AMERICAN HISTORY II: H106--U.S. History since 1865
Sections 22470 and 22475, Tuesday-Thursday, 1:30 P.M.-2:45 P.M. and 4:30 P.M.-5:45 P.M., CAV-215
Instructor: Dr. Paul A. Buelow; Office Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 12:00-1:15 P.M., 3:00-4:00 P.M. & by app’t.
Phone/voice mail: History Dept.; fax: 317/278-7800; e-mail:
“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people….
They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.”—Thomas Jefferson
COURSE DESCRIPTION. One of the fascinating aspects of the study of history is the ability to examine change and continuity by looking at what was past, what was present, and what would be in the future in the lives of individuals, groups, and institutions. This course will study the United States since the end of the Civil War through the history of geographical expansion, industrialization and economic development, urbanization, immigration and migration, civil rights, cultural change, and government intervention. Celebrating unity of identity as well as diversity of culture and background, the course promotes inquiry concerning
1) the relationship between individuals, society (groups), government in American history
2) the power of ideas in American history
3) interactions between the U.S. and other nations
4) reasons (causes) and results (effects) of decisions in U.S. history
5) results of decisions in U.S. history in terms of human, economic, and environmental costs
COURSE OBJECTIVES. Conforming to IUPUI’s “Principles of Undergraduate Learning” (see http://www.iupui.edu/~history/principlesundergradlearning.htm), which all students are expected to have mastered by graduation, assignments for this class are designed to help develop reading and communication skills by analyzing historical documents and concepts. Logical thinking and effective communication are helpful to every person. The study of history fosters such thinking, writing, and speaking by engaging students in considering a document or argument in its time/space context and its philosophical and political foundations.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS. Lectures provide an outline of topics as well as specific information, but discussion provides a way to solidify understanding. Students should come to class having read the material listed for that day on the syllabus, and having formulated questions they would like to answer.
TEXTS.
1) Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History, Brief 8th Edition, New York: Norton, 2010.
2) Shi & Mayer, For the Record: A Documentary History of America, 4th edition. New York: Norton, 2010 (bundled with the Tindall & Shi text at the IUPUI bookstore).
3) Blum, American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, Movie-Making, and the Crime of the Century. New York: Crown Publishers, 2008.
These books may be purchased from the Cavanaugh Hall bookstore or other sources. A copy of each will be put on reserve in the library. Please bring texts to class.
ATTENDANCE. Regular attendance is expected. Students earn one point for each attendance. Please consult with the teacher about unavoidable absence due to illness (doctor’s note required) to prevent needless point-loss.
LATE OR MISSED WORK. Material handed in after the due date will be given reduced credit.
INTELLECTUAL HONESTY. Rigorous intellectual work and academic integrity are important for every student. Plagiarism and other forms of cheating will result in an “F” for the work in question and possible disciplinary action by the University, whose policy on plagiarism is stated in the IUPUI Campus Bulletin, 2004-2006 (p.36), as follows: A student must not adopt or reproduce ideas, words, or statements of another person without an appropriate acknowledgment. A student must give due credit to the originality of others and acknowledge an indebtedness whenever he or she does any of the following:
a. Quotes another person’s actual words, either oral or written;
b. Paraphrases another person’s words, either oral or written;
c. Uses another person’s idea opinion, or theory; or
d. Borrows facts, statistics, or other material, unless that information is common knowledge.
For more information, you can find the IUPUI Student Code of Conduct on line at: http://life.iupui.edu/dos/code.htm. Please talk with your instructor if you have questions about what is or is not plagiarism.
WITHDRAWALS AND INCOMPLETES. If you decide to drop this class, please note 1) deadlines apply, and 2) you must submit an official “drop slip” to the registrar (signed by the appropriate people). University policy requires assigning an “F” to a student who stops showing up without submitting a signed drop slip (even if that student has told the professor that she or he plans to withdraw). About incompletes, IUPUI’s policy is that they are for students who have completed almost all of the course requirements and have been prevented by significant or unanticipated events from finishing the class. Documentation of these events may be required.
