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History is an attempt to understand the
stories of the past. We
must not ignore dates and facts, but interpretations define
the way we view the world around us.
Course
Information:
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Course: |
Early
American History (Hybrid) |
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Section: |
Hist 121 |
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Semester: |
Fall 2018 |
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Date/Time: |
Friday 12:30-1:45 pm |
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Location: |
LR
274 |
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Name: |
John (Kinch) Kincheloe |
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What is this
Course? |
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Email: |
jkincheloe@nvcc.edu |
What do I
need to do? |
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Phone |
(703)948-7571 |
How do I
do assignments? |
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Office
Location: |
HEC
316-A
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What
are the course rules? |
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Website: |
What is a Hybrid course? |
-The history of
early America is the history of the search for an American Identity. The greatest strength
of the United States exists in the source of its greatest
conflict: diversity.
Economic growth and territorial expansion brought about
both interaction and struggle throughout North American. Americans developed
from a diverse populace, and those who came to form the United
States in the nineteenth century were a product of the
interaction of these various groups.
-My goal is to
complicate, not simplify, your understanding of how the United
States of America came to exist.
The United States was not always a secure entity. In fact, the majority
of its history is the story of experimentation and failure. We will look closely
at the themes of cultural
interaction, economic motivation, and the expansion ethic.
By the end of
the semester you should:
-Be able to
explain what constitutes an American, and how that conception
developed from both positive and negative consequences.
-Be able to
devise original arguments about historical trends and events
and prove them using both primary and secondary information.
Stuff the college
makes me include:
Course
Description
This
course surveys the general history of the United States to
1865 and allows students to reach a basic understanding of the
characteristic features of the United States’ early historical
development. Students will learn about some of the important
political, economic, social, intellectual, cultural and
religious changes that shaped the development of the United
States from earliest times.
Course
Objectives
Upon
completion the course, the student will be able to:
-Establish
a chronology of historical events in American History before
1865.
-Explain
the changing geo-political structures of the United States up
until 1865.
-Define
the importance of key individuals and developments in American
history before 1865.
-Identify
the social, economic and political forces at work in the
evolution of early American history.
-Recognize
and describe the significance of some of the cultural
achievements of early American history.
-Analyze complex
historical sources and materials and reach conclusions based
on interpretations.
There are no
pre-requisites, but this is a writing intensive course so an
introductory English course is highly recommended.
-Online
Textbook=
-American Yawp: Open online
textbook (link)
-Online books =
-A Short account of
the Destruction of the Indies, Las
Casas (link)
-Autobiography of
Benjamin Franklin (link)
-Additional
online materials will be made available via Blackboard
Fall
2018 His 121
Hybrid Course Schedule (Under Construction)
note: due to the Hybrid nature of the
course there are Multiple weekly deadlines.
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Topic:
Face-to-Face
Meeting
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Hybrid
Activities
(Due Wednesday
12:30pm - BEFORE CLASS)
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Group Presentation (Doc-Doc. Lead) (Vid-Video) |
Reading
/ Assignments
(to be
completed before the class)
[Friday
12:30 pm] |
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Section
1 = Pre-Contact=
The first fourteen Thousand Years
13,000 BC – 1492 AD
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Week
1 (Aug.
24) |
Intro, Geography, &
Migration Theories |
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Week
2 (Aug.
31) |
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Read textbook: Ch. 1 all -Native
Americans |
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==Dis. Post
ch.1== |
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Section
2 = Colonial North America 1492
– 1775 |
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Week 3 (Sep. 7) |
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==Dis. Post ch.2== |
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Week
4 |
Chesapeake and the Low Country |
Read textbook: Ch. 3
all
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==Dis.
