Course Description
In this course we cover the period from the origin of the United States to the end of Reconstruction. This course meets the American Institutions and History Requirement (taken with History 111) as explained in the Mira Costa College Catalog.
System Requirements
To take this course online you will need: Internet Access (the ability to send and receive email); A Browser, such as NetScape or Internet Explorer (the ability to access the worldwide Web); The required readings which you may obtain through the Mira Costa College bookstore or through Amazon online and if in stock any local bookstore; Approximately 10 hours per week for reading, writing and studying; The desire to learn history using the world wide web. For additional course information and technical requirements go to the cybercosta home page.
Course Requirements
As soon as you have registered for this class, e-mail hist110@miracosta.edu with your name and e-mail address you will be using for this class. Once our class begins, you can login to Blackboard with your SURF ID and SURF Password. If you need assitance with your SURF ID an Password please refer to the Student Helpdesk.
In addition to reading weekly online lectures and assignments from the textbook, there will be two mid-terms and a final. Students will be replying to study and discussion questions from the online lectures on Blackboard ; reading and responding to replies of other students; writing a research paper to e-mail to the instructor; visiting websites that apply to the topics under discussion for example a web site entitled The West by Ken Burns and Stephen Ives and PBS at http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest.
Evaluation
A final grade for this course is derived from two lecture exams
(each 30 points); online list-server
discussions
with instructor and
enrolled students (50 points); net searching web sites (40 points);
Novel book discussion/report (30 points); American Institution
requirement
assignment (15 points) and bonus points for completing the course (15 points) for
a total of 210 points. The point value will be 200-180=A, 179-160=B,
159-140=C,
139-120=D.
Please note that you are earning points and not a percentage grade
with each assignment. However, at the end of the semester the
total number of points earned will then be assigned a letter grade.
Tentative Weekly lectures and assignments-Each lecture topic will be an historical interpretation(s) which hopefully will create strong student responses. The idea is not to create conflicting views on controversial issues in American history, but rather to understand how these interpretations are made. We will also determine if these interpretations hold up to scrutiny. Students will be asked to respond to questions asked after each topic and to provide a personal assessment/analysis for each topic.
Week 1-June 16-22 "Introduction to class and online students"
June 16-22 "The First Americans and Clash of Cultures"
Week 2-June 23-June 29 "European Expansion"
June 23-June 29 "The English Challenge and Settlement"
Week 3-June 30-July 6 "Puritanism"
June 30-July 6 "Towards Independence"
June 30-July 6 "Independence Proclaimed"
Week 4-July 7-13 "American Institution requirement and discussion"
July 7-13 "War of 1812"
July 7-13 "Search
for Consensus and the Two Party System"
Week 5-July 14-20 "Era of Expansion"
July 14-20 "Mexican-American War"
July 14-20 "Causes of the Civil War"
Week 6-July 21-23 "Carrying
the
Flag book discussion"
July 21-23 Final Week and the Last Lecture/Textbook Exam
(Due
July 23rd)
| Your Final is due no later than July 23rd. I shall e-mail you the exam. Please reply that you are in reciept of the exam no later than Monday 21st. |
Revised 6/16/08
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