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History 101 Syllabus, Tues/Thurs Class, Fall 2019

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History 101:

United States History through Reconstruction

Class Number 75937, Section 18

Fall 2019

 

 

Instructor Information

  • Ramón Cornejo Veloso, Ph.D.
  • rveloso@palomar.edu
  • Office Hours:
    • Tuesdays & Thursdays, 3:45pm to 4:00pm in MD=306
    • Tuesdays, 5:45pm to 6:00pm, ESC-105
    • If you cannot make it during these times, feel free to make an appointment for a time that will work for both of us.

Course Description

This course will survey some of the significant issues in the history of the United States from the Pre-Columbian period to approximately 1865, with emphasis on the years between 1640 and 1860. The plethora of historical events, circumstances, and developments during this constantly changing epoch make it impossible to offer a general survey that encompasses all this history; as a result, this class will concentrate on the histoire des mentalités of early Americans. Histoire des mentalités, as defined by historians, is the study of people’s values; the study of how they imagined, understood, and constructed their world; and how this in turn influenced their actions and decisions. All lectures will explore early America through this analytical lens.

As students become familiar with the histoire des mentalités of early Americans, they will appreciate that throughout the course of the seventeenth through middle of the nineteenth centuries, Americans increasingly valued—as well as continually debated, defined, and redefined—the ideals of freedom and republicanism, and utilized them to understand their world. Students will grasp how these ideals shaped early Americans’ constructions of gender, class, and race; as well as how these constructions of gender, class, and race shaped the concepts of freedom and republicanism; and how these cultural interactions influenced political, social, religious, and economic developments.

This course is also an introduction to the study of history: the ways historians look at the past, construct and develop interpretations about the past, and think about how to marshal evidence in order to support these interpretations. Class discussions, exercises, and writing assignments are specifically designed to introduce students to the craft of history. I hope that as this semester progresses you will begin thinking like historians and enjoy being historians.

Student Learning Objectives & Assessment

  • Accurately interpret American history through the use of primary and secondary sources
    • Assessed through class discussions, papers, and exams
  • Accurately recall knowledge of major events and figures in American history through Reconstruction
    • Assessed through class discussions and exams
  • Demonstrate college level writing in assessing and interpreting American history
    • Assessed through papers and exams
  • Identify the historical and theoretical foundations of the U.S. Constitution, the structure and function of the three Branches of government, the Checks and Balances system, and the nature as well as the continuing impact of the Bill of Rights
    • Assessed through class discussions, papers, and exams
  • Identify, use, and cite reliable primary and secondary sources in American history
    • Assessed through class discussions and papers

Class Policies

Attendance is mandatory in this class; you must attend class in order to pass the course. Leaving class early, such as after roll is taken, or arriving late for class is the equivalent of being absent. You are allowed to miss two class meetings during the semester, and missing more than two meetings is grounds for failure in the course. Active participation in discussions and during lectures will benefit your overall course grade.

********No late papers or assignments will be accepted in this course. **********

There are four exceptions to the late paper and assignment policy:

  1. If you are a Palomar student athlete, and you have a game scheduled on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  2. If you are a member of a recognized Palomar College club or organization, and you are required to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  3. If you are in the military, active duty or the reserves, and you have orders that require you to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  4. If you are ill and your physician requires you to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.

If you fall under any of the above four categories, you are excused from the scheduled due dates for papers and exams if you provide written documentation from your head coach, club/organization’s faculty moderator, commanding officer, or physician.

Students are responsible to avoid both dishonest practices and the appearance of dishonesty. Plagiarism and cheating are grounds for failure in the course. Students should make the necessary effort to ensure that other students do not use their work.  For more information on what constitutes plagiarism, see the Palomar College Library’s definition of plagiarism http://www.palomar.edu/library/infocomp/handouts/plagiarism.pdf, and watch the video titled “Lesson 1: Plagiarism” located on the top right of your monitor’s screen at http://www.palomar.edu/dashboard/.

Taking Notes

All the Power Point slides are up on Canvas, so it is unnecessary to copy what is on the slides during the lecture; in fact, focusing on copying the information on the slides is probably counterproductive. Instead, you should take notes on what I’m saying in class, and use the PowerPoint slides as mnemonic visual aids that will help you understand and remember what I’m asserting during the lecture.  Check Canvas under the Note-Taking Module for other note-taking and study aides.

Assignments, Quizzes, Exams, & Extra Credit

Remember to go to Canvas and read the prompts for each assignment and the directions for each quiz and exam. This is only a cursory summary, so be sure to read the prompts and directions on Canvas for each writing assignment and exam.

  • Midterm: This is a take-home exam. You will have the option of choosing an essay exam, or an objective exam on Canvas. The exam will cover all readings, lectures, and discussions from June 17 to July 10.
  • Final: This is a take-home exam. You will have the option of choosing an essay exam, or an objective exam on Canvas. The exam will cover all readings, lectures, and discussions from July 15 to August 7.
  • Short Paper: This assignment entails analyzing a primary source and writing a two page double-spaced paper on that source. See Canvas for the assignment prompt, and the Schedule of Assignments below for the due date.
  • Long Paper: This assignment will require you to do what professional academic historians do: assert, support, and develop an original interpretation on a historical subject of your choice based on a textual analysis of primary sources on your chosen subject. This paper should be five to eight double-spaced typed pages. See Canvas for the assignment prompt, and the Schedule of Assignments below for the due date.
  • Optional Extra-Credit Essay: See Canvas for the assignment prompt, and the Schedule of Assignments below for the due date.
  • Optional Participation Journal Extra Credit: You are required to actively participate in class; this includes asking as well as answering questions. If you are shy, or just do not like speaking in class, you have another option. You may keep a short journal composed of five entries on five lecture-discussion topics that interest you. Each journal entry must be at least one paragraph long, and should address how the subject matter of a lecture, or a component topic of a lecture, is relevant to the contemporary United States. See Canvas for more information on the journal option.

Nota Bene:  Each extra-credit assignment will be evaluated according to the standards that all other writing assignments are assessed in this class. Submitting the extra-credit assignments will not lower your grade; however, merely submitting each assignment does not guarantee that you will receive full extra-credit points for each assignment.

Grading

Below is the grade distribution on how your grade for the course will be determined. There will be a total of 100 points available, excluding the optional extra-credit opportunities. 90 points will earn an A, 80 points a B, 70 points a C, 60 points a D, and 59 points and below an F.

  • Attendance & Participation, 10 points
  • Midterm Exam, 15 points
  • Final Exam, 15 points
  • Short Paper, 20 points
  • Long Paper, 40 points

When course grades are assigned at the end of the semester, the grade point range above may be curved to your advantage. For example, the low end of an A grade may go down to 88 points, B grade to 78 points, etc. This all depends on the overall class average.

Palomar College Services Offered to Students

  • Writing Services, H-102, X2778
  • Reading Services, H-114, X2568
  • Tutoring/STAR Center, LL-105 (first floor of San Marcos Campus Library), X2448
  • ESL, H-202L, X2273
  • Behavioral Health Counseling, https://www.palomar.edu/bhcs/
    • As a student, you may experience a range of issues that can cause barriers to learning, such as strained relationships, increased anxiety, alcohol/drug problems, feeling down or depressed, experience difficulty concentrating and/or lack of motivation. These mental health concerns or stressful events may lead to diminished academic performance or reduce your ability to participate in daily activities. Palomar College services are available to assist you with addressing these and other concerns that you may be experiencing. You can learn more about the broad range of confidential mental health services available on campus via the Behavioral Health Counseling Services.
  • Food & Housing Insecurity
    • The Office of Student Affairs 760-744-1150, Extension 2594 can connect you to resources assisting with food, housing, and more, including the Anita and Stan Maag Nutrition Center and other free food events. Visit the website (https://www.palomar.edu/studentlifeandleadership/) for a full list of available community resources. If you feel comfortable doing so, contact me regarding any food or housing insecurity you may be facing that may impact your performance in class.
  • Other services linked on https://www.palomar.edu/studentresources/

Schedule of Assignments

The schedule below is subject to changes as the course progresses. If changes take place, the assignments, readings, and lectures will be postponed to a later date. You will never be given more work than what is listed below, and you will never be told to submit any assignment or take any exam earlier than the dates noted below. All readings are due on the date each reading is listed under the schedule below. Note that the reading assignments are marked as mandatory or optional; you are required to read those labeled “mandatory.”

August 20

  • Class Introductions
  • Lecture: “What is History?”

August 22

  • Reading (Mandatory):
    • Ramón Veloso, “Historical Causality” in the HCC Module on Canvas
    • Richard Laws, “Analyzing Primary Sources” in the HCC Module on Canvas

August 27

  • Lecture: “The Age of Exploration”

August 29

  • Lecture: “The Age of Exploration”

September 3

  • Reading (Optional):
    • Ava Arndt, “What is Analysis” in the HCC Module on Canvas (This optional reading will greatly aid you with regard to writing the assigned papers.)
  • Lecture: “The British Colonization of North America and the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake”

September 5

  • Lecture: “The British Colonization of North America and the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake”

September 10

  • Reading (Mandatory):
    • Liz Losh, “Thesis Statements” in the HCC Module on Canvas
  • Lecture: “The Puritan Mentalité”

September 12

  • Lecture: “The Puritan Mentalité”

September 17

  • Lecture: “The Puritan Mentalité”

September 19

  • Reading (Mandatory)
    • Founding of VA and MA Colonies in the Primary Source Module of Canvas
      • We will have a class discussion on these primary sources.

