HCC SOUTHEAST (FRAGA CAMPUS)
US. HISTORY 1301
Discipline/Program: History
Course Title: History 1301: U.S. History before 1876
Semester with (CRN): Fall 2012 (25108)
Course Rubric and Number: HIST 1301
Course Location/Times: TTH 12:30- 2:00 (Fraga 252)
Credit Hours (SCH): 3 Hours, Lecture
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Course Description:
The American Nation from English colonization to the close of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Core
curriculum course. Course Prerequisites: Must be placed into college level reading and college level
writing. Course Goal: Students will evaluate historical developments in an essay. Course Student
Learning Outcomes (SLO): 1. Students will evaluate historical developments in an essay. 2. Students will
read primary source documents. 3. Students will analyze historical evidence by writing an analytical
essay. 4. Students will identify proper academic, history databases.
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Instructor Contact Information:
Name: Portia Hopkins
Email Address: portia.barker@hccs.edu
Conference Hours: TTH 10:30-11:00 AM
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Program Learning Outcomes (PLO):
1.
Students will evaluate historical developments in an essay.
2.
Students will read primary source documents.
3.
Students will analyze historical evidence by writing an analytical essay.
4.
Students will identify proper academic, history databases.
Course Learning Outcomes (SLO):
1.
Discuss the Age of Exploration
2.
Explain Colonization
3.
Identify the Causes and effects of the American Revolution
4.
Explain the origins and impact of Slavery
5.
Analyze the formation of the Republic
6.
Summarize the effects of Expansion and Innovation
7.
Explain Nationalism and Sectionalism
8.
Discuss the Civil War
9.
Evaluate the effects of Reconstruction
SCANS Skills: Texas Colleges must demonstrate that the Basic Intellectual Core Competencies are
incorporated into all Core courses. This course addresses the competencies in the following ways:
Reading: The Textbook, alternative web sites, and the readers will provide the basis for Section Exams,
Chapter Essays, and the Final Exam.
• Writing: Students will write all responses to their selected Chapter Essays, and will conduct most
communication with the instructor through the typewritten word. Students will write two historical
research papers and answer essay questions.
• Speaking: Students may phone the instructor for supplemental information or clarification of
assignments as needed. Students working in collaboration with other students on chapter assignments
will have the opportunity to develop their speaking proficiency.
• Listening: Students working in collaboration with other students on chapter assignments will have the
opportunity to develop and practice their listening skills. Students will also practice critical listening
from audio and video materials.
• Critical Thinking: Many of the Chapter Essays and essay questions on the Final Exam will contain
questions and problems that will require higher-level, "critical" thinking skills to solve successfully.
• Computer Literacy: Web-based courses such as this one require significant computer literacy from the
students, who must be proficient at navigating the web, sending and receiving Email, participating in
threaded discussions, and using online testing procedures.
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Instructional Methods: Read textbook, online materials, Unit Reviews, Major Exams, Semester Writing
Assignments, and online student activities.
Assignments: This course will consist of a study skills workshop, 2 exams, 1 monograph quiz, an oral
history paper, a primary source journal (based on Voices of Freedom), and a Final. In the event I detect
low readership or student inactivity, I reserve the right to add pop quizzes to the list of assignments. The
following provides an outline of each assignment, and I will provide more information about each as we
approach them.
• 10% Study Skills Workshop --- Students will take part in a study skills workshop that will include note-
taking, time management, online research, library reference, and group activities. This workshop will
take place in class.
• 30% Exams (15% Each) --- Studies will have 2 exams in this class (October 4.. and November 6),
covering information from the lectures and the texts. Each test will consist of true/ false, multiple
choice, identification (key terms) and an essay. Students are required to bring a bluebook and a pen to
the exam.
• 25% Final Exam--- The final will cover information from from the lectures and the texts. The final is
comprehensive, meaning that there will be information covered from the beginning of the semester.
Students should take note of prominent themes across the course of the semester and be prepared to
discuss them in detail on the final. The final will consist of multiple choice, identification (key terms)
and an essay. Students are required to bring a bluebook and a pen to the exam.
• 10% Critical Thinking Exercise and Short Essay (10% each)--- Students will participate in a critical
thinking exercise using the graphic novel Nat Turner and the corresponding primary source documents.
Each student will participate in an in-class discussion and choose one of two essay questions provided
by the instructor to write on. This assignment will test each student on their analytical abilities. More
information will be provided as the date approaches.
