History 11-Political and Social History of the United States I
Spring 2015, Section# 7658 online
Dr. Ellen Joiner, NEA-181, Office Phone: 310-233-4582
Office hours: Office hours are scheduled weekly via Etudes Chat Room. Students should also
use Etudes Private Messenger orjoinere@lahc.edu for confidential communications with
instructor.
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Course Summary: This class surveys the political, social, and economic history of the United
States from the Colonial era to 1876 with emphasis on the origin and implementation of the U.S.
Constitution. The class also includes the organization and critical analysis of historical sources.
This course meets the California State University requirements for United States History.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs):
1) Organize a chronology of early U.S. History that encompasses the period’s central political,
economic, and social developments including Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans
2) Demonstrate knowledge of colonial geography including 16th and 17th century colonial claims,
19th century westward expansion, and sectionalism.
3) Identify the history and principles of the U.S. Constitution and their implications for
governance.
4) Analyze the influence of race, ethnicity, status, and religion in the organization of American
labor and the formation of American society.
5) Locate primary and secondary sources in the library and on the internet; distinguish between
the two types of historical sources and in essay form, critically evaluate each.
Required Books:
Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty: An American History, vol. 1, brief 4th ed., New York:
W.W. Norton & Company, 2014.
Eric Foner, ed., Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History, vol. 1, 4th ed. New York:
W.W. Norton & Company, 2014.
Textbooks are available in the Harbor College Bookstore. Give Me Liberty is also available in
an e-book format. Voices of Freedom is not available in an e-book. Copies are also on reserve in
the Harbor College Library. This course requires reading in both books so be sure to buy them. If
you need help paying for books and other college expenses, contact the Financial Aid Office
at http:www.lahc.edu/finaid
Required Materials: Because this class is completely online it is mandatory that you have a
personal computer and online access. Do not take this course and plan to use your employer or
friend’s computer. The class has specific dates when assignments must be submitted so
depending upon someone else’s computer will not work. You must have your own computer in
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order to put in the time that is required. If your computer breaks during the course, there are
computers available in the library but this requires that you come to campus.
Course Requirements: This course surveys U. S. History from the colonial period through
Reconstruction. History 11 is completely online. On the first day of class you will be able to log
onto the class which is found at http://myetudes.org After logging on you will immediately
click the Assignments, Tests, and Surveys icon and follow the instructions given there. During
the first week of class several face-to-face orientation sessions for Etudes will be offered in the
computer lab at Harbor College and at the Learning Resource Center. The dates and times of
these sessions will be posted at the Etudes Announcements page. There will also be a series of
assignments the first week to orient you to the class. These assignments will be explained at
Etudes-Assignments, Tests, and Surveys.
The class is organized on a weekly basis. Assignments open each Monday morning at 8 a.m. and
close at 11 p.m. the following Sunday night. Each week’s assignment will be found at the
Assignments, Tests, and Surveys section. A weekly assignment will typically include:
1) Textbook reading: Reading assignments will typically include one chapter each week
from Give Me Liberty and several assigned primary readings from Voices of Freedom.
All assignments and their due dates are listed on the schedule below.
2) Online explanations: You will also listen to my explanation of the chapter material in a
30-40 minute recorded lecture at www.ellenjoiner.com
3) Modules: To help you understand and learn the reading material the modules sections
provide identifications and terms from each chapter. You are not required to write on the
Modules. These are designed to help you determine points from your reading. I will also
refer you to the textbook website which includes a variety of learning tools including
chapter outlines, flash cards for vocabulary, and maps. The website is also to be used as
you review the text in order to help you clarify terms and concepts from your reading.
4) Practice tests: Each week you will take a practice test which reviews the chapter reading
material. Weekly practice tests are required and the score on each weekly exam counts
toward your final grade. The practice tests are for practice so they are open book and
within the one-week time frame you may retake the tests in order to improve your score.
The score on the final time that you take the practice test will be the score that goes into
the grade book and will count toward your course grade.