September 24

  • Reading (Optional):
    • Patricia Hartz, “Paragraphing” in the HCC Module on Canvas (This optional reading will greatly aid you with regard to writing the assigned papers.)
    • Elizabeth Losh, “Topic Sentences” in the HCC Module on Canvas (This optional reading will greatly aid you with regard to writing the assigned papers.)
  • Lecture: “The Anglicization of America”

September 26

  • Lecture: “The Anglicization of America”

October 1

  • Lecture: “The Anglicization of America”

October 3

  • Reading (Mandatory)
    • Eighteenth-Century Voices in the Primary Source Module of Canvas
      • We will have a class discussion on these primary sources.

October 8

  • Reading (Optional):
    • Elizabeth Losh, “Integrating Quotes Logically” in the HCC Module on Canvas (This optional reading will greatly aid you with regard to writing the assigned papers.)
  • Lecture: “The Colonial Crisis”

October 10

  • Lecture: “The Colonial Crisis”

October 15

  • Reading (Optional):
    • Eva Wessell, “Stylistically Integrating Quotes” in the HCC Module on Canvas (This optional reading will greatly aid you with regard to writing the assigned papers.)
  • Lecture: “The American War for Independence”

October 17

  • Lecture: “The American War for Independence”

October 22

  • Short Paper due
  • Lecture: “Confederation to Constitution”

October 24

  • Lecture: “Confederation to Constitution”

October 25

  • Take-Home Midterm due by 11:59pm

October 29

  • Lecture: “The New Nation Takes Form”

October 31

  • Lecture: “The New Nation Takes Form”

November 5

  • Lecture: “Republicans in Power”

November 7

  • Lecture: “Republicans in Power”

November 12

  • Lecture: “The Market Revolution”

November 14

  • Lecture: “The Market Revolution”

November 19

  • Lecture: “Anxiety and Social Reform”

November 21

  • Lecture: “Anxiety and Social Reform”

November 25 to 29

  • Thanksgiving Recess

December 3

  • Term Paper due
  • Lecture: “The Peculiar Institution”

December 5

  • Lecture: “The Peculiar Institution”

December 10

  • Lecture: “The House Divided”

December 12

  • Lecture: “The House Divided”

December 13

  • Take-Home Final Exam due by 11:59pm

 

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History 101 Syllabus, Tuesday Night Class, Fall 2019

Posted on by Veloso, Ramon

Click here for a printable Syllabus or scroll down below.

 

 

History 101

United States History through Reconstruction

Class Number 75992, Section 50

Fall 2019

 

 

Instructor Information

  • Ramón Cornejo Veloso, Ph.D.
  • rveloso@palomar.edu
  • Office Hours:
    • Tuesdays & Thursdays, 3:45pm to 4:00pm in MD-306
    • Tuesdays, 5:45pm to 6:00pm, ESC-105
    • If you cannot make it during these times, feel free to make an appointment for a time that will work for both of us.

 

Course Description

This course will survey some of the significant issues in the history of the United States from the Pre-Columbian period to approximately 1865, with emphasis on the years between 1640 and 1860. The plethora of historical events, circumstances, and developments during this constantly changing epoch make it impossible to offer a general survey that encompasses all this history; as a result, this class will concentrate on the histoire des mentalités of early Americans. Histoire des mentalités, as defined by historians, is the study of people’s values; the study of how they imagined, understood, and constructed their world; and how this in turn influenced their actions and decisions. All lectures will explore early America through this analytical lens.

As students become familiar with the histoire des mentalités of early Americans, they will appreciate that throughout the course of the seventeenth through middle of the nineteenth centuries, Americans increasingly valued—as well as continually debated, defined, and redefined—the ideals of freedom and republicanism, and utilized them to understand their world. Students will grasp how these ideals shaped early Americans’ constructions of gender, class, and race; as well as how these constructions of gender, class, and race shaped the concepts of freedom and republicanism; and how these cultural interactions influenced political, social, religious, and economic developments.

This course is also an introduction to the study of history: the ways historians look at the past, construct and develop interpretations about the past, and think about how to marshal evidence in order to support these interpretations. Class discussions, exercises, and writing assignments are specifically designed to introduce students to the craft of history. I hope that as this semester progresses you will begin thinking like historians and enjoy being historians.

Student Learning Objectives & Assessment

  • Accurately interpret American history through the use of primary and secondary sources
    • Assessed through class discussions, papers, and exams
  • Accurately recall knowledge of major events and figures in American history through Reconstruction
    • Assessed through class discussions and exams
  • Demonstrate college level writing in assessing and interpreting American history
    • Assessed through papers and exams
  • Identify the historical and theoretical foundations of the U.S. Constitution, the structure and function of the three Branches of government, the Checks and Balances system, and the nature as well as the continuing impact of the Bill of Rights
    • Assessed through class discussions, papers, and exams
  • Identify, use, and cite reliable primary and secondary sources in American history
    • Assessed through class discussions and papers

Class Policies

Attendance is mandatory in this class; you must attend class in order to pass the course. Leaving class early, such as after roll is taken, or arriving late for class is the equivalent of being absent. You are allowed to miss two class meetings during the semester, and missing more than two meetings is grounds for failure in the course. Active participation in discussions and during lectures will benefit your overall course grade.

********No late papers or assignments will be accepted in this course. **********

There are four exceptions to the late paper and assignment policy:

  1. If you are a Palomar student athlete, and you have a game scheduled on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  2. If you are a member of a recognized Palomar College club or organization, and you are required to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  3. If you are in the military, active duty or the reserves, and you have orders that require you to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  4. If you are ill and your physician requires you to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.

If you fall under any of the above four categories, you are excused from the scheduled due dates for papers and exams if you provide written documentation from your head coach, club/organization’s faculty moderator, commanding officer, or physician.

Students are responsible to avoid both dishonest practices and the appearance of dishonesty. Plagiarism and cheating are grounds for failure in the course. Students should make the necessary effort to ensure that other students do not use their work.  For more information on what constitutes plagiarism, see the Palomar College Library’s definition of plagiarism http://www.palomar.edu/library/infocomp/handouts/plagiarism.pdf, and watch the video titled “Lesson 1: Plagiarism” located on the top right of your monitor’s screen at http://www.palomar.edu/dashboard/.

Taking Notes

All the Power Point slides are up on Canvas, so it is unnecessary to copy what is on the slides during the lecture; in fact, focusing on copying the information on the slides is probably counterproductive. Instead, you should take notes on what I’m saying in class, and use the PowerPoint slides as mnemonic visual aids that will help you understand and remember what I’m asserting during the lecture.  Check Canvas under the Note-Taking Module for other note-taking and study aides.

Assignments, Quizzes, Exams, & Extra Credit

Remember to go to Canvas and read the prompts for each assignment and the directions for each quiz and exam. This is only a cursory summary, so be sure to read the prompts and directions on Canvas for each writing assignment and exam.

  • Midterm: This is a take-home exam. You will have the option of choosing an essay exam, or an objective exam on Canvas. The exam will cover all readings, lectures, and discussions from June 17 to July 10.
  • Final: This is a take-home exam. You will have the option of choosing an essay exam, or an objective exam on Canvas. The exam will cover all readings, lectures, and discussions from July 15 to August 7.
  • Short Paper: This assignment entails analyzing a primary source and writing a two page double-spaced paper on that source. See Canvas for the assignment prompt, and the Schedule of Assignments below for the due date.
  • Term Paper: This assignment will require you to do what professional academic historians do: assert, support, and develop an original interpretation on a historical subject of your choice based on a textual analysis of primary sources on your chosen subject. This paper should be five to eight double-spaced typed pages. See Canvas for the assignment prompt, and the Schedule of Assignments below for the due date.
  • Optional Extra-Credit Essay: See Canvas for the assignment prompt, and the Schedule of Assignments below for the due date.
  • Optional Participation Journal Extra Credit: You are required to actively participate in class; this includes asking as well as answering questions. If you are shy, or just do not like speaking in class, you have another option. You may keep a short journal composed of five entries on five lecture-discussion topics that interest you. Each journal entry must be at least one paragraph long, and should address how the subject matter of a lecture, or a component topic of a lecture, is relevant to the contemporary United States. See Canvas for more information on the journal option.

Nota Bene:  Each extra-credit assignment will be evaluated according to the standards that all other writing assignments are assessed in this class. Submitting the extra-credit assignments will not lower your grade; however, merely submitting each assignment does not guarantee that you will receive full extra-credit points for each assignment.

Grading

Below is the grade distribution on how your grade for the course will be determined. There will be a total of 100 points available, excluding the optional extra-credit opportunities. 90 points will earn an A, 80 points a B, 70 points a C, 60 points a D, and 59 points and below an F.

  • Attendance & Participation, 10 points
  • Midterm Exam, 15 points
  • Final Exam, 15 points
  • Short Paper, 20 points
  • Long Paper, 40 points

When course grades are assigned at the end of the semester, the grade point range above may be curved to your advantage. For example, the low end of an A grade may go down to 88 points, B grade to 78 points, etc. This all depends on the overall class average.