CLASSROOM WISDOM & ETIQUETTE.
· Come to every class session. You can learn quite a lot by listening carefully.
· Eat and sleep well, exercise as you can, and you’ll be in good shape to learn!
· Class discussions are more interesting and useful if students keep up with the readings.
· Please keep class materials organized (use a binder) and them bring them as needed to class.
· Practice taking useful notes as you read your texts and as you participate in class.
· Questions in class are welcome at any time, but private conversations are not.
· Please turn off or mute cell phones, pagers, and beepers before class begins.
· Use a method to read your texts. I recommend the SQR method. That is, S: Quickly survey the reading assignment, noting bold-faced headings and terms in the text; examine the illustrations and their captions; Q: think about what you already know about this topic and design a question for your reading to answer; R: read the selection with a piece of note-paper next to your open book to record an answer. You will be amazed at how your level of interest increases, along with comprehension. (Bring your question to class to see if others were thinking the same things!)
· In the case of disabilities, please call the office of Adaptive Educational Services in CA001E (phone 274-3241).
The IUPUI Writing Center (CA 427; 274-2049; grammar hotline 274-3000) can be a great help in working on your writing assignments. Save all assignments on disk and make backup copies. This class will use ONCOURSE for communication and assignment submission. Access it regularly to check for messages regarding class.
H106 sections 22470 and 22474 Buelow, CAV 215 Buelow
22470 meets 1:30 to 2:45 Tuesday & Thursday; 22474 meets 4:30 to 5:45 Tuesday & Thursday
Topics and Activities / Required Readings and Other Assignments / Recommended1/11, 13
· In-class exercise: “What is history?”
· Reconstruction / · Shi, Mayer 18 / · Tindall, Shi 18
1/18, 20
· Quiz on Tindall, Shi 19
· The South and the West Transformed / · Tindall, Shi, 19
· Shi, Mayer, 19
1/25, 27
· Big Business and Organized Labor / · Shi, Mayer 20
· Blum, American Lightning, Prologue and Part I, Chapters 1-11, with short-answer question. Answer by Feb. 3 through Oncourse Assignments. / · Tindall, Shi, 20
2/1, 3
· Emergence of Urban America / · Shi, Mayer 21 (Strong, Weber, Sumner, Athletic Craze)
· Blum, American Lightning, Part II, Chapters 12-29, short-answer question through Oncourse due on Feb. 10. / · Tindall, Shi 21
2/8, 10
· Gilded Age Politics and Agrarian Revolt / · Shi & Mayer 22 (Plunkitt, Harper, Morton, Bryan)
· Blum, American Lightning, Part III, Ch. 30-41, short-answer question on Oncourse due on Feb. 17. / · Tindall, Shi 22
2/15, 17
· First Examination
· An American Empire / · Blum, American Lightning, Part IV, Ch. 42-44, & Epilogue, short-answer question on Oncourse due on Feb. 24. / · Tindall, Shi 23
· Shi, Mayer 23
2/22, 24
· The Progressive Era
· Discussion of American Lightning. / · Tindall, Shi 24
· Shi, Mayer 24 (Gladden, Addams, Sinclair, Wells, Wilson)
3/1, 3
· America and the “Great War” / · Tindall, Shi 25
· Shi, Mayer 25 (Wilson Declaration, Norris, Wilson League, Lodge)
3/8, 10
· The “Modern Temper” (the 1920s)
· Republican Resurgence and Decline (the 1920s, politically and economically) / · Tindall, Shi 26
· Shi, Mayer 26 (White, Evans, Black Migration)
· Shi, Mayer 27 (Purinton, Coolidge, Hoover, Nelson) / · Tindall, Shi 27
· 3/15 Spring break / · 3/17 Spring break
3/22, 24
· New Deal America / · Tindall, Shi 28
· Shi, Mayer 28 (Roosevelt, Long, Republican Platform 1936)
3/29, 31
· From Isolation to Global War and
· The Second World War / · Shi, Mayer 29 (Stimson, Grew, Roosevelt Freedoms)
· Tindall, Shi 30
· Shi, Mayer 30 (Roosevelt & Churchill Atlantic Charter, Randolph) / · Tindall, Shi 29
4/5, 7
· Second Examination
· The Fair Deal and “Containment” / · Tindall, Shi 31
· Shi, Mayer 31(Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan)
4/12, 14
· Society and Culture, 1945-1960
· Quiz on Shi, Mayer 33 readings.