• 15% Oral History Paper-- This paper requires students to do an oral history interview with one person
and write a 5 page paper on the historical events they describe. The students may chose any person they
like to preform the interview on (so long as they are over the age of 18 and understand they are being
interviewed for a class assignment). The person whom the student choses to interview will be asked a
series of questions having to do with a particular historical event that they lived through. Examples
include, cultural shifts and changes experienced by the interviewee (segregation in the South,
transnational relocation, ex-patriot or new citizenship etc), war experiences (including World War II,
Korean war, Cold war, Vietnam war, Desert Storm, Iraq war, or Afghanistan war), social movements
(including the civil rights movement, gay rights movement, chicano rights movement, unionized labor
movements, women’s right movement etc), or significant era’s within American history (40s, 50s, 60s,
70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, technology boom or dot.com era etc). The purpose of this assignment is to
familiarize students with the way we study history, build research skills, as well as improve critical
thinking and writing skills.
• 10% Primary Source Journal--- Students will keep a primary source journal over the course of the
semester. The journal will be based on documents found on designated online academic websites.
Students are encouraged to make ongoing progress on their primary source journals. Students should
aim to produce no less than two primary source document analyses per chapter covered during the
course of the semester. More information about this assignment will be given in the coming weeks.
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TEXTBOOKS/MATERIALS:
• TEXTBOOK: America: A Narrative History, 8th Edition, by George Brown Tindall and David E. Shi
• Reader: http://www.pearsoncustom.com/tx/hcc_hist1301 (access to the reader can be purchased thru the
bookstore or directly through the publisher)
• Monograph: Arnt I a Woman, or Plantation Mistress (Students will choose one of these monographs
and write an essay over the book)
GRADE RANGE:
90 - 100
80 - 89
70 - 79
60 - 69
Below 60
A
B
C
D
F
GRADING FORMULA:
Your grade will be
determined by the
following
Study Skills
Workshop
Test 1 (Ch. 1-6)
Oral History Paper
Test 2 (Ch. 7-13)
Nat Turner Critical
Thinking Exercise
Primary Source
Journal
Final
(Comprehensive)
*Citizenship
Details
Percent of Final Average
Thursday, September 13
10%
Tuesday, October 2
Thursday, October 25
Tuesday, November 6
Tuesday, November 13
15%
15%
15%
10%
Tuesday , November 27
10%
Thursday, December 13
25%
ongoing
Up to 15 graded points added to a major
assignment
Total:
100%
HOMEWORK/TEST MAKE-UP POLICY:
Make-up Exams: Should a student miss an exam for any reason they will have to notify me PRIOR to
the exam and no later than 24 hours after the exam. Failure to do so will result in a failing grade of zero
for the exam. The ONLY Day to make up missed work in class is DECEMBER 4, 2012.
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
I WILL take attendance every class. Excessive absences will result in a low citizenship and participation
and will severely hinder a student’s chance at success in this class. I reserve the right to drop you from the
class if you miss more than 5 classes. Please note, I consider 3 tardies as equal to one absence.
CLASS PARTICIPATION POLICY:
In this class we are part of an active student learning community. When you signed up for this course and
walked through that door you became a citizen of this learning community. As we shall learn in this
course, citizenship involves more than just showing up. Citizenship involves active PARTICIPATION.
As a citizen in this community, you have the opportunity to earn citizenship points that will HELP your
final grade. In order to earn these points, students are required to actively participate in class discussions,
group activities, and note-taking while in class. Students are encouraged to attend cultural events around
campus and become part of a growing learning community that values each individual for what they bring
to the table. Finally, students in this course are asked to consider and construct what citizenship means,
both in this class and on a global scale.
CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE:
The following list outlines appropriate classroom etiquette. It is important that students maintain a
respectful and appropriate level of decorum in class. I reserve the right to ask you to leave if ANY of the
following rules are not abided by and, in extreme cases, I reserve the right to drop you from the course for
misconduct. Please note, that if deemed necessary, I reserve the right to amend my policies to improve the
learning environment.
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Inappropriate and unauthorized use of technology including but not limited to: cell phones that
disrupt class (loud ringtones, texting, alarms, etc). surfing the web, checking email, tweeting,
messaging, blogging, facebook posting, or any other digital social networking while in class.
Video or voice recording classmates without their consent is also considered inappropriate and
unauthorized use of technology. Please be respectful and responsible and use good sense and
judgement when utilizing technology in this class.
A general disregard and disrespect for me, your classmates, the school or its property. This
includes but is not limited to: talking while I am talking, interrupting another classmate while
they have the floor, making inappropriate gestures or comments about another classmate or
community member, writing on the desks, breaking chair or tampering with school property.I
have an ABSOLUTE ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for unruly, disrespectful or offensive
behavior, gestures violence and language. Each student needs to be respectful to each other and
to me while in this course AND outside the classroom.