Palomar College Services Offered to Students

  • Writing Services, H-102, X2778
  • Reading Services, H-114, X2568
  • Tutoring/STAR Center, LL-105 (first floor of San Marcos Campus Library), X2448
  • ESL, H-202L, X2273
  • Behavioral Health Counseling, https://www.palomar.edu/bhcs/
    • As a student, you may experience a range of issues that can cause barriers to learning, such as strained relationships, increased anxiety, alcohol/drug problems, feeling down or depressed, experience difficulty concentrating and/or lack of motivation. These mental health concerns or stressful events may lead to diminished academic performance or reduce your ability to participate in daily activities. Palomar College services are available to assist you with addressing these and other concerns that you may be experiencing. You can learn more about the broad range of confidential mental health services available on campus via the Behavioral Health Counseling Services.
  • Food & Housing Insecurity
    • The Office of Student Affairs 760-744-1150, Extension 2594 can connect you to resources assisting with food, housing, and more, including the Anita and Stan Maag Nutrition Center and other free food events. Visit the website (https://www.palomar.edu/studentlifeandleadership/) for a full list of available community resources. If you feel comfortable doing so, contact me regarding any food or housing insecurity you may be facing that may impact your performance in class.
  • Other Palomar services linked on https://www.palomar.edu/studentresources/

Schedule of Assignments

The schedule below is subject to changes as the course progresses. If changes take place, the assignments, readings, and lectures will be postponed to a later date. You will never be given more work than what is listed below, and you will never be told to submit any assignment or take any exam earlier than the dates noted below. All readings are due on the date each reading is listed under the schedule below. Note that the reading assignments are marked as mandatory or optional; you are required to read those labeled “mandatory.”

August 20

  • Class Introductions
  • Lecture: “What is History?”

August 27

  • Reading (Mandatory):
    • Ramón Veloso, “Historical Causality” in the HCC Module on Canvas
    • Richard Laws, “Analyzing Primary Sources” in the HCC Module on Canvas
  • Lecture: “The Age of Exploration

September 3

  • Reading (Optional):
    • Ava Arndt, “What is Analysis” in the HCC Module on Canvas (This optional reading will greatly aid you with regard to writing the assigned papers.)
  • Lecture: “The British Colonization of North America and the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake”

September 10

  • Reading (Mandatory):
    • Liz Losh, “Thesis Statements” in the HCC Module on Canvas
  • Lecture: “The Puritan Mentalité”

September 17

  • Reading (Mandatory)
    • Founding of VA and MA Colonies in the Primary Source Module of Canvas

September 24

  • Reading (Optional):
    • Patricia Hartz, “Paragraphing” in the HCC Module on Canvas (This optional reading will greatly aid you with regard to writing the assigned papers.)
    • Elizabeth Losh, “Topic Sentences” in the HCC Module on Canvas (This optional reading will greatly aid you with regard to writing the assigned papers.)
  • Lecture: “The Anglicization of America”

October 1

  • Reading (Mandatory)
    • Eighteenth-Century Voices in the Primary Source Module of Canvas

October 8

  • Reading (Optional):
    • Elizabeth Losh, “Integrating Quotes Logically” in the HCC Module on Canvas (This optional reading will greatly aid you with regard to writing the assigned papers.)
  • Lecture: “The Colonial Crisis”

October 15

  • Reading (Optional):
    • Eva Wessell, “Stylistically Integrating Quotes” in the HCC Module on Canvas (This optional reading will greatly aid you with regard to writing the assigned papers.)
  • Lecture: “The American War for Independence”

October 18

  • Take-Home Midterm Exam due by 11:59pm

October 22

  • Short Paper due in class
  • Lecture: “Confederation to Constitution”

October 29

  • Lecture: “The New Nation Takes Form”

November 5

  • Lecture: “Republicans in Power”

November 12

  • Lecture: “The Market Revolution”

November 19

  • Lecture: “Anxiety and Social Reform”

November 25-29

  • Thanksgiving Recess
  • Have a Great Thanksgiving!!!

December 3

  • Term Paper due in class
  • Lecture: “The Peculiar Institution”

December 10

  • Lecture: “The House Divided”
  • Optional Extra-Credit Essay due
  • Optional Extra-Credit Class Participation Journal due

December 12

  • Take-Home Final Exam due by 11:59pm

 

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History 101 Syllabus, Summer 2019

Posted on by Veloso, Ramon

Click here for a printable Syllabus or scroll down below.

 

Instructor Information

  • Ramón Cornejo Veloso, Ph.D.
  • rveloso@palomar.edu
  • Office Hours:
    • Mondays & Wednesdays, 5:45pm to 6:00pm in NC-N01
    • If you cannot make it during these times, feel free to make an appointment for a time that will work for both of us.

 

Course Description

This course will survey some of the significant issues in the history of the United States from the Pre-Columbian period to approximately 1865, with emphasis on the years between 1640 and 1860. The plethora of historical events, circumstances, and developments during this constantly changing epoch make it impossible to offer a general survey that encompasses all this history; as a result, this class will concentrate on the histoire des mentalités of early Americans. Histoire des mentalités, as defined by historians, is the study of people’s values; the study of how they imagined, understood, and constructed their world; and how this in turn influenced their actions and decisions. All lectures will explore early America through this analytical lens.

As students become familiar with the histoire des mentalités of early Americans, they will appreciate that throughout the course of the seventeenth through middle of the nineteenth centuries, Americans increasingly valued—as well as continually debated, defined, and redefined—the ideals of freedom and republicanism, and utilized them to understand their world. Students will grasp how these ideals shaped early Americans’ constructions of gender, class, and race; as well as how these constructions of gender, class, and race shaped the concepts of freedom and republicanism; and how these cultural interactions influenced political, social, religious, and economic developments.

This course is also an introduction to the study of history: the ways historians look at the past, construct and develop interpretations about the past, and think about how to marshal evidence in order to support these interpretations. Class discussions, exercises, and writing assignments are specifically designed to introduce students to the craft of history. I hope that as this semester progresses you will begin thinking like historians and enjoy being historians.

Student Learning Objectives & Assessment

  • Accurately interpret American history through the use of primary and secondary sources
    • Assessed through class discussions, papers, and exams
  • Accurately recall knowledge of major events and figures in American history through Reconstruction
    • Assessed through class discussions and exams
  • Demonstrate college level writing in assessing and interpreting American history
    • Assessed through papers and exams
  • Identify the historical and theoretical foundations of the U.S. Constitution, the structure and function of the three Branches of government, the Checks and Balances system, and the nature as well as the continuing impact of the Bill of Rights
    • Assessed through class discussions, papers, and exams
  • Identify, use, and cite reliable primary and secondary sources in American history
    • Assessed through class discussions and papers

Class Policies

Attendance is mandatory in this class; you must attend class in order to pass the course. Leaving class early, such as after roll is taken, or arriving late for class is the equivalent of being absent. You are allowed to miss two class meetings during the semester, and missing more than two meetings is grounds for failure in the course. Active participation in discussions and during lectures will benefit your overall course grade.

 

********No late papers or assignments will be accepted in this course. **********

 

There are four exceptions to the late paper and assignment policy:

  1. If you are a Palomar student athlete, and you have a game scheduled on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  2. If you are a member of a recognized Palomar College club or organization, and you are required to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  3. If you are in the military, active duty or the reserves, and you have orders that require you to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  4. If you are ill and your physician requires you to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.

If you fall under any of the above four categories, you are excused from the scheduled due dates for papers and exams if you provide written documentation from your head coach, club/organization’s faculty moderator, commanding officer, or physician.

Students are responsible to avoid both dishonest practices and the appearance of dishonesty. Plagiarism and cheating are grounds for failure in the course. Students should make the necessary effort to ensure that other students do not use their work.  For more information on what constitutes plagiarism, see the Palomar College Library’s definition of plagiarism http://www.palomar.edu/library/infocomp/handouts/plagiarism.pdf, and watch the video titled “Lesson 1: Plagiarism” located on the top right of your monitor’s screen at http://www.palomar.edu/dashboard/.

Taking Notes

All the Power Point slides are up on Canvas, so it is unnecessary to copy what is on the slides during the lecture; in fact, focusing on copying the information on the slides is probably counterproductive. Instead, you should take notes on what I’m saying in class, and use the PowerPoint slides as mnemonic visual aids that will help you understand and remember what I’m asserting during the lecture.  Check Canvas under the Note-Taking Module for other note-taking and study aides.

Assignments, Quizzes, Exams, & Extra Credit

Remember to go to Canvas and read the prompts for each assignment and the directions for each quiz and exam. This is only a cursory summary, so be sure to read the prompts and directions on Canvas for each writing assignment and exam.

  • Midterm: This is a take-home exam. You will have the option of choosing an essay exam, or an objective exam on Canvas. The exam will cover all readings, lectures, and discussions from June 17 to July 10.
  • Final: This is a take-home exam. You will have the option of choosing an essay exam, or an objective exam on Canvas. The exam will cover all readings, lectures, and discussions from July 15 to August 7.
  • Short Paper: This assignment entails analyzing a primary source and writing a two page double-spaced paper on that source. See Canvas for the assignment prompt, and the Schedule of Assignments below for the due date.
  • Long Paper: This assignment will require you to do what professional academic historians do: assert, support, and develop an original interpretation on a historical subject of your choice based on a textual analysis of primary sources on your chosen subject. This paper should be five to eight double-spaced typed pages. See Canvas for the assignment prompt, and the Schedule of Assignments below for the due date.
  • Optional Extra-Credit Essay: See Canvas for the assignment prompt, and the Schedule of Assignments below for the due date.
  • Optional Participation Journal Extra Credit: You are required to actively participate in class; this includes asking as well as answering questions. If you are shy, or just do not like speaking in class, you have another option. You may keep a short journal composed of five entries on five lecture-discussion topics that interest you. Each journal entry must be at least one paragraph long, and should address how the subject matter of a lecture, or a component topic of a lecture, is relevant to the contemporary United States. See Canvas for more information on the journal option.