5) Discussion Board: Each week I will post a question that the class will discuss throughout
the week. Participation on the discussion board means that you post your initial response
to the topic, then after reading the responses of other students, interact with at least two
other students. You are required to participate in at least 10 discussions that I will initiate
(10 pts/discussion) throughout the semester. I will monitor the discussions and at the end
of the week record the points. I keep the discussion points on a separate sheet and enter
them into the Etudes grade book at the midterm and end of the class. If you did not
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receive the 10 pts. credit, I will notify you via Private Messenger. You must participate
in the assigned discussion during the week it is assigned. There are no make-ups on
the Discussion Board.
Essays: Three 3-page essays (40 pts. each) that evaluate primary sources are also
required. Because writing is an important part of this course and of any college course I
would encourage you to have successfully completed English 101 before taking this
course. Each essay will come with detailed instructions and assignment questions that are
at Modules. All late work is automatically penalized 5 pts. and no late work is accepted a
week beyond the due date. All essay assignments will be submitted to turnitin.com. This
website allows me to check all submissions for plagiarism. According to LACCD and
Harbor College policy, copying another person’s work or ideas without giving them
credit is illegal and will not be accepted. Written assignments must be completed in order
to pass the course.
Historical Resume: The final project in the course will be a summary or resume of a
historical individual. (20 pts.)
Examinations: There are three examinations (matching, true-false, multiple choice-40
pts. each) and a final (50 pts.) in the course. The examinations will be taken online at the
Etudes site and, unlike the weekly practice tests, will be timed and may not be retaken.
The schedule for reading assignments, exams, and essays are listed in the schedule below.
More specific instructions for all assignments will be given each week so it is very
important that you carefully read and follow each week’s instructions at the
Assignment, Tests, and Surveys icon.
Extra Credit: 15 points of extra credit is available if you choose to complete a Service
Learning civic participation project. The project is explained at Modules-Service
Learning Project. If you choose to do the project you need to register for Service
Learning 100 by Feb. 20. All History 11 assignments (including the Discussion Board)
must be completed in order for you to receive extra credit.
Course Logistics: The course requirements for online History 11 are not that different from the
face-to-face version. The main difference is that within the time frame of each week you are
able to decide when you will complete the assignment and can work on the class according to
your schedule. Because of this flexibility, this class requires a higher level of personal discipline
and commitment than a traditional face-to-face class. I will provide specific directions but you
will need to self-direct to insure that the assignments are completed on time. You will have
specific assignments each week that will need to be finished by the Sunday night (11 p.m.)
deadline. After the deadline, the assignment will close and you will not be able to access it.
Essay assignments will be given at least two weeks in advance in order to give you time to work
on them. Essay instructions and assignments are explained at the Modules section of Etudes. I
hold a weekly “office hour” on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. when I will be in the Chat Room to
directly answer questions that you may have. If you have other questions contact me through
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Private Messenger and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Don’t hesitate to also post
questions in the Chat Room on the Etudes site. Other students in the class are very willing to
help you. If you have a learning disability please let me know immediately via Private
Messenger so that we can help you succeed in the course.
Course Grades: Grades for History 11 are determined on a percentage of the total points. The
total points for the practice tests, exams, and essays will be available to you at the Etudes grade
book. I will keep a separate record of the discussion participation and add those points at the
midterm and at the end of the semester. If at any point throughout the semester you would like to
know your grade just ask me via Private Messenger. Grades are private information so I won’t
discuss your grade in an open forum of the Discussion Board or Chat Room. 90% of the total
course points = A, 80%=B, 70%=C, 60%= D.
Class Schedule: GML=Give Me Liberty, VOF=Voices of Freedom.
