HIST 109
AmericanHistoryto
Reconstruction
Spring 2014 Course Guide w/ Syllabus
Instructor: Frank Nobiletti
Section 3
Time: Wednesday 4-6:40pm
Room PSFA 325
Schedule #:21583
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Section 4
Time: Thursday 4-6:40pm
Room Storm Hall 123
Schedule #:21582
Table of Contents
§1
Useful Information
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1.1. Office and Office Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3. Your “Class Partners” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.4. Texts and Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4.1. Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4.2. Optional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.5. Class Website on Blackboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
§2
Course Description
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2.1. Goals and Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2. Procedures, inc. homework, “flipping,” & class number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
2.3. Turnitin.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.4. SDSU Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.5. SDSU Academic Honesty Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.6. Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.7. Outside Video Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.7.1. Outside Video Instructions . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...10
2.8. Voices of Freedom primary sources, articles, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.9. Quizzes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.10. Exams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.11. Term Paper, & The Writing Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 -13
2.12. Extra Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.13. Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.14. Tips to Succeed in This Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.15. Class Calendar: Topics, Readings, and Due Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ./ . . . .. . . 15
2 . 16 . Class Contract (Read, Sign & Return to Front Desk in 2nd Week). . . . . .. . . . . . ….. . . . . . . . . 20
§1 Useful Information
1.1.
Office and Office Hours
Office Location:
Arts and Letters 555
Office Hours:
Thursday 1-3:30pm AL555 (Starting in 2 nd week.)
And after every class (see SDSU Class Schedule for when/where)
Additional individual times can be arranged.
1.2.
Contact Information
Telephone: (619) 594-2266
I do not converse by email re classes; instead of emailing, s e e m e r i g h t a f t e r c l a s s t o
ask any question, or we can make an appointment on the spot if you need one.
Note: Any truly emergency email about must have your name and class day at the top.
1.3.
Your “Class Partners”
If you are absent or in need of another copy of something that was sent to you, it is your
obligation to contact a “class partner” for information on what you missed or are missing.
This includes handouts, announcements, assignments, and lecture notes.
Make a list of your class partners below:
Name
Email
Phone
1.
2.
3.
4.
So, exchange phone numbers and/or email with at least two classmates now ! They will be
your class partners. If you email me for information without first emailing and asking your
class partners, you will be docked one point the first time and two points for subsequent
times on whatever assignment or issue is being discussed.
If after asking your two class partners by email, you still do not have the answer, send me the
question and forward the two emails you have sent to your class partners with their
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names and email addresses on them. I will be happy to answer all reasonable
questions then. I am not the point person for all your initial emails on what announcements
you missed in class or missed while reading the syllabus, or the notes you missed when
absent.
On the other hand, I am always glad to hear you thoughts, ideas, and suggestions on the
topics and the structure of the course, and questions about the course material—but not the
mechanics that we have gone over or are in the syllabus, until you have asked each of your
class partners.
1.4.
Texts and Materials
1.4.1. Required
1. Give Me Liberty! Vol 1 3rd Edition by Eric Foner, (pub.: Norton)
2. Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History, Vol 1, 4th edition ed. Eric
Foner (Norton)
When you buy the bundled books 1 & 2 above, it costs $80.99 at the SDSU
Bookstore. It may be cheaper at KB books.
As an ebook book #1 can be purchased at www.nortonebooks.com for $22.40 per volume. For students
who purchase the ebook, you’ll need to purchase the reader (Voices) separately, as it is not available as an
ebook. I believe the paper copy is not too expensive. You can purchase the reader from this website as well
(www.wwnorton.com). It may also be available at the bookstores.
3. Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of
Democracy by Ted Nace, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2003. (You can
download this book for free at http://www.gangsofamerica.com/read.html)
4. C l i c k e r : g e t a n I < c l i c k e r f r o m t h e B o o k s t o r e .
We will not use the clicker app on smart phones
for security reasons.