Nota Bene:  Each extra-credit assignment will be evaluated according to the standards that all other writing assignments are assessed in this class. Submitting the extra-credit assignments will not lower your grade; however, merely submitting each assignment does not guarantee that you will receive full extra-credit points for each assignment.

Grading

Below is the grade distribution on how your grade for the course will be determined. There will be a total of 100 points available, excluding the optional extra-credit opportunities. 90 points will earn an A, 80 points a B, 70 points a C, 60 points a D, and 59 points and below an F.

  • Attendance & Participation, 10 points
  • Midterm Exam, 15 points
  • Final Exam, 15 points
  • Short Paper, 20 points
  • Long Paper, 40 points

When course grades are assigned at the end of the semester, the grade point range above may be curved to your advantage. For example, the low end of an A grade may go down to 88 points, B grade to 78 points, etc. This all depends on the overall class average.

Palomar College Services Offered to Students

  • Writing Services, H-102, X2778
  • Reading Services, H-114, X2568
  • Tutoring/STAR Center, LL-105 (first floor of San Marcos Campus Library), X2448
  • ESL, H-202L, X2273
  • Behavioral Health Counseling, https://www.palomar.edu/bhcs/
    • As a student, you may experience a range of issues that can cause barriers to learning, such as strained relationships, increased anxiety, alcohol/drug problems, feeling down or depressed, experience difficulty concentrating and/or lack of motivation. These mental health concerns or stressful events may lead to diminished academic performance or reduce your ability to participate in daily activities. Palomar College services are available to assist you with addressing these and other concerns that you may be experiencing. You can learn more about the broad range of confidential mental health services available on campus via the Behavioral Health Counseling Services.
  • Food & Housing Insecurity
    • The Office of Student Affairs 760-744-1150, Extension 2594 can connect you to resources assisting with food, housing, and more, including the Anita and Stan Maag Nutrition Center and other free food events. Visit the website (https://www.palomar.edu/studentlifeandleadership/) for a full list of available community resources. If you feel comfortable doing so, contact me regarding any food or housing insecurity you may be facing that may impact your performance in class.
  • Other services linked on https://www.palomar.edu/studentresources/

Schedule of Assignments

The schedule below is subject to changes as the course progresses. If changes take place, the assignments, readings, and lectures will be postponed to a later date. You will never be given more work than what is listed below, and you will never be told to submit any assignment or take any exam earlier than the dates noted below. All readings are due on the date each reading is listed under the schedule below. Note that the reading assignments are marked as mandatory or optional; you are required to read those labeled “mandatory.”

June 17

  • Class Introduction
  • Lecture: “What is History?”

June 19

  • Lecture: “The Age of Exploration”

June 24

  • Reading (Mandatory):
    • Ramón Veloso, “Historical Causality” in the HCC Module on Canvas
  • Lecture: “The British Colonization of North America & the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake”

June 26

  • Reading (Mandatory):
    • Richard Laws, “Analyzing Primary Sources” in the HCC Module on Canvas
  • Lecture: “The Puritan Mentalité”

July 1

  • Reading (Optional):
    • Ava Arndt, “What is Analysis” in the HCC Module on Canvas (This optional reading will greatly aid you with regard to writing the assigned papers.)
  • Lecture: “The Anglicization of America”

July 3

  • Reading (Mandatory):
    • Liz Losh, “Thesis Statements” in the HCC Module on Canvas
  • Lecture: “The Colonial Crisis”

July 8

  • Short Paper due in class
  • Reading (Optional):
    • Patricia Hartz, “Paragraphing” in the HCC Module on Canvas (This optional reading will greatly aid you with regard to writing the assigned papers.)
  • Lecture: “The American War for Independence”

July 10

  • Reading (Optional):
    • Elizabeth Losh, “Integrating Quotes Logically” in the HCC Module on Canvas (This optional reading will greatly aid you with regard to writing the assigned papers.)
  • Lecture: “Confederation to Constitution”

July 15

  • Midterm Exam due by 11:59pm
  • Reading (Optional)
    • Elizabeth Losh, “Topic Sentences” in the HCC Module on Canvas (This optional reading will greatly aid you with regard to writing the assigned papers.)
  • Lecture: “The New Nation Takes Form”

July 17

  • Reading (Optional):
    • Liz Losh, “Thesis Statements” in the HCC Module on Canvas
    • Eva Wessell, “Stylistically Integrating Quotes” in the HCC Module on Canvas (This optional reading will greatly aid you with regard to writing the assigned papers.)
  • Lecture: “Republicans in Power”

July 22

  • Lecture: “The Market Revolution”

July 24

  • Lecture: “Anxiety and Social Reform”

July 29

  • Long Paper due in class
  • Lecture: “The Peculiar Institution”

July 31

  • Lecture: “The Peculiar Institution”

August 5

  • Lecture: “The House Divided”

August 7

  • Lecture: “The House Divided”
  • Optional Extra-Credit Essay due
  • Optional Journal for Class Participation due

August 8

  • Final Exam due by 11:59pm

 

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Syllabus for History 101 Fall 2018

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Instructor Information

  • Ramón Cornejo Veloso, Ph.D.
  • rveloso@palomar.edu
  • Office Hours:
    • Tuesdays & Thursdays
      • 9:25-9:45am in ESC-105 (Escondido Campus)
      • 3:45-4:05pm in MD-306 (San Marcos Campus)
    • If you cannot make it during these times, feel free to make an appointment for a time that will work for both of us.

Course Description

This course will survey some of the significant issues in the history of the United States from the Pre-Columbian period to approximately 1865, with emphasis on the years between 1640 and 1860. The plethora of historical events, circumstances, and developments during this constantly changing epoch make it impossible to offer a general survey that encompasses all this history; as a result, this class will concentrate on the histoire des mentalités of early Americans. Histoire des mentalités, as defined by historians, is the study of people’s values; the study of how they imagined, understood, and constructed their world; and how this in turn influenced their actions and decisions. All lectures will explore early America through this analytical lens.

As students become familiar with the histoire des mentalités of early Americans, they will appreciate that throughout the course of the seventeenth through middle of the nineteenth centuries, Americans increasingly valued—as well as continually debated, defined, and redefined—the ideals of freedom and republicanism, and utilized them to understand their world. Students will grasp how these ideals shaped early Americans’ constructions of gender, class, and race; as well as how these constructions of gender, class, and race shaped the concepts of freedom and republicanism; and how these cultural interactions influenced political, social, religious, and economic developments.

This course is also an introduction to the study of history: the ways historians look at the past, construct and develop interpretations about the past, and think about how to marshal evidence in order to support these interpretations. Class discussions, exercises, and writing assignments are specifically designed to introduce students to the craft of history. I hope that as this semester progresses you will begin thinking like historians and enjoy being historians.

Student Learning Objectives & Assessment

  • Accurately interpret American history through the use of primary and secondary sources
    • Assessed through class discussions, papers, and exams
  • Accurately recall knowledge of major events and figures in American history through Reconstruction
    • Assessed through class discussions and exams
  • Demonstrate college level writing in assessing and interpreting American history
    • Assessed through papers and exams
  • Identify the historical and theoretical foundations of the U.S. Constitution, the structure and function of the three Branches of government, the Checks and Balances system, and the nature as well as the continuing impact of the Bill of Rights
    • Assessed through class discussions, papers, and exams
  • Identify, use, and cite reliable primary and secondary sources in American history
    • Assessed through class discussions and papers

Required Textbook

  • Nancy A. Hewitt and Steven F. Lawson, Exploring American Histories: A Brief Survey with Sources, Volume 1 to 1877 (New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, 2013).
    • You may purchase the bound, loose leaf, or digital versions of this text.
      • Bound Version ISBN: 9780312410001
      • Loose-Leaf Version ISBN: 9781457641954
      • Digital Version ISBN: 9781457635533
    • These are the options and prices available to you at the Palomar College Bookstore: https://www.bkstr.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/booklookServlet

Class Policies

The assigned readings are indispensable for you to understand the course. You should be active rather than passive readers. Do not merely accept the claims of Hewitt, Lawson, myself, and your classmates; instead, interact with the readings by bringing something to the readings, such as questions to be answered, and tentative viewpoints to be confirmed, modified, or discarded. Class discussions will give you the opportunity to raise questions regarding the readings, discuss the readings with the class, and refine your points of view based on the discussions. It is essential that you read all the readings by the due dates assigned.

Attendance is mandatory in this class; you must attend the lectures in order to pass the course. You will be given three free absences during the semester; these are excusable absences when you can just skip class for whatever reason you desire—day at the beach, study for another class, etc.—with no penalty to your grade. Missing four or more classes is grounds for failure in the course unless you have compelling reasons for your absences. I will determine on a case by case basis whether your reasons are excusable.

Active participation in discussions and during lectures will benefit your overall course grade.

********No late papers will be accepted in this course. **********

********There will be no makeup for any of the exams. ********

********If you miss any exam, you will receive a zero for that exam. ********

There are four exceptions to the no makeup and no late paper policies:

  1. If you are a Palomar student athlete, and you have a game scheduled on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  2. If you are a member of a recognized Palomar College club or organization, and you are required to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  3. If you are in the military, active duty or the reserves, and you have orders that require you to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  4. If you are ill and your physician requires you to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.

