1 Eastfield College Social Science, Human Services & Business Division Spring 2012 -- U.S. History 1301 -- Section 4780 Self-Paced Credits: 3.00 Instructor: Anthony Bart Chaney Contact Information: Office: C201 Phone: 972-391-1047 Email address: [email protected] Hours Available: by appointment Course Description: Prerequisite: Developmental Reading 0093 or English as a Second Language (ESOL) 0444 or have met the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standard in Reading. The history of the United States is presented, beginning with the European background and first discoveries. The pattern of exploration, settlement, and development of institutions is followed throughout the colonial period and the early national experience to 1877. Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4508025125 SELF-PACED COURSE DESCRIPTION: This self-paced course is based on textbook and other readings. A textbook based course means that you will be required to read the textbook carefully and thoroughly. It also means assimilating and understanding the information presented in the textbook is your responsibility. As the instructor I am here to help you with any problems or questions that you may have about the course or information presented in the textbook. Though this is a self-paced course, you must note that there are due dates for exams. Failure to meet these due dates will result in a failing grade. This course does take some discipline and dedication to keep up your assignments and exams. If you have questions or concerns, the best way to contact me as your instructor is through e-mail. Give me at least 24 hours to contact you in regards to your questions or concerns. Course Materials: Unger, Irwin. These United States: The Questions of Our Past, Concise Edition, Volume I: To 1877. Fourth Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011. ISBN # 0-205-79079-8. Course Objectives: History 1301 Core Curriculum Intellectual Competencies Students will be able to: 1. Reading: Analyze and interpret a variety of printed materials — books, maps, documents, and articles — above the 12th grade level. 2. Writing: Produce clear, correct and coherent prose adapted to purpose, occasion and audience — above the 12th grade level. 3. Listening: Analyze and interpret various forms of spoken communication and possess sufficient literacy skills of writing and reading — above the 12th grade level. 4. Critical Thinking: Think and analyze at a critical level. History 1301 Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) Students will be able to:2 1. Understand the contact between Native Americans and European colonizers. 2. Know the heritage of the colonial period of American history. 3. Analyze the causes, events and consequences of the American Revolution. 4. Explain the Confederation crisis and the development of the Constitution. 5. Know the major events of the early National Period. 6. Understand the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution in the United States. 7. Know the contributions of the varied cultural influences in early American history. 8. Explain the social and political impact of the Jacksonian Era. 9. Analyze the role of Manifest Destiny in the territorial expansion and slavery 10. Understand the causes, events and consequences of the Civil War. 11. Know the major events of Reconstruction. Testing and Evaluation and due dates: Student evaluation will be accomplished through four (4) Exams. These exams MUST be taken at the Assessment (Testing) Center on Eastfield Campus. Each exam will cover 4 chapters from the textbook. Each exam will consist of 30 multiple choice questions and 10 matching questions, at 2 points each. These questions are worth 80 points total. Each exam will also have an AT HOME writing component that must be completed at home and sent to me via email by the Exam due date. The writing component will consist of 4 parts (see “extra readings” below) and must be sent to me via email as an attached file. You may send the four parts separately or together on the same file. Each of the four parts will be worth 5 points each, equaling 20 points total. Together the questions and writing component equals 100 points total. EXAM 1 (Chapters 1-4) Send in the writing component and take this exam BY MARCH 22. Writing Component: Extra reading paragraphs from Chapters 1-4. EXAM 2 (Chapters 4-8) Send in the writing component6 and take this exam BY MARCH 22. Writing Component: Extra reading paragraphs from Chapters 5-8. EXAMS 1 and 2 and their writing components will not be accepted after MARCH 22. EXAM 3 (Chapter 9-12) Send in the writing component and take this exam BY MAY 9. Writing Component: Extra reading paragraphs from Chapters 9-12. EXAM 4 (Chapter 13-16) Send in the writing component and take this exam BY MAY 9. Writing Component: Extra reading paragraphs from Chapters 13-16. EXAMS 3 and 4 and their writing components will not be accepted after MAY 9. Final Grade: Exam 1 = 25%; Exam 2 = 25%; Exam 3 = 25%; Exam 4 = 25%. FOUR EXAMS TOTAL = 100%. Numerical percentages will translate into letter grades: 90-100 = A, 80-89 = B, 70-79 = C, 60-69 = D, 59 and below = F. HOW TO PREPARE FOR EXAMS DOWNLOAD AND PRINT OUT YOUR COURSE PACKAGE. On the eCampus page for this course, you will find a course package. You should download and print out this course package. Each package consists of a syllabus, a study guide with questions for each chapter, and an extra reading for each chapter. If you don’t have a printer at home, you should come to campus to download and print out your course package. READ THE CHAPTERS AND DO YOU STUDY GUIDES. The study guides will tell you which chapter to read, will give you questions to focus on, and will include terms which you should define. Read each chapter with the study guide by your side, answering the questions and defining the terms as you go.3 STUDY YOUR STUDY GUIDES BEFORE EACH EXAM. These study guides become the study materials for the exams, so do them thoroughly and well, and study them carefully prior to taking each exam. DO THE EXTRA READINGS AND WRITE YOUR PARAGRAPH FOR EACH. SEND IN YOUR PARAGRAPHS. Each chapter assignment will include an extra reading, included in the course package. Each reading will be followed by a question. Answer this question in a single paragraph. Type this paragraph on a file that includes your name and the chapter number/reading title.