IMPORTANT!!!!! REGISTER YOUR I CLICKER THE ONLY WAY THAT WORKS FOR SDSU:
If you’re clicker is registered in another class, you will automatically be registered. If not: Go to your
Blackboard home page. From the menu on the left click on the uppermost link which says:  Clicker
Registration You MUST use this method
Enter your CLICKER ID (found on the Clicker itself) Then click Submit, AND WAIT until it confirms that the
submission is successful. Do not leave page before that! Do not follow the method give on the box the
clicker came in. It does not work at SDSU.
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5. Additional readings may be posted on Blackboard, and found in Course Documents
periodically.
1.4.2.
T o t a l l y Optional but useful
1. A Pocket Style Manual, Third Edition (or Fourth Edition) by Diana Hacker, (BedfordSt. Martins, 2000)
If you are not familiar with grammar and documentation (using Chicago style) I
recommend referring to Hackers website, which has a sample paper with documentation.
See http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/history/pdf/Hacker-Bish-CMS.pdf.
If you have Keys For Writers, Fourth Edition by Ann Raimes, you can use it instead of
Hacker.
1.5.
Blackboard
This class will make extensive use of Blackboard, which is located at http://blackboard.
sdsu.edu. Find our course number under the list of your classes to access the course web
site.
The Syllabus, Film Lists, and Term Paper Guidelines will be posted under “Syllabus”
section on the course Blackboard page.
All else posted will be under “Course Information.”
Be sure the registrar’s office (via WebPortal) has your current email.
If you use Hotmail, or a similar provider, be sure your spam filter does not reject Blackboards
emails. SDSU will give you a free email address if you like.
Gradebook: If you see an exclamation point “!” in “My Grades,” that simply
means that your assignment has been submitted. It does not necessarily mean that
the assignment has not been graded.
Problems with Blackboard? There is a complete Help Site on Blackboard. Click the “help”
button on the top of the main page. It will also list the helpline phone number so you can
call. Still have problems? Go to or call the Student Computer Center in the Love Library
at (619) 594-3189.
§2 Course Description
This course will look at the history of what is now the United States of America from
Native American Migration to the end of Reconstruction after the Civil War
To accomplish these goals, we will ask questions about the historical roles played by such
factors as culture, religion, law, democracy ,role of the military, economics, expansionism,
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foreign relations energy, technology, immigration, social and class structures, race, gender,
and sexuality. We will also look at the difference between historiography and history, and
try to understand a little bit about the historiography of U.S. History. Thus, we will explore
how cultures’ biases, past and present, have influenced interpretations history.
We will look at what we call “knowing,” and “how we ‘know’ what we ‘know.’ Ultimately,
students will be encouraged to discover and pursue their own questions, those which they
find most important or interesting within this exploration of history. Finally, one important
goal of this course is that you emerge a better writer. To that end we will put emphasis on
writing skills
2.1. Goals and Objectives
By the completion of this course, you should be able to:
 understand many of the outlines, patterns, stories and debates regarding these historical
periods under study.
 use evidence to analyze important historical questions: Explain the types of evidence
available in different areas of historical knowledge and assess the reliability of the types of
evidence used to construct the telling of U.S. history.
trace the historical roots and development of a number of our contemporary economic,
social, political, technological, geophysical and cosmological patterns, predicaments and
possibilities.
 understand some of the historical roles played by such factors as culture, environment,
economics, technology, class structures, race, gender, and sexuality.
 understand some of the interactions between and among societies on regional and larger
scales.
 understand some of the major chronological periods.
 discover and pursue some of your own questions, those which you find most important or
interesting.
 (hopefully) glimpse some potential solutions to some contemporary problems, and see a key
role for yourselves and your society in solving them.
 understand how cultures’ biases, past and present, have influenced interpretations of
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world history.
understand history as a disciplined, evidence based interpretation of the past rather than
a mere listing of names and events.
interrogate primary or secondary sources within their historical contexts.
 improve your research, analytical and writing skills, and thus write a good historical essay:
Prepare a well-constructed, well-written, evidence-based historical argument.
 focus on improving your capacity to be precise and clear in expression, both oral and
written.