If you fall under any of the above four categories, you are excused from the scheduled due dates for papers, exams, and tests if you provide written documentation from your head coach, club/organization’s faculty moderator, military “commander,” or physician.

Students are responsible to avoid both dishonest practices and the appearance of dishonesty. Plagiarism and cheating are grounds for failure in the course. Students should make the necessary effort to ensure that other students do not use their work.  For more information on what constitutes plagiarism, see the Palomar College Library’s definition of plagiarism http://www.palomar.edu/library/infocomp/handouts/plagiarism.pdf, and watch the video titled “Lesson 1: Plagiarism” located on the top right of your monitor’s screen at http://www.palomar.edu/dashboard/.

Taking Notes

All the Power Point slides are up on Canvas, so it is unnecessary to copy what is on the slides during the lecture; in fact, focusing on copying the information on the slides is probably counterproductive. Instead, you should take notes on what I’m saying in class, and use the PowerPoint slides as mnemonic visual aids that will help you understand and remember what I’m asserting during the lecture.  Check Canvas under the Note-Taking Module for other note-taking and study aides.

Assignments & Exams

Remember to go to Canvas and read the prompts for each paper assignment and the directions for each exam. This is only a cursory summary of the paper assignments and exams, so be sure to read the paper prompts and individual assignment directions up on Canvas.

  • Two Papers: This assignment will require you to do what professional academic historians do: assert, support, and develop an original interpretation based on a textual analysis of primary sources. These papers should be two to three double-spaced typed pages. See Canvas for the assignment prompts, and the Schedule of Assignments below for the due dates.
  • Take-Home Midterm Exam: This will be an essay approximately two to three double-spaced typed pages in length. You will choose one of the essay questions from the list of Midterm Exam essay questions that are on Canvas. These essay questions will be accessible on Canvas on the very first day of class.
  • Take-Home Final Exam: This will be a take-home essay on material covered after the Midterm; it is not cumulative. The essay should be approximately two to three double-spaced typed pages. You will choose one of the essay questions from the list of essay questions for the Final Exam on Canvas.
  • Canvas Lecture Quizzes: These are short questions on Canvas that will test your comprehension of the lectures. They are non-cumulative. These should take approximately ten to twenty minutes to complete.
  • Canvas Primary Source Exercises: These are exercises on canvas to hone your causality and primary source analysis skills. Each should take about ten to twenty minutes.
  • Participation: You are required to actively participate in class; this includes asking as well as answering questions. If you are shy, or just do not like speaking in class, you have another option. You may keep a short journal composed of five entries on five lecture topics that interest you. Each journal entry must be at least one paragraph long, and should address how the subject matter of a lecture, or a component topic of a lecture, is relevant to the contemporary United States. The journal entries may be typed or handwritten, whichever works for you. See Canvas for more information on the journal option.
  • Extra Credit for Overall Course Grade (12 points total): There will be two optional extra-credit opportunities—two essays, each worth six points. See Canvas for the assignment prompts, and the Schedule of Assignments below for the due dates.

Grading

Below is the grade distribution for participation, exams, papers, and assignments. There will be a total of 100 points available, excluding the optional extra-credit opportunities. 90 points will earn an A, 80 points a B, 70 points a C, 60 points a D, and 59 points and below an F.

  • Attendance & Participation, 10 points
  • Take-Home Midterm Exam, 10 points
  • Take-Home Final Exam, 10 points
  • Paper 1, 12 points
  • Paper 2, 15 points
  • Canvas Lecture Quizzes (4 total at 7 points each), 28 points
  • Canvas Primary Source Exercises (3 total at 5 points each), 15 points

When course grades are assigned at the end of the semester, the grade point range above may be curved to your advantage. For example, the low end of an A grade may go down to 88 points, B grade to 78 points, etc. This all depends on the overall class average.

Palomar College Services Offered to Students

  • Writing Services, H-102, X2778
  • Reading Services, H-114, X2568
  • Tutoring/STAR Center, LL-105 (first floor of San Marcos Campus Library), X2448
  • ESL, H-202L, X2273
  • Other services linked on https://www.palomar.edu/studentresources/

Schedule of Assignments

The schedule below is subject to changes as the course progresses. If changes take place, assignments, readings, and lectures will be postponed to a later date. You will never be given more work than what is listed below, and you will never be told to submit any assignment, take any exam, or read any chapter earlier than the dates noted below.

August 21

  • Class Introductions

August 23

  • Lecture: “What is History?”

August 28

  • Reading
    • Ramon Veloso, “Historical Causality” in HCC Module in Canvas
  • Lecture: “The Age of Exploration”

August 30

  • Reading
    • Richard Laws, “Analyzing Primary Sources” in HCC Module in Canvas
  • Lecture: “The Age of Exploration”

September 4

  • Reading
    • Ava Arndt, “What is Analysis?” in HCC Module in Canvas
  • Lecture: “Ceremonies of Possession”

September 6

  • Canvas Primary Source Exercise #1 due
  • Reading
    • Elizabeth Losh, “Thesis Statements” in HCC Module in Canvas
  • Lecture: “Ceremonies of Possession”

September 11

  • Reading
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Chapter 2: Colonization and Conflict, 1550-1680
    • Elizabeth Losh, “Topic Sentences” in HCC Module in Canvas (Optional but highly recommended)
  • Lecture: “The British Colonization of North America & the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake”

September 13

  • Watch on your own time this short video on what constitutes plagiarism: “Lesson 1: Plagiarism” on http://www.palomar.edu/dashboard/
  • Reading
    • Patricia Hartz, “Paragraphing” in HCC Module in Canvas (Optional but highly recommended)
  • Lecture: “The British Colonization of North America & the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake”

September 18

  • Reading
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Chapter 3: Global Changes Reshape Colonial America, 1680-1750
  • Lecture: “The Puritan Mentalité”

September 20

  • Watch on your own time this short video on instructions on how to avoid plagiarizing: “Lesson 2: Use Information” on http://www.palomar.edu/dashboard/
  • Reading
    • Elizabeth Losh, “Integrating Quotes Logically” in HCC Module in Canvas
  • Lecture: “The Puritan Mentalité”

September 21

  • Canvas Lecture Quiz #1 due

September 25

  • Canvas Primary Source Exercise #2 due
  • Reading
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Chapter 4: Religious Strife & Social Upheavals, 1680-1750
  • Lecture: “The Anglicization of America”

September 27

  • Watch on your own this video on citing using MLA format style: “Lesson 3: Cite Right with MLA” on http://www.palomar.edu/dashboard/
  • Reading
    • Eva Wessel, “Stylistically Integrating Quotes” in HCC Module in Canvas
  • Lecture: “The Anglicization of America”

October 2

  • Reading
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Chapter 5: War & Empires, 1750-1774
  • Lecture: “The Colonial Crisis”

October 4

October 9

  • Reading
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Chapter 6: Revolutions, 1775-1883
  • Lecture: “The American War for Independence”

October 11

  • Lecture: “The American War for Independence”

October 12

  • Canvas Lecture Quiz #2 due

October 16

  • Midterm Exam Essay due

October 18

  • Reading
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Chapter 7: Political Culture, 1783-1800
  • Lecture: “Constitution to Confederation”

October 23

  • Extra Credit Essay #1 due (optional)
  • Reading
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Chapter 8: New Frontiers, 1790-1820
  • Lecture: “Constitution to Confederation”

October 25

  • Lecture: “The New Nation Takes Form”

October 30

  • Reading
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Chapter 9: Defending & Redefining the Nation, 1809-1832
  • Lecture: “The New Nation Takes Form”

November 1

  • Lecture: “Republicans in Power”

November 6

  • Reading
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Chapter 10: Slavery Expands South & West
  • Lecture: “Republicans in Power”

November 8

  • Lecture: “The Market Revolution”

November 9

  • Canvas Lecture Quiz #3 due

November 13

  • Reading
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Chapter 11: Social & Cultural Ferment in the North
  • Lecture: “The Market Revolution”

November 15

  • Canvas Primary Source Exercise #3 due
  • Lecture: “Anxiety & Social Reform”

 

Thanksgiving Recess November 19-23

  • Have a Great Thanksgiving!!!

 

November 27

  • Lecture: “Anxiety & Social Reform”

November 29

  • Paper #2 Due
  • Lecture: “The Peculiar Institution”

December 4

  • Extra Credit Essay #2 due (optional)
  • Reading
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Chapter 12: Imperial Ambitions & Sectional Crisis, 1848-1861
  • Lecture: “The Peculiar Institution”

December 6

  • Lecture: “The House Divided”

December 11

  • Lecture: “The House Divided”

December 12

  • Canvas Lecture Quiz #4 due

December 13

  • Final Exam Essay due
  • Optional Journal on Lectures for Class Participation Extra Credit due

 

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Syllabus History 102, Spring Fast Track 2, Class Nr. 32946

Posted on by Veloso, Ramon

History 102: U.S. History Since Reconstruction

Class Number 32946, Section 22

Spring 2018, Fast Track Session 2

Ramón Cornejo Veloso, Ph.D.

 

 

“I often think it odd that it should be so dull, for a great deal of it must be invented.”

–Catherine Morland on History in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, Chapter XIV

“A man may wear himself out just as fruitlessly in seeking to understand the past, if he is totally ignorant of the present…This faculty of understanding the living is, in very truth, the master quality of the historian.”

