HIST 1301 0411 - UNITED STATES HISTORY I

Introduction

Syllabus

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS

 

 

Course Title:

United States History I

Course Prefix & Number: 

1301

Section Number: 

0411

Semester/Year:

Fall2020

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.  9th edition.  2019. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-1264031924

 

The web-based material is unique to NCTC.  You must purchase it from the NCTC bookstore or directly through your Canvas course.
             

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Name of Instructor:

Dr. Graham Cox

Campus/Office Location:

Corinth 331A

Telephone Number:

940-498-6450

E-mail Address:

gcox@nctc.edu

 

OFFICE HOURS

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

3:00 – 6:00 pm

 

3:00 – 6:00 pm

 

 

 

3:00 – 7:00 pm

Please Note: I will make myself available as needed every day and evening by appointment. To request a meeting—even during scheduled office hours—send me an email with your preferred day(s) and time(s), and I will set up a WebEx conference.

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (From Academic Course Guide Manual/Workforce Education Course Manual/NCTC Catalog

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.

 

GRADING CRITERIA                                                                                       

# of Graded Course Elements

Graded Course Elements

Percentage or Point Values

1

Survey

5%

1

Discussion

5%

14

Textbook

15%

14

Module MC Quizzes

20%

Best 10 of 14

Module Essay Quizzes

20%

1

Essay

15%

1

Final Exam

20%

 

GRADE SCALE

A

89.5-100%

B

79.5-89.4%

C

69.5-79.4%

D

59.5-69.4%

F

0.0-59.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COURSE SUBJECT OUTLINE (Major Assignments, Due Dates, and Grading Criteria)

Module 1-Course Introduction

  • Read through all important information listed in the Syllabus.
  • View Course Introduction Video.
  • Read through all information in this Module.
  • View Video Lecture
  • Work through the study questions for Module 1.
  • Submit the “About You” Survey.
  • Participate in the Introductory Discussion.
  • Submit Module 1 MC Quiz in Canvas.
  • Submit Module 1 Essay Quiz in Canvas.

Module 2-The First Americans

  • In The Unfinished Nation, read Chapter 1, “The Collision of Cultures.”
    • Complete the associated questions in MH Connect.
  • View Video Lecture.
  • Work through the Study Questions for Module 2.
  • Submit Module 2 MC Quiz in Canvas.
  • Submit Module 2 Essay Quiz in Canvas.

Module 3-Colonizing North America

  • In The Unfinished Nation, read Chapter 2, “Transplantations and Borderlands,” and Chapter 3, “Society and Culture in Provincial America.”
    • Complete the associated questions in MH Connect.
  • View Video Lecture.
  • Work through the Study Questions for Module 3.
  • Submit Module 3 MC Quiz in Canvas.
  • Submit Module 3 Essay Quiz in Canvas.

Module 4-The Road to Revolution

  • In The Unfinished Nation, read Chapter 4, “The Empire in Transition.”
    • Complete the associated questions in MH Connect.
  • Attend Lecture
    • OPTIONAL: View Video Lecture.
  • Work through the Study Questions for Module 4.
  • Submit Module 4 MC Quiz in Canvas.
  • Submit Module 4 Essay Quiz in Canvas.

Module 5-The New Nation

  • In The Unfinished Nation, read Chapter 5, “The American Revolution.”
    • Complete the associated questions in the MH Connect.
  • View Video Lecture.
  • Work through the Study Questions for Module 5.
  • Submit Module 5 MC Quiz in Canvas.
  • Submit Module 5 Essay Quiz in Canvas.

Module 6-Hamiltonianism

  • In The Unfinished Nation, read Chapter 6, “The Constitution and the New Republic.”
    • Complete the associated questions in the MH Connect.
  • View Video Lecture.
  • Work through the Study Questions for Module 6.
  • Submit Module 6 MC Quiz in Canvas.
  • Submit Module 6 Essay Quiz in Canvas.

Module 7-Jeffersonianism

  • In The Unfinished Nation, read Chapter 7 “The Jeffersonian Era” and Chapter 8 “Expansion and Division in the Early Republic.”
    • Complete the associated questions in the MH Connect.
  • View Video Lecture.
  • Work through the Study Questions for Module 7.
  • Submit Module 7 MC Quiz in Canvas.
  • Submit Module 7 Essay Quiz in Canvas.

Module 8-Idealism and Realism in American Foreign Policy

  • In The Unfinished Nation, review the foreign policy material in Chapters 1-8.
  • View Video Lecture.
  • Work through the Study Questions for Module 8.
  • Submit Module 8 MC Quiz in Canvas.
  • Submit Module 8 Essay Quiz in Canvas.

Module 9-Ideology and Power in Jacksonian America

  • In The Unfinished Nation, read Chapter 9, “Jacksonian America” and Chapter 10, “America’s Economic Revolution.”
    • Complete the associated questions in the MH Connect.
  • View Video Lecture.
  • Work through the Study Questions for Module 9.
  • Submit Module 9 MC Quiz in Canvas.
  • Submit Module 9 Essay Quiz in Canvas.

