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History 1301:
U.S. History to 1877 |
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Discovery Through
Reconstruction
Spring Semester
(First Eight), 2008 - Section 42254
Instructor: George "Andy"
Anderson |
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Course Description /
Objectives |
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This course is the
study of the American nation from discovery through Reconstruction.
Emphasis is placed upon principal characters and events of special
note or consequence to aid the student in acquiring an interest in
this country's past, to promote the development of critical thinking
skills, and to help further student cultural
literacy. |
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Throughout our
nation's history, differing philosophies have competed for
control: |
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Church control * State authority |
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Racial discrimination
* Tolerance |
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Rural tradition * Urbanization |
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Nationalism * Sectionalism |
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Elitism * Democratization |
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Material acquisition * Spiritual
development |
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Expansionism * Pacifism |
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Idealism * Realism | |
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By
semester's end, students will have analyzed these concepts and
determined how the tensions created by the opposing viewpoints have
shaped the country in which we live. Specifically, the student
should understand: |
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The motivations behind the "conquest" of the
Americas |
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The fragile relationship between Native Americans and
the early colonists |
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The circumstances of life in the Colonies and the
emergence of an American identity |
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The events and issues that led to American
independence |
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The underlying reasons behind the structure of
government as defined in the Constitution and why the Bill of
Rights was quickly added |
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Why race and gender became issues in a political
environment dominated by white males |
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How the differences in economic development between the
North and the South contributed to sectionalism that helped
push America to civil war |
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How the Civil War was conducted by each side and what
factors contributed to the North's victory |
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How and why the different plans for Reconstruction were
formulated and why none were
successful | |
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Course
Requirements |
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Reading: Students are required
to keep up with their readings and should acquire a general
understanding of the week's topics before attempting to work
through the posted assignments. Students are required to read
the assigned textbook,
the two monographs
or "Readers", a variety of outside sources, and related
Internet resources. |
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Student Performance Appraisal: The students are
required to take four Section
Exams and one comprehensive Final
Exam. Two review papers are required (see "Readers"). |
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Chapter Chapter Essays: The students are
required to select and then respond to "Chapter
Essays" (these "CEs" are short answer, one per chapter).
Students are encouraged to collaborate with other students in
a sharing of ideas and knowledge (see "Student
Collaboration" on at least four of the Chapter
Essays. | |
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Required Books |
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Textbook: Foner, Eric. Give Me Liberty (Single
Volume Edition - for 1301 & 1302). W.W. Norton & Company,
New York, NY, Seagull Edition, 2005-2006. ISBN:
0393927822 |
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Additional Readings : Ables, Gisela (plus other
authors). American Perspectives, Volume I, Pearson, 2006 (3rd
Edition). ISBN: 0536128251. |
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Reader
1: Demos, John. The Unredeemed Captive. New York: Vintage
Books, 1994 (or later) |
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Reader
2: Oates, Stephen. Fires of Jubilee. Harper Perennial,
(any edition). |
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Note: buying books is a student responsibility. The
books listed above are available from a variety of sources,
including HCCS Campus Bookstores and http://www.hccs.bkstore.com/. If the book is not
available at the HCCS bookstore you happen to go into, ask bookstore
personnel to get it from another HCCS bookstore. |
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Course
Schedule |
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The following
is a listing of the same material that is available in the course
calendar in Blackboard-Vista. Print several copies. Put one on your
refrigerator keep one by the computer, another in your
textbook. |
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Note that the
course is divided into 4 "Sections" of 4 chapters each. Each Section
has CEs (Chapter Essays), an online Section Exam, and various extra
credit opportunities. Also note the Reader 1 Paper should be
submitted somewhere around Section 2 and the Reader Paper 2 should
be submitted before or during Finals Week. |
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The First Eight
and Second Eight sessions cover the same material as a 16-week class
but in this 8-week course, the assignment schedule is determined by
each student: it's a student or self directed schedule. "Pacesetter"