–Marc Bloch, The Historian’s Craft

 

Instructor Information

  • Ramón Cornejo Veloso, Ph.D.
  • rveloso@palomar.edu
  • Class Meetings: Tuesday/Thursdays 11:10am-2:20pm
  • Office Hours:
    • Tuesdays/Thursdays, 2:20-2:40pm, ESC-105
    • Thursdays, 5:40-6:00pm, ESC-105
    • If you cannot make it during these times, feel free to make an appointment for a time that will work for both of us.

Course Description

This course will survey some of the significant social, political, cultural, and economic issues and events of modern United States history from 1865 to approximately 1964 with focus given to the developments pertaining to class, race, and gender. The course is also an introduction to the study of history: the ways historians look at the past, construct and develop interpretations about the past, and think about how to marshal evidence in order to support these interpretations. Class discussions, exercises, and writing assignments are specifically designed to introduce students to the craft of history. I hope that as this semester progresses you will begin thinking like historians and enjoy being historians.

Student Learning Objectives & Assessment

  • Accurately interpret American history through the use of primary and secondary sources
    • Assessed through class discussions, papers, and exams
  • Accurately recall knowledge of major events and figures in American history since Reconstruction
    • Assessed through class discussions and exams
  • Demonstrate college level writing in assessing and interpreting American history
    • Assessed through papers and exams
  • Identify, use, and cite reliable primary and secondary sources in American history
    • Assessed through class discussions and papers
  • Demonstrate knowledge of nature and development of California’s government and political system
    • Assessed through class discussions and exams

Required Textbook

  • Nancy Hewitt & Steven Lawson, Exploring American Histories: A Brief Survey with Sources, Volume 2, Since 1865 (New York: Bedford St. Martin’s Press, 2013).
    • You may purchase the bound, loose leaf, or digital versions of this text.
      • Bound Version ISBN: 9780312410018
      • Loose-Leaf Version ISBN: 9781457641961
      • Digital Version ISBN: Contact Palomar Bookstore
    • The text is available in the Palomar Bookstore San Marcos and Escondido campuses, Amazon.com, and on the website MacMillan Publishing.

Class Policies

The assigned readings are indispensable for you to understand the course. You should be active rather than passive readers. Do not merely accept the claims of Hewitt, Lawson, myself, and your classmates; instead, interact with the readings by bringing something to the readings, such as questions to be answered, and tentative viewpoints to be confirmed, modified, or discarded. Class discussions will give you the opportunity to raise questions regarding the readings, discuss the readings with the class, and refine your points of view based on the discussions. It is essential that you read all the readings by the due dates assigned.

Attendance is mandatory in this class; you must attend the lectures in order to pass the course. You are allowed to miss two class meetings during the semester, and missing more than two meetings is grounds for failure in the course. Active participation in discussions and during lectures will benefit your overall course grade.

********No late papers will be accepted in this course. **********

********There will be no makeup for any of the exams. ********

********If you miss any exam, you will receive a zero for that exam. ********

There are four exceptions to the no makeup and no late paper policies:

  1. If you are a Palomar student athlete, and you have a game scheduled on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  2. If you are a member of a recognized Palomar College club or organization, and you are required to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  3. If you are in the military, active duty or the reserves, and you have orders that require you to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  4. If you are ill and your physician requires you to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.

If you fall under any of the above four categories, you are excused from the scheduled due dates for papers, exams, and tests if you provide written documentation from your head coach, club/organization’s faculty moderator, commanding officer, or physician.

Students are responsible to avoid both dishonest practices and the appearance of dishonesty. Plagiarism and cheating are grounds for failure in the course. Students should make the necessary effort to ensure that other students do not use their work.  For more information on what constitutes plagiarism, see the Palomar College Library’s definition of plagiarism http://www.palomar.edu/library/infocomp/handouts/plagiarism.pdf, and watch the video titled “Lesson 1: Plagiarism” located on the top right of your monitor’s screen at http://www.palomar.edu/dashboard/.

Taking Notes

All the Power Point slides are up on Canvas, so it is unnecessary to copy what is on the slides during the lecture; in fact, focusing on copying the information on the slides is probably counterproductive. Instead, you should take notes on what I’m saying in class, and use the PowerPoint slides as mnemonic visual aids that will help you understand and remember what I’m asserting during the lecture.  Check Canvas under the Note-Taking Module for other note-taking and study aides.

Assignments  & Exams

Remember to go to Canvas and read the prompts for each paper assignment and the directions for each exam. This is only a cursory summary of the paper assignments and exams, so be sure to read the paper prompts up on Canvas.

  • Short Paper: This assignment will require you to do what professional academic historians do: assert, support, and develop an original interpretation based on a textual analysis of primary sources. This paper should be two to three double-spaced typed pages.
  • Review Essay on Cold War Movie: This assignment will require you to analyze a movie produced during the Cold War and analyze it as a primary source; basically, the paper should address how the movie reveals Cold War culture. There will be several screenings of films during the course of the semester, and you need to watch at least one of these film screenings to write your essay. The screenings will not be during class time. See the schedule of assignments below for the screening dates. This paper should be two to three double-spaced typed pages.
  • Midterm Exam: This will be a take-home essay, approximately two to three double-spaced typed pages in length. You will choose one of the essay questions from the list of Midterm Exam essay questions that are on Canvas. These essay questions will be accessible on Canvas on the very first day of class.
  • Final: This will be divided into two sections—an open-notes in-class short answer section on the PBS documentary film Freedom Riders, and a take-home essay. The essay should be approximately two to three double-spaced typed pages. You will choose one of the essay questions from the list of essay questions for the Final Exam on Canvas. The Final Exam is not cumulative.
  • Canvas Reading-Lecture Assignments: These are short reading and lecture comprehension questions on Canvas. There will be a total of four, and each one should take approximately ten to twenty minutes to complete.
  • Canvas Primary Source Exercises: These are three exercises on canvas to hone your causality and primary source analysis skills. Each should take ten to twenty minutes.
  • Participation: You are required to actively participate in class; this includes asking as well as answering questions. If you are shy, or just do not like speaking in class, you have another option. You may keep a short journal composed of five entries on five lecture topics that interest you. Each journal entry must be at least one paragraph long, and should address how the subject matter of a lecture, or a component topic of a lecture, is relevant to the contemporary United States. Each entry must be submitted to me seven days after I present the lecture to the class. The journal entries may be typed or handwritten, whichever works for you. See Canvas for more information on the journal option.
  • Extra Credit for Exams: There will be one extra-credit opportunity that will replace the lowest grade of either the Midterm or Final. The extra-credit will be a two to three page double-spaced essay. See Canvas for instructions on how to complete this extra-credit opportunity.
  • Extra Credit for Papers: Each paper will have an extra-credit exercise that will raise each paper’s grade by 2-10%. In order to apply the extra-credit opportunity on the first paper, the exercise must be submitted by April 26. The second paper’s extra-credit exercise is due on May 17. Each paper has its distinct exercise and the exercises cannot be interchanged. See the prompts on Canvas for directions.
  • Extra Credit for Overall Course Grade: There will be a total of three extra-credit opportunities at 5 points each that will be available for you in order to improve your overall course grade. These will be in the same format as the Canvas Reading-Lecture Assignments noted above.

Grading

Below is the grade distribution for participation, exams, papers, and assignments for the term. There will be a total of 100 points available, excluding the optional extra-credit opportunities.

  • Attendance, 5%, or 5 out of a 100 points (You are expected to attend all lectures, 3 absences are grounds for failure.)
  • Participation, 10%, or 10 of a 100 points
  • Take-Home Midterm Exam, 10%, or 10 of 100 points
  • Final Exam, 10% (in-class portion 2%, take-home portion 8%), or 10 of a 100 points
  • Paper 1, 2-3 pages, 15%, or 15 of a 100 points
  • Paper 2, 2-3 pages, 15%, or 15 of a 100 points
  • Canvas Reading-Lecture Assignments (4 total at 5% each), 20%, or 20 of a 100 points
  • Canvas Primary Source Exercises (3 total at 5% each), 15%, or 15 of a 100 points

 

Grade Point Range Grade Equivalent
3.7 to 4.0 A, 90%, or 90 points
2.7 to 3.3 B, 80%, or 80 points
1.7 to 2.3 C, 70%, or 70 points
0.7 to 1.3 D, 60%, or 60 points
0.0 to 0.3 F, 59% & below, or 59 points & below

 

Nota Bene: When course grades are assigned at the end of the semester, the grade point range above may be curved to your advantage. For example, the low end of an A grade may go down to a 3.5 and a B grade to 2.5, etc. This all depends on the overall class average.

Palomar College Services Offered to Students

  • Writing Services, H-102, X2778
  • Reading Services, H-114, X2568
  • Tutoring/STAR Center, LL-105 (first floor of San Marcos Campus Library), X2448
  • ESL, H-202L, X2273
  • Other services linked on https://www.palomar.edu/studentresources/

Schedule of Assignments

Nota Bene: The schedule below is subject to changes as the course progresses. If changes take place, assignments, readings, and lectures will be postponed to a later date. You will never be given more work than what is listed below, and you will never be told to submit any assignment, take any exam, or read any chapter earlier than the dates noted below.

