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Winter Mini 2020 Course Syllabus
Course: HIST-1301- Section: 71 United States History I |
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| Instructor | Christina Wilbur | ||||||||||
| wilburca@lamarpa.edu | |||||||||||
| Phone | (409) 984-6394 | ||||||||||
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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 pre-Columbian era to the Civil War/Reconstruction period. United States History I includes the study of pre-Columbian, colonial, revolutionary, early national, slavery and sectionalism, and the Civil War/Reconstruction eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History I include: American settlement and diversity, American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological | ||||||||||
| Prerequisites | None. | ||||||||||
| Learning Outcomes |
1. Relate the events that led to the exploration and colonization of early America 2. Summarize reasons for colonial discontent and actions that led to revolution and independence 3. Demonstrate an understanding of our documents of democracy 4. Describe our foreign policy as it developed in the 19th century 5. Analyze stages of economic development as the United States became an industrialized nation 6. Realize the causes of sectionalism as they moved us toward civil war 7. Discuss the major features of Reconstruction and their political impact |
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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.
Textbook: The American Yawp is an online textbook that you can access here: The American Yawp It will also be available within each module. If you would like a printable PDF version of the textbook, you can access it here: Printable PDF text Reader: Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Additional required readings: Additional required readings are included in each module. Additional resource: I have included a link to the OpenStax US History textbook should you wish to access it for additional readings. OpenStax US History textbook Both books cover the same material in a different way, but you may find one version better suited to your reading style. The class modules are built using the American Yawp, but you are welcome to reference material from the OpenStax book should you care to. |
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| Lecture Topics Outline |
12/11 Read: Chapters 1 & 2 Begin reading: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 12/12 Read: Columbus and the American Holocaust View: New World Encounters View: English Settlement 12/13 View: The Black Atlantic Introduction post due Post #1: Columbus due by 5:00 PM 12/14 12/15 Read: Chapter 3 &4 View: Being a British Colonist View: Being a British American Read: Sex and the Single Colonist Transatlantic: 1619 Assignment due by 5:00 PM 12/16 View: The Seven Years War 12/17 Post #2: From a Colonist to an ‘American’ due by 5:00 PM 12/18 Read Chapter 5 &6 View: Reluctant Revolutionaries 12/19 View: A New Form of Government View: Hamilton’s America Read: The Magnificent Fraud Read Washington’s Farewell Address Primary Sources Assignment due by 5:00 PM 12/20 Post #3: Washington’s Farewell Address due by 5:00 PM 12/21 Begin Reading Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl During this time – Winter Break - you should be working on your assignments as you will have two major assignments due and a discussion post on the Monday that we return from Winter Break. 12/22 Read: Chapters 7 & 8 12/23 View: Westward Expansion View: Securing the Republic 12/24 View: The Duality of Thomas Jefferson 12/25 12/26 12/27 Read Chapters 9 & 10 12/28 Read: The Lowell Mill Girls View: The Telegraph View: The Rise of Capitalism Legacy of an Autocratic Ruler 12/29 12/30 12/31 1/1 Read Chapter 11 & 12 View: The Reform Movement 1/2 Read: The Everyday Life of Enslaved People 1/3 1/4 Constitution Assignment due by 5:00 PM Benjamin Franklin Assignment due by 5:00 PM 1/5 Read Chapter 13& 14 View: The Age of Slavery Read: Why the Fought Post #4: TBA: due by 5:00 PM View: The Civil War: The Cause View: The Civil War 1/7 Post #5: TBA: due by 5:00 PM Gender and Slavery Assignment due by 5:00 PM 1/8 1/9 Read: Chapter 15 View: Slavery by Another Name Read: Why Reconstruction Matters 1/10 Post #6: Why Reconstruction Matters due by 5:00 PM Course Project Due by 5:00 PM 1/11 |
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| Major Assignments Schedule |
HIST_1301_71_202096_P00304759.pdf | ||||||||||
| Final Exam Date | January 11, 2020 - 12:00 AM Through January 11, 2020 - 12:00 PM | ||||||||||
| Grading Scale |
Grading: This class will use a 200-point grading scale. The total points earned will result in your final grade. All assignments will be clearly marked with their point value. Submitting an assignment does not guarantee that you will earn points – you must follow the directions and achieve the standards set out in the directions for each assignment to earn the necessary point values. 200-180: A 179-160: B 159-130: C 129-110: D 109-0: F Assignments: Transatlantic World 25 points Constitution 25 points Benjamin Franklin 30 points Course Project 30 points Primary Sources 30 points Gender and Slavery 30 points Discussion posts: 6 posts - 5 points each 30 points 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. You will be able to see your running point total in 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 on your submitted assignments as I make comments both on the assignment itself and in the grading notes section. It is your responsibility to read comments and assessment notes and to make the suggested changes on future assignments/exams. |
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| Determination of Final Grade |
Grading: This class will use a 200-point grading scale. The total points earned will result in your final grade. All assignments will be clearly marked with their point value. Submitting an assignment does not guarantee that you will earn points – you must follow the directions and achieve the standards set out in the directions for each assignment to earn the necessary point values. 200-180: A 179-160: B 159-130: C 129-110: D 109-0: F Assignments: Transatlantic World 25 points Constitution 25 points Benjamin Franklin 30 points Course Project 30 points Primary Sources 30 points Gender and Slavery 30 points Discussion posts: 6 posts - 5 points each 30 points 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. You will be able to see your running point total in 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 on your submitted assignments as I make comments both on the assignment itself and in the grading notes section. 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 | See attached document | ||||||||||
| Attendance Policy | See attached document | ||||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||