Cheating on any assignment will result in an automatic ZERO for the assignment. NO
EXCEPTIONS. Cheating includes but is not limited to plagiarism, paraphrasing another’s work
and passing it off as your own, using unauthorized materials during tests or quizzes, and turning
in work that is not original. The bottom line; If you cheat I will catch you, so don’t do it!
Any behavior that negatively affects the learning environment or disrupts other’s ability to learn
will not tolerated.
Please Note: My goal as your instructor is to provide a learning environment that is conducive to
that found in a university setting. This is not high school. Please do not refer to this class as “the
13th grade.” Please do not conduct yourself as a person who believes they are in the “13th
grade.” Treat this class as an important and integral stepping stone to your future academic
goals. Come to class ready to learn and prepared to actively participate in class activities. In
turn, I will come to class ready to teach and willing to assist you in better understanding
American History.
Let’s be respectful, responsible citizens in our learning community, and make this a GREAT semester!!
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HCC Policy Statements:
ADA: STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES - any student with a documented disability, (i.e. physical,
learning, psychiatric, visual, hearing, etc) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact
the disability services office at the respective college at the beginning of each semester. Faculty are
authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the disability services office. The counselor
for Southeast College can be reached at 713 718-7218.
Academic Honesty: Academic irregularities cannot be tolerated. Attempts to compromise the integrity of
this course will result in a grade of zero for the assignment or dismissal from the class. Students must not
collaborate on the exams in any way (including the use of materials from former students) and must not
copy material from any source to use as their essay answers or discussion contributions. See the HCCS
Student Handbook for details.Cheating is not that hard to define and as college students, you should have
a firm idea about what cheating is. Just to be clear, here are a few simple definitions: • Cheating is:
Copying from another student's exam. • Cheating is: During a exam, using materials not authorized by the
person giving the exam.
• Cheating is: Collaborating with another student during a exam without proper authority.
• Cheating is: Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole or part the
contents of an exam or paper.
• Cheating is: Bribing another person to obtain a copy of an exam.
• Cheating is: Plagiarism which means using someone's work or someone's ideas and representing them
to be your own. That "someone" may be another student, a friend, a relative, a book author, an author of
material on a web site, etc. Do not take material from anywhere without giving proper credit or
reference. In other words, do not copy from an Internet source and paste it into your essay answer
space.
• Cheating is: Collusion, which means the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing
written work offered for credit when you represent that work to be your own.
All papers will be submitted to TurnItIn.com which is a service HCCS subscribes to for identifying
plagiarized material. In this class, anyone caught cheating will be awarded an F for the course. ALL
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS ARE TO BE DONE BY YOU, WRITTEN IN YOUR WORDS, NOT
SOMEONE ELSE’S. If you ever have any question about what is cheating, what is plagiarism or what is
unauthorized collusion, please contact your instructor before you do anything or submit anything. It is
much better to ask first than to get caught later.
Student Attendance: Attendance is essential for good understanding of the material. This instructor will
cover information not found in the textbook. If you are unable to access the class for extended periods,
please contact me immediately. I will not drop a student! If a student fails to sign into class and does not
complete the assignments that student will earn an ”F”. If a student does not want an "F", it is his/her
responsibility to drop this course.
3-peaters: NOTICE: HCC Course Withdrawal Policy - Beginning Fall 2007, the State of Texas imposes
penalties on students who drop courses excessively. Students are limited to no more than SIX total course
withdrawals throughout their educational career at a Texas public college or university.
To help you avoid having to drop/withdraw from any class, contact your DE professor regarding your
academic performance. You may also want to contact your DE counselor to learn about helpful HCC
resources (e.g. online tutoring, child care, financial aid, job placement, etc.). HCC has instituted an Early
Alert process by which your professor may “alert” you and DE counselors that you might fail a class
because of excessive absences and/or poor academic performance.
Students should check HCC’s Academic Calendar by Term for drop/withdrawal dates and deadlines.
If a student decides to drop or withdraw from a class upon careful review of other options, the student can
drop online prior to the deadline through their HCC Student Service Center:
https://hccsaweb.hccs.edu:8080/psp/csprd/?cmd=login&languageCd=ENG Classes of other duration
(mini-term, flex-entry, 8-weeks, etc.) may have different final withdrawal deadlines. Please contact the
HCC Registrar’s Office at 713.718.8500 to determine mini-term class withdrawal deadlines.