2.1a) This course is one of four Foundations courses that you will take in the area of Humanities and Fine
Arts. Upon completing of this area of Foundations, you will be able to: 1) analyze written, visual, or
performed texts in the humanities and fine arts with sensitivity to their diverse cultural contexts and
historical moments; 2) describe various aesthetic and other value systems and the ways they are
communicated across time and cultures; 3) identify issues in the humanities that have personal and global
relevance; 4) demonstrate the ability to approach complex problems and ask complex questions drawing
upon knowledge of the humanities.
2.2.
Procedures
• The Textbook: BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK AND PRIMARY SOURCE
BOOK TO EVERY CLASS!
When doing the chapter readings, review the Focus Questions at the
beginning of the chapter, and the Review Questions at the end of the
chapters. Also we will use the Chronology on the first part of each
chapter, and the key terms at the end of the chapter. Certain dates and
terms will be highlighted in class as particularly useful. Also read the
two primary source excerpts embedded in each chapter. Remember also
that you have online resources at the publisher’s textbook website to
help you digest the material.
• “ F L I P P I N G ” th e P o w e r p o i n t s i n t o h o m e w o r k :
P e r io d ic a l ly w e w il l f lip t h e c la s s p ow e r p o in t s e t c . s o
t h a t y o u w il l r ev ie w s o m e p owe r p o in t s a t h om e s o c la ss
t im e c a n b e use d f o r y o u r q u es t io n s a n d d is cu s s io n . Yo u
w i ll b e n o t if ie s w h e n w e w ill d o t h is
C L A S S N U MB E R S : y o u w ill b e g iv e n a c la ss n u m b e r
a f t e r F e b 4 t h . Yo u m u s t p ut it o n y o u r t e rm pa p e r a n d
f in a l a n d a n yt hin g e ls e y o u h an d in o n p a p e r .
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• D o u b l e s p a c e a l l submissions and put page numbers on the top of the page
• Anytime you must email have first and last name and class and hour.
• Staple any paper submission of more than one page! You will lose credit 2 - points (or
5 percent of the assignment) each time you don’t.
• If a paper copy is required, to save a tree or two you can use paper that has been
already used on the other side. For the term paper or final, if you do, you will receive an
extra 1 percent on that particular grade. Conserve resource; preserve your future.
• Student Use of Electronic Devices in the Classroom: Laptop use is permitted
and encouraged if it is ONLY be opened for note taking, or to the class BlackBoard pages. If
not, you will be asked to close it the first time; if you are asked again you will be asked to
leave the room and be marked absent for the day. Cell phone devices in the classroom
are prohibited and MUST NOT be out be out during class.
These rules are enforced to help remove distractions from other students and create a
better learning environment for everyone. If this rule is not followed after the first
warning, the student will be asked to leave the classroom and will receive an absence for
the day.
• Remember, a NOVEL is a term for fiction only. A NON
fiction book is not a novel! You will lose credit if you call a
non-fiction book a novel in any class assignment (-2 pts)
2.3.
Turnitin.com
This is the web site where you will deposit your film write-ups, extra credit write-ups, term
paper, and final exam. D O N O T P U T Y O U R S U B M I S S I O N S I N T H E
D I G I T A L D R O P B O X . There is a section on Turnitin.com for students—download the
manual and tips for students about submitting your docs to Turnitin within your
Blackboard course.
Please
go
to
the
ITS
Plagiarism
website:
http://its.sdsu.edu/
tech/plagiarism.html. You are responsible for knowing what plagiarism is, so read it.
Ignorance is not acceptable as an excuse.
(A paper copy of the Term Paper and Final Exam must also be turned in or your paper
will not be graded.)