target submittal dates are provided so the student can roughly judge
their progress through the short semester but in reality, all
assignments are due at the end of the course. |
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It is strongly
suggested that students keep up with or stay ahead of the Pacesetter
target dates, that is, submit assignments throughout the 8-week
session. Grades for submitted assignments will be posted weekly
(generally, in by Sunday, graded by Tuesday). |
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This course
cannot be completed successfully by leaving everything for the last
week. I expect students to send a Blackboard-Vista email
periodically and let me know how they're doing. I will review
student progress and contact students who are not progressing
through the assignments. |
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"Pacesetter"
Target Dates |
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Classes
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Ch 1-2 |
Sun-Jan-20 |
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Ch 3-4-5 |
Sun-Jan-27 |
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Chapters: 1-4 |
Sun-Jan-27 |
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Chapters: 6-7-8 |
Sun-Feb-03 |
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Unredeemed
Captive |
Tue-Feb-03 |
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Chapters: 5-8 |
Sun-Feb-03 |
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Chapter
Essays (CEs): |
Chapters: 9-10-11 |
Sun-Feb-10 |
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Chapters: 12-13 |
Sun-Febr-17 |
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Chapters: 9-12 |
Sun-Feb-17 |
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| S4 |
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Chapters: 14-15 |
Sun-Feb-24 |
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Chapters: 13-15 |
Thu-Feb-24 |
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Week |
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Fires
of Jubilee |
Tue-Feb-26 |
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Extra Credit Papers |
Thu-Feb-28 |
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All Assignments |
While it's
strongly suggested that students submit assignments on the
"Pacesetter" schedule above, this is the actual due date for
all assignments. |
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Thu-Feb-28
10:00 PM |
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Fri-Feb-29
Central
or |
4:00 PM
- 9:00 PM
(Last Admit 7:00
PM) |
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Sat-Mar-01
Westgate
or |
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
(Last Admit 1:00 PM) |
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Exam Dates and locations
subject to change... |
Sun-Mar-02
Eastside |
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
(Last Admit 1:00 PM)
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Grading and Point
Distribution |
| This is your
education so please remember: What you learn is what you
earn... |
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of points available for this course equals 1,000. All of your
grades will be posted in the electronic gradebook inside of
Blackboard-Vista Look for newly posted grades and scores in
"MyGrades". |
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the following grade calculation does not include extra credit points
which are available as an "add on" to your total score (extra credit
points can be significant enough to raise your final grade one
letter grade). See "Extra
Credit" for more information. |
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Calculation: |
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Percent Ranges |
Point Ranges for this course
(to calculate percent ranges, divide the point
ranges by 1,000 and round up at 5 to the nearest whole
percentage) |
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90% |
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900 |
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1,000 |
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80% |
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89% |
800 |
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899 |
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C |
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70% |
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79% |
700 |
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799 |
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D |
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60% |
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69% |
600 |
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699 |
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0% |
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59% |
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Section Exams - Total 400
Points |
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The
Section Exam questions are designed to measure your understanding of
the central themes and topics for each Section. |
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The questions
in the Section Exams will cover topics from your
textbook. |
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The Section
Exams are open notes / open book, 50 questions, multiple-choice and
are taken online. |
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Students may
study for Section Exams together in CE Groups, but the Section
Exams must be completed by the individual student, without
collaboration. |
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Each Section
Exam is a timed online test. Once you start the exam, you will have
2 hours to complete it - but it must be completed within 2 hours
from when you start and it must be completed before the "window" for
the exam closes. You will need to ensure that you will not be
interrupted once you start the exam. |
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You
will be able to take the Section Exams on your schedule. Please
consult the Course Schedule for exact exam window dates and times,
especially around the end if the semester. |
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Section 1 = Chapters
1-4