Withdrawal Deadline: It is your responsibility to withdraw officially from a class and prevent an “F” from
appearing on your transcript. When considering withdrawal from a course, remember that:
• No grade is given and your transcript reflects no record of the course if you withdraw before the
Official Date of Record.
• A “W” (indicating withdrawal) appears on your transcript if you drop a course after the Official
Date of Record and before the final deadline.
• The final deadline to drop the course is ________________________.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Receiving a W in a course may affect the status of your student Visa.
Once a W is given for the course, it will not be changed to an F because of the visa consideration. Since
January 1, 2003, International Students are restricted in the number of distance education courses that
they may take during each semester. ONLY ONE online/distance education class may be counted towards
the enrollment requirement for International Students per semester. Please contact the International
Student Office at 713-718-8520 if you have any questions about your visa status and other transfer issues.
Student Course Reinstatement Policy: Students have a responsibility to arrange payment for their
classes when they register, either through cash, credit card, financial aid, or the installment plan. Faculty
members have a responsibility to check their class rolls regularly, especially during the early weeks of a
term, and reconcile the official class roll to ensure that no one is attending class whose name does not
appear on the rolls. Students who are dropped from their courses for non-payment of tuition and fees, who
request reinstatement after the official date of record (OE date), can be reinstated by making payment in
full and paying an additional $75 per course reinstatement fee. A student requesting reinstatement should
present the registrar with a completed Enrollment Authorization Form with the signature of the instructor,
the department chair, or the dean, who should verify that the student has
been regularly attending class. Students who are reinstated are responsible for all course policies and
procedures, including attendance requirements. A dean may waive the reinstatement fee upon
determination that the student was dropped because of a college error. The dean should note the nature of
the error in a memo to the registrar with the appropriate documentation.
COURSE SCHEDULE
Week One
Aug. 27-Aug 31
Date
Reading Assignment
Class Activity
Tuesday, August 28
Class Introductions
Tuesday, September 4
Course Information and Syllabus
Discussion
Chapter 1-- Contact, Conflict and
Exchange in the Atlantic
NO CLASS
Thursday, September 5
Study Skills Workshop
Tuesday, Septemeber 11
Chapter 2-- Colonization of North
America
Workshop Presnetations/ Chapter 3-Crisis and Change
Chapter 3-- Crisis and Change
Chapter 4--The Expansion of Colonial
British America
Chapter 4-- The Expansion of Colonial
British America
Oral History Discussion and Chapter 5- War of Independence, 1764-1783
Chapter 5-- War of Independence,
1764-1783
Thursday, August 30
Week Two
Week Three
Thursday, September 13
Week Four
Tuesday, September 18
Thursday, September 20
Week Five
Tuesday September 25
Thursday, September 27
Week Six
Week Seven
Test 1(Ch. 1-6)
Tuesday, October 2
Thursday, October 4
Tuesday, October 8
Study Skills
Workshop Due
Chapter 6-- Toward a More Perfect
Union
Chapter 7-- The Federalist Republic
Thursday, October 11
Week Eight
Week Nine
Week Ten
Week Eleven
Chapter 8-- The New Republic Faces A
New Century
Tuesday, October 16
Reading Catch-Up Day!
Oral History Research
Day!
Thursday, October 18
Chapter 9-- Exploded Boundaries,
1815-1826
Tuesday, October 23
Chapter 10-- The Years of Andrew
Jackson, 1827-1836
Thursday, October 25
Chapter 11-- Panic and Boom, 1837- Oral History Paper
1845
Due
Tuesday, October 30
Chapter 12-- Expansion and Reaction,
1846-1854
Thursday, November 1
Chapter 13-- Broken Bonds
Tuesday, November 6
Test 2-- (CH 7-13)
Thursday, November 8
Week Twelve
Week Thirteen
Week fourteen
Current Events Conversation/ Chapter
13-- Broken Bonds
Tuesday, November 13 Monograph Critical Thinking Exercise
Thursday, November 15
Chapter 14--Decent into War, 18611862
Tuesday, November 20
Chapter 15-- Blood and Freedom
Thursday, November 22
No CLASS
Tuesday, November 27
Chapter 15-- Blood and Freedom
Critical Thinking
Short Essay Due
Primary Source
Journals Due
Week fifteen
Week sixteen
Date
Reading Assignment
Thursday, November 29
Thursday, December 6
Chapter 16-- Reconstruction
Abandoned
INDEPENDENT STUDY/ EXAM
MAKE-UP DAY
Final Exam REVIEW DAY
FINALS WEEK
Final @ ______________
Tuesday, December 4
Class Activity