Text BooksHow is the student’s final grade determined? The360 or more + A 308 – 258 = CWhat does the student do to gain extra points? HWhat are the dates for the classroom examinations?How des the student go about preparing to participate in the group project? Students will gather into groups of four to fine persons at the beginning of the semester. Students will introduce themselves and select a group coordinator. The coordinator wiThe following Topics and Issues and Events are suggestions that each group is free to develop. Group is free to choose other subjects approved by the instructor and that significantly represents aspects of United States History since 1877Transcontinental Railroads of the 19th Century: (1) Union Central Pacific, (2) Southern Pacific, (3) Northern Pacific, (4) Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (5) Great Northern.SYLLABUS History 104 UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1877 Glendale Community College Instructor: Gilbert R. Cruz, Ph.D. Office Hours: MWF 9:00-10:00 a.m. TR 7:00-8:00 a.m. Office Telephone: 623 845 3690 E-mail: [email protected] Purpose and Benefits: History 104 serves to prepare the students for other courses and to fulfill general requirements at most universities. A Baccalaureate in history as part of the liberal arts curriculum provides excellent preparation for any career emphasizing communication skills, e.g. journalism and publishing. It provides an academic foundation for those as aspiring for degrees in education, law, public relations in marketing, diplomatic service, and civil service careers. Significance: Upon being told that the anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was written by Harriet Stowe, Abraham Lincoln responded so this is “the little lady that started the big war.” Harried was a well-known antislavery-activist and, as her Sister Catherine Beecher, a popular advocate for women’s rights. In 1865, the Civil War culminated with these United States as one nation. However, the struggle for the rights of women and minorities were to continue. This history course unfolds the series of events reflecting the turmoil and the triumph that shaped this nation as we know it today, namely law and society in pursuit of human rights especially during the 20th century. The Westward Movement in the late 1800s unleashed a stream of emigrants and covered wagons seeking their fortunes beyond the Mississippi River. Ranching, mining and farming and the railroad industry, fueled by capital from the East, increased to further strengthen economic importance the West. In the process, White Americans claiming a manifest destiny to expand across the continent crushed the culture of the Native American, ignored the contributions of Mexican communities and Chinese labor and those of other races. This was the age when the American Industrial Revolution laid the basis for the most spectacular inroads in technology, a prelude to our high standard of living today. Fed by the abundance of coal, iron and timber, petroleum and water-power, steel factories and assembly plants propelled a swift movement in an industrial and urban society. The dark side, however, was the abuse of factory workers and the injustices in women employment and child labor. The clash between Management and Labor became inevitable. This struggle will provide the student with better insight to present day job security, just wages, benefits and labor strikes. The Civil Right Movements of the 1960s compelled this nation to call for a new age of Social Justice. An analysis of the causes for World War I and World War II is to lead to an appreciation of America’s role in the era of globalization. The ideological wars that America and other nations endured during the Cold War have accelerated the need for world understanding. As the Industrial Age became the basis for our Electronic Age so too ours will build the foundation for the Space Age and to colonies on the planets of the universe. American History provides the student with an important synthesis of events on what has created his world and, he how he can best forecast what his age has prepared for the world to come.Text Books Divine, Robert A. et ali, America Past and Present, 1875 to Present. Vol II, New York: Harper Collins Press, 1995. Cruz, Gilbert R., ed. History of the United States, 1875 to Present: Teacher-Student Manual. Phoenix: Premium Source, 2002. Livesay, Harold C. Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1975 . Attendance. This requirement is important for the student to reach maximum benefit from the course. When a reasonable excuse requires a student to miss class, the student remains responsible for the information and materials presented on that class day. Excessive absences make the student liable for dismissal from the course. Contact the instructor when circumstances compel a student to be absent from class. How is the student’s final grade determined? The final grade for the semester will be assigned based on the total number of points the student accumulates during the semester. The total points will be transferred into a letter grade according to the following scale. There is a ratio of 50 points between each letter grade. 360 or more + A 308 – 258 = C 359 – 309 = B 257 – 208 = D How can the student accumulate points? There are six grade activities from which the student’s four best grades will be selected. The student’s total number of points will be determined from the four best grades over the semester. The student may participate in all six activities or select four are more. Note that the more the student participates in all six activities, the more options there are for a better final grade. This arrangement ELIMINATES the need for make up tests. What makes up the six grade activities? These course exercises consist of - Four class room examinations (100 points maximum, each test) - One classroom Presentation (90 points for each participant) - One book report (90 points for each participant) What does the student do to gain extra points? Here is how. Three tape documentaries will be presented in class at the instructor’s discretion. The student will be given a guide-handout to assist him/her to understand and enjoy the documentary. One the next class-day, the