No paper copies of film questions and extra credit submissions are needed, only
electronic submissions via Turnitin.)
If you have any trouble with Turnitin, contact the Student Computing Center in Love
Library at scc@rohan.sdsu.edu or (619) 594-3819. You may also go to the Student Help
Desk. They are there to help you on any Turnitin problems. If that doesn’t work, get
the persons name, and politely but firmly ask to see the supervisor. If that still doesn’t
work, give me both of their names in writing, and I will do what I can. Also, apparently
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you are better off using Mozilla Firefox as your browser to upload files; and that also works
for sure if the file is in .doc format.
2.4.
SDSU Statement
Students agree that by taking this course all required papers may be subject to submission
for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted
papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely
for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. You may submit your papers in such
a way that no identifying information about you is included. Another option is that you
may request, in writing, that your papers not be submitted to Turnitin.com. However, if
you choose this option you will be required to provide documentation to substantiate that
the papers are your original work and do not include any plagiarized material.
2.5.
SDSU Academic Honesty Policy
(The University has requested that we include the University’s Academic Honesty Policy in
the syllabus)
Institutions of higher education are founded to impart knowledge, seek truth, and encourage
one’s development for the good of society. University students shall thus be intellectually
and morally obliged to pursue their course of studies with honesty and integrity. Therefore,
in preparing and submitting materials for academic courses and in taking examinations, a
student shall not yield to cheating or plagiarism, which not only violate academic standards
but also make the offender liable to penalties explicit in Title 5.
Cheating shall be defined as the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for academic
work by the use of dishonest, deceptive, or fraudulent means. Examples of cheating include,
but are not limited to (a) copying, in part or in whole, from another’s test or other
examination; (b) discussing answers or ideas relating to the answers on a test or other
examination without the permission of the instructor; (c) obtaining copies of a test, an
examination, or other course material without the permission of the instructor; (d)
using notes, cheat sheets, or other devices considered inappropriate under the prescribed
testing condition; (e) collaborating with another or others in work to be presented without
the permission of the instructor; (f ) falsifying records, laboratory work, or other course
data; (g) submitting work previously presented in another course, if contrary to the rules of
the course; (h) altering or interfering with the grading procedures; (i) plagiarizing, as
defined; and (j) knowingly and intentionally assisting another student in any of the above.
Plagiarism shall be defined as the act of incorporating ideas, words, or specific substance of
another, whether purchased, borrowed, or otherwise obtained, and submitting same to the
University as one’s own work to fulfill academic requirements without giving credit to the
appropriate source. Plagiarism shall include but not be limited to (a) submitting work,
either in part or in whole, completed by another; (b) omitting footnotes for ideas,
statements, facts, or conclusions that belong to another; (c) omitting quotation
marks when quoting directly from another, whether it be a paragraph, sentence, or
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part thereof; (d) close and lengthy paraphrasing of the writings of another; (e)
submitting another person’s artistic works, such as musical compositions,
photographs, paintings, drawings, or sculptures; and (f ) submitting as one’s own
work papers purchased from research companies.
2.6.
Attendance
Attendance will be taken regularly, both before and after the break and be part of
your participation grade. Class participation is appreciated and expected in this course.
If you are absent, or if you need another copy of something that was sent to you, it is
your obligation to contact your “class partner” for information on what you missed or are
missing (e.g., handouts, announcements, assignments, lecture notes).
YOU MUST HAVE YOUR CLICKER WITH YOU FOR EVERY CLASS TO CHECK IN.
2.7.
Outside Video Assignments
There are three (3) out-of-class video assignments:
You must see three videos from the list below. All are in the Media Center in the Love
Library (basement of the Library Dome), some are available via Netflix, etc. There are five
films on the list.
Note: If you do more videos than the required three, they turn automatically into extra
credit. Just put the extras in the Extra Credit Turnitin.com folders.
