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COURSE TITLE: History 310 Section 001: the First Ladies CLASS TIME COURSE TITLE: History 310 Section 001: The First Ladies CLASS TIME: Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 11:00-11:50 AM CLASSROOM: Ferguson 474 PROFESSOR: Dr. Dana Cooper, Department of History OFFICE HOURS: M & W, 12-2:30pm and by appointment CONTACT: Email: [email protected] Phone: 936-468-2224 Office: LAN 359 COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR PROFESSOR: Please note that office hours and email are the best means of communication. I cannot return phone calls to students via long distance telephone numbers. As you can imagine, this would quickly add up for the History Department! COURSE DESCRIPTION: Jacqueline Kennedy once said, “The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.” Her comment raises the question, “What is the role of the First Lady?” Never has there been such a position in the United States government that holds such potential power without so much as a job description for its occupant. The position was not written into the Constitution; nevertheless, the job has changed over time as presidential spouses have exhibited a range of personas—from begrudgingly playing the “ceremonial” wife to taking on more political duties and public tasks as an “activist” First Lady. Thus, this course seeks to analyze the ever-evolving role of the First Lady from Martha Washington to Melania Trump. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: By the conclusion of this course students should: 1) possess knowledge of important basic facts related to the First Ladies; 2) be able to analyze the importance of events regarding the First Ladies; 3) identify significant trends and patterns in relations to the First Ladies; 4) understand how the past helps to shape the present and future of First Ladies; and 5) develop skills in receiving, processing, and expressing historical information. COURSE MATERIALS: 1) Paul F. Boller, Presidential Wives: An Anecdotal History, Second Edition (1998) 2) Gerard W. Gawalt, My Dear President: Letters Between Presidents and Their Wives (2005) 3) Kati Marton, Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages that Shaped Our History (2001) 4) Mary Anne Borrelli, The Politics of the President’s Wife (2011) 5) Dwight Young and Margaret Johnson, Dear First Lady: Letters to the White House (2009) ATTENDANCE POLICY: Attendance in this class will be taken at the beginning of each meeting. Attendance is critical for the purpose of taking quizzes, receiving information in the form of lecture, participating in the class discussion, and a part of the overall class experience. Simply stated—you cannot learn if you are not here. COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Students of this class will be responsible for all material addressed in this course including lectures, readings, discussions, and films. The final course grade will be based on the average of your performance on the following: 1) Class Participation (15%) - While lecture and group discussion will serve as critical components of the course as all participants function as a community of scholars, the class is structured as an intensive reading and writing experience. Thus, it is critical for all students in this class to carefully and thoroughly complete the reading before the class for which it is assigned and attend class prepared to discuss and debate not only the reading but lecture as well. 2) Unannounced Quizzes (15%) – An unspecified number of quizzes will be given over the course of the semester, with an unspecified number counting toward the overall quiz average. The quizzes will evaluate the reading assignments as well as information from lecture and class discussions. Students arriving late will not be granted additional time for quizzes. 3) Four Writing Assignments (70%) – The first three papers require you to read an autobiography or biography of a First Lady and write a response. For the final assignment, you will write a comparative paper by choosing three different women and comparing their tenure as a First Lady. These assignments are as follows: Paper I, Martha to Mary (15%); Paper II, Eliza to Eleanor (15%); Paper III, Bess to Melania (15%); Annotated Bibliography for Final Paper (10%); Comparative First Ladies Paper (15%). NOTE: Late papers, those turned in after 11am on the designated due date, will lose ten points for each day they are late. Prior to class, papers must be stapled and utilize Times New Roman, 12 font, double-spacing, one-inch margins and page numbers. Hard copies are due at the beginning of class. Electronic copies and email attachments will not be accepted. GRADING POLICY: Semester Average Final Grade 90-100 A, Excellent to Superior 80-89 B, Good 70-79 C, Average 60-69 D, Poor 0-59 F, Unsatisfactory CLASSROOM CONDUCT: I will treat all students with the utmost respect and courtesy. I expect that you