Ashland Community and Technical College
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Dual Credit History of the United States Through 1865
HIS 108
Fall
2013
Paul G. Blazer High School
Ashland, KY
605
Michelle Tackett
Office Hours: M-F; 9:20-10:10
Office Phone: (606) 327-6040
E-Mail: michelle.tackett@ashland.kyschools.us
Web Page:
http://www.ashland.kyschools.us/olc/teacher.aspx?s=431
Course Description:
This semester course offers an interpretive overview of United States History from pre-Columbian to
Reconstruction. Our investigation of the nature of the American republic includes methods, evidence,
and scholarship from the areas of social, political, economic, and diplomatic history. Solid reading and
writing skills, along with a willingness to devote considerable time to homework and study are necessary
to succeed. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking skills, essay writing, historiography, and
interpretation of primary documents.
This course fulfills the requirement for the elementary teacher’s certificate. Components: Lecture
Course Requisites:
ACT Benchmark in reading or Equivalent
Course Text:
Kennedy, David M., Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas A. Bailey. The American Pageant: A History of the
Republic. 13th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
Kennedy, David M. and Thomas A. Bailey. The American Spirit Volume One. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 2006.
Kennedy, David M. and Thomas A. Bailey. The American Spirit Volume Two. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 2006.
Course Material:
1. Notebook (see Summer Assignment)
2. College-ruled Paper
3. Pens/Pencils
4. Highlighters
Grading Criteria:
All grades are based on earned points.
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Six units will be completed this semester. Each unit will consist 400 points possible except Unit
5. Unit 5 will not include an essay or DBQ due to time constraints and will consist of 300
points).
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50% of total grade will consist of or a variation of the following activities: Reader Assignment,
Supplemental Activity, Notebook Assignment, Historical Document Analysis, and Quizzes
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50% of the total grade will come from Unit Exams and Essays/DBQs
Withdrawal Policy:
From the end of the drop/add period through midterm of the session, a student may withdraw from a
course and receive a “W”. From the first day after midterm until the last day of course work of the
session, a student may, at the instructor’s discretion, withdraw from a course and the instructor will assign
a grade of “W” at withdrawal. The student must initiate the official withdrawal. No grade will be
reported for a student who fails to pay registration fees in accordance with established policy or who
withdraws by the last day to drop without a grade.
“W” – Withdrawal represents a withdrawal from class without completing course requirements. A student
may officially withdraw from any class up to and including the date of mid-term with a “W” grade. After
the date of mid-term and through the last class of the semester or session, the student may officially
request a “W” grade which may be given at the discretion of the instructor. Each instructor shall state on
the first or second class meeting the factors to be used in determining the assignment of a “W” grade
during the discretionary period. An instructor shall not assign a student a “W” grade for a class unless the
student has officially withdrawn from that class in a manner prescribed by the college. The grade of “W”
may be assigned by the Community College Appeals Board in cases involving a violation of student
academic rights. It may not be assigned to a student found guilty of an academic offense without
permission of the instructor in whose class the offense occurred. A president of a college (or designee)
may, if the student concurs, assign the grade of “W” to a student who has been reported to the president
for unsatisfactory scholarship or excessive absences and who, after being reported, has made no
improvement.
W’s will be granted to students who have regularly attended class and who, due to situations beyond
control, were forced to miss assignments and were unable to make up those assignments for similar
reasons before the end of the semester.
August 25 Last day to withdraw without receiving a Grade of “W”
October 11 Last day to withdraw and receive a grade of “W” without instructor’s signature
December 7 Last day to withdraw and receive a grade of “W” at the discretion of the instructor
Late Work and Incomplete Work:
Late work is defined as assignments the student does not turn in when due. The assignment grade
will be reduced in the following manner: 1 day late 25% reduction; 2 days late 50% reduction; 3
days late 75% reduction; after 4 days late no credit.
Incomplete work is defined as student work that is turned in on time, however does not follow the
guidelines of the assignment. The work will be returned to student and late work reductions will
apply.
Make-up Work:
In case of absences students should refer to the syllabus and complete the activity listed. If it is
not possible to complete the activity (such as exam, quiz, or need of supplemental information to
complete an activity) students will be responsible to contact the instructor to schedule a time to
complete work. Make-up exams, writings, and quizzes will be scheduled before or after school.
