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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:
Course: |
Western
Civilization I =Maritime History of the Western World |
Section: |
Hist 101 -
Honors |
Semester: |
Fall 2016 |
Date/Time: |
2:00-3:15
Mon/Thr |
Location: |
LW
113 |
Name: |
John
(Kinch) Kincheloe |
Email: |
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Phone: Skype: |
(703)948-7571 Johnkincheloe |
Office
Location: Website: |
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- Although often falsely depicted as a
linear and inevitable march of increasingly complex land based
cultures, Western Civilization can better be classified as an
amalgamation of hundreds of different civilizations interacting and
learning from one another across a series of waterways that
connect the ancient world.
- This course will examine numerous
Western Civilizations
to better comprehend how nomadic, agricultural, African,
European, Middle Eastern, pagan, Muslim, Jewish, and Christian
societies contributed to the development of present day Western
Civilization. In
the process you just might gain a better understanding of the complexity of the various
cultures in this age of increasing globalization.
-The course focuses on two main themes:
Culture as a construction of Maritime relationships and
the phrase: “Religion is
the Opiate of the Masses.”
(Karl Marx) You
will be asked to assess the meaning of these two themes as we
play out the complicated history of the Western World.
By the end of the semester you should:
-Develop
your
own understanding of the importance of water and Maritime
interaction in the ancient world and how the numerous
civilizations of the western world contributed to such a
society.
-Organize
your
own ideas on the relationship of early civilizations to
present day cultures throughout the Western World.
-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
Surveys
the general history of the Western world from about 3000 BCE
to 1600 CE and allows students to reach a basic understanding
of the characteristic features of the Western world's early
historical development in that span of time. Students will
learn about some of the important political, economic, social,
intellectual, cultural and religious changes that shaped the
development of the West from earliest times.
Objectives
-
Establish a chronology of historical events in the Western
world before 1600 CE.
- Explain
the changing geopolitical structures of the Western world up
until 1600 CE.
- Define
the importance of key individuals and developments in Western
civilization before 1600 CE.
- Identify
the social, economic and political forces at work in the
evolution of early and medieval Western history.
-
Recognize and describe the significance of some of the
cultural achievements of ancient and medieval Western
civilization.
- Analyze
complex historical sources and materials and reach conclusions
based on interpretations of those materials.
There are no pre-requisites, but this is a writing
intensive course so an introductory English course is highly
recommended.
-Textbook=
- Western Civilizations Cole,
Symes, Coffin & Stacey (4th or
3rd Brief Edition)
-Additional books =
- Epic of Gilgamesh
-Canterbury Tales, Chaucer
-Additional online
materials will be made available on the course schedule (link
above) and Blackboard.
This is a paperless course.
- All additional readings,
assignments, submissions, and course materials are on
Blackboard.
-All primary source readings are
online and accessible through links “Course Schedule.”
-You will need to check Blackboard
acct. weekly for readings and assignments.
-To access Blackboard = Log in to “My
NOVA” https://nvcc.my.vccs.edu/jsp/home.jsp
All assignments are graded on a 100 point scale and
averaged accordingly to the percentages listed below.
Assessment |
Percentage |
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In class Participation
|
20 |
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Chapter Quizzes |
5 |
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Discussion Lead |
5 |
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Video Presentation |
10 |
Grading Scale |
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2 Argumentative
Essays |
20 |
A |
90-100 |
|
History of Memory Essay |
15 |
B |
80-89 |
|
Research Paper |
25 |
C |
70-79 |
|
|
|
D |
60-69 |
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|
F |
59 and below |
Late
Assignments
-Late papers 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.
Assignments will be graded and posted within two weeks
of their due date whenever possible.
HONORS:
In addition to
the standard themes and readings of a Kinch course, as honors
students you will be challenged along the lines of the REAL
model:
-Research-
You will carry out a maritime history research paper.
-Enrichment-
You will visit historic site/museum and assess the history
of memory of the site.
-Academic
rigor- The course will be run as a seminar with
primarily student led discussion.
-Leadership-
Each of you will lead a document discussion, a wrap up, and do
2 short presentations.
The goal here is not to
learn history, although it will be a beneficial side effect. The goal is to
learn to do history and understand how history is done.
o
Participation
§ You must do
any 10 chapter quizzes on BB over the semester, others can
be done for EC
·
No
resetting
of individual quizzes will be done due to technical errors
or timing issues.
§ Utilizing
readings
from primary sources, and the textbook.
§ (All
papers
should be submitted via attachment on blackboard)
o
History
of memory
§ You will
complete a critical analysis of a historical site/
o Research paper
§ topic
of your choice on maritime history of the Western
World
§
proposal-October/ source
list-November/ due-December/ presentation-exam week)
-Digital
History
Project- http://www.nvcc.edu/home/jkincheloe/extracredit.html
Take a look
and talk to Kinch if you are interested.
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.
Attendance Policy:
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. Arriving on time for
class must be observed to maximize student benefits from course
activities and minimize disruption to other students. Students
missing more than thirty 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
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:
-
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.
Laptops and
tablets are encouraged in class, but surfing for
non-subject related material during class will not be tolerated. If seen you will be
asked to explain the relevance of what is on your screen and you
may be asked to leave the room.
You will be required to engage with your own or provided
devices during class discussion. Screens under 7 in. are not
valid in-class devices for this course. Phones should be stowed and
silenced during class time. If the device is heard, I reserve
the right to respond to the call or incoming message.