2.7.1.
Outside Video Instructions
• Create questions: Come up with a list of five original multiple choice questions—
with the correct answer marked by underlining it—and three true/false questions—
with the correct answer marked True or False after it.
The questions should not be overly picky, but something that a careful viewer
would notice.
An example of each type (relating to the movie Human Race: Bomb Under the Earth):
1. Which statement(s) about the film are true?
(a) Over the next decades, half the human race will be uprooted from
villages
(b) We are going through the biggest change in history since the Industrial
Revolution
(c) The film takes place in Mumbai, India
(d) The film takes place in Calcutta,India
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(e) All of the above
2. True/False In the film, zebras and elephants are both used extensively in
advertising.
• Electronically submit each video’s set of questions separately to
Turnitin.com: Go to ‘Assignments” and pick an electronic folder labeled “Outside
Videos.” Have your and film title on the actual electronic paper as well. Be sure
you keep a backup copy and receipt..
• Due Dates: See Section 2.15: Course Calendar: Topics, Readings & Due Dates.
• Do not submit a paper copy of the required film questions.
The video questions will be graded liberally and you will assume a 9 out of 10 (A-) IF the
quality and range of coverage is reasonable. (Choose your various questions to show that
you have seen the whole film.) They are each worth 3 points of your final grade.
LIST OF VIDEOS TO SELECT THE REQUIRED 3 FROM:
1. Africans In America: Part 1: The Terrible Transformation DVD-2820
2. Liberty!: The American Revolution: Vol. 3:
Are We to Be a Nation: Part 1: The World Turned Upside Down
3. Africans in America: Part 3: Brotherly Love DVD-2820
4. The Civil War: Vol. 1 or 2
2.8.
Voices of Freedom Primary Sources, Article, etc.
(Primary Sources or articles or videos about current developments related to what
we are studying.)
Almost every week you will be required to read a primary source in Voices related
to the text book chapter that you have also read.
Bring your Voices source book to class notated, along with a TYPED 8x 11 sheet
answering the several questions at the end of the primary source you have chosen.
Additionally answer these 2 questions:
3) How this doc relates to and informs the related part of the Chapter in the main text.
4) What impact did the primary source had on your understanding and beliefs.
This must be your own work, and no google drive type of sharing is allowed and will be
considered cheating. ->
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Put the name of the particular source and the chapter and day’s date on the top of the
page, with your class day and class number UPPER RIGHT SIDE ready to be handed in.
Again, this all must be typed AND you must be present to hand it in and get credit. I will
not collect them all every week, but be ready to be called on to read your answer to the
class and to discuss it and to hand it in.
2.9.
Quizzes
There will be three quizzes instead of a midterm. The dates are marked on the Class
Schedule, We will use the clickers for the quizzes. The format of the quizzes will be short
answer/multiple choice and true/false, and they will be based on the readings since the
last quiz, plus the lectures (Hint: use the class PowerPoints and your personal class notes
to review) as well as the in-class films and video, guest lectures, debate, current event
issues discussed and handouts.
2.10.
Exams
Exams will be based on lectures, discussions, guest lectures, in-class presentations and debates, in-class films, and readings, including articles sent to you. The exam answers are
expected to make explicit use of these. Lectures will often parallel or overlap the readings,
but will not aim at a reiteration of the text. You will be given a study sheet for any in-class
written final.
Take Home exams or any at-home writeups: You may not share your exam materials
or essay drafts with any classmate before handing the paper in unless specifically OKed by
instructor. Nor may you read theirs before handing yours in.
2.11.
Term Paper
You are required to write a four-page term paper (four full pages), which will be due in
the ninth week. All papers must be submitted on paper and to Blackboard’s Turnitin.com
Specific guidelines for the paper will be posted on Blackboard, and I will announce when it
is up. Be sure to carefully read the guidelines. We can discuss potential approaches in class,
and in some cases, papers may be presented to the class for additional credit. There will be
a list of books to choose from that will be posted on Blackboard in the Syllabus folder. It
will be announced when it is up.