Post ch.3==
==Paper
1 due (on BB)==
Read Primary Documents: John Smith "an account..." John Rolfe "a letter" Declaration by Nathaniel Bacon Gov. William Berkley on Bacon's Rebellion |
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Week 5 (Sep. 21) |
New England and Mid Atlantic |
-WATCH: Puritans Videos |
Group 2 – Doc
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==Dis. Post ch.4== Read Primary Documents: |
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Section
3 = Creating a country of divisiveness 1763 – 1814 |
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Week
6 (Sep.28) |
Rising Tensions and the Motivation of
Revolt. |
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Group 3 – Doc
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Read Primary Documents: Declaration
of Independence |
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Week 7 (Oct. 5) |
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Week
8 (Oct.12) |
A Floundering Experiment & the
Constitution |
-WATCH:
Constitution Video |
Group 4 – Doc |
Read Primary
Documents: |
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Week 9 (Oct. 19) |
Conflict in a weak nation: The Politics of
Stability |
-WATCH: Kinch Video |
Group 5 – Doc |
==Dis. Post ch.7== Read
Primary Documents: |
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Section 4 = The Second Generation
and the Making of the United States 1814 -1860 |
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Week
10 (Oct.
26) |
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WATCH:
Kinch Video |
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==Dis.
Post ch.12==- -Journals of Exploration: Lewis and Clark |
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Week 11 (Nov. 2) |
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-WATCH: Kinch Videos |
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==Dis. Post ch.
8&9== |
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Week
12 (Nov.
9) |
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-WATCH:
Kinch Video |
Group 6 – Doc |
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Week 13 (Nov. 16) |
Discussion of Early 19th century
change. |
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Read: |
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| Thanksgiving Break |
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Section 5 = Civil War 1844 -1877 |
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Week
14 (Nov.
30) |
Regional tensions build |
-WATCH:
Kinch Videos Compromise
= Battle to Prevent War. Part 1 |
Group 7 – Doc Group 4- Vid. |
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Week 15 (Dec. 7) |
A nation torn apart |
Read textbook: Ch. 14
& 15 all Cumulative Paper
Due |
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==Dis. Post ch.
14&15== |
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Week
16 |
Final Exam |
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All assignments
are graded on a 100 point scale and averaged accordingly to the
percentages listed below.
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Assessment
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Percentage
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In class Participation
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10 |
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Group Presentations |
15 |
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Discussion Chapter
posts |
5 |
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2 – 3 page papers |
20 |
Grading
Scale |
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Hybrid Activities |
20 |
A |
90-100 |
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Midterm & Final
Exam |
20 |
B |
80-89 |
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Cumulative Essay |
10 |
C |
70-79 |
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D |
60-69 |
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F |
59 and below |
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Group Work
§ You
will
be assigned a group that you will work with throughout the
semester.
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Your group will have its own private
discussion board and collaboration on BB beginning in week 2
of the semester.
§ Video
Group
Research Presentations (click for
instructions)
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Your group will
produce a publically posted five minute research presentation.
§ Discussion lead (click for instructions)
· Once
during the semester your group will lead a class
discussion of the primary sources assigned that week.
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Failure to
appear will result in a “0” grade for this assignment.
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Discussion
chapter
posts
§ Each post
should not exceed 140 characters and is due before
the start of the first class of the week in which the
corresponding chapter is assigned to be read.
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Hybrid
Activities
§ Weekly
short written exercises and/or discussion carried out
through BB.
§ Exercises
will be graded as written assignments/ discussion will be
graded based on both quantity and quality of posts.
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Participation
& Quizzes
§ Based
on
attendance and active engagement in daily discussions.
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2- 3pg. argumentative
papers
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Utilizing
readings from primary sources, and the textbook.
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(All
papers should be submitted via attachment on blackboard)
o Midterm
& Final
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Consists
of 3 parts: Map,
Chronology/Causation, Essay.
Review sheets, containing key terms
and map items, will be posted on course schedule.
o Cumulative
Essay
Final Cumulative Exam Question
The formation of an
American identity was a long and complicated process. What is an
American? When
did such an identity form and how did it evolve over time?
(Evidence and
Information must be used from across the breath of the semester
and 3 different primary documents to prove your Argument.)
Extra
Credit
Assignments (due by the end of Week 13) =
Digital History Project- check it out here.