Essay

This Essay evaluates student competency in the areas of Critical Thinking, Communication, Personal Responsibility, and Social Responsibility.  It will also gauge student understanding of key concepts in the discipline, specifically those defines as Learning Outcomes in the Syllabus.

  • Students will submit a three to five pages in length, type-written, response to the prompt posted in Canvas.
  • Students will analyze primary source document(s) in connection with lectures, discussions, and readings; as part of their answer, students will place their responses within the context of social responsibility.

Module 10-Racism and Slavery

  • In The Unfinished Nation, review material on racism and slavery in Chapters 1-10 and read Chapter 11, “Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South.”
    • Complete the associated questions in the MH Connect for Chapter 11.
  • View Video Lecture.
  • Work through the Study Questions for Module 10.
  • Submit Module 10 MC Quiz in Canvas.
  • Submit Module 10 Essay Quiz in Canvas.

Module 11-American Imperialism

  • In The Unfinished Nation, read Chapter 13, “Expansion and Division in the Early Republic” p. 297-305.
    • Begin the associated questions in the MH Connect for Chapter 13.
  • View Video Lecture.
  • Work through the Study Questions for Module 11.
  • Submit Module 11 MC Quiz in Canvas.
  • Submit Module 11 Essay Quiz in Canvas.

Module 12-The Growing Controversy Over Slavery

  • In The Unfinished Nation, read Chapter 12, “Antebellum Culture and Reform.”
    • Complete the associated questions in the MH Connect.
  • View Video Lecture.
  • Work through the Study Questions for Module 12.
  • Submit Module 12 MC Quiz in Canvas.
  • Submit Module 12 Essay Quiz in Canvas.

Module 13-The Political Crisis of the 1850s

  • In The Unfinished Nation, read Chapter 13, “The Impending Crisis.”
    • Complete the associated questions in the MH Connect.
  • View Video Lecture.
  • Work through the Study Questions for Module 13.
  • Submit Module 13 MC Quiz in Canvas.
  • Submit Module 13 Essay Quiz in Canvas.

Module 14-The Civil War

  • In The Unfinished Nation, read Chapter 14, “The Civil War.”
    • Complete the associated questions in the MH Connect.
  • View Video Lecture.
  • Work through the Study Questions for Module 14.
  • Submit Module 14 MC Quiz in Canvas.
  • Submit Module 14 Essay Quiz in Canvas.

Final Exam

This exam is available from 12:01 am Monday, December 7 through 11:59 pm Wednesday, December 9, and covers all assigned content. The exam is delivered as follows:

  • Fifty (50) multiple-choice problems (2 points each; 100 points total).
  • Once started, this portion of your exam MUST be completed in one sitting.
  • You have sixty (60) minutes to complete each attempt.
  • You will be given one question at a time.
  • You may attempt this portion of your exam up to three (3) times. Your score will be the HIGHEST of your attempts.
  • This exam MUST be submitted by the due date and time.

 

Due Dates (Subject to Change)          

  • 11:59pm Fri Aug 28, 2020      
    • About You
  • 11:59pm Sun Aug 30, 2020    
    • Participate in Introductory Discussion
    • Module 1 Essay Quiz - Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
    • Module 1 MC Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
  • 11:59pm Sun Sep , 2020         
    • Chapter 1. The Collision of Cultures   
    • Module 2 Essay Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
    • Module 2 MC Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
  • 11:59pm Sun Sep 13, 2020    
    • Chapter 2. Transplantations and Borderlands    
    • Chapter 3. Society and Culture in Provincial America           
    • Module 3 Essay Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
    • Module 3 MC Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
  • 11:59pm Sun Sep 20, 2020    
    • Chapter 4. The Empire in Transition   
    • Module 4 Essay Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
    • Module 4 MC Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
  • 11:59pm Sun Sep 27, 2020    
    • Chapter 5. The American Revolution 
    • Module 5 Essay Quiz - Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
    • Module 5 MC Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
  • 11:59pm Sun Oct 4, 2020       
    • Chapter 6. The Constitution and the New Republic 
    • Module 6 Essay Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
    • Module 6 MC Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
  • 11:59pm Sun Oct 11, 2020     
    • Chapter 7. The Jeffersonian Era          
    • Chapter 8: Expansion and Division in the Early Republic
    • Module 7 Essay Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
    • Module 7 MC Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
  • 11:59pm Sun Oct 18, 2020     
    • Module 8 Essay Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
    • Module 8 MC Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
  • 11:59pm Sun Oct 25, 2020     
    • Chapter 9. Jacksonian America
    • Chapter 10. America’s Economic Revolution              
    • Module 9 Essay Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
    • Module 9 MC Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
  • 11:59pm Sun Nov 1, 2020      
    • Chapter 11. Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South  
    • Module 10 Essay Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
    • Module 10 MC Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
  • 11:59pm Wed Nov 4, 2020    
    • Essay  
  • 11:59pm Sun Nov 8, 2020      
    • Module 11 Essay Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
    • Module 11 MC Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
  • 11:59pm Sun Nov 15, 2020    
    • Chapter 12. Antebellum Culture and Reform    
    • Module 12 Essay Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
    • Module 12 MC Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
  • 11:59pm Sun Nov 22, 2020    
    • Chapter 13. The Impending Crisis         
    • Module 13 Essay Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
    • Module 13 MC Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
  • 11:59pm Sun Dec 6, 2020      
    • Chapter 14. The Civil War     
    • Module 14 Essay Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
    • Module 14 MC Quiz- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser    
  • 11:59pm Wed Dec 9, 2020     
    • End of Semester Discussion
    • Final Exam - Multiple Choice- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser           

CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION OF ESSAY QUIZZES

Your Essay Quizzes will be evaluated based on your performance in these three areas:

  1. Assertions: Your capacity to answer all aspects of the prompt accurately.
  2. Evidence: Your capacity to demonstrate accuracy, range, relevance, historical significance, and discrimination in selecting the specific examples that you use to support your generalizations.
  3. Presentation: Your skill and effectiveness in crafting a well-structured answer utilizing good grammar, correct spelling, and paragraphs as needed.

CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION OF ESSAY

Your Essay will be evaluated based on your performance in these five areas:

  1. Argumentation: Your ability to create an argument through the use of historical evidence.
  2. Interpretation: Your ability to analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources.
  3. Significance: Your ability to analyze the effects of historical, social, political, economic, cultural, and global forces on this period of United States history.
  4. Organization: Your ability to organize your ideas coherently and present your arguments in a logical sequence of steps employing an introduction, detailed evidence, and statement of conclusions.
  5. Presentation: Your skill and effectiveness in using well-structured paragraphs, topic sentences, good grammar, correct spelling, and citations as applicable.

 

ATTENDANCE POLICY

Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students in all classes for which they have registered.  All absences are considered to be unauthorized unless the student is absent due to illness or emergencies, as determined by the instructor.  It is the student's responsibility to provide documentation as to the emergency for approval and judgment by the faculty member.  Approved college-sponsored activities are the only absences for which a student should not be held liable and only when provided by a college official ahead of the absence.  Valid reasons for absence, however, do not relieve the student of the responsibility for making up required work.  Students will not be allowed to make up an examination missed due to absence unless they have reasons acceptable to the instructor.  A student who is compelled to be absent when a test is given should petition the instructor, in advance if possible, for permission to postpone the exam.  Student will be dropped from a class by the Registrar upon recommendation of the instructor who feels the student has been justifiably absent or tardy a sufficient number of times to preclude meeting the course’s objectives. Persistent, unjustified absences from classes or laboratories will be considered sufficient cause for College officials to drop a student from the rolls of the College. From Board Policy FC (LOCAL)

Additional Instructor-specific Absence Policy: This course is fully online. Students are expected to login to the course regularly and complete all assignments in a timely manner and by the due date.

The last day to withdraw from a course with a “W” is October 30, 2020.                                                                    

 

DISABILITY SERVICES (Office for Students with Disabilities)

The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides support services for students with disabilities, students enrolled in technical areas of study, and students who are classified as special populations (i.e., single parents).

Support services for students with disabilities might include appropriate and reasonable accommodations, or they may be in the form of personal counseling, academic counseling, career counseling, etc.  Furthermore, OSD Counselors work with students to encourage self-advocacy and promote empowerment. The Counselors also provide resource information, disability-related information, and adaptive technology for students who qualify.

For support, please contact the counselors at (940) 498-6207 or (940) 668-4321.  Alternatively, students may stop by Room 170 in Corinth or Room 110 in Gainesville.

CORE CURRICULUM FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENT AREA (For classes in the Core___________

o        Communication

o        Mathematics              

o        Life and Physical Science

o        Language, Philosophy & Culture

o        Creative Arts

o        Government/Political Science

o        Social and Behavioral Sciences

o        Component Area Option

X         History

 

REQUIRED CORE OBJECTIVES (For classes in the Core)

X            Critical Thinking

X              Communication

o            Empirical and Quantitative

o            Teamwork

X             Personal Responsibility

X             Social Responsibility

 

COURSE TYPE

                 Academic General Education Course (from ACGM but not in NCTC Core)

X          Academic NCTC Core Curriculum Course

o         WECM Course

 

STUDENT HANDBOOK

Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the student handbook and published online.

 

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

Scholastic dishonesty shall include but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, academic falsification, intellectual property dishonesty, academic dishonesty facilitation, and collusion.  Faculty members may document and bring charges against a student who is engaged in or is suspected to be engaged in academic dishonesty.  See Student Handbook, “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct ([FLB(LOCAL)]”. 

 

Instructor-specific Academic Dishonesty Policy: Any violation may result in a zero (0) or F on an assignment or for the course, depending on the nature of the issue. In most cases, students will be allowed to resubmit/retake an assignment.

 

QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS

Name of Chair/Coordinator:

Crystal 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. Bruce King

Office Location:

316 E Hickory St, Denton, TX 76201

Telephone Number:

940-380-2504

E-mail Address:

bking@nctc.edu

 

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