SYLLABUS United States History from 1865 History 2620:032 (17619) Online University of North Texas January 20 to May 15, 2015

Instructor: Elizabeth Hayes Turner Professor of History Email: [email protected]

Course Objectives: Goal I: Students who successfully master the course will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the facts and chronology of United States History from 1865 to 2008. Goal II. Students who successfully master the course will be able to read and critically and analytically. Goal III. Students who successfully master the course will be able to demonstrate an understanding of historical (primary) documents in American history since 1865.

Course Description: The work of this course will be to discover the growth and development of the United States from the end of the Civil War through industrialization, overseas expansion, global wars, the Great Depression, the post-World War II era, civil rights movement, and into the 21st century. The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with basic political, socio-economic, and cultural developments in the history of the United States from 1865 to 2008. It will focus on diverse subjects including politics, race, gender, economics, and culture. The objectives include identifying significant persons, events, and ideas from which students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of historical causal and consequential relationships.

Format: This course combines written material, class media, class discussions over the primary documents and outside readings, quizzes for each module, tests on material from the textbook, After the Fact, a Midterm Exam and a Final Exam. The course was developed in part with a QEP Grant (Quality Enhancement Plan) under the auspices of the Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign (CLEAR).

Course Materials: The course includes material in each module with linked documents, web pages, and linked library pages. In addition there is a required textbook for this course. Text: James West Davidson and Mark Hamilton Lytle, After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection, Vol. 2, 6th edition (New York: McGraw Hill, 2010), paperback. This book is available from the UNT bookstore or can be ordered online. ISBN #: 978-0-07-729269-0

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Class Webpage: Blackboard Learn, 9.1 This class is supported by a website through Blackboard Learn, 9.1. To access the website go to learn.unt.edu Log in with your EUID and password. Click on History 2620:032, Spring 2015 On this Blackboard page you can access: 1. Announcements from the instructor 2. The syllabus 3. Learning Modules with history reading material 4. Primary historical documents in the Learning Modules to be used in Discussion 5. Discussion Forums 6. Weekly quizzes over the reading material in the Learning Modules found in Assessments 7. Tests over the chapters in After the Fact found in the Learning Modules 8. My Grades 9. Midterm Exam found in Assessments 10. Final Exam found in Assessments

If you have any difficulties contact UNT UIT Helpdesk: (940) 565-2324. http://www.unt.edu/helpdesk/students/ Blackboard Help: https://help.blackboard.com/enus/Learn/9.1_SP_12_and_SP_13/Student

Assignments and Projects: 1. Read the material from the Learning Modules and the accompanying chapter from the textbook, After the Fact. What I suggest, and what I have done myself, is to copy the material from the Modules each week into a Word document, minus the interactives (which will interfere with the formatting) in order to have handy access to the material. 2. Read the primary documents in each Learning Module as assigned and participate in the discussions, usually on Fridays. 3. Take the weekly quizzes after studying the material in the Learning Module. The quizzes are open all semester and can be taken as many times as needed. 4. Take the tests from the textbook, After the Fact during the week they are assigned. You can take them 3 times until the test is closed on the assigned day, usually Mondays.

2 Exams, Quizzes, and Discussion: 1.Learning Module Quizzes. The 10-point weekly quizzes from the Learning Modules are intended to help you master the material in preparation for the Midterm and Final exams. They are required for passing the course. The quizzes will remain open throughout the semester and you can take them as many times as you wish, however, only your highest grade will count. 13 quizzes = 130 points. Look for them in Assessments. 2. After the Fact Tests. The 20-point tests from After the Fact are assigned as shown in the syllabus and in the Learning Modules. You can take them three times. After midnight on Mondays, the test will be closed. Your highest score will be recorded. 9 tests = 180 points. Look for them in the Learning Modules.

3. Discussion: Online discussions based on the Primary Documents should be completed as assigned. You can begin working on them at any time, but the discussion posts are due the Friday of the week assigned. Please participate by answering all questions for a score of 10 points per discussion forum. To receive full credit, you must post a substantive answer to the discussion question(s) with a paragraph (at least three sentences), and a substantive response to one other person in the class. This is intended to stimulate discussion of ideas. For example, “good idea, or “good job,” or “YES”, or “I agree” is not substantive. Reminder: A paragraph is at least 3 sentences.

4. Midterm and Final Exams: You will also have an online Midterm and Final Exam using multiple choice questions from the weekly quizzes and the reading material – 50 questions per exam. The dates for these exams are listed in the schedule below. These exams are not timed, but you have one chance to take them. If you miss the Midterm, you MUST contact me, Professor Turner, to arrange a make-up exam. I will expect a very good excuse for missing the exam and will decide if you are allowed to take it.

