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AMH 3423- Florida History- Dr. Noll Syllabus & Course Instructions Due to the increasingly technological nature of our society, I find it necessary to address the issue of cell phones in class. Please turn off all of these electronic devices before coming to class, as they are disruptive to the learning environment and distracting to other students. Thank you!! I also need to address tardiness to class in a more formalized manner. As with the cell phone issue, lateness is also disruptive and distracting to a positive learning experience. Constant carping on this issue both demeans the class and takes away from learning time. Though I realize many of you are at the mercy of an RTS bus system that doesn’t necessarily follow its assigned schedule, I urge you, as responsible adults, to arrive to class on time ready to learn. If I can get to class on time by taking the bus- so can you! Class attendance is an important component of your learning experience. Since students are adults, a mandatory attendance policy will not be in effect for this class. Understand, however, that you will not be able to get a good grade without coming to class. Make-ups for quizzes will not be available, except for excused medical absences (signed by authorized medical personnel) or attendance at official university functions. Students requesting classroom accommodations for disability issues must first register with the Dean of Students. That office will provide documentation to the student who then must provide that documentation to me. I am more than willing to do whatever is necessary to ensure an optimum learning environment for all students. Be aware of the University’s policy on plagiarism. It can be found at http://www.dso.ufl.edu/judicial/academic.php. The Internet has made this situation more problematic but understand that plagiarists will be caught. Any questions about what constitutes plagiarism, please do not hesitate to ask. All plagiarism will be reported on a Faculty Adjudication Form and forwarded to the Office of Student Judicial Affairs. The 3 books for this course will be available on-line & at Goerings Book Store, located at 1717 NW 1st Avenue, across from campus (phone # 377-3703). If you have any problems in buying the books, please let me know as soon as possible. The books are: 1. Florida :A Short History. Michael Gannon (University Press of Florida, 2003). Florida in syllabus 2. Death in the Everglades: The Murder of Guy Bradley, America’s First Martyr to Environmentalism. Stuart McIver (University Press of Florida, 2003). 3. Before His Time: The Untold Story of Harry T. Moore, America’s First Civil Rights Martyr. Ben Green (University Press of Florida, 2005).There will also be required course reserve readings on-line from the Florida Historical Quarterly & edited books on Florida history. These will be listed in the syllabus as FHQ & available through the UF library’s web page at https://ares.uflib.ufl.edu/. Once you create an account, you can access the readings for this course. This may seem difficult, but it is actually easy & it certainly saves you the expense of purchasing a course pack of readings. There are 11 required readings from this reserve system. Book readings are to be finished by the end of the week they are assigned. Each week there is an assignment from the course reserve list, you are to hand in a one page synopsis of the assigned. You may take ONE pass from this assignment (there are 11 articles- you need to hand in 10 assignments- but you need to READ ALL the pieces). These 10 assignments are worth 10 % of your grade. Grading on the assignment is simple- you will either get a 1, a .5, or a 0. All I am looking for here is that you do the reading and tell me about it. Weekly Syllabus & Readings- It is important that you keep up on the readings, as they will provide the base knowledge for class lectures and discussions. Week One- August 24-28- Florida & the Civil War Florida 40-46 Week Two- August 31-September 4 Reconstruction Florida 46-53 FHQ- Harmon Murray Tuesday, September 1st - PK Yonge Library of Florida History orientation- (we will met in Library East) Week Three- September 7-11- Jim Crow & Redemption Florida- 53-66 FHQ- Steamboats, Cypress, & Tourism Week Four- September 14-18 Gilded Age Florida Quiz One- Thursday, September 17 Week Five- September 21-25 The 1890s Week Six- September 28-October 2- Florida & the Spanish-American-Cuban War Week Seven- October 5-9 Into the 20th Century Florida- 67-77 FHQ- Free Speech at the University of Florida Read Death in the EvergladesWeek Eight- October 12-16- Florida & World War I No readings- STUDY for the exam!! Midterm Exam- Thursday, October 15th- class period Week Nine- October 19-23 1920s- Boom & Bust Florida- 77-88 FHQ- The Icelandicman Cometh Week Ten- October 26-30 The Great Depression Florida- 88-100 FHQ- White Robes and Crosses & Blasting Through Paradise Week Eleven- November 2-6 Florida & World War II Florida- 100-109 FHQ Liberty Square & The Politics of Race in Daytona Beach Read Before his Time Pages 1-131 Website Assignment Due- Thur, Nov 5 Week Twelve- November 10-14 Post- War Boom Florida- 109-130 FHQ- Beginnings of Big Sugar & Origins of Tallahassee’s Racial Read Before his Time Pages 132-256 Week Thirteen- November 16-20 Florida & the 1960s Florida- 130-139 FHQ- Jamaican Farmworkers Obituary/Biography Assignment Due- Thur, Nov 19 Week Fourteen- November 23-27 The Impact of Disney Florida- 139-151 No class-Thursday, November 26th- Thanksgiving Week Fifteen- November 30-December 4 Modern Florida Florida- 151-160 Week Sixteen- December 7-9 The 21st century- Death of the Florida Dream? Quiz 2- Tuesday December 8 Last Day of Class- Tuesday- December 8. Final Paper Due- Thursday, December 17th- 10-12 noon in our


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