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| Assignment for Test 6 on Wednesday, August 6: Chps.
47, 48, & 49 (Eishenower & Kennedy, LBJ & Vietnam, Nixon
After Test 6 and its review, we will continue with World War II & the
The Final Exam is scheduled for Friday, August 8 at 3 p.m. in 649.
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United States History I I HIS 122
Summer, 2008
John Barnes Office: 654
College Phone: 540-863-2886 / Toll Free 877-73DSLCC Home Phone:
862-1271
Cell Phone: 540-691-7763
Email: jbarnes@dslcc.edu
HIS 122 (Reconstruction to the Present)
3 credit hours
6:00 - 8:45 p.m., Wednesday, Eight Week Summer Session, Rm 649
This course is taught using Elluminate and Blackboard classroom management
tools. Although students must be involved in classroom activities via
computer during the meeting time each week, they do not have to be physically on
the DSLCC campus. They can participate from any internet-connected
computer. Students will also have the option to attend several live class
presentations if they prefer that to computer participation. While this
class will meet as a group (in person or virtually) only on Wednesday evenings,
students are expected to participate in an additional two hours and forty-five
minutes of classroom activity via Elluminate recordings, pod casts, and
Blackboard activities between Wednesday meetings.
Hybrid courses use the world wide web, Blackboard course management system, video and audio pod casts, and Elluminate web conferencing software to provide lectures, group discussion, interactive links, email communication, testing, homework assignments, study sessions, virtual office hours, and discussion board as well as assignments and other course information. Class attendance (in person or virtually) is required because much of the course content is still provided in classroom activities and some of the Bb and computer activities occur in a monitored classroom setting.
To take this class you will need:
1.) a college
email address to receive course communications and
access Bb (This detail will be taken care of the first day of class if
you don't already have one.);
2.) access to the internet (Not necessarily from your personal home
computer--you may use computers available at the college) so you can use
Bb, Elluminate, Podcasts, and web pages;
3.) the textbook;
4.) a set of
headphones with microphone attached to participate in course activities.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
HIS 121-122 -- United States History I, II (3cr) (3cr). Surveys United States history from its beginning to the present. HIS 121 covers from the begiinning to Reconstruction. HIS 122 covers from Reconstruction to the present.
Developmental Prerequisites: ENG 01 & 04 Developmental Corequisites: ENG 03 & 05
INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS:
This course will introduce you to the study of history as a professional social science discipline. Lessons and generalizations will be drawn from history and whenever possible applied to others eras. The course will present an outline of the nature of "historical-mindedness"--of the historian’s perspective on human behavior.
For many of you, this survey of World History will likely be the start of a fundamental reshaping of historical insights and attitudes. To accomplish this, critical and imaginative thinking is far more important than even total recall of every name and date in the textbook. History treated as rote memory can be deceptive; inherent patterns of reasoning may escape the uninitiated completely. They may see only facts that must be learned. You are expected to mature to the point where you will read between the lines and see social forces in action, the complexity of causation in an event, the strands of continuity, and the relevance of the past to the present. You will be encouraged to acquire the critical perspective and other skills of the historian through classroom activities, reading assignments, and research and writing projects.
INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGIES:
The course instructional procedures include reading, writing, discussion, lecture, audio-visual presentations, research, testing, homework, group projects and individual conferences with me. To a great extent, classroom activities will be independent of the text and other readings. I will not attempt to "cover" or duplicate reading assignments in class. You are expected to complete all reading and related homework assignments before we cover a topic in class so you can better understand classroom activities and participate meaningfully in them. It is important that you take good notes of classroom activities to use as you prepare for quizzes and exams. You should make arrangements for someone to tape class and/or provide you a copy of their notes for any classes you must miss since you will be responsible for all material covered.
EVALUATION PROCEDURES:
EXAMINATIONS
--There will be two examinations, a mid-term and a final exam. The mid-term will cover material for the first half of the term and the final will cover material for the second half of the term. Each of these exams will count for twenty percent (20%) of your course grade. The exams will consist of questions taken from the tests for each half of the course plus essay questions which will be provided in advance on a study sheet, which will contain all the possible essay questions. The short answer portion of the exam will count for one-third and the essay portion for two-thirds of the exam grade. The exams and tests will be taken in a proctored environment.TESTS-- The remaining sixty percent (60%) of your course grade will be the average of your test scores. There will be about six tests during the term. Each test will consist of multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions. They will be based on the reading assignments plus notes from classroom material. After the tests are graded, a score for the test will be entered in the Bb grade book. We will go over each test in class and it is important that you take good notes on this review because some of the test questions will also be on the exams.