Midterm Exam: March 24-26. 50 questions Final Exam: May 11-13. 50 questions

Grading: Midterm and Final Exam 200 (100 points each)

Learning Module Quizzes (13) 130 (10 points each) After the Fact Tests (9) 180 (20 points each) Discussion Threads (10) 100 (10 points each)

Total possible points in this course = 610 Grading Scale: A= 610-549; B=548-488;C=487-427; D=426-366; F=365 or below. Extra Credit: 10 points will awarded everyone in the class if at least half the class fills out the SETE. The grading scale stays the same; these points, if earned, are extra.

Participation Policy: Participation matters; be online every week. If you have not logged on to the course for two weeks, your grade will be reduced by 5 points. Let me know if there is a reason for

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How to pass this course: The best way to pass this course is to take the reading, quizzes, and discussion formats seriously. DO THE ASSIGNMENTS. It is not difficult to make an A in this course if you do the work. Prepare for your exams at least one week in advance by going over the quizzes until you feel thoroughly familiar with the material. If you need help, take advantage of help offered by the History Help Center, located in Wooten Hall, Room 220. This center provides help to students enrolled in history courses at the University of North Texas. And finally – Relax, enjoy.

A Word about the Honesty Code: The University of North Texas maintains an honesty code, which is an essential element of the institution’s academic credibility and integrity. It is the student’s responsibility to become familiar with the code as found in the UNT “Code of Student Conduct and Discipline” and abide by it. Academic honesty is the foundation upon which the student builds personal integrity and establishes a standard of personal behavior. A violation of the honesty code is any activity that compromises the academic integrity or subverts the educational process of the university, including but not limited to, the following examples:

You are reminded that you are in a university course and as such are subject to the UNT code of student conduct and discipline. You are not allowed to cut and paste from the internet to answer the discussion questions. * Providing or receiving information for unauthorized use during exams, quizzes, or other graded work. * Failing to report incidents of academic dishonesty. * Using unauthorized notes, books, or other disallowed materials to aid in answering questions during an examination. * Serving as or enlisting another person to take a test in the student’s place or to do any academic work for which the student will receive academic credit. * Plagiarizing (using another person’s work without acknowledgment). * Changing answers or grades and attempting to claim instructor error. * Any other conduct intended to obtain academic credit fraudulently or dishonestly, which a reasonable person in the same or similar circumstances would recognize as dishonest or improper in an academic setting.

Etiquette: Website etiquette rules. Do not use all caps. Rule 1: Remember the Human Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth Rule 5: Make yourself look good online

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Link to the page that explains all of this: http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html

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Assignments

January 20, 2015 Introduction Introduce yourselves in Discussions by Friday, Jan. 23 at 11:59 pm

January 20-26, 2015 Learning Module 1 – Reconstruction Discussion Introduction Read Module 1 Material: Test 1 Interactives – Learning Module 1: Web Field Trips and Did You Know sections Sharecropping in the South Populism and the Expression of sentiments Have a phrenological reading Washington and DuBois Read: “View from the Bottom Rail” Chapter 8 from After the Fact (ATF). Complete Test #1 “View from the Bottom Rail” on January 26 by 11:59 pm. End of Day for all assignments.

5 January 26-February 2, 2015 Learning Module 2 – Creating the New South Quiz 1 Read Module 2 Material: Documents /Discussion Complete Quiz 1, Found in Assessments Click on link in Race Relations section to read the essays concerning Jim Crow. Interactives: Web Field Trips and Did You Know sections Sharecropping in the South Populism and the Expression of sentiments Have a phrenological reading Washington and DuBois Read Documents 1 and 2: Sharecropping and Henry Grady Speech Participate in Discussion on Jan. 30 by 11:59 pm.

February 2-9, 2015 Learning Module 3 –New Frontiers – The West Quiz 2 Read Module 3 Material: Document/Discussion Complete Quiz 2 Interactives: Web Field Trips and Did You Know sections Cattle drives War of the West timeline Extreme Makeover Loss of Indian Land map Read: Document #1- Chief Joseph. Participate in Discussion on Feb. 6 by 11:59 pm

February 9-16, 2015 Learning Module 4 – Gilded Age Quiz 3 Read Module 4 Material: Test 2 Complete Quiz 3 Click on link in the Significance of the 1896 election section and read Henry Littlefield’s essay Interactives: Web Field Trips and Did You Know sections Old vs. New Immigration Match the Inventor with the Invention Ellis Island video Haymarket Bombing video Homestead Strike video Read: “Mirror with a Memory” Chapter 9 (ATF). Complete Test #2 on Feb. 16 by 11:59 pm.

6 February 16-23, 2015 Learning Module 5 - American Empire, 1890- Quiz 4 1914 Documents/Discussion Read Module 5 Material: Complete Quiz 4 Interactives: Web Field Trips and Did You Know sections Watch all video clips Read “The Story of the Teddy Bear” Focus on Teddy Roosevelt section. View: Documents #1 and #2, the New York World and the New York Journal Read: Document #3- Senator Albert Beveridge’s American Empire Speech, 1900.” Participate in Discussion on Feb. 20 by 11:59 pm

February 23-March 2, 2015 Learning Module 6- The Progressive Era, 1901- Quiz 5 1917 Test 3 Read Module 6 Material: Complete Quiz 5 Watch all video clips Web Field Trips and Did You Know sections Triangle Shirtwaist Fire section Read: “USDA Government Inspected” Chapter 10 (ATF) Complete Test #3 on March 2 by 11:59 pm.

