HIS108 - American History Through 1865
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Instructor: Tim Cantrell |
email: mailto:tacant00@pop.uky.edu | ||||||||||||
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Office: Oswald Bldg.
Room 243 |
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Instructional Materials:
- Alan Brinkley, American History: A Survey. Vol. I through 1877, 11th ed.
- Studyguide: Jackson and Rice, Study Guide to Accompany American History: A Survey Vol. I, 11th ed.
Course Description: Traces the nation's development through the Civil War. It is designed to meet the demands for a general understanding of American History.
Course Objectives: The student should be able to...
- read and evaluate historical resources critically.
- demonstrate an understanding of the cultural, economic, literary, political, religious, and social values related to the period covered by this course.
- describe the background to the formation of the U.S. and the evolution of its government.
- develop an appreciation for and be able to identify several examples of their cultural, social, political, religious, and economic heritage through a study of developments in these areas.
- evaluate the events the country has participated in during its history.
- analyze both domestic and foreign policy during the period of study.
- read and study sources other than class notes and the textbook.
- locate the various states.
- learn to access web information.
Instructional Modes to be Used: This class will be presented by a combination of lecture, discuss, and audio-visual materials. Supplementary materials can be found in the Library and on web pages.
Class Procedures/Makeup Tests: Students are expected to attend each class and be on time. All tests and reports will be returned to the student for viewing and then retained by the instructor. All make-up tests or book report test will be given on Friday, one week prior to the end of classes at 2:00 PM in a room to be announced. If you miss a test, don't bother with excuses or an explanation; just show up at the appointed time and place. Any take home question is due when you take the makeup exam.
Classroom Behavior: If you use disrespectful language to the
instructor, use inappropriate language for a classroom environment, or any other
type of inappropriate behavior (such as walking out and slamming the door), you
will be asked to drop the class. If you refuse to drop, you will receive
an "E" at the end of the semester anyway.
Too many
students get up and walk out during class and come back and disrupt class.
Go to the bathroom before class.
If you arrive more than
15 minutes late, do not come to class that day! Also, if you are
disruptive, including closing notebooks prior to the instructor ending class,
reading non-course material, or studying for another course, you will be asked
to leave, counted as absent, and receive a zero for any assignment that day. Do
not read your textbook or anything else during class.
Course Requirements, Evaluation Procedures, and Policies:
- Reading: Since reading assignments will be made on a weekly basis, students must purchase the textbook and study guide.
- Tests: In this course there will be two unit tests plus the final. Cheating or plagiarism will result in course failure.
Power Point Presentations:
| Age of Exploration | Colonial Wars | The Jeffersonian Era | Industrial Revolution | Impending Crisis |
| English Transplants | Revolutionary War | Era of Good Feeling | The Old South |
| Life in Provincial America | The Constitution and the New Republic | Age of Jackson | Culture and Reform |
At the end of the semester, the grades will be calculated as follows:
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Final Exam: See Class Schedule
All tests will be objective essay, and identification. On most tests, each section will count 25 points. The final exam will have an added comprehensive section which will count 25 points.
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Test Outline: (Answer four of five) |
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I. Essay |
- Book Report: At least one book related to the history of
the period (108 before 1865 and 109 after 1865). This book will be chosen by
the student, with approval of the instructor, and may be a biography or an
autobiography of some important person of the period, or it may be a history
of some specific event or topic of the period, or a book written by one of the
significant authors discussed in class or in the textbook. The book must have
at least 200 pages. Instead of a standard book report, students will hand
write the book report in class. On book report day, the last meeting of
the third week of November . Students will bring their book to
class the day of the test or you will not be allowed to take the test..
You will be allowed to copy the bibliography information on paper provided by
instructor. Then you will put the book away and write the report from memory.
Topics which should be addressed in the report will include, but not be
limited to:
- Thesis or purpose of author
- Summary of content
- Author's sources
- Interest and readability
- Accuracy
- Conclusion
- An evaluation of how this book helped you to understand the subject.
If you read a novel by a great American author, here are the Topics:
- Life of the Author
- Why is this author considered a great American author
- Summary of the story
- How did this book help you to better understand the subject?
Book report day will be like a test day. It will take the whole period! No one can pass the class without doing the book report.
- Bonus Quizzes: To encourage attendance, an unspecified number of extra credit quizzes counting 2 points may be given.
Discussion: Questions and discussion will be encouraged.
Class Notes: Students should be sure to take good class notes since most of the test questions will deal with material covered in the class. However, some questions will be asked from the text to be sure that students are reading them.
Attendance Policy: Attendance is required and it is recommended that each student attend class each time it meets since they are responsible for the material covered at each meeting. Students who attend regularly will probably make the best grades because I test over the material taught. You will not always find this material in the text. Students who miss more than 20% of the classes (excused or unexcused) must drop the class or receive an "E." (This means I will not deal with excuses.) This means 10 misses for a 3 times a week class and 7 misses for a 2 times a week class. This policy is outlined in the Student Rights and Responsibilities book. This can be located on the web at: http://www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/Code/ I will make a seating chart during the second week of class to take roll. Being tardy counts 1/2 an absence and leaving early counts as 1/2 an absence. If more than half of the class is missed on either end, it is a full absence. Students who attend class every day will be awarded 15 bonus points; miss only one day-7 points.
Drop Policy: Students may drop the class up until and including the last day the class meets with a grade of "W."
Incomplete Policy: Incomplete grades will only be given in cases of emergency or sickness.
Tobacco Products/Cell Phone Policy: No tobacco products can be used in the classroom. Violators will be asked to leave the class. No spitting cups allowed. Cell Phones must be turned off.
Code of Student Conduct: All rules and regulations set forth in the current edition of the Student Rights and Responsibilities will be followed in this course. It is the student's responsibility to obtain a copy of this document. Web Address: http://www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/Code/
Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a special need that may require an accommodation or assistance, please inform the instructor of that fact as soon as possible and no later than the end of the second class meeting.
EOA: The University of Kentucky is an Equal Opportunity Institution.
HISTORY
Instructional, Departmental, General Education Objectives
Instructional- Students will do a writing assignment (paper, or essay test,
or review, etc)
Departmental- students should be able to express themselves in clear
Organized standard English
General- Communicate effectively, (1) writing clearly
Instructional- will analyze, and interpret reading materials.
Departmental- Improve students’ ability to comprehend history texts.
General- Communicate, (2) reading with comprehension .
Instructional- Students will listen to lectures, group discussions, films,
etc.
Departmental- Students will listen with comprehension.
General- Communicate, (3) listening with comprehension.
Instructional- Students will analyze and interpret reading and lecture
materials. This will
Be demonstrated in written/oral assignments.
Departmental- Students should be able to analyze/interpret various data.
General- Think critically, Analyze/interpret creative
Expressions, resources, and/or data.
Instructional- Students will complete assignments by applying what they
have learned to
the task. They will learn to apply situations and outcomes from studying
the past to the present.
Departmental- Students should be able to apply what they are learning to
assignments and the world in general.
General- Learn Independently, apply learning.
Instructional- Students will learn to compare and contrast situations
from the past and
how or if that affects them and their various relationships both in a
historical and cultural context. They will learn this through readings,
lectures, discussions, etc. They will be tested over this understanding.
Departmental- Students should be able to define the relationship of self
to historical and cultural context.
General- Examine Relationships in Diverse and Complex
Environments- Define the relationship of self to
Historical and cultural context.
Posted January 4, 1999; revised 1/4/00;12/18/00, 8/01, 8/02, 1/03, 1/04,
8/05
http://www.bluegrass.kctcs.edu/LCC/HIS/109/timsyllabus.html