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Hybrid Attendance
Policy:
This is a
hybrid course whereas 50% of the coursework assignments are
completed outside the classroom.
Students are expected to work at least nine (9) hours a
week to completed coursework expectations. Students are required
to log onto blackboard at least three times a week,
to ensure awareness of assignment updates, coursework
modifications and weekly announcements.
Absences,
Late arrival, and leaving early will affect a student’s
grade due to the student not being able to participate
in class/group discussions. Students missing more than 30
percent of the scheduled classes without an excused absence
from the professor will receive ZERO points for the class
participation grade. Class absence does not excuse a student
from meeting assignment due dates
Course
includes both classroom and online meetings. A portion of this
course is delivered via the World Wide Web in lieu of
traditional classroom hours.
Student must have access to the Internet and access to
Blackboard. A hybrid class requires additional work outside
the traditional lecture period. To that end, you will complete
a series of assignments, which will take you about the same
amount of time as you spend in class. This will require you to
have access to a computer and reliable, preferably high-speed,
Internet connection.
-Students must
have some version of office, have a basic working knowledge of
Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
-Students must
store course work on a cloud server such as Dropbox, Google
Drive, or OneDrive. (A
computer crash is not a valid excuse for late work.)
HYBRID ACTIVITY
DETAILS:
Hybrid
assignments are intended to take the place of in class
learning, and should be thought of as an opportunity to engage
with the material, not just basic HW.
This is a paperless course.
- All books, readings, assignments,
and course materials are set as links on the syllabus and the
course schedule.
-All assignments, quizzes, and
discussions must be submitted to BB before the due date and
time.
-You will need to check your VCCS
email or Blackboard acct. weekly for course updates.
-To access Blackboard = Log in to “My
NOVA” https://nvcc.my.vccs.edu/jsp/home.jsp
HYBRID ACTIVITY
DETAILS:
Hybrid
assignments are intended to take the place of in class learning,
and should be thought of as an opportunity to engage with the
material, not just basic HW.
Formatting:
All Papers should be double
spaced, using 12 point Calibri font and one inch margins.
All papers must be word processed and submitted through
Blackboard as “doc,” “docx,” or “rtf.”
E-mail submissions will not be accepted.
Style and Grammar:
You must present your arguments in clear, concise, and
grammatically correct English. Make sure to proofread and
use spell-check. For information on writing papers for this
class, make sure to read Kinch’s writing guide (under course
documents on BB.) You also might want to consult the
following handy websites:
o NVCC
Loudoun's
Writing Center
o Charlie
Evans’
History Writing Center
Citations:
You
MUST include a formal citation any time you refer to a specific
passage in a text, even if you do not quote the text
directly. The required method for citing sources in this
class is Chicago Style
formatting for footnote citations.
According to this format, you “Insert Footnote” (under
references) and enter the citation information as laid out in
this link.
Late Assignments
-Late papers and Hybrid activities will be accepted
after the due date and time for half credit, as long as they are
submitted before the final class period of the term.
-Discussion, Quizzes, Participation, and Presentation
assignments will only be accepted during the week they are due.
-All assignments should be stored on a cloud server and
submitted online. Excuses
such as “my dog ate my homework” and “my computer crashed” are
no longer valid.
For exam sessions, make-ups will not be given other than
in the case of a genuine emergency with appropriate
documentation (ie, emergency room documents, court summons,
etc.) Missing class due to "not feeling well," not being
able to get a ride, having to work, and the like are not genuine
emergencies.
HW, Hybrid
Assignments, and presentations will be graded and posted within
a week of their due date.
Papers and Exams
will be graded and posted within two weeks of their due date, in
order to give more detailed feedback.
Attendance Policy:
This is a hybrid
course whereas 50% of the coursework assignments are completed
outside the classroom. Students
are expected to work at least nine (9) hours a week to completed
coursework expectations. Students are required
to log onto blackboard at least three times a week,
to ensure awareness of assignment updates, coursework
modifications and weekly announcements.
Fresentation /
Video feedback will be given in person at the end of class, and
the grade will be posted within a couple days.