· Conflict and Deadlock: The Eisenhower Years / · Shi, Mayer 32 (Up, TV)
· Shi, Mayer 33 (Dulles, Eisenhower Letter, Eisenhower Doctrine, Situation, Brown v. Board, Southern Declaration) / Tindall, Shi 32, 33.
4/19, 21
· New Frontiers: Politics and Social Change in the 1960s, including civil rights and the Vietnam War. / · Tindall, Shi 34
· Shi, Mayer 34 (Kennedy, Harrington, King, Carmichael)
4/26, 28
· Rebellion and Reaction in the 1960s and 1970s, including civil rights and the Vietnam War / · Tindall, Shi 35
· Shi, Mayer 35 (Ball, LeDuan, Clifford)
5/3 Final Exam 22470 from 1:00 to 3:00 P.M.; 22474 from 3:30 to 5:30 P.M.
Scores, Grades, Categories, and Weighting.
Subject to change with notification, the assessment categories in this class and point values are as follows:
Classroom participation (students earn one point for each class session signed in) 30 pts. (5%)
Quiz 1 on Tindall, Shi text 10 pts. (5%)
Short answers to questions on Blum, American Lightning 40 pts. (10%)
Quiz 2 on Shi, Mayer text 10 pts. (5%)
First exam 50 pts. (25%)
Second exam 50 pts. (25%)
Third exam (final) 50 pts. (25%)
Totals: 240 pts. (100%)
Grading scale—A: 90%-100% (A+ = 98-100; A = 93-97; A- = 90-92); B: 80-89 (B+ = 88-89; B = 83-87; B- = 80-82); C: 70-79 (C+ = 78-79; C = 73-77; C- = 70-72); D: 60-69 (D+ = 68-69; D = 63-67; D- = 60-62); F: below 60%. Keep in mind that each type of category above is weighted according to the percentages you see to the right, so a sum of points earned divided by total possible will not give an accurate grade. Note that the Oncourse grading program rounds upward only in the hundredths place. This means that a student earning 79.88 percent of the total possible points will round up to 79.9 and receive a C+ rather than an 80 and a B-.
Semester Calendar (add-drop dates, etc.)
Mon / Jan. 10 / Weekday classes officially beginLaw, Med, Dent students check with your school for appropriate begin/end/refund dates
Mon / Jan. 10 / Late Registration Fee is assessed
Wed / Jan. 12 / Last day to Waitlist Classes (by 5:00pm)
Sat / Jan. 15 / Weekend College classes officially begin
Mon / Jan. 17 / Last day to Register and Drop/Add on-line via OneStart through the student center
Mon / Jan. 17 / 100% refund period ends for regular academic session classes; go to www.bursar.iupui.edu, click “REFUNDS” and ‘refund policy’ for details.
*Law, Med, Dent students check with your school for appropriate begin/end/refund dates.
Mon / Jan. 17 / Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (no classes - academic and administrative offices closed)
Tue / Jan. 18 / Enrollment Certifications - official document for verification of academic record information becomes available
Tue / Jan. 18 / A transaction fee assessed in addition to course fees for each added course
Tue / Jan. 18 / Extra fee for audit option.