Section 2 = Chapters 5-8
Section 3 =
Chapters 9-12
Section 4 = Chapters
13-15 |
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Timed exams are
administered online in
Blackboard-Vista at the computer of your choice. |
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Timed
exams have a time limit (2 hours) and a preset "window" of
availability (see Course
Schedule). You must finish the exam before the exam window
closes...not start the exam by time due, finish the
exam by time due. |
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The
Section Exams are open book, open notes and must be taken
individually. |
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Choose a
computer and time when you will NOT be interrupted by people
or phone calls. |
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Get a
baby sitter if you have children of any age. |
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Exam
questions are delivered to you one question at a time,
although you can return to any question you have clicked
"save answer" again and rework them. |
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I grade timed exams periodically. Depending on class
activity, timed exams may not be graded
immediately. |
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To
prepare for a Section Exams, study the chapters, review your
chapter notes, and take the chapter Internet Quizzes so you
get used to looking up material in the chapters in a timed
exam environment. Be prepared for the Section Exams and you
will do fine. | |
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Note About Studying for the Section exams: If
you have not read, taken notes, and worked to comprehend the
information in your textbook before you sit down at the computer,
you will do poorly. Don't think you can simply look up the
answers in the textbook at exam time...that is a recipe for
failure. |
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This assignment
meets the Reading and Computer Literacy competencies required by the
core curriculum (see BICC
Compliance) |
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Chapter Essays - Total 160
Points |
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The Chapter
Essays are short answer questions (one per Chapter) which are
designed to help the student make a connection with the period by
exploring an important or controversial topic or an interesting
personality. The Chapter Essay questions are located in the "Chapter
Info" icon, at the bottom of each chapter page. |
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The
Chapter Essays cover topics from your textbook. |
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Chapter Essay responses should be concise and to the point
but at the same time, the answer should be complete enough to let me
know that you have a firm grasp of the subject matter. |
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The
student will answer one Chapter Essay per chapter. There are 15
chapters in History 1301 and each Chapter Essay response will count
10 points toward your final grade. |
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There will be 3
Chapter Essays to choose from for each chapter. I suggest you take a
few moments and read the Chapter Essays before you read the chapter
so that as your encounter the questions in the text, you can
highlight them for easy reference later. |
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The
Final
Exam will consist of 16 short answer questions. 15 of these
short answer questions are taken from the same Chapter Essay list
that were assigned for each chapter. Rather than waiting until the
last minute, it is to your advantage to prepare for the Final
Exam by outlining the answers to all the CE questions as you go
through the semester. |
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I
expect the CE answer to be good, full paragraph - but the answer
should not exceed one printed page. Your answer must be submitted in
the body of a private Email message to me (no attachments, please). The
subject line must contain the chapter number of the Chapter Essay
and the question number separated by a "-" (example: CE7-Q2 which is
the Chapter Essay for Chapter 7, Question 2). Each CE must be sent
in a separate Blackboard-Vista Email message. |
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Students are
encouraged to collaborate with other students on Chapter Essays
but each student must individually write and
post a response in their own words. |
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I will
appreciate your efforts to format your Chapter Essay answers in a
clear, readable format. Example: If the Chapter Essay has three
parts, format your Email so your three responses are easily
identified (see Email
Formatting Suggestions). |
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This assignment meets the Reading, Writing, Critical
Thinking, and Computer Literacy competencies required by the core
curriculum (see BICC
Compliance) |
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Readers - Total 200
Points |
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Two "Readers"
are required for this course: Reader
1: The
Unredeemed Captive and Reader
2: Fires of Jubilee. See "Required
Textbooks" for more information. |
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The student is required to write a 2-3 page (maximum 5 pages)
narrative summary for each book. The papers should demonstrate that
the student has read the books and that the student understands the
connection between the books and History 1301. Your Reader papers
must "stand alone", that is your paper must contain enough narrative
recap so that anyone can read your paper and understand any
conclusions or themes that you might explore. Please: do not use outside or Internet sources and
do not collaborate with fellow students - simply read the books and write the narrative
summaries. |
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The papers will be submitted
in MLA style to include Arial typeface, 12 point, double-spaced, 1
inch margins, proper titles and identification block, page
numbering, works cited page, etc.. A sample MLA style is available
in the "Introduction" section of your Blackboard-Vista class.