Papers and Exams
will be graded and posted within two weeks of their due date, in
order to give more detailed feedback.
Academic Dishonesty will not be tolerated.
Students involved in cheating will receive a grade of
“0” on the activity during which cheating occurred and
particularly flagrant or obviously intentional instances of
cheating or plagiarism will result in a grade of "F" for the
course. In
addition the student will be reported to the Dean of
Students for further disciplinary action.
**Please read the section titled Student Conduct, Rights,
and Responsibilities: F.
Academic Dishonesty in the Student
Handbook.
Academic
dishonesty, as a general rule, involves one of the following
acts:
1.
Cheating on an examination or quiz;
including the giving, receiving, or soliciting of information
and the unauthorized use of notes or other materials.
2.
Substituting for another person during
an examination or allowing such substitution for one’s self.
3.
Plagiarism - This is the act of
appropriating passages from the work of another individual,
either word for word or in substance, and representing them as
one’s own work. This includes any submission of written work
other than one’s own.
-Please note that even copying a
sentence or two from another source without citing it is enough
to trigger a plagiarism penalty. Likewise, changing a word
here or there from content which you copy is plagiarism.
Your work should be entirely in your own words except
for the passages which you quote and appropriately cite. All of
your papers for the class will be checked for plagiarism by
SafeAssign software.
4.
Collusion with another person in the
preparation or editing of assignments submitted for credit,
unless such collaboration has been approved in advance by the
instructor.
5.
Knowingly furnishing false information
to the College; forgery and alteration or use of College
documents or instruments of identification with the intent to
defraud.
Be aware of
the following:
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Internet-enabled devices, dictionaries and/or calculators are
prohibited during testing.
- If you need
to leave the room during testing, for whatever reason, your
test will be collected immediately for grading without any
additional time for more work on the test or quiz.
The primary means
of communication outside the classroom between the Instructor
and the student is via Blackboard Announcements and e-mail.
Students should check Blackboard and their e-mail daily for
any Instructor communications. Failure on the part of the
student to check Blackboard and e-mail on a regular basis is
not an excuse for missed /late assignments or exams. The Instructor
turn-around time to respond to e-mails is 24-to-48 hours
Monday through Friday.
Instructors receive a significant number
of e-mails from students over the course of the semester. To
specifically identify the course in which the student is
enrolled, all e-mail from the student must include
the course and section
number (e.g., ACC211-000) in the Subject of the
e-mail.
I will email you at the email address on
my class list which is your VCCS email address. If you do not
check this address frequently, I would recommend you set it up
for automatic forwarding to an email address you do check more
frequently. When emailing the instructor, always send email
from your VCCS email address.
Please be considerate. Disruptive
behavior, on the ground and online, will not be
tolerated. Private conversations during lecture or class
discussions, ringing mobile phones, texting, sleeping, or
walking into class late or out of class early all distract and
disturb your instructor and your classmates, and will count
against your participation grade. Repeated instances of
rude behavior will result your removal from the
classroom.
--All students are considered adults and
will conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times.
Please read the section titled Student Conduct,
Rights, and Responsibilities: B. Student
Conduct in the Student Handbook.
In event
of an emergency just regarding this class, check
Blackboard for announcements regarding course
progress/assignments.
Academic Integrity Policy /
Closing Information (weather) / Communication (e-mail) / Course
Drop/Withdrawal Policy /
Disabilities and Accommodations / Emergency Preparedness / Financial
Aid / NOVACares
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students of Northern Virginia Community College. Additional
details and resources are located at http://www.nvcc.edu/ithd/.
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Monday
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8:00
a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
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Saturday: |
8:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
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Phone:
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703-426-4141 |
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Email: |
Anyone observing an
emergency situation should contact the Campus Police Office or
the dean of students.
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Campus
Police: |
703-450-2540 |
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Dean of
Students: |
703-450-2512 |
------Note: The instructor has the right to
alter or change the course and course schedule at any time as
he deems appropriate.-------
contact: jkincheloe@nvcc.edu