You may add visuals to your paper, but only in addition to the minimum-length paper.
Also, all sources for visuals must be documented, and the visuals should be on the e-copy as
a .jpg. For all books you are required to keep in mind any appropriate methodology and
terminology we have studied in class that is appropriate to your paper.
Important: College-level English grammar, punctuation, and writing skills are an inherent
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part of what is expected in your paper. If you have writing problems, use this paper to work
on them.
THE WRITING CENTER! This semester the Writing Center has expanded evening hours. It
will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 9 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, and 9
to 2 p.m. on Friday. The Writing Center will officially open Monday, Jan. 27th. If you have
issues with your writing, make an appointment ASAP, way in advance, to be sure you will get
help. For students with English as a second language, there is now no reason why your paper
should not be top notch in grammar, punctuation, documentation and style. Use the Writing
Center!
Be sure to proofread your paper carefully, do not just spellcheck.
If it looks like you don’t even want to reread your own paper, that is a very poor sign to
your grader and will be reflected in your grade if it is not proofed.
2.12.
Extra Credit
As stated above, various extra credit possibilities are available, including films in the
Media Center in Love Library.
Do a 1 to 1½ pp. double-spaced commentary/critique for each of these films
SEPARATELY and put it in your Blackboard Turnitin e-Folder. Be sure the film title is at
the top.
Commentary FORMAT: The commentary/critique must make specific points, not
vague generalities. Start off by identifying a major thesis or theses of the film, and
critiquing how well it or they were substantiated. You should also include a sentence or
two about if you thought the film was worth watching. It is NOT a summary. Show by
your specifics that you have seen the whole film. For events that are announced for
extra credit, use the same format.
No paper copy is needed unless explicitly stated otherwise. All extra credit must be
uploaded to Turnitin by Friday midnight of the fourteenth week. No exceptions!
2.13.
Grading
Participation, Attendance and Misc assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%
Three Outside film write-ups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9%
Three quizzes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 15%
Term paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30%
Final exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30%
Extra credit normally adds 0.5 points per film to your final grade.
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A note on grades: Quoted from the SDSU Academic Senate Policy:
A = Outstanding Achievement
B = Praiseworthy performance
C = Satisfactory Performance, the most common undergraduate grade
D = Minimally Passing
F = Failing
Also: The minimum Grade for CR in Cr/NCR is a C (or 73 numerically)
2.14.
Tips to Succeed in This Class
• Take Thoughtful Notes: This class uses lecture, film, and discussion. You are
expected to actively engage this material, including taking notes. You will be given
some of the overheads and PowerPoint handout notes that will be used in class.
Additional terms may be written on the board. These will provide an outline and
key terms, but the outlines are in no way sufficient notes for the class lecture or the
films.
• Simply because we are in a conversational or question and answer mode, it
does not mean that note taking should cease. Take thorough notes, compare
them with class- mates, and review and revise your notes after each class.
• Do the readings: The secret to doing the readings in a once a week classs is to start
immediately the first moment you get time after the last class.
If you at least promise yourself the habit of opening the book and starting for at
least 10 minutes (and then stopping if you want to) you will have cracked the ice.
You will find it much easier to get the reading done. Do this every day, if necessary. Do
not let it bunch up till the last minute. Move on, skim if necessary, and take
advantage of your class partners if you don’t understand or like it.
• What does it mean when it says skim? It means at least know something about the
reading. This can generally be done by reading the first several sentences next to the
headings. Another approach is to read the first and last sentence of each paragraph.
For those chapters that have chapter/lecture notes in the class packet, use the outlines
as guidelines to see what the teacher is emphasizing.
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2.15.
