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U.S. HISTORY 111-112 Fall 2010/Winter 2011 Course

3 CREDIT HOURS

Semester/year: Fall/Winter

Instructor: Claudia Garner

Location: Minico High School

E-Mail Address: Phone: 208-436-5355 ext.304

Course Description: Examines important changes between 1865 and the present. An emphasis will be placed on tracing the development of the American political system, economic institutions, and the U.S. culture during the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, the Great Depression, the World Wars, and the Cold War. The purpose of this course is to enhance critical thinking skills and student understanding of the human condition. It is designed specifically to satisfy the CSI Mission, the criteria for General Education, the Social Science Department goals, and the History Program goals listed below.

The CSI Mission Statement

The College of Southern Idaho, a comprehensive community college, provides quality educational, social, cultural, economic, and workforce development opportunities that meet the diverse needs of the communities it serves. CSI prepares students to lead enriched, productive and responsible lives in a global society.

General Education Criteria: This course satisfies all eight criteria for general education. It is designed to:

1. provide a broad-based survey of a discipline and show the interconnectedness of knowledge.

2. develop a discerning individual.

3. practice critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

4. promote awareness of social and cultural diversity in order to appreciate the commonality of mankind.

5. foster the balance between individual needs and the demands of society.

6. reinforce reading, writing, speaking, and/or quantitative skills.

7. encourage and inspire life-long learning.

8. encourage creativity.

Social Science Department Mission Statement

The mission of the Social Science Department is to provide educational, social, and cultural opportunities which encourage enriched, productive and responsible lives primarily by instructing students to understand, interpret, and apply Social Science discipline coursework.

Social Science Department Goals: This course addresses the following Social Science Department goals:

1. Help students understand important facts, concepts and theories of Social Science subjects.

2. Help students acquire techniques and methods used to gain new knowledge in the disciplines.

3. Help students learn to distinguish between fact and opinion.

4. Teach students to use evaluation, analysis and synthesis to interpret and solve problems.

5. Teach students to use different perspectives from the social sciences to make better-informed decisions

6. Help students acquire an informed understanding of various cultures.

7. Prepare students to transfer to a university.

History Mission Statement

The mission of the History Program is to prepare learner to lead enriched, productive, and responsible lives. The History Program prepares students to understand and interpret a variety of historical areas and perspectives with the intention of encouraging a lifelong love of the subject.

History Program Goals: The student will:

1. Examine central these of United States History and various cultures in Western Civilization and Latin America.

2. Use reading, lecture-discussion, and supplementary material to understand and interpret the past.

3. Demonstrate an understanding of the past by writing interpretive essays.

4. Explore different perspectives about the past.

5. Acquire and appreciation of the historical process which will encourage a lifelong study of the past.

Catalog Course Description

This course will examine important changes between 1865 and the present. An emphasis will be placed on tracing the development of the American political system, economic institutions, and U.S. culture during the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, the World Wars, and the Cold War.

Course Outcomes (CO) Aligned with GE Criteria (GE), and Social Science (SS) and Program Goals (Program):

Assessment Methods: Alignment of Course Outcomes (CO) with course assessment methods, such as:

Required Book:

A People and a Nation, M.B. Norton

Policies and Procedures:

1.  A student caught cheating on an exam or plagiarizing on written assignments will receive a zero on that assignment

2.  Late assignments will result in a 30% grade cut if turned in during the week originally due, and 50% if turned in the following week. When absent there is a two day make-up policy before or after school.

3.  No hats, cell phones, ipods, or beverages (with the exception of water) will be allowed in the classroom.

Grading Practices:

1.  Tests will be a combination of multiple choice and essay questions.

2.  Formal written assignments will be due every 2-3 weeks.

Grading Scale:

Letter grades will be based as follows:

90% and above = A

80% - 89% = B

70% - 79% = C

60% - 69% = D

Below 60% = F

CSI E-mail:

E-mail is the primary source of written communication with all CSI students. Students automatically get a CSI e-mail account when they register for courses. Messages from instructors and various offices such as Admission and Records, Advising, Financial Aid, Scholarships, etc. will be sent to the students’ CSI accounts (NOT their personal email accounts). It is the students’ responsibility to check their CSI e-mail accounts regularly. Failing to do so will result in missing important messages and deadlines. Students can check their CSI e-mail online at http://students.csi.edu. Student e-mail addresses have the following format: . At the beginning of each semester free training sessions will be offered to students who need help using their CSI e-mail accounts.