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Your papers
must be submitted as an attachment to a Blackboard-Vista email
message (it is a student responsibility to properly send attachments
- no attachment means no paper received). Reader Papers are the only
attachments I accept - and these must be submitted as attachments -
please: no exceptions, no excuses. You must use
Blackboard-Vista Email and your paper must be in MS Word file
format (.DOC or .RTF). |
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Plagiarism
(words or ideas) is completely
unacceptable and will incur severe penalties, which can include a
"F" for the entire course - see Ethics
Policies. If you have any doubt about what plagiarism is,
contact me before submitting a plagiarized paper. |
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If you're
really serious about preparing an excellent Reader Paper or if you
want additional information about how to write research paper, there
is a good Internet resource from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab. |
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This assignment meets the Reading, Writing, Critical
Thinking, and Computer Literacy competencies required by the core
curriculum (see BICC
Compliance)
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Final Exam - 240 Points |
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The
final exam is a comprehensive examination. |
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The
Final Exam can contribute up to 240 points toward your final
grade. This is the most important exam of the semester in
History 1301 as it comprises nearly 25% of your final
grade. |
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The Final Exam is important. If you do
not take the Final Exam, your grade will be calculated on material
submitted. As the Final Exam is a major component of your final
course grade calculation, it's difficult to pass this class without
taking the Final Exam. |
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The
Final must be taken on-campus at one of the testing centers during
Finals Weekend - please: no exceptions, no
excuses. |
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The
Final Exam is a closed book, closed notes exam. |
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The
Final Exam will consist of 16 short answer questions. All the
questions on the Final Exam are taken from the same Chapter
Essays that were assigned throughout the semester (one CE per
chapter is selected to be on the Final Exams). |
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This assignment
meets the Reading, Writing, Critical Thinking, and Computer Literacy
competencies required by the core curriculum (see BICC
Compliance) |
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Extra Credit - Total 100
Points |
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Extra
credit points will be available for students that use the online
communication tools to collaborate on Chapter Essays and to
effectively communicate with their instructor and their fellow
students: |
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Chapter Essay
Collaboration: Students who collaborate with fellow students on
Chapter Essays will be eligible for 5 extra credit points per
collaboration but with a maximum of 20 total points for the course.
Reminder: even if you collaborate, you still
must write your own response.
To receive extra credit for
this collaboration, you must send a separate Email message to me
which includes the name of the person you collaborated with and a
brief sentence or two on how the collaboration helped with the
assignment. Look for a collaboration partner by posting a message in
"Student-2-Student". |
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Participation in Public Forum:
Focused discussion questions on topics relevant to where we are in
the course will be posted periodically (in Discussions, "PF-XX"
topics); students are encouraged to "weigh in" with their opinion on
those topics. I will monitor the message activity; extra credit
points are based on effective messages that relate to the subject
matter. I will be looking at this as we go along and will assign up
to 5 extra credit points per entry (maximum of 20 for the course). |
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Blackboard-Vista Chat: We will have
"Towne Meetings" in our Blackboard-Vista Chat Room on Wednesday
evenings. A visit to and participation in a "Towne Meeting" will
earn 5 points of extra credit to a maximum of 20 total
points for the
course. |
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Readings in "American Perspectives":
Extra credit points are available for the student who reads selected
works from "American
Perspectives: Readings in American History, Volume I".
The student will earn 10 points of extra credit for reading a
selected work and writing a one page summary. Each summary will be
delivered to the instructor in a Blackboard-Vista Email message
(please, no attachments). Each summary must be sent in a
separate Blackboard-Vista Email message. The
student may select any of the works from the listing that is
available in our Extra Credit section in Blackboard-Vista. The
student may only submit a maximum of four summaries (maximum of 40
points extra credit for American Perspectives summaries for the course).
