Course Title: U.S. History to 1865

Course Prefix & Number: HIST 1301

Section Number:  401 & 410

Semester: Fall 2016

Semester Credit Hours: 3

Lecture Hours: 3

Lab Hours: 0

Course Description (NCTC Catalog):

A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the pre-Columbian era to the Civil War/Reconstruction period. United States History I includes the study of pre-Columbian, colonial, revolutionary, early national, slavery and sectionalism, and the Civil War/Reconstruction eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History I include: American settlement and diversity, American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, and creation of the federal government.

Course Prerequisite(s): None

Required  Course Materials:

Brinkley, Alan. The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People.  8^th edition.  McGraw-Hill. 2016.  ISBN #978-1259969118

The eBook is REQUIRED; additional purchase of the print text is optional.

The web-based material is unique to NCTC.  You must purchase the eBook and access code from the NCTC bookstore or directly from McGraw-Hill publishing through the McGraw-Hill Module in Canvas.

Name of Instructor:

Jane England

Campus/Office Location:

Corinth Campus, COR332

Telephone Number:

940-498-6244

E-mail Address:

jengland@nctc.edu

# of Graded Course Elements

Graded Course Elements

Percentage or Point Values

Exams

100 points each

Primary Source Assignments

10 points each

Optional Extra Credit Assignments

5 points each

At the successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

Create an argument through the use of historical evidence.

Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources.

Analyze the effects of historical, social, political, economic, cultural, and global forces on this period of United States history.

Students are required to attend class.  Those wishing to drop the course should do so on line.  Students who stop attending class without dropping the class on line may receive a semester grade of F.

BE ON TIME FOR CLASS! If a student is tardy, it is the student’s responsibility to inform the instructor after class that he or she was present. In calculating attendance 3 Tardies = 1 Absence.

Good Attendance Points: Students who have good attendance (no more than three absences in MWF, MW, and TR classes) may receive 2 extra points on their averages at the end of the semester.

Topic

General Description of Subject Matter

A New World

Collision of cultures, Britain and Its Colonies, Colonial Culture

Move to Independence

Imperialism, Colonial Discontent, American Revolution

Shaping a Federal Union

Adopting the Constitution, Federalist Era, Early Republic

An Expanding Nation

Nationalism and Sectional, Jacksonian Era, Dynamic Growth, the American Renaissance

A House Divided

Manifest Destiny, Old South, Crises in the Union, Civil War

Name of Chair/Coordinator:

Crystal R.M. Wright

Office Location:

Gainesville Campus, Room 824

Telephone Number:

940-668-7731, ext. 4320

E-mail Address:

cwright@nctc.edu

Name of Instructional Dean:

Dr. Larry Gilbert

Office Location:

Corinth Campus, Room 305

Telephone Number:

940-498-6216

E-mail Address:

lgilbert@nctc.edu