On-line course evaluation statement:

Students are strongly encouraged to complete evaluations at the end of the course. Evaluations are very important to assist the teaching staff to continually improve the course. Evaluations are available online at: http://evaluation.csi.edu. Evaluations open up two weeks prior to the end of the course. The last day to complete an evaluation is the last day of the course. During the time the evaluations are open, students can complete the course evaluations at their convenience from any computer with Internet access, including in the open lab in the Library and in the SUB. When students log in they should see the evaluations for the courses in which they are enrolled. Evaluations are anonymous. Filling out the evaluation should only take a few minutes. Your honest feedback is greatly appreciated!

Disabilities:

Any student with a documented disability may be eligible for related accommodations. To determine eligibility and secure services, students should contact the coordinator of Disability Services at their home high school.

Class Reading And Assignment Schedule:

A People: A Nation- Series 8

Read at home each night- A Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi

TEST: December 1, 2009

Week one: Introduction to U.S History. Read Chapter 1, Norton “Three Old Worlds Create a New” 1492-1600-daily assignments-! Quiz. 1st Essay paper assigned.

Colonial America-Read Chapter 2. Norton “Europeans Colonize North America”-1600-1650 Daily assignments-1 quiz

Week two: Finish Chapter Two.

Read Chapter 3 Norton, “North American in the Atlantic”-1650-1720 Daily assignments-1 quiz.

Week Two: Read- An Acquaintance with Darkness by Ann Runaldi

TEST: December 15, 2009

Week Three: Read chapter 4 Norton “American Society Transformed” 1720-1770 Daily assignments-1 quiz.

Read Chapter 5, Norton, “Serving the Bonds of Empire” 1754-1774 Daily assignments-1 quiz

Week Four: Read Chapter 6, Norton, “A Revolution, Indeed” 1774-1783-Daily assignments-1 quiz

Read Chapter 7, Norton, “Forging a National Republic” 1776-1789-Daily Assignments-1 quiz

Paper One Due-Unit exam TBA

Read- The Children’s Blizzard by David Laskin

TEST: January 5, 2009

Week Five: Finish Chapter 7

Read Chapter 8, Norton, “The Early Republic: Conflicts at Home and Abroad” 1789-1800-Daily Assignments-1 quiz

Week Six: Read Chapter 9, Norton, “Defining the Nation” 1801-1815-Daily Assignments-1quiz

Read Chapter 10, Norton, “The Rise of the South” 1815-1860-Daily Assignments-1 quiz.

Read- Earthquake at Dawn by Kristiana Gregory

TEST: January 19, 2009

Week Seven: US History Book Critique Due

Finish Chapter 10

Read Chapter 11, Norton “The Modernizing North”- 1815-1860-Daily assignments-1 quiz

Week Eight- Read Chapter 12 Norton, “Reform and Politics in the Age of Jackson”-1824-1845-Dailt assignments – 1 quiz

Read Chapter 13, Norton, “The Contested West” 1815-1860-Daily assignments-1 quiz

Read- Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

TEST: February 2, 2009

Unit Exam

Week Nine-

Assign 2nd Book Critique

Finish Chapter 13

Read Chapter 14, Norton, “Slavery and America’s Future: The Road to War.” 1845-1861- Daily Assignments- 1 quiz

Week Ten- Read Chapter 15 “Transforming Fire: The Civil War. 1861-1865-Daily Assignments-1 quiz

Read Chapter 16, “Reconstruction: A Unfinished Revolution” 1865-1877- Daily Assignments-1 quiz

Week Eleven- Read Chapter 17 “The Development of the West” 1865-1900- Daily Assignments-1 Quiz

Read Chapter 18 “The Machine Age” 1877-1920- Daily Assignments- 1 Quiz

Go to local cemeteries to do grave rubbings for veterans

Week Twelve: Read Chapter 19 “The Vitality and Turmoil of Urban Life” 1877-1920- Daily Assignments- 1 Quiz

Read Chapter 20 “Gilded Age Politics” 1877-1900- Daily Assignments- 1 Quiz

Unit Exam

Week Thirteen- Read Chapter 21 “The Progressive Era” 1895-1920- Daily Assignments- 1 Quiz

Read Chapter 22 “The Quest for Empire”- Daily Assignments- 1 Quiz

Read- Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Week Fourteen- Read Chapter 23 “Americans in the Great War” 1914-1920- Daily Assignments- 1 Quiz

Read Chapter 24 “The New Era” 1920-1929- Daily

Week Fifteen- Read Chapter 25 “The Great Depression and the New Deal” 1929-1941- Daily Assignments- 1 Quiz

Read Chapter 26 “The United States in a Troubled World” 1920-1914- Daily Assignments- 1 Quiz

Week Sixteen- Week seventeen- Paper II due- Book Critique Due

Last week of the Semester- Once again an overview of Geography, Historical Figures and relating to Current Events of U.S. History

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