No make-up tests are permitted. If you have a compelling reason for missing a test, you must communicate it to me before the test is scheduled, unless that is manifestly impossible to do. If I agree to excuse the test, you will take a special mid-term or final exam that will count as both an exam grade and for the missed test, or some other assignment that I determine will substitute.
Two Test Grades will be entered for class participation (therefore, you will have approximately eight test grades). Class participation includes attendance (must attend whole session), and all other assignments and projects. I assume you registered for this course intending to master the content and earn credit for the class. To accomplish this will require a significant investment of time and effort on your part. If your personal circumstances won’t allow this level of effort, perhaps you should reconsider your decision to enroll at this time.
The key to success is to attend every class session (much of the information you will need for quizzes, homework and examinations will come only from classroom activities), take good notes, study all assigned readings, thoroughly prepare for each test and examination, and successfully complete all writing assignments, projects, and homework on time. Take advantage of my office hours and study sessions, as well as the services of the Achievement Center, to get all the individual help you need.
Classroom Conduct
--Students must assume a great deal of the responsibility for maintaining a good teaching/learning environment in the classroom. Your contribution needs to include:1. Arrive on time and don’t leave until class ends, pay constant attention and engage in all interactivity whether you are participating physically or virtually;
2. Remain awake, alert, participate, and arrive prepared;
3. Don’t carry on side conversations, pass notes, or induce other distractions including beepers, cell phones, irrelevant computer activities, and text messaging;
4. Don’t bring children to class.
The grading scale is: Below 60%=F; 60-69%=D; 70-79%=C; 80-89%=B; 90%+=A.
OFFICE HOURS:
My office is located in Room 654, ACC. A copy of my class schedule with office hours marked is posted there and one my Social Sciences Home Page. Please feel free to call or email me if that’s more convenient.WITHDRAWAL POLICY:
Withdrawal from the class with no penalty may be made up to the end of the eighth week of regular class. For the 8 week Summer Session this date is July 17, 2008. You will be allowed to withdraw from the course with a grade of W after this date only if you have a documented mitigating circumstance. Initiating a withdrawal is your responsibility. I will not initiate the Administrative Withdrawal procedure.
Course Content:
HIS 122 -- Course Sequence -- Summer, 2008
Below is a list of the topics we plan to discuss this semester in the
approximate sequence. You are responsible for the text assignments and any
additional assigned readings for the topics as we come to them in class
activities. The text reading assignments are in the required textbook for
the course, The American Past: A Survey of American
History, 8th edition, 2004, Joseph R. Conlin.
A. Reconstruction
Chp. 25 -- Aftermath: The Reconstruction of the Union
Chp. 26 -- Parties, Patronage, and Pork: Politics in the Late 19th Century
B. Development of Progressivism
Chp. 27 -- Big Industry, Big Business: Economic Development in the Late 19th
Century
Chp. 28 -- Living with Leviathan: Reactions to Big Business and Great
Wealth
Chp. 31 --
Chp. 32 -- Stressful Times Down Home: Agriculture
Chp. 35 -- Age of Reform: Progressivism
C. American Expansion & Imperialism
Chp. 33 -- In The Days of McKinley: The United States As A World Power
Chp. 34 -- Teddy Roosevelt and the Good Old Days: American Society in
Transition
D. World War I & Versailles Treaty
Chp. 36 -- Standing At Armageddon: The Progressives in Power
Chp. 37 -- Over There: The United States in the First World War
Chp. 38 -- Over Here: World War I at Home
E. The Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, & New Deal
Chp. 39 -- The Days of Harding: Troubled years, 1919-1923
Chp. 40 -- Calvin Coolidge And the New Era: When America Was Business
Chp. 41 -- National Trauma, The Great Depression
Chp. 42 -- Rearranging America: FDR and the New Deal
F. World War II
Chp. 43 -- Another Great War: America and the World, 1933-1938
Chp. 44 -- Fighting World War II: At the Pinnacle of Power
G. The Cold War
Chp. 45 -- Cold War: The U.S. and the Nuclear Age
Chp. 46 -- Eisenhower Country: American Life in the 1950s
Chp. 47 -- Ike And Camelot: Politics Under Eisenhower and Kennedy
H. Vietnam, The Great Society--Reform & Conflict
Chp. 48 -- Johnson's Great Society: Reform and Conflict, 1961-1968
I. Watergate, Iran Contra, & Gulf Wars
Chp. 49 -- Presidency in Crisis: The Nixon, Ford, and Carter Presidency
Chp. 50 -- Morning in America: The Age of Reagan
Chp. 51 -- The Millennium Years: Decadence? Renewal?
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HIS 122 Course Calendar Summer
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