Tue / Jan. 18 / Added Courses require form with the instructor and academic advisor signatures. Submitted in person at the Office of the Registrar, Campus Center 250 or via the Late drop/add classes (eDrop/eAdd) link on the self service page. If submitting in person, pick up the form from your advisor or school. Continues through March 4, 2011
Tue / Jan. 18 / Withdrawal with automatic grade of W begins. Advisor signature is required. Submitted in person at the Office of the Registrar, Campus Center 250 or via the Late drop/add classes (eDrop/eAdd) link on the self service page. If submitting in person, pick up the form from your advisor or school. Continues through March 4, 2011
Sun / Jan. 23 / 75% refund period ends at midnight for regular academic session classes via the Late drop/add classes (eDrop/eAdd) link. For refund information go to www.bursar.iupui.edu, click “REFUNDS” and ‘refund policy’. UCOL students or Engineering/Technology freshmen must see advisor by 5:00 p.m. on prior Friday. In person transactions must be processed by 5:00 p.m. on the prior Friday.
*Law, Med, Dent students check with your school for appropriate begin/end/refund dates.
Fri / Jan. 28 / Audit Option deadline ends (at 5:00pm ). Late adjustment fees will be added to audit option after January 17th.
Fri / Jan. 28 / Pass/Fail Option deadline ends (at 5:00pm )
Sun / Jan. 30 / 50% refund period ends at midnight for regular academic session classes via the Late drop/add classes (eDrop/eAdd) link. For refund information go to www.bursar.iupui.edu, click “REFUNDS” and ‘refund policy’. UCOL students or Engineering/Technology freshmen must see advisor by 5:00 p.m. on prior Friday. In person transactions must be processed by 5:00 p.m. on the prior Friday.
*Law, Med, Dent students check with your school for appropriate begin/end/refund dates
Sun / Feb. 6 / 25% refund period ends at midnight for regular academic session classes via the Late drop/add classes (eDrop/eAdd) link. For refund information go to www.bursar.iupui.edu, click “REFUNDS” and ‘refund policy’. UCOL students or Engineering/Technology freshmen must see advisor by 5:00 p.m. on prior Friday. In person transactions must be processed by 5:00 p.m. on the prior Friday.
*Law, Med, Dent students check with your school for appropriate begin/end/refund dates
Fri / Feb. 18 / Fall 2011 Course Offerings available on-line
Fri / Mar. 4 / Last day to withdraw with automatic grade of W via the Late drop/add classes (eDrop/eAdd) link on the self service page. Advisor signature is required. UCOL students or Engineering/Technology freshmen must see advisor by 5:00 p.m. If submitting in person, pick up the form from your advisor or school and submit signed form by 5:00 p.m., to the Office of the Registrar Campus Center 250.
Sat / Mar. 5 / Withdrawal with grade of W or F begins. Advisor and instructor signatures required. Submitted in person only at the Office of the Registrar, Campus Center 250. Pick up the form from your advisor or school. Continues through 5:00 pm, April 1st
Tue / Mar. 8 / 2nd 8 week classes begin (Exception: "Monday only" classes begin March 21st)
Wed / Mar. 9 / Middle of term
Mon / Mar. 14 / Spring Break. Continues through Sunday, March 20th
Mon / Mar. 21 / Priority Registration using OneStart for Fall/Summer 2011 for students enrolled in Spring 2011. Continues through April 1st.
Fri / Apr. 1 / Last day to withdraw with grade of W or F. Advisor and instructor signaturesrequired. Submitted in person only at the Office of the Registrar by 5:00 p.m., Campus Center 250. Pick up the form from your advisor or school.
Fri / Apr. 29 / Classes End EXCEPT FOR those meeting Monday only and Monday/Wednesday(see May 2nd)
Tue / May 3 / Final Examinations- 22470 from 1:00 to 3:00 P.M.; 22474 from 3:30 to 5:30 P.M.
Fri / May 13 / Official Spring Grades available in OneStart
Fri / May 13 / Transcripts with Spring grades available
Sun / May 15 / Commencement
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