If you are absent, check syllabus or absent log binder for previous day’s activities. Write the date
of your absence and ABSENT on the top of your make-up work.
All exam dates have been set. If you are absent the day before an exam you must take the exam
on the set date. Please keep a syllabus in notebook to keep up with exam dates.
Extra Credit:
I do not give extra credit on an individual basis.
Academic Honesty:
ACADEMIC HONESTY STATEMENT
HUMANITIES DIVISION
ASHLAND COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE
AUGUST 31, 1999
The information given below has been taken from Volume VI (Student Affairs Policy Sources), pages 33
and 34 of the KCTCS Faculty Source Book (1999). Sanctions for academic offenses may range from
lowering a grade on a paper or assignment to permanent expulsion from the Community College. Refer
to the latest edition of the Code of Student Conduct for further details.
ARTICLE III
ACADEMIC OFFENSES
3.1
PLAGIARISM
All academic work, written or otherwise, submitted by a student to an instructor or other
academic supervisor, is expected to be the result of the student’s own thought, research, or selfexpression. In any case I which a student feels unsure about a question of plagiarism involving
the student’s work, the student is obliged to consult the instructor on the matter before submitting
it.
When a student submits work purporting to be the student’s own, but which in any way borrows
ideas, organization, wording or anything else from another source without appropriate
acknowledgement of the fact, the student is guilty of plagiarism.
Plagiarism includes reproducing someone else’s work, whether it be a published article, chapter
of a book, a paper from a friend or some file, or whatever. Plagiarism also includes the practice
of employing or allowing another person to alter or revise the work which a student submits as
the student’s own, whoever that other person may be. Students may discuss assignments among
themselves or with an instructor or tutor, but when the actual work is done, it must be done by the
student and the student alone.
When a student’s assignment involves research in outside sources of information, the student
must carefully acknowledge exactly what, where, and how the student has employed them. If the
student uses words of someone else, the student must put quotation marks around the passage I
question and add an appropriate indication of their origin. Making simple changes while leaving
the organization, content, and phraseology intact is plagiaristic. However, nothing in these Rules
shall apply to those ideas which are so generally and freely circulated as to be part of the public
domain. Any question of definition shall be referred to the Community College Appeals Board.
3.2
CHEATING
Cheating is defined by its general usage. It includes, but is not limited to, wrongfully giving, taking, or
presenting any information or material by a student with the intent of aiding the student or another on any
academic work. Any question of definition shall be referred to the Community College Appeals Board.
Students With Disabilities:
Ashland Community and Technical College is committed to ensuring that all students will disabilities have
an equal opportunity in the pursuit of their educational objectives. If you have a disability and need
accommodations, contact the Disabled Student Services Coordinator at 606.326.2051 or in Room 215A.
You should also inform your instructor(s) of your special needs.
Behavior
1. This is a college course and students will be treated with college-level respect and will
therefore need to exhibit a corresponding level of disciple, behavior and responsibility.
Thus, inappropriate behavior such as being late for class, not being prepared for class,
interrupting lectures, and asking to be dismissed for various reasons will not be tolerated.
2. All work must be handwritten including notes.
Course Competencies/Learner Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course the student can:
1. Demonstrate the ability to examine relationships in diverse and complex environments.
2. Demonstrate an awareness of significant eras/periods of American history, including Colonial America to 1760 and
Revolutionary America.
3. Explain the social, cultural, political and economic forces that generate national development and historical change,
including American slavery and the Civil War.
4. Demonstrate an awareness of important individuals and groups that have had a profound impact on American
History.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of how the issues and events of the past have contributed to and shaped
contemporary society.
COURSE GUIDE
NOTE: THE COURSE GUIDE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT TEACHER’S DISCRETION.