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. If you have a
question or a comment on the course material, please raise your
hand and share it with the class.
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.
"Netiquette" is an
abbreviation for "Internet etiquette" – simply, basic rules of
the road for the "Information Superhighway." Online learning
involves much communication using email, bulletin boards,
chats and other methods.
Anonymity – While anonymity is often, and
justifiably, desired in many Internet communications,
maintaining your identity is essential in an online course. If
at any time you have concerns about your privacy in an online
course, please let your instructor know. Make sure you include
your name on all your emails as some messaging systems will
not include this and many email addresses do not indicate the
name of the sender.
Brevity – Very few people want to read long
messages. Other than for special situations, try to keep most
of your communications brief and to the point. Others will
thank you, and you'll be equally grateful to everyone else.
Communication – Use the Subject Line. Make your
entry in the Subject Line concise and informative. Focus on
one subject per message and always include a pertinent subject
title for the message; that way the user can locate the
message quickly. Include your name at the bottom of email
messages. Be careful when using sarcasm and humor. Without
face to face communications, your joke may be viewed as
criticism.
Inappropriate material – Suggestive or pornographic content
or links do not belong in online courses, nor does anything
promoting hatred or discrimination.
Large files – Avoid sending unnecessarily large
files and attachments. Many of those cute screen savers and
computer games circulated via email place a heavy load on
email systems and create large downloads, particularly for
those who are on slower modems or using older computers. They
often may also carry malicious content such as viruses.
Privacy – It is simple to forward a message
you have received from someone else. However, unless it is
clear you have their permission to do so, check first. This is
particularly important when you post a private message sent to
you from someone else to a public bulletin board or email
list.
Readability – Try to format your messages with
lots of breaks and headings. One long paragraph that fills
some else's full screen with no breaks will very likely not be
read. Watch for errors: a careful read as well as a
spell-check will solve most problems--lots of mistakes are
extremely annoying.
Shouting – What is shouting? THIS IS: TYPING A
MESSAGE IN CAPITAL LETTERS IS TYPICALLY UNDERSTOOD AS THE
EQUIVALENT OF SHOUTING AT SOMEONE. It is perceived as rude and
will usually result in a request by others to "Stop yelling"
or worse, a "flame"--a flurry of angry responses that will
bombard your email inbox.
Adapted from http://www.jibc.bc.ca/onlineLearning/online/online/net.htm.
The IT Help Desk provides
first-level technical support to all faculty, staff and
students of Northern Virginia Community College. Additional
details and resources are located at http://www.nvcc.edu/ithd/.
Monday
- Friday: |
8:00
a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
Saturday: |
8:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Phone:
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703-426-4141 |
Email: |
Anyone observing an
emergency situation should contact the Campus Police Office or
the dean of students.
Campus
Police: |
703-450-2540 |
Dean of
Students: |
703-450-2512 |
The College is committed
to the goal of providing each qualified student an equal
opportunity to pursue a college education regardless of
disability. Efforts will be made toward meeting reasonable
requests for services to students with disabilities eligible
under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Please read the section
titled Disability Services for
Students in the Student Handbook.
Students requiring
special needs in accordance with the American’s With
Disabilities Act must provide to the professor the NOVA Accommodation
Form. Every effort will be made to meet student’s
special needs when the student makes those needs known
appropriately. It is the student’s responsibility, not a
counselor’s, to present the NOVA Accommodation Form
to the professor. Accommodations will
begin as soon as the form is received and are not
retroactive.
Please visit the Disability
Support
Service (DSS), Disability
Documentation
Guidelines, and Students
with
Disabilities Intake Packet NOVA website pages for
additional details and list of Disability Counselors by
Campus.
Northern Virginia
Community College, Disability Services http://www.nvcc.edu/current-students/disability-services/
-Accommodation forms should be
given to the instructor no fewer than 7 days before the date
the assignment or exam requiring the accommodation is due,
and preferably at the very beginning of the semester.
All classrooms have an
evacuation plan and directions (showing the route to the
nearest building exit) posted next to the light switch by the
doorway of each room. When the fire alarm sounds, immediately
evacuate the classroom or lab with all of your belongings in
accordance with the Evacuation Plan. Do not take the elevator.
Do not activate cell phones or radios and please help assist
the disabled.
You may find out whether
the college is closed by checking the web site, the TV or
radio news, or by signing up for text message announcements.
Please visit http://www.nvcc.edu/depts/homepage/closing.htm
for detailed information. Individuals may also call the
College Call Center at 703–323–3000, NOVAConnect Phone at
703–323–3770, or in Prince William County 703–330–3770. Do not
call individual offices.
If weather conditions
cause the College to close, all NOVA campuses and off-campus
locations are closed.
In the event
of a College-wide emergency, course requirements, classes,
deadlines, and grading schemes are subject to changes that may
include alternate delivery methods, alternate methods of
interaction with the instructor, class materials, and/or
classmates, a revised attendance policy, and a revised
semester calendar and/or grading scheme.
=Normal Class
cancelation due to weather will not affect the course
schedule – You are responsible for all readings and
assignments regardless of whether we have class on not.
Nova
Emergency Alert Registration: https://alert.nvcc.edu
In event
of an emergency just regarding this class, check
Blackboard for announcements regarding course
progress/assignments.
------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