Class Calendar: Topics, Readings, and Due Dates
Course Outline and Reading Assignments:
2014 Spring History 109 Nobiletti
Wed & Thurs CLASSES
ALL Dates below are the days the reading or assignment is due (unless otherwise announced.)
The instructor reserves the right to modify the reading assignments and schedule as conditions warrant.
REPEATED HERE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE:
•
The Textbook: BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK AND PRIMARY SOURCE
BOOK TO EVERY CLASS!
When doing the chapter readings, review the Focus Questions at the
beginning of the chapter, and the Review Questions at the end of the
chapters. Also we will use the Chronology on the first part of each
chapter, and the key terms at the end of the chapter. Certain dates and
terms will be highlighted in class as particularly useful. Also read the
two primary source excerpts embedded in each chapter. Remember also
that you have online resources at the publisher’s textbook website to
help you digest the material.
Topics
Week
1
Wed Jan 22
Thu Jan 23
Introductions
Readings, Class Activities, and
Assignments
Purchase Required Textbooks
Bring Clicker
Community & Diversity;
The Construction of Race.
Definitions:
1) Techno Economic Periodization of Human History
2) Early Modern Period, Modern Period, Post Modern
Ancient Native America:
Methodology of Native American History.
Earliest Migrations to America
Film segment: NOVA: The Mystery of the First
Americans (Media Center VTC 773)
2
Wed/Thu, Jan 29/30
Go over Syllabus +
LECTURE:
Clovis
The Southwest: The Anasazi to the Pueblo.
film clips:
500 Nations:Volume 1: The Ancestors:“The Anasazi”
Readings:
Optional but suggested, read the
textbook’s Preface.
Foner, Give Me Liberty!, Chapter 1
Voices Ch 1 (pick one primary source
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Plus:
The Anasazi & Chaco Canyon
and follow the directions in Sect 2.8 of
this Syl)
The Mississippi River: Cahokia & Mississippian
Cultures:
film clips: 500 Nations: Volume 1: The Ancestors:
“Cahokia, City of the Sun”
3
Wed/Thu Feb 5/6
LECTURE: Contact:
The Taino, Columbus, & the American Imaginary.
film clip: 500 Nations: Vol.3: Clash of Cultures
The Southeast: From Mississippian Culture to The
Powhatan Confederacy and Jamestown.
Readings:
Foner, Give Me Liberty! Chapter 2
(“Beginnings of English America,
1607–1660”)
The Powhatan and the English
Film clip from 500 Nations: Vol. 4:
Invasion of the Coast
The Northeast: Wampanoag & Puritans; King
Phillips War
Film clips from
500 Nations: Vol.4: Invasion of the Coast
New England Puritanism
Voices Ch 2 ( see Sect 2.8)
Discuss Primary Source
4 Wed/Thu Feb 12/13
LECTURE:
How Europe Had Changed
Due: Outside film #1 due
any time Friday (see section 2.7
FILM Clip Millennium Vol. IV: 18 Cent. [ITS8186, Second half] The European
Enlightenment
British North America:
Cultural Transformation of British North America:
LECTURE: English Immigration to Virginia: Who
Went?
GO over Term paper
5
Wed/Thu Feb 19/20
Quiz 1 [Covers all material since 1st day]
Film: Ethnic Notions: Black People in White Minds
6
Wed/Thu Feb 26/27
The Enlightenment & the Great Awakening
LECTURE: “Revolution, Religious Revival, &
Republicanism”
Discuss Article or Primary Source
of Course Guide/Syllabus)
Readings:
Foner, Give Me Liberty!, Chapter 3
Voices Ch 3( see Sect 2.8)
Read carefully “Term Paper
Guidelines” and “How to Analyze
Secondary Sources” [in
Blackboard Syllabus Folder]
Quiz 1: (Covers readings,
lecture, films & discussions
up to week 5)
Due: Outside video #2 due any
time Friday (see section 2.7 of
syllabus)
Read: Foner,Ch.4 to p.127
Voices Ch 4( see Syl Sect 2.8)
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Wed/Thu March 5/6
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Wed/Thu Mar 12/13
LECTURE/PPT/DISCUSSION:
Pontiac’s Confederacy & The French and
Indian War:
Read
Foner Ch 4 (p.127 to end)
Ch. 5
Road to Revolution.
