History 11-Political and Social History of the United States I
Fall 2014, 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 or joinere@lahc.edu
for confidential communications with instructor.
Course Management System- www.myetudes.org
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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 16 th claims, 19 th century westward expansion, and sectionalism.
and 17 th century colonial
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 4 th ed., New
York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2014.
Eric Foner, ed., Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History, vol. 1, 4thed. 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
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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 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. The dates and times of these sessions will be posted at the Etudes Announcements page. There will 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 study material to help you learn the course material including chapter outlines, flash cards for vocabulary, and maps. You are not required to write on the Modules. This section is to be used as you are reading 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 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 will 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 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
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on the Discussion Board.
6) 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 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.
7) Historical Resume: The final project in the course will be a summary or resume of a historical individual. (20 pts.)
8) 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 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.
9) 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 Sept. 12. 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
Private Messenger and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Don’t hesitate to also post questions in the Chat Room or at Questions? 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
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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
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Dates
Sept. 2-7
Sept. 8-14
Sept. 15-21
Sept. 22-28
Topic
Introduction to
History 11
A Model for
Colonial America
Example- Analyzing a Primary Source
Anglo-American
Empire
(1607-1750)
Slavery & the
Struggle for
Freedom
Assignment
VOF-Preface
GML-1
VOF-1
-Bartolome de las
Casas
- The Pueblo Revolt
GML-2
VOF-2
-Maryland Act
Concerning
Religion
-John Winthrop
-Trial of Anne
Hutchinson
GML-3 &4
VOF-3 &4
-Nathaniel Bacon
-An Apprentice’s
Indenture Contract
-Complaint of an
Indentured Servant
-OlaudahEquiano
Wk 5
Wk 6
Sept. 29-Oct. 5
Oct. 6-12
The American
Revolution
Implications of the
American
Revolution
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
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Wk 7
Wk 8
Wk 9
Wk 10
Wk 11
Oct. 13-19
Oct. 20-26
Oct. 27-Nov. 2
Nov. 3- 9
Nov. 10-16
5
Religious Freedom
-Liberating
Indentured Servants
-Petition of Slaves
PS-1 due
Building a Nation GML-7
VOF-7
-Madison-The
Federalist
-Patrick Henry’s
Anti-Federalist
Argument
-Thomas Jefferson
On Race and
Slavery
Establishing a
Republic
The Market
Revolution
Democratizing
America
GML-8
VOF-8
-Defense of the
French Revolution
-Judith Sargent
Murray
-George Tucker
-Tecumseh
GML-9
VOF-9
-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)
Slavery &
Resistance
GML-11
VOF-11
-Frederick Douglas on the Desire for
Freedom
-Rules of Highland
Plantation
-Slavery and the
Bible

Wk 12
Wk 13
Wk 14
Wk 15
Wk16
Nov. 17-23
Nov. 24-30
Dec. 1-7
Dec. 8-14
Dec. 15-19
-Confessions of Nat
Turner
Antebellum Reform GML-12
VOF-12
-Robert Owen
-David Walker’s
Appeal
-Frederick Douglas
-Angelina Grimk e
Antebellum
Divisions
America’s Civil
War
Reconstruction
PS-3 due
GML-13
VOF-13
-John L. O’Sullivan
-Protest against
Anti-Chinese
Prejudice
-South Carolina
Ordinance of
Secession
GML-14
VOF-14
-Letter of Thomas
F. Drayton
-Samuel S. Cox
Condemns
Emancipation
-Abraham Lincoln-
The Gettysburg
Address
Historical Resume due
GML-15
VOF-15
-Petition of Black
Residents
-Mississippi Black
Code
- Sharecropping
Contract
-Frederick Douglass
Completing History
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Exam 3 (c.11-15)
Must be completed by Friday of 16 week- Dec. 19 th
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Chronology: Studying history is much more than learning names and dates. Nevertheless 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 #2 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 Hopi and Zuni tribes establish towns
1492 Columbus’ first voyage to New World
1607 Jamestown founded
1619 First black slaves arrive in Virginia
1691-92 Salem witchcraft trials
1754-63 Seven Year’s War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1788 Constitution ratified
1803 Louisiana Purchase
1820s-30s Second Great Awakening
1838-39 Trail of Tears
1848 Seneca Falls Convention
1850 Compromise of 1850
1865 Passage of 13 th
amendment
1877 Bargain of 1877
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