The deadline for American Perspective summaries is listed in the
Blackboard-Vista course calendar and in the Course
Schedule. |
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These Extra
Credit activities meet the Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening,
Critical Thinking, and Computer Literacy competencies required by
the core curriculum (see BICC
Compliance) |
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Asking Questions
Online |
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Use the Main
folder in the Discussion or Public Forum area for general questions
relating to course content. Please try to ask most of your questions
in the Main folder so all students can benefit from both the
questions and the responses. |
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If your
question is about something you don't want to share with the rest of
the class, please send a Blackboard-Vista Email message to me
privately. Whether posted in Main or sent in Blackboard-Vista Email,
I will try to answer all questions within 24 hours. |
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If your
question is about computers or Blackboard-Vista in general, we have
a terrific DE Support Staff (Ram, Felix, Doug) who can be contacted
at mailto:desupport@hccs.edu?subject=Request%20for%20Assistance. |
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Collaboration with Fellow
Students |
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Distance
Education provides a quality education with flexible schedules
(within the course boundaries) from a "classroom" that is an
Internet-connected PC. |
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But part of the
college experience is the exchange of ideas which is the natural
result of students interacting with each other. This aspect of
higher education is sometimes difficult to achieve in a Distance
Education environment. |
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To
foster interaction with other students taking this course, you are
encouraged to use the online communication tools to "connect" with
your fellow students. Optional Extra
Credit is available for Chapter Essay collaboration, for
contributing to general Public Forum, and for making appearances in
our Blackboard-Vista Chat Room. |
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You may NOT collaborate on:
- Section Exams:
You may study together for Section Exams but the exam itself must be
taken individually
- Reader Papers:
Simply read the book and write a narrative summary - in your words,
on you own
- Final Exam:
You may study together for the Final Exam but the exam itself must
be taken individually |
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Professor Contact Information |
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Communicate any
private concerns with your instructor using Blackboard-Vista Email
area. I will be checking this frequently and will try to answer
Email within 24 hours. |
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In an
emergency, you may contact me at my external Email address: mailto:george.anderson@hccs.edu?subject=Request%20for%20Assistance
or if there are problems with the HCCS network, use the alternate:
mailto:hccs_andy@yahoo.com?subject=Request%20for%20Assistance.
If you have a serious emergency, you may call me at home:
(281) 580-2214. Any and all assignments and questions must be sent
in Blackboard-Vista Email - the alternate addresses should only be
used in an emergency. |
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Additionally, our DE Instructional Support Specialist for
this class is Ms. Carolyn Paul. Ms. Paul can be reached at
carolyn.paul@hccs.edu, 713-718-5210. Contact information for other
DE Support staff is listed in the Blackboard-Vista course in
homepage icon "HCCS DE Staff." |
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Ask
administrative or other questions in Blackboard-Vista Chat Room
"Towne Meetings ". Visitors earn Extra
Credit points for showing up and participating. |
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Suggested Email Formatting |
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As a general
rule when it comes to Email formatting, less is best. But
there are specific things you can do to make your Email document
more readable and therefore, more enjoyable for your viewer. Here's
a few tips: |
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Don't use
all capital letters; all caps is difficult to read. Use caps
and lower case. |
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Don't use
a text color or colored / patterned backgrounds. |
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Use
standard guidelines for grammar and punctuation. |
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Use a
spell checker (you may create the message in Word, for
example, spell check it, and then copy/paste it into
Blackboard-Vista Email). |
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Break
your message into small paragraphs or "sound bites". No, don't
put each sentence in a paragraph, but don't put 20 sentences
in one paragraph either. |
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Use blank
lines to separate paragraphs, opening addresses, your
signature, etc.. |
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It is
polite to start your Email message by addressing your viewer
(such as "Dear Bob:" or "Bob:). It is also polite to have a
signature - which can be as simple as your name or maybe add
something like "Thank you, blank line, your
name". |
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If you
ask your viewer to call you, consider including your telephone
number in the message; if you ask your viewer to send an Email
to someone else or to call someone else, consider including
their Email address or telephone number in your
message. | |
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Ethics Policies |
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The
Distance Education Office follows the HCCS policies on scholastic
dishonesty, which includes, but is not limited to cheating on a
exam, plagiarism, and collusion. |
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Cheating is
not that hard to define and as college students, you should have a
pretty good idea about what cheating is. Just to be clear, here are
a few simple definitions: |
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Cheating is: Copying from another student's
exam. |
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Cheating
is: During a exam, using materials not authorized by the
person giving the exam. |
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Cheating
is: Collaborating with another student during a exam without
proper authority. |