Course Schedule
Wk 1
Dates
Feb. 9-15
Topic
Introduction to
History 11
Wk 2
Feb. 16-22
A Model for
Colonial America
Wk 3
Feb. 23-March 1
Wk 4
March 2-8
Assignment
VOF-Preface
GML-1
VOF-1
-Bartolome de las
Example- Analyzing Casas
a Primary Source
- The Pueblo Revolt
Anglo-American
GML-2
Empire
VOF-2
(1607-1750)
-Maryland Act
Concerning
Religion
-John Winthrop
-Trial of Anne
Hutchinson
Slavery & the
GML-3 &4
Struggle for
VOF-3 &4
Freedom
-Nathaniel Bacon
-An Apprentice’s
Indenture Contract
-Complaint of an
Indentured Servant
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Wk 5
March 9-15
The American
Revolution
Wk 6
March 16-22
Implications of the
American
Revolution
Wk 7
March 23-29
Building a Nation
Wk 8
March 30-April 5
Establishing a
Republic
Spring Recess
Wk 9
April 6-12
April 13-19
The Market
Revolution
5
-OlaudahEquiano
GML-5
VOF-5
-Virginia
Resolutions
-Association of the
New York Sons of
Liberty
-Thomas Paine
Exam 1 (c. 1-5)
GML-6
VOF-6
- Jefferson’s Bill for
Establishing
Religious Freedom
-Liberating
Indentured Servants
-Petition of Slaves
PS-1 due
GML-7
VOF-7
-Madison-The
Federalist
-Patrick Henry’s
Anti-Federalist
Argument
-Thomas Jefferson
On Race and
Slavery
GML-8
VOF-8
-Defense of the
French Revolution
-Judith Sargent
Murray
-George Tucker
-Tecumseh
GML-9
VOF-9
Wk 10
April 20-26
Democratizing
America
Wk 11
April 27-May 3
Slavery &
Resistance
Wk 12
May 4-10
Antebellum Reform
Wk 13
May 11-17
Antebellum
Divisions
6
-Complaint of
Lowell Worker
-Thoreau-Walden
-Finney-Sinners
PS-2 due
GML-10
VOF-10
-Chief Sharitarish
on Indian Life
-Appeal of the
Cherokee Nation
Exam 2 (c.6-10)
GML-11
VOF-11
-Frederick Douglas
on the Desire for
Freedom
-Rules of Highland
Plantation
-Slavery and the
Bible
-Confessions of Nat
Turner
GML-12
VOF-12
-Robert Owen
-David Walker’s
Appeal
-Frederick Douglas
-Angelina Grimke
PS-3 due
GML-13
VOF-13
-John L. O’Sullivan
-Protest against
Anti-Chinese
Prejudice
-South Carolina
Ordinance of
Secession
Wk 14
May 18-24
America’s Civil
War
Wk 15
May 25-31
Reconstruction
Wk16
June 1-5
Completing History
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7
GML-14
VOF-14
-Letter of Thomas
F. Drayton
-Samuel S. Cox
Condemns
Emancipation
-Abraham LincolnThe Gettysburg
Address
Historical Resume
due
GML-15
VOF-15
-Petition of Black
Residents
-Mississippi Black
Code
- Sharecropping
Contract
-Frederick Douglass
Exam 3 (c.11-15)
Must be completed
by Friday of 16th
week- June 5
Chronology: Studying history is much more than learning names and dates, but having a basic
understanding of the order of events in colonial history is a requirement of this course. In order
to address Student Learning Outcome #1 which deals with colonial chronology we will be
working on the following dates throughout the class. On each of your exams you will have
multiple choice questions that ask you to identify “which of these events occurred first?” and
“which of these events occurred last?” There will also be several chronology questions on the
final exam. The events in correct order are listed below:
History 11-U.S. Colonial History-Chronology
900-1200
1492
1607
1619
1691-92
1754-63
1776
1788
1803
1820s-30s
1838-39
1848
1850
1865
1877
Hopi and Zuni tribes establish towns
Columbus’ first voyage to New World
Jamestown founded
First black slaves arrive in Virginia
Salem witchcraft trials
Seven Year’s War
Declaration of Independence
Constitution ratified
Louisiana Purchase
Second Great Awakening
Trail of Tears
Seneca Falls Convention
Compromise of 1850
Passage of 13th amendment
Bargain of 1877
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