March 2-9, 2015 Learning Module 7 –The U.S. and World War I Quiz 6 Read Module 7 Material: Documents/Discussion Complete Quiz 6 Watch all video clips Web Field Trips and Did You Know sections Read the WWI EDUzine World War I timeline maps Europe at War Interactive World War I Propaganda Posters Interactive Read: Document #1: “The Zimmermann Telegram” Document #2: “Woodrow Wilson and the Fourteen Points.” Participate in Discussion on March 6 by 11:59 pm.

7 March 9-13, 2015 Learning Module 8 – The Twenties Quiz 7 Read Module 8 Material: Test 4 Friday before Spring Break Complete Quiz 7 Watch all video clips Web Field Trips and Did You Know sections 1920s Interactive NAACP Interactive Jazz Age Interactive Gibson Girl or Flapper Interactive Learning Module 8– Prohibition Reigns Read: “Sacco and Vanzetti” Chapter 11 (ATF) Complete Test #4 on March 13 by 11:59 pm

March 15-22 Spring Break March 24-26, 2015 Midterm Exam Covers Learning Modules 1-8 Midterm Exam and will be open from Tuesday March 24 through Thursday March 26. The exam will close on Thurs. March 26 at 11:59 pm

March 23- March 30, 2015 Learning Module 9 – Great Depression and Quiz 8 New Deal Document/Discussion Read Module 9 Material: Test 5 Complete Quiz 8 Watch all video clips Web Field Trips and Did You Know sections Read the New Deal EDUzine It’s a New Deal Interactive Election Interactive Map Read: Document #1: “Roosevelt Outlines the New Deal, 1933.” Participate in Discussion on March 27 by 11:59 pm Read: “Dust Bowl Odyssey” Chapter 12 (ATF) Complete Test #5 on March 30 by 11:59 pm. March 30-April 6, 2015 Learning Module 10 – U.S. and World War II Quiz 9 Read Module 10 Material: Discussion “Decision to Drop the Bomb” Complete Quiz 9 (ATF) and “Hibakusha” Watch all video clips http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/cab/200712090011.html Web Field Trips and Did You Know sections . Read the WWII EDUzine Test 6 World War II Timeline Maps Allies versus Axis interactive War Bonds and Victory Gardens Interactive Japan’s War Strategy Read: “Decision to Drop the Bomb” Chapter 13 (ATF) and "Hibakusha" Participate in Discussion on April 3 by 11:59 pm. Complete Test #6 on April 6 by 11:59 pm

8 April 6-13, 2015 Learning Module 11 – The Cold War Quiz 10 Read Module 11 Material: Documents/Discussion Complete Quiz 10 Watch all video clips Web Field Trips and Did You Know sections Read the Cold War EDUzine Cold War Map Interactive Marshall Plan Interactive Bay of Pigs Invasion Interactive Cold War Policy/Doctrine Interactive Read: Document #1: “The Marshall Plan Speech, 1947” Document #2: “Enemies from Within: by Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, 1950” Participate in Discussion on April 10 by 11:59 pm.

April 13-20, 2015 Learning Module 12 –The Fifties and Sixties, Quiz 11 1955-1968 Document/Discussion Read Module 12 Material: Test 7 Complete Quiz 11 Watch all video clips Web Field Trips and Did You Know sections Decline of the Great Society Interactive Match the Supreme Court cases Interactive Read: Document #1: “Martin Luther King, Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963.” Participate in Discussion on April 17 by 11:59 pm. Read: "From Rosie to Lucy" Chapter 14 (ATF). Complete Test #7 on April 20 by 11:59 pm

April 20- April 27, 2015 Learning Module 13 – U.S. and the Vietnam Quiz 12 War Document/Discussion Read Module 13 Material: Test 8 Complete Quiz 12 Read the Vietnam War EDUzine French Indochina Map Vietnam Weapons Interactive Ho Chi Minh Trail Interactive Read Document #1, “Paul Potter’s Anti- Vietnam Speech” Participate in the Discussion on April 24 by 11:59 pm. Read: “Where Trouble Comes,” Chapter 17 (ATF). Complete Test #8 on April 27 by 11:59pm

9 April 27-May 4, 2015 Learning Module 14 – A Changing Nation – Quiz 13 Watch all video clips Test 9 Web Field Trips and Did You Know sections Nixon’s Supreme Court Appointees Interactive The New Right Interactive Read: “Breaking into Watergate” (ATF), Chapter 16. Complete Test #9 on May 4 at 11:59 pm.

May 4-9, 2015 Reading days, catch up on quizzes

May 11-13, 2015 The Final Exam covers Learning Modules 9-14 Final Exam and will be open from May 11 through May 13. The exam will close on May 13 at 11:59 pm

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