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Cheating
is: Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting,
or soliciting in whole or part the contents of an exam or
paper. |
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Cheating
is: Bribing another person to obtain a copy of an
exam. |
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Cheating is: Plagiarism which means using someone's work
or someone's ideas and representing them to be your
own. That "someone" may be another student, a friend, a
relative, a book author, an author of material on a web site,
etc. Do not take material from anywhere without giving proper
credit or reference. |
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Cheating
is: Collusion means the unauthorized collaboration with
another person in preparing written work offered for credit
when you represent that work to be your
own. | |
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The Reader
Papers will be submitted to TurnItIn.com which is a service HCCS
subscribes to for identifying plagiarized material. |
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In this class, the standard penalty
for academic dishonesty is a grade of zero on the assignment. The
penalty for gross plagiarism and cheating on exams is failure in the
course. Depending on severity and frequency, academic dishonesty can
lead to a recommendation for probation or dismissal from the College
System. |
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If you
ever have any question about what is cheating, what is plagiarism or
what is unauthorized collusion, please contact me before you do
anything or submit anything. It is much better to ask first than to
get caught later. |
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Documented Disabilities |
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Any student with
a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric,
vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable
accommodations must contact the appropriate HCC Disability Support
Service (DSS) Counselor at the beginning of each semester. Faculty
are authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the
Disability Support Services Office. |
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Students who are
requesting special testing accommodations must first contact the
appropriate DSS Counselor for assistance. Please contact the
Distance Education Counselors at 713.718.5275, option #4 or at
de.counseling@hccs.edu in order to be referred to the appropriate
HCC DSS Counselor. |
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Students who
require testing accommodations need to schedule an appointment for
testing to ensure that staff will be available for proctoring and to
arrange for any adaptive equipment that may be required. Students
should contact the distance education instructor's "Instructional
Support Specialist" (ISS) the week prior to each exam throughout the
semester to confirm that the requested testing accommodations will
be met. If you need assistance in determining your instructor's ISS,
please contact your instructor or the Distance Education Counselors
for assistance. |
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Any student with
a documented disability, (i.e. physical, learning, psychiatric,
visual, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable
accommodations must contact the disability services office at the
respective college at the beginning of each semester. Faculty are
authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the
disability services office. The counselor for Southeast College is
Ms. Lilian Baldwin and she can be reached at 713
718-7218. |
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Counseling Services |
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Advising can be accomplished by telephone at 713/718-5275 -
option # 4, via Email at de.counseling@hccs.edu, by visiting the
Distance Education Office at the HCC Administration Building, 3100
Main Street, 3rd floor and/or by on-site advising at other HCC
locations upon request. |
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Confidential sessions with the distance education counselors
will help students understand admissions, registration, entrance
testing requirements, degree planning, transfer issues, and career
counseling. Houston Community College counselors also maintain a
local referral base in order to provide appropriate referrals to
students with personal or family issues that may require long-term
solutions. |
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Basic Intellectual Core
Competencies |
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Texas Colleges must
demonstrate that the Basic Intellectual Core Competencies are are
incorporated into all Core courses. This course addresses the
competencies in the following ways: |
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Reading:The Textbook, alternative web sites, and
the readers will provide the basis for Section Exams, Chapter
Essays, and the Final Exam. |
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Writing: Students will write all responses to
their selected Chapter Essays, and will conduct most
communication with the instructor through the typewritten
word. Students will write two historical research papers and
answer essay questions. |
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Speaking: Students may phone the instructor for
supplemental information or clarification of assignments as
needed. Students working in collaboration with other students
on chapter assignments will have the opportunity to develop
their speaking proficiency. |
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Listening: Students working in collaboration
with other students on chapter assignments will have the
opportunity to develop and practice their listening skills.
Students will also practice critical listening as the course
utilizes more streamed audio and video materials. |
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Critical Thinking: Many of the Chapter Essays
and essay questions on the Final Exam will contain questions
and problems that will require higher-level, "critical"
thinking skills to solve successfully. |
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Computer Literacy: Web-based courses such as
this one require significant computer literacy from the
students, who must be proficient at navigating the web,
sending and receiving Email, participating in threaded
discussions, and using online testing
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Enrollment
Policies |
| Withdrawals / Drops: |
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The instructor will not
issue a "W" (Withdrawal) course grade to any student.
