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Keyview Pro [$ASQ1-Syllabuscollatamf07] LATIN AMERICA I Maurice P Brungardt HIST-A220-001 Bobet 214B MWF: 10:30-11:20am Fall 2007 Office: Bobet 423; telephone 504-865-3539; e-mail <[email protected]> DESCRIPTION : Surveys Latin America's Amerindian past (2000 B.C. to 1492 A.D.), the period between the European conquest and the independence of the Spanish American countries and Brazil (approximately 1492 to 1825), and the independence movement with the major emphasis given over to the structure and patterns of Colonial Latin American society, economy, and government that continue up to 1930. The period from 1492 to 1825 was the formative period of Latin America when its main values, attitudes, social structures, and institutions were created. GRADES : Loyola's final letter grades are: F, D, D+, C, C+, B, B+, and A, and in this course they can be averaged by using the numbers 0 through 7. Also used in the grading are D-, C-, B- and A-, and these minus letters carry the numerical weight of 0.5, 2.5, 4.5, and 6.5 respectively. Your final grade is 1/3 quizzes, 1/3 discussion, and 1/3 final paper. Quizzes (1/3 of final grade) Ordinarily at the beginning of every class, promptly at 11:30 there will be a three-minute quiz that is worth five points. A sample quiz that does not count against you will be given Monday, August 27; any points scored will be added as bonus points to any future points you may accumulate. Thereafter there will be daily quizzes ordinarily for the duration of the semester. The total scored will be divided by the total possible score, that is, for example, 40 quizzes x 5 points equal a total possible score of 200, and if the total scored was 175, then the percent scored would be 87.5%. The corresponding letter grades for the percentages would be the following: A = 98-100% = 7 B- = 87-89 = 4.5 D+ = 75-77 = 2 A-= 96-97 = 6.5 C+ = 84-86 = 4 D = 73-74 = 1 B+= 93-95 = 6 C = 81-83 = 3 D- = 70-72 = 0.5 B = 90-92 = 5 C- = 78-80 = 2.5 F = 0-69 = 0 No make-ups are given for these quizzes, ever! Anyone who is not in their seat when the quiz is handed out is automatically late, and while they may take the quiz, they must hand it in at the same time as the others. It is imperative, therefore, that you be in class and on time. There will be bonus points structured into the quizzes, worth an additional 5 points, so that even if a perfect score is 5, a student may actually get 10 points, and, as a result, have extra points accumulated to make up for the shortfall when the student does poorly. Therefore, the diligent student will be able to accumulate more than enough points at the end of the semester for a perfect score (100%, that is, an "A") even if s/he has missed two or three classes. But attendance is a prerequisite for taking the quiz, and study beforehand is essential for mastering the detail that will appear on the quizzes. The quizzes are designed so that you will read and study beforehand the basic content to be covered that day in class. It is the mastery of this detail that will lead you to a synthesis and coherent overview of the history of the world. If for any reason a class is canceled, the quiz for the day class was not held plus the regular quiz will be given to test the student on the material assigned for both days. Therefore, there would be two quizzes given on the day classes meet for the first time after a canceled class, and three quizzes given on the day classes meet for the first time after two classes had been canceled one after the other. This has happened in the past when New Orleans was under the threat of a hurricane. A typical quiz question might be a single ID, an identification, and that would require you to identify the item in terms of: 1)what the item is (person, place, thing, artistic movement, political institution, book, etc.) and where it is found geographically, 2)what the dates are for its existence, and, most importantly, 3)why it is important. In this case one point would be scored for correctly identifying the item and its geographical context, another point would be acquired for providing the correct chronology, and three points would be credited for correctly indicating its 1 LATIN AMERICA I importance. This would total five points. Your bonus question might be another ID. Typical IDs might be Hernán Cortéz, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, La Recopilación , encomienda , and so on. Another quiz or bonus question might provide you with a blank map, for example, of Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, with rivers, seas, and lines dividing land from water but with no names, and you would be asked to locate five places correctly on the map. For example, the Orinoco River, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Mexico City, and Puebla might appear. You would need to correctly locate these items on the blank map. The cited geographical places and features as announced in this syllabus are fair game for a map quiz on the same day. This means you need to do the reading assignment before coming to class, not afterwards. Blank maps are provided as needed and can be reproduced so that you can practice locating the places in question before you come to class to take your quiz. When a map is part of one of your daily class quizzes, you will be provided with a blank map on which you will locate the items selected. Discussion: (1/3 of final grade) grade determined by participation and especially by the quality and relevance of the remarks made. The professor will ask questions directly of student to which student will respond correctly or incorrectly. Students who are able to take these "correct answers" as building blocks or starting points and 1)cite analogous situations, 2)offer appropriate criticism of the comparisons made, and 3)synthesize the question at hand have gone a long way to mastering the art of discussion and will be rewarded accordingly with a higher grade. Synthesis by definition includes an ever increasing hierarchy of correct response, analogy, and criticism. Synthesis is the culmination. Correct responses are made up of self-evident facts, dates, chronology, events, personages, and sequences of events that can be clearly established from the assigned readings and listed IDs. These "facts" or "correct responses" offer a starting point with which a student can make comparisons or analogies with what the student already knows. This provides linkage with a larger construct that the student can then subject to criticism and analysis. After a certain amount of reflection, appropriate conclusions can be drawn. This synthesis provides nuance, depth, and dynamic explanation to the larger issue. Much of your contribution in class will come from your in-depth look at the identifications listed as fair game for your daily quizzes. This will be worth 1/2 of your discussion grade. The other half of your discussion grade will come from your interaction with your professor as you read the original documents and as you complete the various stages of your paper assignment. Paper (1/3 of final grade): Paper grade will come from a paper of at least 2500 words (approximately 10 typewritten pages double-spaced) on the topic of the Spanish Empire and Spanish Imperialism as can be delineated from original documents (you can download them via Blackboard. Your paper should go through three drafts of which the last one will be due in class on the date when the final exam is scheduled, 11:30-1:30pm, Friday, December 14, Bobet . The paper grade is based on this final draft, but I receive each draft in class on the date assigned in the syllabus. Before you hand in your first draft on Wednesday October 17, you should have already turned in one-page writing assignments on Monday 09-10, 09-17, 10-01, and 10-08, so that you should have four or five pages written by the time your first draft is due on October 17. Each time you will get appropriate feedback on your writing, new sources to look at, and new issues to consider. This feedback is my dialogue with you and is intended to help you make an original contribution on the subject. Your timely presentation and interaction with me as the course unfolds and as you progressively do your paper also count as part of your overall discussion grade (1/2 of your discussion grade). The documents provided for your paper are about colonial officials who were born in the New World or who were from the Old World and applied for positions abroad before 1633. All of the documentation was written between 1623 and 1632 but frequently has information going back to the sixteenth century and even to the conquest. The documentation provides significant information about many aspects of colonial society. Your task is to weave a story about the individuals involved and compare what you find with the assigned textbook to see how what you find confirms what it says, or suggests something entirely different . In the final analysis 2 LATIN AMERICA I does what you find add something significant to our knowledge of Latin American history by overturning an old thesis, suggesting a different interpretation, or adding depth and nuance to an old assumption.
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