April 3

  • Class Introduction
  • Lecture: “Reconstruction”

April 5

  • Reading:
    • Ramon Veloso, “Historical Causality” in HCC Module in Canvas
    • Reading: Hewitt & Lawson, Chapter 15
  • Lecture: “How the West Was Won: Westward Expansion & the Closing of the Frontier, 1865-1896”

April 10

  • Reading:
    • Richard Laws, “Analyzing Primary Sources” in HCC Module in Canvas
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Exploring American History, Chapter 16
  • Lecture: “The Gilded Age: American Industry & the Age of Organization”

April 12

  • Canvas Primary Source Exercise 1
  • Reading:
    • Elizabeth Losh, “Thesis Statements” in HCC Module in Canvas
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Exploring American History, Chapter 17
  • Lecture: “Urban & Rural Workers in the Gilded Age: The Rise & Fall of Populism”

April 17

  • Canvas Reading-Lecture Assignment 1
  • Reading:
    • Elizabeth Losh, “Topic Sentences” in HCC Module in Canvas
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Exploring American History, Chapter 18
  • Lecture: “Immigrants & Urban America”

April 19

  • Canvas Primary Source Exercise 2
  • Reading:
    • Patricia Hartz, “Paragraphing” in HCC Module in Canvas
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Exploring American History, Chapter 19
  • Watch on your own time this short video on what constitutes plagiarism: “Lesson 1: Plagiarism” on http://www.palomar.edu/dashboard/
  • Lecture: “The Age of Progressivism”

April 20 (Friday)

  • Extra-Credit Opportunity #1 due in Canvas by 11.59pm

April 24

  • Canvas Reading-Lecture Assignment 2
  • Reading:
    • Elizabeth Losh, “Integrating Quotes Logically” in HCC Module in Canvas
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Exploring American Histories, Chapter 20
  • Watch on your own time this short video on instructions on how to avoid plagiarizing: “Lesson 2: Use Information” on http://www.palomar.edu/dashboard/
  • Lecture: “United States Foreign Relations, 1898-1920”

April 26

  • Take-Home Midterm Essay
  • Extra-Credit Exercise for Paper #1 due
  • Reading:
    • Eva Wessel, “Stylistically Integrating Quotes” in HCC Module in Canvas
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Exploring American Histories, Chapter 21
  • Watch on your own this video on citing using MLA format style: “Lesson 3: Cite Right with MLA” on http://www.palomar.edu/dashboard/
  • Film Screening for Paper #2
    • Film, Place, & Time TBA
  • Lecture: “A Return to Normalcy: Consumerism, Conservatism, & Pluralism”

May 1

  • Canvas Reading-Lecture Assignment 3
  • Film Screening for Paper #2
    • Film, Place, & Time TBA
  • Reading:
    • Ava Arndt, “What is Analysis?” in HCC Module in Canvas
    • Hewitt & Lawson, Exploring American Histories, Chapter 22
  • Lecture: “The New Deal & the Great Depression”

May 3

  • Paper Due: Primary Source Analysis Essay to be submitted in class
    • Prior to submitting your papers be sure to watch these short videos on what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid plagiarizing.
    • Film Screening for Paper #2
      • Film, Place, & Time TBA
    • Reading: Hewitt & Lawson, Exploring American Histories, Chapter 23
    • Lecture: “World War II: The Homefront & a War without Mercy”

May 5 (Friday)

  • Extra-Credit Opportunity #2 due in Canvas by 11:59pm

May 8

  • Canvas Primary Source Exercise 3
  • Film Screening for Paper #2
    • Film, Place, & Time TBA
  • Reading: Hewitt & Lawson, Exploring American Histories, Chapter 24
  • Lecture: “Origins of Cold War Culture and Politics”

May 10

  • Film Screening for Paper #2
    • Film, Place, & Time TBA
  • Reading: Hewitt & Lawson, Exploring American Histories, Chapter 26
  • Lecture: “The Culture of Abundance in the Eisenhower & Kennedy Eras”

May 15

  • Canvas Reading-Lecture Assignment 4
  • Film Screening for Paper #2
    • Film, Place, & Time TBA
  • Lecture: “Civil Rights during the Cold War”

May 17

  • Extra-Credit Exercise for Paper #2 due
  • Documentary Film: The Freedom Riders

May 18 (Friday)

  • Extra-Credit Opportunity #3 due in Canvas by 11:59pm

May 22

  • Paper Due: Cold War Era Movie Review Essay to be submitted in class

May 24

  • Open-Notes Final Exam
    • This will be composed of two parts: a take-home essay, and an in-class short answer on the documentary The Freedom Riders.
    • The take-home essay questions are available on Canvas.

Syllabus History 102, Course 30882, Spring 2018

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History 102

Course Number 30882

United States History Since Reconstruction

Spring 2018

Ramón Cornejo Veloso, Ph.D.

 

“I often think it odd that it should be so dull, for a great deal of it must be invented.”

–Catherine Morland on History in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, Chapter XIV

“A man may wear himself out just as fruitlessly in seeking to understand the past, if he is totally ignorant of the present…This faculty of understanding the living is, in very truth, the master quality of the historian.”

–Marc Bloch, The Historian’s Craft

 

Instructor Information

  • Ramón Cornejo Veloso, Ph.D.
  • rveloso@palomar.edu
  • Class Meetings: Thursdays, 6:00-9:10pm, ESC-105
  • Office Hours:
    • Thursdays, 5:40-6:00pm, ESC-105
    • If you cannot make it during these times, feel free to make an appointment for a time that will work for both of us.

Course Description

This course will survey some of the significant social, political, cultural, and economic issues and events of modern United States history from 1865 to approximately 1964 with focus given to the developments pertaining to class, race, and gender. The course is also an introduction to the study of history: the ways historians look at the past, construct and develop interpretations about the past, and think about how to marshal evidence in order to support these interpretations. Class discussions, exercises, and writing assignments are specifically designed to introduce students to the craft of history. I hope that as this semester progresses you will begin thinking like historians and enjoy being historians.

Student Learning Objectives & Assessment

  • Accurately interpret American history through the use of primary and secondary sources
    • Assessed through class discussions, papers, and exams
  • Accurately recall knowledge of major events and figures in American history since Reconstruction
    • Assessed through class discussions and exams
  • Demonstrate college level writing in assessing and interpreting American history
    • Assessed through papers and exams
  • Identify, use, and cite reliable primary and secondary sources in American history
    • Assessed through class discussions and papers
  • Demonstrate knowledge of nature and development of California’s government and political system
    • Assessed through class discussions and exams

Required Textbook

  • Rebecca Edwards, et al, American History: Value Edition, Volume 2, 9th edition (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 2018).
    • This textbook will be provided for FREE by the publisher.
    • Go to https://achieve.macmillanlearning.com and use the passcode QXZQTRUD to register. Note that there is no “www” in the address above.

Class Policies

The assigned readings are indispensable to your understanding the course. You should be active rather than passive readers. Do not merely accept the claims of Hewitt, Lawson, myself, and your classmates; instead, interact with the readings by bringing something to the readings, such as questions to be answered, and tentative viewpoints to be confirmed, modified, or discarded. Class discussions will give you the opportunity to raise questions regarding the readings, discuss the readings with the class, and refine your points of view based on the discussions. It is essential that you read all the readings by the due dates assigned.

Attendance is mandatory in this class; you must attend the lectures in order to pass the course. You are allowed to miss two class meetings during the semester, and missing more than two meetings is grounds for failure in the course. Active participation in discussions and during lectures will benefit your overall course grade.

********No late papers will be accepted in this course. **********

********There will be no makeup for any of the exams. ********

********If you miss any exam, you will receive a zero for that exam. ********

There are four exceptions to the no makeup and no late paper policies:

  1. If you are a Palomar student athlete, and you have a game scheduled on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  2. If you are a member of a recognized Palomar College club or organization, and you are required to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  3. If you are in the military, active duty or the reserves, and you have orders that require you to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.
  4. If you are ill and your physician requires you to be absent on the due date of a paper, test, or exam.

If you fall under any of the above four categories, you are excused from the scheduled due dates for papers, exams, and tests if you provide written documentation from your head coach, club/organization’s faculty moderator, commanding officer, or physician.

Students are responsible to avoid both dishonest practices and the appearance of dishonesty. Plagiarism and cheating are grounds for failure in the course. Students should make the necessary effort to ensure that other students do not use their work.  For more information on what constitutes plagiarism, see the Palomar College Library’s definition of plagiarism http://www.palomar.edu/library/infocomp/handouts/plagiarism.pdf, and watch the video titled “Lesson 1: Plagiarism” located on the top right of your monitor’s screen at http://www.palomar.edu/dashboard/.

Taking Notes

All the Power Point slides are up on Canvas, so it is unnecessary to copy what is on the slides during the lecture; in fact, focusing on copying the information on the slides is probably counterproductive. Instead, you should take notes on what I’m saying in class, and use the PowerPoint slides as mnemonic visual aids that will help you understand and remember what I’m asserting during the lecture.  Check Canvas under the Note-Taking Module for other note-taking and study aides.

Assignments  & Exams

Remember to go to Canvas and read the prompts for each paper assignment and the directions for each exam. This is only a cursory summary of the paper assignments and exams, so be sure to read the paper prompts up on Canvas.