UNIT 1: COLONIAL HISTORY
CHAPTERS 1-5
DATE
UNIT TOPICS/ASSIGNMENTS/TEXT READINGS
8/14
Introduction to course and Advanced Placement/HIS 108; Summer Assignment Due (140
points); Notebook (40 points)
8/15
Presidential Quiz (40 points); Pre-Columbian Societies and Early Explorations
8/16
Virginia; Indentured Servitude Activity ; Reader Pages 62-74 (40 points)
8/19
Summer Assignment Returned; The Puritans; 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America:
The Pequot War Video;
8/20
Complete Pequot War Video; Changes in Puritan Society
8/21
Developments in other Colonies
8/22
Analyze Historical Documents: Puritan Life and Colonial Differences (40 points)
8/23
Exam Unit 1: Colonial History (50 multiple choice) (100 points) ; Read Chapters 6- 7
American Pageant, Summarize Chapter 7 American Pageant for notebook assignment for
Unit 2 (15 points)
UNIT 2: THE COMING OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION
CHAPTERS 6-9
DATE
UNIT TOPICS/ASSIGNMENTS/TEXT READINGS
8/26
Early 18th Century Developments; Power Struggles in Colonial America
8/27
French and Indian War
8/28
Selected readings from American Spirit Reader: Chapter 7, pages 126-146, answer
questions page 146 (40 points)
8/29
Road to the American Revolution; Read Chapter 8 American Pageant
8/30
Quiz (20 Points) on Chapter 8 American Pageant reading assignment; American Revolution
9/03
American Revolution
9/04
Republicanism; Summarize Chapter 9 American Pageant for notebook assignment (15
points)
9/05
Quiz (20 points) Chapter 9 American Pageant reading assignment; Articles of
Confederation; United States Constitution
9/06
United States Constitution Activity (40 points)
9/09
United States Constitution
9/10
Analyze Historical Documents: French and Indian War and the changes in colonial
relations with Great Britain (40 points)
9/11
Exam Unit 2: The Coming of Independence and the Constitution (50 multiple choice) (100
points); Review unit to prepare for in class essay writing
9/12
Lesson on essay writing; study for essay
9/13
Essay Exam Unit 2 (100 points) ; Notebook Check (see above 2 notebook assignments for
30 points and class notes for 10 points); Summarize Chapter 10 American Pageant for
notebook assignment for Unit 3 (15 points)
UNIT 3: A NEW NATION TAKES SHAPE
CHAPTERS 10-12
DATE
UNIT TOPICS/ASSIGNMENTS/TEXT READINGS
9/16
The Washington Domestic and Foreign Policy
9/17
Selected readings from American Spirit Reader: Chapter 10, pages 188-214, answer
questions page 214 (20 points); Adams Domestic and Foreign Policy
9/18
Computer Lab: Hamilton vs. Jefferson Internet Activity; Development of Political Parties
Activity (40 points)
9/19
Election of 1800; Jefferson Administration; Read Chapter 11 American Pageant
9/20
Quiz (20 points) Chapter 11 American Pageant reading assignment; Jefferson
Administration; Madison Administration
9/23
Summarize Jeremy Black journal article “War of 1812” (see my webpage) (20 points);
Causes of War of 1812; Summarize Chapter 12 American Pageant for notebook assignment
(15 points)
9/24
War of 1812 and Era of Good Feelings
9/25
War of 1812 and Era of Good Feelings
9/26
Monroe Administration
9/27
Monroe Administration; Quiz (20 points) Chapter 12 American Pageant reading assignment
9/30
Analyze Historical Documents: Era of Good Feelings (40 points)
10/01 Review unit for exam and in class essay writing
10/02 Exam Unit 3: A New Nation Takes Shape (50 multiple choice) (100 points); Review of
10/03
essay writing
Essay Exam Unit 3 (100 points); Notebook Check (see above 2 notebook assignments for 30
points and class notes for 10 points); Summarize Chapter 13 American Pageant for Unit 4
notebook assignment (15 points)
UNIT 4: RISE OF MASS DEMOCRACY AND REFORMS
CHAPTERS 13-15
DATE
UNIT TOPICS/ASSIGNMENTS/TEXT READINGS
10/07 Quiz (20 points) Chapter 13 American Pageant reading assignment; The Adams and
Jackson Administrations
10/08 Andrew Jackson Video
10/09 Andrew Jackson Video; Andrew Jackson: An Enigma Activity (20 points)
10/10 Jackson and Van Buren Administration; Election of 1840 (Harrison);Two Party System
10/11 Westward Movement and Immigration of the early 1800s; Read Chapter 14 American
Pageant
10/14 Quiz (20 points) Chapter 14 American Pageant reading assignment; The Early Industrial
Revolution
10/15 America’s Transportation Changes
