History 1302 Fall 2018 Mini-mester Syllabus

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE 

COURSE SYLLABUS 

 

 

Course Title:  

U.S. History from 1865 

Prefix & Number:   

HIST1302 

Section Number:   

 235 

Semester/Year:2018/2019 

 

Semester Credit Hours:  

 

online  

 

 

 

Course Description (NCTC Catalog):  

A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the Civil War/Reconstruction era to the present.  United States History II examines industrialization, immigration, world wars, the Great Depression, Cold War and post-Cold War eras.  Themes that may be addressed in United States History II include:  American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, urbanization and suburbanization, the expansion of the federal government, and the study of U.S. foreign Policy.  

Course Prerequisite(s): None 

 

Required Course Materials: 

Brinkley, Alan.  The Unfinished Nation:  A Concise History of the American People 8th edition. 

McGraw-Hill. 2016 ISBN 978-1259969118 

 The Web-based material is unique to NCTC.  You must purchase it from the NCTC bookstore or directly through Canvas, to the McGraw-Hill publishing Connect website. 

 

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION 

Name of Instructor: 

 Kimberly Lacoco 

Campus/Office Location: 

 Flower Mound  

Telephone Number: 

972-899-8400 

Email Address:                      

klacoco@nctc.edu 

OFFICE HOURS 

Monday through Saturday :  Online via Canvas message 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 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 the United States History. 

 

 

 

GRADING CRITERIA 

# of Graded Course Elements 

Graded Course Elements 

Percentage or Point Values 

 

 

 

              4  

                                 Major Tests/  

               40% 

              5                               

                                 Major Assignments                                                                  

               30% 

              4                              

                                 Online Discussions                                                     

               30% 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

History 1302 Full Semester Course Schedule 

Class Date 

Activity 

Reading/Assignments 

Module 1 

Introduction/in-class writing/Coursework Review 

none 

 

 The Post War South Reconstruction – video  

Ch. 15   and 16 

 

The Grant Administration/ 

 

Module  2 

History 1302 Pre-test - via McGraw Hill Modules tab 

 

 

The West – Immigration/Mining/Cowboys & Indians 

Chapter 17 & 18  

 

Industrial Supremacy - The Gilded Age – Video  

 

 

The Age of the City –the Good, the Bad, the Ugly.   

 

Module 3 

The Consumer Society/Communication/Culture 

Ch. 19 

 

From Crisis To Empire  - Presidents/Panic/ Populism 

Grant Scandal Assignment 

 

 

 

Module  4 

American Expansionism/War   

Chapter 20  

 

The Progressive Era/ Theodore Roosevelt – Exam 1 Review 

Discussion 

 

Exam 1 – Ch. 15 – 20 

 

Module 5 

American Diplomacy 1900 – 1914  & the Road to War 

Ch. 21 and 22 

 

America at War – World War I 

 

 

The New Era – The Twenties 

 

Module  6 

The Great Depression  

 

 

The New Deal/   

Ch. 23 & 24 

 

The Second New Deal  the Dust Bowl 

Great Depression Assign. 

Module 7 

The Global Crisis 

 

 

Diplomacy/Isolationism & Intervention 

Ch. 25  

 

Rumblings of WWII in Europe – Video 

Discussion 

Module 8 

World War II  - The Battle Front    

Chapter 26 

 

World War II – The Home Front 

 

 

World War II – Resolution in Europe and the Pacific Video 

WWII Letters Assignment  

Module 9 

The Early Cold War- Containment/Korean War 

Chapter 27 

 

The Crusade Against Subversion Exam 2 Review 

 

 

Exam 2 – Ch. 21 - 27 

 

Module 10 

1950’s and the Affluent Society – video  

Chapter 28 

 

The other America and Early Civil Rights – 

 

 

Eisenhower and the Cold War 

Cold War Assignment 

Module  11 

The Turbulent Sixties - Kennedy 

Chapter 29 

 

Johnson – War on Poverty & Great Society  

Voices of Civil Rights 

 

The Vietnam War 

Assignment 

Module 12 

Nixon – Watergate & Vietnam War 

Chapter 30 

 

Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter Exam 3 Review 

 

 

Exam 3 - Ch. 28 -30  

 

Module 13 

The Reagan Years–  

Chapter 31 

 

The George H.W. Bush Years –  

 

 

 

 

Module 14 

George W. Bush & Barack Obama 

Chapter 32 

 

 

 

 

History 1302 post test on Connect via McGraw Hill tab 

 

Module 15 

FINAL EXAM REVIEW 

 

 

FINAL EXAM 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRADING CRITERIA 

Course elements will be graded according to the following expectations: 

Tests:  (40% of total grade) Major exams will be taken online.  Exam reviews are provided for each test prior to the test.  You must install Respondus LockDown Browser on your laptop or desktop computer in order to take tests online. 

Major Assignments: (30% of total grade) Major assignments generally consist of primary source readings, questions regarding the readings – which must be answered in paragraphs where portions of the reading are used to support student’s assertions in the answers.  Essays are normally 300-500 words and ask students to analyze or evaluate and provide conclusions regarding the reading.  Essays must be double spaced and be free of major grammatical or factual mistakes. 

Discussions: (30% of total grade) Students will post on the appropriate discussion page, answering questions and providing their opinions on the topic.  These posts should be 300 to 500 words.  Students must also respond to the posts of at least three other students.  Responses should be respectful and informative of the students own opinion.  Simple responses merely agreeing or disagreeing with the post of another is not acceptable. 

Last day to withdraw from a course with a “W” is December 27, 2018. 

 

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 provides 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)_______  

 Communication 

 Mathematics   

 Life and Physical Science 

 Language, Philosophy & Culture 

 Creative Arts 

 

 Government/Political Science 

 Social and Behavioral Sciences 

 Component Area Option 

X American History 

 

REQUIRED CORE OBJECTIVES (For classes in the Core) 

X  Critical Thinking 

X  Communication  

   Empirical and Quantitative 

 

  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  

 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 Dishonesty Rules:  Major papers (and some major assignments) will be submitted through the plagiarism checker, Vericite.  Papers with a high Vericite similarity score will be personally vetted by the instructor.  If it is determined that an assignment has been intentionally plagiarized, the assigned grade will be a zero.  Plagiarized assignments may not be re-done or have the zero replaced with a make-up grade.  At the instructor’s discretion, a report of the incident may be submitted to the Division Chair and other appropriate individuals. 

 

QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS 

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 

 

 
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