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Students who do
not log in or stop participating at any point in the semester will
receive a grade based on the Points
& Grading scheme established for this course. |
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Students who
choose to administratively withdraw from the course may do so using
the processes and procedures as defined by HCCS. |
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It is a student
responsibility to withdraw / drop by the deadlines established by
HCCS. For First and Second Eight courses, it is strongly
recommended that you contact DE Counseling regarding drop
dates. |
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Students who
wish to withdraw / drop but fail to do so by the deadlines
established by HCCS will be issued a grade based on the Points
& Grading scheme established for this course. |
| HCC Course Withdrawal Policy: |
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The Texas State Legislature has begun to impose penalties on
students who drop courses excessively. In 2007, the Legislature
passed a law limiting students to no more than six (6) total course
withdrawals throughout their academic career in obtaining a
baccalaureate degree. To help students avoid having to drop/withdraw
from any class, HCC has instituted an Early Alert process by which
you instructor will "alert" you and HCC student services of the
chance you might fail a class because of excessive absences and/or
poor academic performance. You should visit with your instructor, a
counselor, or HCC Online Student Services to learn about your
options. |
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Students must visit with a faculty advisor, a counselor or
online student services prior to withdrawal from class. If a
withdrawal is to be given, this must be done prior to the drop date
for the session you are enrolled in. After that date and time,
students will no longer be allowed to drop and will receive the
grade that they earned. Faculty will no longer be allowed to give a
"W" on the final grade sheet; any faculty member who wishes to
withdraw a student will be required to process the drop before the
drop deadline.
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| Course Repeats: |
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Students who take a course more than twice face significant
tuition/fee increases at HCC and other Texas public universities. If
you are considering withdrawing from a course because you are not
passing (or for any other reason),confer with your
instructor/counselor as early as possible about your study habits,
reading and writing homework, test-taking skills, attendance, course
participation, and opportunities for tutoring or other assistance
that might be available. |
| Student Course Reinstatement Policy: |
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Students have a
responsibility to arrange payment for their classes when they
register, either through cash, credit card, financial aid, or the
installment plan. Faculty members have a responsibility to check
their class rolls regularly, especially during the early weeks of a
term,and reconcile the official class roll to ensure that no one is
attending class whose name does not appear on it. |
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Students who are dropped from their courses for nonpayment of
tuition and fees who request reinstatement after the official date
of record payment of tuition and fees who request reinstatement
after the official date of record (OE Date) can be reinstated by
making payment in full and paying an additional $75 per course
reinstatement fee. This fee will only be charged to those students
who are making payment by check, cash, money order, or credit card.
A student requesting reinstatement should present the registration
office with a completed Enrollment Authorization Form with the
signature of the instructor, department chair, or dean who should
verify that the student has been regularly attending
class. |
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Students who are reinstated are responsible for all course
policies and procedures, including attendance requirements. A dean
may waive the reinstatement fee upon determination that the student
was dropped because of a college error. The dean should note the
nature of the error in a memo to the registration office with
appropriate documentation. |
| International Students: |
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Receiving a W in a course may affect the status of your
student Visa. Once a W is given for the course, it will not be
changed to an F because of the visa consideration. Since January 1,
2003, International Students are restricted in the number of
distance education courses that they may take during each semester.
ONLY ONE online/distance education class may be counted towards the
enrollment requirement for International Students per semester.
Please contact the International Student Office at 713-718-8520 if
you have any questions about your visa status and other transfer
issues. |
| New DE Student Userid: |
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| Your new
student login userid will be your HCC User ID (sometimes
referred to as the “W” number). All HCC students have a unique
User ID. It is the same number you use for class registration.
For students who have taken DE classes in previous semesters,
the login will no longer be “firstname.lastname” + the last 2
digit of your SS #. If you do not know your User ID you can
look it up using the following links: |
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From the
HCC home page, click on “Register Here” |
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On the
Student Web Services page, click on “Registration (Online)”
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Click on
“Retrieve User ID” and follow the instructions. |
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Or use the
direct link:
https://hccsaweb.hccs.edu:8080/servlets/iclientservlet/sauat/?cmd=start |
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The
default student password will still be
“distance.” |
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As always,
students will then be prompted to change their password after
their first login. |
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These new student login procedures apply to classes
taught in both Blackboa | | |