film clip: 500 Nations: Vol. 5: Cauldron of War
(On trade; Pontiac’s Confederacy)
Voices Ch 5( see Sect 2.8)
The American Revolution
Read:
Foner Ch. 6
The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Civil War
Film clip: 500 Nations: Vol. 5: Cauldron of War:
The British East India Company, the American
Revolution, & How the Founders Felt about
Corporations
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Wed/Thu Mar 19/20
The New United States:
The Building of A New Nation
Voices Ch 6 ( see Sect 2.8)
In Gangs: Ch 2 pp. 22 - 29
TERM PAPER DUE
Read: Foner Ch 7
Voices Ch 7 ( see Sect 2.8)
FILM/DISCUSSION: Liberty! The American
Revolution: Are We to Be A Nation: Part 6
(On the Constitution)
Spring Break
(Mar 31th-Apr 4th)
Happy Spring Break!
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Wed/Thu Mar 26/27
Quiz 2
LECTURE/DISCUSSION: Jefferson’s America
film clip: on Tecumseh
Discuss Article or Primary Source on
Constitution
Quiz 2
[Covers all material since
last quiz]
Due: Outside video #3 due any
time Friday (see section 2.7
of syllabus)
Due: Micro Assignment On
the Constitution (see
Instructions will be posted on
BBD, Syl section)
Read: Foner Ch 8
Voices Ch 8 ( see Sect 2.8)
11
Wed/Thu Apr 9/10
The Market Revolution 1800-1840
Read:
Ch 9 & 10
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Andrew Jackson: Every [White] Man’s President:
Indian Removal
Voices Ch 9 & 10 ( see Sect 2.8) Pick
one primary source.
film: 500 Nations: Removal
12
Wed/Thu Apr 16/17
The Old South: The South & Slavery
FILM: Africans in America: Part 3: Brotherly Love
Read:
Foner Ch 11: The South and
Slavery-1790s-1850s
Ch 12 Age of Reform 1820-1840
Voices Ch 11 or 12( see Sect 2.8)
Pick one primary source.
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Wed/Thu Apr 23/24
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Wed/Thu
Apr 30/ Mar1
The New North: The Market Revolution, &
Industry.
Cities, Immigration, Labor, and Women’s
Rights.
How Corporations Came to Power (the Case of
the United States) Part II
SEND OUT FINAL EXAM STUDY SHEET
DISCUSS: Final
Film clip: The U.S. - Mexican War: 18461848: Vol. 1
“The Other Shore” (On California)
Sectional Politics & The Coming Crisis
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Wed/Thu May 6/7
Read:
In Gangs: Ch 4 to Ch 5 pp. 38–55
In Gangs Ch 6: The Genius,
<Tom Scott, the man who
reinvented the corporation>
pp.56-69
ALL Extra credit must be
turned in by your class day
this week.
Read:
Foner Ch. 13 A House
Divided 1840-1861
Voices Ch 13 or 14( see Sect 2.8)
Read Ch 14:
The Civil War
Quiz 3 [Covers all since last quiz,
Quiz 3
DISCUSS: Final
including this week’s readings]
The Civil War & Reconstruction
Film clip: Birth Of A Nation?
Read:
Foner Ch 15 Reconstruction
Voices Ch 15( see Sect 2.8)
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Final Exam
Wed May 14 5:00-6:00 PM
Thu May 15 5:00-6:00 PM
Grades posted , Tues May 20 11pm
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Penalty for non compliance: minus 20 final grade points
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regulations. Further, I will make my best effort to read the assignments and participate.
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