will treat me and your classmates with the same consideration. Please familiarize yourself with what courteous behavior entails at the college level. Be considerate of your classmates in both your verbal and nonverbal communication. Please set your cell phone aside for 50 minutes three times a week. Really. Seriously. You can do it! I believe in you! #nocellphonechallenge You should consider activities such as surfing the net, checking your Netflix lineup, catching up on Insta, (or for all you “oldie-goldies” out there) going to FB, or any other activities not directly related to this class as hazardous behavior. Should you choose to engage in such activities during class, please be aware that I will do my utmost to persuade you not to do so again. BE PUNCTUAL. Arriving late to class is distracting to the professor and your classmates. If you need to use the restroom, please do so before or after class. Leaving the classroom to get a drink or use the restroom during lecture is both rude and distracting. Leaving the classroom before the end of class is strongly discouraged. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: Academic dishonesty includes both cheating and plagiarism. Cheating includes but is not limited to (1) using or attempting to use unauthorized materials to aid in achieving a better grade on a component of a class; (2) the falsification or invention of any information, including citations, on an assigned exercise; and/or (3) helping or attempting to help another in an act of cheating or plagiarism. Plagiarism is presenting the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own. Examples of plagiarism are (1) submitting an assignment as if it were one's own work when, in fact, it is at least partly the work of another; (2) submitting a work that has been purchased or otherwise obtained from an Internet source or another source; and (3) incorporating the words or ideas of an author into one's paper without giving the author due credit. Please read the complete policy at http://www.sfasu.edu/policies/academic_integrity.asp. In short, academic dishonesty will not be tolerated in any form. WITHHELD GRADES (Semester Grades Policy, A-54): Ordinarily, at the discretion of the instructor of record and with the approval of the academic chair/director, a grade of WH will be assigned only if the student cannot complete the course work because of unavoidable circumstances. Students must complete the work within one calendar year from the end of the semester in which they receive a WH, or the grade automatically becomes an F. If students register for the same course in future terms the WH will automatically become an F and will be counted as a repeated course for the purpose of computing the grade point average. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: To obtain disability related accommodations, alternate formats and/or auxiliary aids, students with disabilities must contact the Office of Disability Services (ODS), Human Services Building, and Room 325, 468-3004 / 468-1004 (TDD) as early as possible in the semester. Once verified, ODS will notify the course instructor and outline the accommodation and/or auxiliary aids to be provided. Failure to request services in a timely manner may delay your accommodations. For additional information, go to http://www.sfasu.edu/disabilityservices/. TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE: This is a provisional schedule and is subject to change. The schedule allows you to know what material you need to read prior to class so that the lecture over the same material serves as clarification rather than an initial exposure. Wednesday January 15 Course Introduction Boller, Presidential Wives, Preface Gawalt, My Dear President, Foreword, Intro, The Correspondents Marton, Hidden Power, Introduction Borrelli, The Politics of the President’s Wife, 1-15 Young & Johnson, Dear First Lady, 6-19 Friday January 17 Martha Washington Boller, Presidential Wives, Chapter 1 Gawalt, My Dear President, 93-96, 306-308 Borrelli, The Politics of the President’s Wife, 15-24 Young & Johnson, Dear First Lady, 20-25 Monday January 20 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, classes do not meet Wednesday January 22 Abigail Adams Boller, Presidential Wives, Chapter 2 Gawalt, My Dear President, 49-51, 127-137, 179-182, 205- 207, 233-235, 269-271, 287-292, 309-309 Young & Johnson, Dear First Lady, 26-29 Friday January 24 Martha Jefferson and Dolley Madison Boller, Presidential Wives, Chapters 3 & 4 Gawalt, My Dear President, 96-97, 140-141, 255-257, 273- 274, 311 Young & Johnson, Dear First Lady, 30-31 Monday January 27 Elizabeth Monroe Boller, Presidential Wives, Chapter 5 Gawalt, My Dear President, 182-185 Wednesday January 29 Louisa Catherine Adams Boller, Presidential Wives, Chapter 6 Gawalt, My Dear President, 51-52, 137-140, 207-210, 237- 240, 257-258, 292-294 Wednesday January 31 Rachel
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