  • Short Paper: This assignment will require you to do what professional academic historians do: assert, support, and develop an original interpretation based on a textual analysis of primary sources. This paper should be two to three double-spaced typed pages.
  • Review Essay on Cold War Movie: This assignment will require you to analyze a movie produced during the Cold War and analyze it as a primary source; basically, the paper should address how the movie reveals Cold War culture. There will be several screenings of films during the course of the semester, and you need to watch at least one of these film screenings to write your essay. The screenings will not be during class time. See the schedule of assignments below for the screening dates. This paper should be two to three double-spaced typed pages.
  • Midterm Exam: This will be a take-home essay, approximately two to three double-spaced typed pages in length. You will choose one of the essay questions from the list of Midterm Exam essay questions that are on Canvas. These essay questions will be accessible on Canvas on the very first day of class.
  • Final: This will be divided into two sections—an open-notes in-class short answer section on the PBS documentary film Freedom Riders, and a take-home essay. The essay should be approximately two to three double-spaced typed pages. You will choose one of the essay questions from the list of essay questions for the Final Exam on Canvas. The Final Exam is not cumulative.
  • Canvas Reading Lecture Assignments: These are short reading and lecture comprehension questions on Canvas. There will be a total of four, and each one should take approximately ten to twenty minutes to complete.
  • Canvas Primary Source Exercises: These are four exercises on canvas to hone your causality and primary source analysis skills. Each should take ten to twenty minutes.
  • Participation: You are required to actively participate in class; this includes asking as well as answering questions. If you are shy, or just do not like speaking in class, you have another option. You may keep a short journal composed of five entries on five lecture topics that interest you. Each journal entry must be at least one paragraph long, and should address how the subject matter of a lecture, or a component topic of a lecture, is relevant to the contemporary United States. Each entry must be submitted to me seven days after I present the lecture to the class. The journal entries may be typed or handwritten, whichever works for you. See Canvas for more information on the journal option.
  • Extra Credit for Exams: There will be one extra-credit opportunity that will replace the lowest grade of either the Midterm or Final. The extra-credit will be a two to three page double-spaced essay. See Canvas for instructions on how to complete this extra-credit opportunity.
  • Extra Credit for Overall Course Grade: If you participate in MacMillan Publishing’s Read & Practice beta exercises online, you can earn 1-2 points for each set of weekly exercises you complete. A 70% on an exercise is worth 2 points; 60% will earn 1 point, and 50% will earn ½ a point.  These points will be added to your end of term course grade; you may earn a maximum of 20 points, which amounts to 20% of you course grade. These exercises will not only give you extra-credit points, but they will also boost your reading comprehension for the assigned chapters, so it behooves you to participate.
  • Extra Credit for Papers: Each paper will have an extra-credit exercise that will raise each paper’s grade by 2-10 points. In order to apply the extra-credit opportunity on the first paper, the exercise must be submitted by March 30. The second paper’s extra-credit exercise is due on May 10. Each paper has its distinct exercise and the exercises cannot be interchanged. See the prompts on Canvas for directions.

Grading

Below is the grade distribution for participation, exams, papers, and assignments for the term. There will be a total of 100 points available, excluding the optional extra-credit opportunities.

  • Attendance: You are expected to attend all lectures, 3 absences are grounds for failure.
  • Participation, 10%, or 10 of a 100 points
  • Take-Home Midterm Exam, 10%, or 10 of 100 points
  • Final Exam, 10% (in-class portion 2%, take-home portion 8%), or 10 of a 100 points
  • Primary Source Analysis Paper, 2-3 pages, 15%, or 15 of a 100 points
  • Film Review Essay, 2-3 pages, 15%, or 15 of a 100 points
  • Canvas Reading-Lecture Assignments (4 total at 5% each), 20%, or 20 of a 100 points
  • Canvas Primary Source Exercises (4 total at 5% each), 20%, or 20 of a 100 points

 

Grade Point Range Grade Equivalent
3.7 to 4.0 A, 90%, or 90 points
2.7 to 3.3 B, 80%, or 80 points
1.7 to 2.3 C, 70%, or 70 points
0.7 to 1.3 D, 60%, or 60 points
0.0 to 0.3 F, 59% & below, or 59 points & below

Nota Bene: When course grades are assigned at the end of the semester, the grade point range above may be curved to your advantage. For example, the low end of an A grade may go down to a 3.5 and a B grade to 2.5, etc. This all depends on the overall class average.

Palomar College Services Offered to Students

  • Writing Services, H-102, X2778
  • Reading Services, H-114, X2568
  • Tutoring/STAR Center, LL-105 (first floor of San Marcos Campus Library), X2448
  • ESL, H-202L, X2273
  • Other services linked on https://www.palomar.edu/studentresources/

Schedule of Assignments

Nota Bene: The schedule below is subject to changes as the course progresses. If changes take place, assignments, readings, and lectures will be postponed to a later date. You will never be given more work than what is listed below, and you will never be told to submit any assignment, take any exam, or read any chapter earlier than the dates noted below.

Week 1, February 2

  • Class Introductions
  • Lecture: “Reconstruction”

Week 2, February 8

  • Do the Orientation Quiz on MacMillan’s Read & Practice website. This is worth an extra 5 bonus points.
  • Reading:
    • Ramon Veloso, “Historical Causality” in HCC Module in Canvas
    • Edwards, et al, Chapter 15: Conquering a Continent
  • Lecture: “How the West Was Won: Westward Expansion & the Closing of the Frontier, 1865-1896”

Week 3, February 15

  • Reading:
    • Richard Laws, “Analyzing Primary Sources” in HCC Module in Canvas
    • Edwards, et al, Chapter 16: Industrial America: Corporations & Conflicts
  • Lecture: “The Gilded Age: American Industry & the Age of Organization”

Week 4, February 22

  • Canvas Primary Source Exercise 1
  • Reading:
    • Elizabeth Losh, “Thesis Statements” in HCC Module in Canvas
    • Edwards, et al, Chapter 17: Making Modern American Culture, 1880-1917
  • Lecture: “Urban & Rural Workers in the Gilded Age: The Rise & Fall of Populism”

Week 5, March 1

  • Canvas Reading-Lecture Assignment 1
  • Reading:
    • Elizabeth Losh, “Topic Sentences” in HCC Module in Canvas
    • Edwards, et al, Chapter 18: Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities
  • Lecture: “Immigrants & Urban America”

Week 6, March 8

  • Canvas Primary Source Exercise 2
  • Reading:
    • Patricia Hartz, “Paragraphing” in HCC Module in Canvas
    • Edwards, et al, Chapter 19: What Government? Politics, Populists, & Progressives
  • Watch on your own time this short video on what constitutes plagiarism: “Lesson 1: Plagiarism” on http://www.palomar.edu/dashboard/
  • Lecture: “The Age of Progressivism”

Week 7, March 15

  • Canvas Reading-Lecture Assignment 2
  • Reading:
    • Elizabeth Losh, “Integrating Quotes Logically” in HCC Module in Canvas
    • Edwards, et al, Chapter 20: An Emerging World Power
  • Watch on your own time this short video on instructions on how to avoid plagiarizing: “Lesson 2: Use Information” on http://www.palomar.edu/dashboard/
  • Lecture: “The Progressives and World War I”

Week 8, March 22

  • Take-Home Midterm Essay
  • Film Screening for Paper #2
    • Film, Place, & Time TBA
  • Reading:
    • Eva Wessel, “Stylistically Integrating Quotes” in HCC Module in Canvas
    • Edwards, et al, Chapter 21: Unsettled Prosperity from War to Depression
  • Watch on your own this video on citing using MLA format style: “Lesson 3: Cite Right with MLA” on http://www.palomar.edu/dashboard/
  • Lecture: “A Return to Normalcy: Consumerism, Conservatism, & Pluralism”

Week 9

  • Spring Break—Have a Great Break!!!
  • Extra-Credit Exercise for Paper #1 due on March 30.
  • Work on your papers!

Week 10, April 5

  • Paper Due: Primary Source Analysis Essay
    • Prior to submitting your papers be sure to watch these short videos on what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid plagiarizing.
    • Film Screening for Paper #2
      • Film, Place, & Time TBA
    • Reading:
      • Ava Arndt, “What is Analysis?” in HCC Module in Canvas
      • Edwards, et al, Chapter 22: Managing the Great Depression
    • Lecture: “The New Deal & the Great Depression”

Week 11, April 12

  • Canvas Reading-Lecture Assignment 3
  • Film Screening for Paper #2
    • Film, Place, & Time TBA
  • Reading: Edwards, et al, Chapter 23: World at War
  • Lecture: “World War II: The Homefront & a War without Mercy”

Week 12, April 19

  • Canvas Primary Source Exercise 3
  • Film Screening for Paper #2
    • Film, Place, & Time TBA
  • Reading: Edwards, et al, Chapter 24: Cold War America
  • Lecture: “Cold War Culture and Politics”

Week 13, April 26

  • Film Screening for Paper #2
    • Film, Place, & Time TBA
  • Reading: Edwards, et al, Chapter 25: Triumph of the Middle Class, 1945-1963
  • Lecture: “The Culture of Abundance in the Eisenhower & Kennedy Eras”

Week 14, May 3

  • Canvas Primary Source Exercise 4
  • Film Screening for Paper #2
    • Film, Place, & Time TBA
  • Reading: Edwards, et al, Chapter 26: Walking into Freedom Land: The Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1973
  • Lecture: “Civil Rights during the Cold War”

Week 15, May 10

  • Canvas Reading-Lecture Assignment 4
  • Extra-Credit Exercise for Paper #2 due
  • Documentary Film: The Freedom Riders

Week 16, May 17

  • Paper Due: Cold War Era Movie Review Essay
  • Reading: Edwards, et al, Chapter 27: Uncivil War: Liberal Crisis & Conservative Rebirth
  • Lecture: “Conservatism’s Ascendency: Modern, New, and Libertarian Conservatism Challenges the New Deal and Great Society”

Week 17, May 24

  • Open-Notes Final Exam
    • This will be composed of two parts: a take-home essay, and an in-class short answer on the documentary The Freedom Riders.
    • The take-home essay questions are available on Canvas.