each) 100 pts. (17%) B 477-536 (80-89%) 2/3 Video Summaries (50 pts. each) 100 pts. (17%) C 417-476 (70-79%) 3/4 Module Exams (100 pts. each) 300 pts. (50%) D 357-416 (60-69%) Total 600 pts. F 0-356 (0-59%) *Your final grade is the result of your overall accumulation of points. |
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| Course Policies | |||||||||||
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Communication: For any questions or concerns not covered in the syllabus or weekly schedule, please email me at kibbetm@lamarpa.edu and I will get back to you as quickly as I can—usually within 24 hours unless it is a weekend. Emails received after 3:00pm on Fridays may not be answered until Monday. I do not use Blackboard email, so you will not get a response if you use the Blackboard messaging system. In addition, when you email me you must use your LSC-PA email account, include your first and last name, and your class and section number. The class is 1302. The section number for this course is 71. For any announcements concerning class, I will send out an announcement on Blackboard, so please make a point to check often. You can also make an appointment for an online “real-time” meeting via Blackboard Collaborate. If you find yourself struggling in the class, I recommend doing this since it is difficult to communicate back and forth via email. Late Assignment Policy: A) Discussion Board Responses: Discussion Boards are open from the beginning of the course. Your initial post and your responses to your classmates should be submitted by the due date @ 11:30pm. These are intended to count toward your participation and engagement in the class. Once the Discussion Board has closed after its due date, you will no longer have access to your classmates’ posts—this means that you cannot participate and engage with other students. As such, no late discussion responses will be accepted. In addition, you can miss 1 discussion board assignment with no penalty. If you complete all the discussion board responses, your lowest score will be dropped. B) Video Summaries: Video summaries are open from the beginning of the course. These assignments are due by 11:30pm on the due date. Video summary assignments will be accepted only one day late with a 10-point penalty. C) Exams: I essentially have a no make-up policy for these exams. If you are unable to complete these exams in the time allotted, you must contact me immediately to discuss your situation. I have provided a contingency plan for a missed exam since you can miss one without penalty. However, if you complete all 4 exams, your lowest score will be dropped. The only way that I will reset an exam would be if the Blackboard site itself malfunctioned and if that is the case, you need to provide a screenshot or picture of the error message with your request to re-set it. Any points missed will be deducted upon completion of the exam. In addition, I reserve the right to administer a different version of the exam to any student who missed the original one. Extra Credit: There are several opportunities for extra credit built-in to this class available to every student. 1. For each exam section there is a five-question, multiple-choice bonus practice quiz. You have 2 attempts to take each of these quizzes. Your highest score will be added as bonus points to your final grade total. Each of these bonus quizzes will close on its due date at 11:30pm. 2. There is an “End-of-the-Session” bonus quiz that will be available the last week of the course to add bonus points to your final grade accumulation. This quiz contains material from the entire session. 3. On all four exams, there are bonus questions providing additional points toward your overall grade accumulation. These are the only extra credit opportunities available in this class and, by definition, they are extra credit. This means that students who put forth the time and effort throughout the whole mini session—attending class regularly, reading the assigned material, completing assignments, and studying as recommended---will be able to make the most of these extra points. I will not, under any circumstances, entertain any requests at the end of the mini session for an “extra credit assignment” to help improve your grade or pass the class. |
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| Attendance Policy | There is a lot of material to cover in a very short period of time. It is imperative that you keep up with the assigned readings and other supplemental material, as well as completing your assignments by the due dates. While most of the assignments are open from the beginning of the course and you can complete them at any time--the due dates are firm. | ||||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||