10/16 Star Day: Summarize Chapter 15 American Pageant for notebook assignment (15 points)
10/17 Impact of Reform Movements on American Culture; Henry David Thoreau and
Transcendentalism Activity (20 points)
10/18 Impact of Reform Movements on American Culture
10/21 Selected readings from American Spirit Reader: Chapter 15, pages 316-350, answer
questions page 350 (40 points)
10/22 Analyze Historical Documents: Reform Movements 1825-1850 (40 points)
10/23 Exam Unit 4: Rise of Mass Democracy and Reforms ( 50 multiple choice) (100 points);
Lesson on Writing DBQ
10/24 Lesson on Writing DBQ; Assign DBQ (due October 29th) (100 points)
10/25 DBQ; Notebook Check (see above 2 notebook assignments for 30 points and class notes for
10 points); Summarize Chapter 16 American Pageant for Unit 5 notebook assignment (15
points)
UNIT 5: SLAVERY AND SECTIONAL STRUGGLES
CHAPTERS 16-19
DATE
UNIT TOPICS/ASSIGNMENTS/TEXT READINGS
10/28 Quiz (20 points) Chapters 16 American Pageant reading assignment; Antebellum Southern
Society and Slavery; The Nature of Slavery in the Antebellum South Activity (completed within
the lecture)
10/29 The Abolitionist Movement Activity (20 points); Read Chapter 17 American Pageant
10/30 Tyler Administration; Election of 1844; Polk Administration
10/31 Mexican War; Rising Sectional Conflict
11/01 America The Story of Us Video: Division; Summarize Chapter 18 American Pageant for
notebook assignment (15 points)
11/04 Quiz (20 points)Chapter 18 American Pageant reading assignment; Summarize Robert
Reminit journal article “Clay’s Compromise” (see my webpage) (20 points)
11/05 Selected readings from American Spirit Reader: Chapter 19, pages 427-446, answer
questions page 426 (20 points)
11/06 Using Chapter 19 in the American Pageant text, complete Compromise and Conflict—The
Road to War Activity (20 points)
11/07
11/08
11/11
11/12
Causes of the Civil War
Analyze Historical Documents: The Coming of the Civil War (40 points)
Review Unit 5 for Exam
Exam Unit 5: Slavery and Sectional Struggles (50 multiple choice) (100 points); Assign
Essay Unit 5 (100 points) due November 18th, Notebook Check (see above 2 notebook
assignments for 30 points and class notes for 10 points); Summarize Chapter 20 American
Pageant for Unit 5 notebook assignment (15 points)
UNIT 6: THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
CHAPTERS 20-22
DATE
UNIT TOPICS/ASSIGNMENTS/TEXT READINGS
11/13 Quiz (20 points) Chapter 20 American Pageant reading assignment; Beginning the Civil
War; Advantages/Disadvantages of the North and the South
11/14 Diplomacy; Financing the War; Civil War Battles 1861-1862; Summarize Daniel Clarke
journal article “Why Englishmen Fought in the American Civil War (see my webpage) (20
points)
11/15 Read Chapter 21 American Pageant; The Emancipation Proclamation and The
Gettysburg Address (see my webpage)
11/18 The Civil War
11/19 Quiz (20 points) Chapter 21 American Pageant reading assignment; The Story of US:
Division
11/20 The Story of Us: Division; Civil War battles 1863-1865
11/21 Election of 1864; Summarize Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (see my webpage) (20
points); Politics in the North
11/22 Summarize Chapter 22 American Pageant for notebook assignment ( 15 points)
12/02 American Experience video Reconstruction: The Second Civil War or History Channel video
Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War
12/03 American Experience video Reconstruction: The Second Civil War or History Channel video
Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War
12/04 Reconstruction; Analyze Historical Documents: 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments (40 points)
12/05 DBQ: Civil War (due December 12th)(100 points)
12/06 Review for Semester Final Exam
12/09 Review for Semester Final Exam
12/10 Review for Semester Final Exam
12/11 Review for Semester Final Exam
12/12 DBQ Due; Semester Final Exam (including Unit 6 material) 2 sections with 35 multiple
choice questions each (140 points)
12/13
Complete Semester Final Exam (including Unit 6 material) 2 sections with 35 multiple
choice questions each (140 points); Notebook Check (see above 2 notebook assignments for
30 points and class notes for 10 points)
Week of December 16th -20th
History Channel Video: April 1865