HISTORY 113 – Social & Cultural United States History prior to 1900
Section 2945
Professor Al Smith – office hours: MTWTH 11:00 – 12:30 FH120E
Syllabus / Schedule - Fall 2016
THIS SEMESTER’S THEME: HUMAN RIGHTS & SOCIAL JUSTICE: This means that in all of the readings and discussions, we will be concerned with the concept of Human Rights, Civil Rights and Social Justice as motivators for historical change.
TEXTS:
“A Peoples History of the United States,” by Howard Zinn &
“American Cultures,” by Al Smith
THE SEMESTER’S WORKLOAD
SNAPSHOT – 4 GRADED AREAS
1 – 10 weekly writings = 200 points
2 – 10 weekly questions = 200 points
3 – Community Service Project = 200 points
4 – CLO Project / Final Discussion = 300 points
WEEKLY HOMEWORK (…due each week)
A - Reading Responses: In the READING SCHEDULE (below), you will find listings and links on the readings from all sources that are due each week. Each week’s readings and assignments are responded to using the standard template provided on the syllabus. These will be sent in to the Blackboard for your course by Sunday night of the week when assigned. ALL readings are required to be integrated into your Reading Response. These are worth 20 points each.
B – Discussion Question: due weekly - This means discussion is a percentage of your grade. Each week at the beginning of the first class of the week – you are responsible for bringing me a typed question about History. It may be about the readings / video assigned. But, it may also be about anything historical that you were interested in. These are worth 20 points each.
TESTING AND ASSESSMENT (…due by the Final week only)
1 Community Service Project: this is an opportunity to engage in community service, service learning, personal and professional development. Students will identify and assess a goal – submit a proposal of 1 page or less for instructor approval – then complete the project YOU selected! (Don’t worry – I have plenty to choose from). This is worth 200 points.
1 Final Exam / Final Discussion: is in-part your completed Course Learning Objectives. This will be done using a form called an Annotated Bibliography. By the end of the semester, you should have completed one (1) Annotated Bibliography sheet for each CLO (course learning objective). This is worth 200 points. We will have an open Final discussion of the course theme during Final exams. This is worth 100 points.
History 113 Course Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to demonstrate factual knowledge of key political, economic, social and cultural events and issues in Social & Cultural United States History prior to 1900.
- Students will be able to apply critical thinking (including causal analysis and skeptical inquiry) to historical concepts and developments in Social & Cultural United States History prior to 1900.
- Students will be able to evaluate, analyze and interpret primary and secondary historical sources and make historical arguments based on these sources about Social & Cultural United States History prior to 1900.
A NOTE ON READING: Your performance relating to weekly reading is directly linked to your success with course assignments. If you do not read the course material you will not succeed on the writing, testing, or discussion/participation levels.
Remember: you also have access to many Student Success Support Services, such as the Tutorial Center. The Library & Learning Center has resources that can make or break an assignment. The Writing Center is open, as is the Office Administration Center -- all of these counts towards helping with your success. ONLY YOU can access them!
There is homework due weekly so familiarize yourself with the format
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OTHER STUDENT RESOURCES:
LINK TO ALL ASSESSMENT / ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS<CLICK>
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
ONLINE HELPDESK http://www.mjc.edu/current/studentservices/waystolearn/online/index.html
TIMEMAPS - Interactive World Maps
WORLD INTERACTIVE MAPS
BIG HISTORY
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READING SCHEDULE History 113
Week #1 – Beginning Monday, 8/29/2016
GENERAL NOTES
Read: Chapter 1 in Zinn & 13-49 in Smith *(thru "Native Rights" & "Slaves"), and 332 (Missions in New Spain) (http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html), and Then click-on and read the embedded articles below:
Video or article: History - Interpretation and Causation
"Human Rights, The Next Step." The condition of the modern World, and the challenge of the future.
Early Americans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itCWu-m-23E
HOMEWORK: Student Success Self-Mentoring / Assessment worksheet – Due typed, in class day #2 of the course: Points possible = 40.
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Week #2 – Beginning Monday, 9/5/2016 (Labor Day)
READ: Chapter 2 in Zinn (http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html) & add pages 253-256 in Smith.
Aztlan - Engineering Empire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZyB47qGXoI
Columbian Exchange – Crash Course (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPA5oNpfM4)
Slavery – (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnV_MTFEGIY) & Middle Passage (from the movie Amistad)
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on the first day of the week’s instruction. Reading Response on last week’s readings sent into Blackboard by Sunday night: Points possible = 40.
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Week #3 – Beginning Monday, 9/12/16
GENERAL NOTES
READ: Chapter 3 in Zinn (http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html), and pages 115, *("Thanksgiving") in Smith.
Africans in the Americas (you can follow the rest of the series on youtube)
Bacon's Rebellion
French & Indian War
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on the first day of the week’s instruction. Reading Response on last week’s readings sent into Blackboard by Sunday night: Points possible = 40.
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Week #4 – Beginning Monday, 9/19/16
GENERAL NOTES
Read: Chapter 4 in Zinn (http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html), and 49-56*("The Declaration of Independence, The Preamble to the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights") in Smith.
Video or article: Crash Course, The American Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EiSymRrKI4
- HAITI
Crash Course: Constitution - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO7FQsCcbD8
Teaching Exercise: The U.S. Constitution
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on the first day of the week’s instruction. Reading Response on last week’s readings sent into Blackboard by Sunday night: Points possible = 40.
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Week #5 – Beginning Monday, 9/26/16
READ: Chapter 5 in Zinn (http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html). And
371 (Familiar Letters), 253 (Slave Ship) in Smith.
Video or article: A Midwife’s Tale – Martha Ballard - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/midwife/
Excerpt from Midwife's Tale
Jefferson's Blood - Sally Hemings
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on the first day of the week’s instruction. Reading Response on last week’s readings sent into Blackboard by Sunday night: Points possible = 40.
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Week #6 – Beginning Monday, 10/3/16
GENERAL NOTES
Read: Chapter 6 in Zinn (http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html) and pages 256-260*( "...Life of a Slave Girl," 372-374 "Women's Rights" and 415-418 "When a Woman Says No."), in Smith.
Video or article: Wikipedia on Women in America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_women_in_the_United_States
& Sally Hemmings (professional video) and Sally Hemmings (a student video)
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on the first day of the week’s instruction. Reading Response on last week’s readings sent into Blackboard by Sunday night: Points possible = 40.
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Week #7 – Beginning Monday, 10/10/16 (Columbus Day)
READ: Chapter 7 in Zinn (http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html), and 198-210 *("Indigenous Americans"), 57-60 *("Manifest Destiny & A Proclamation Against..."), 199 (Crossing the San Joaquin), and 203 (California Indians), 296 (Chinese Exclusion Act), 302 (Chinese Miners), in Smith.
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on the first day of the week’s instruction. Reading Response on last week’s readings sent into Blackboard by Sunday night: Points possible = 40.
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Week #8 – Beginning Monday, 10/17/16
READ: Chapter 8 in Zinn (http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html), and review pages 198 (Tecumseh) in Smith.
Frederick Douglass vs Thomas Jefferson - Epic Rap Battle
210 (Ghost Dance), 296 (Chinese Exclusion Act), 302 (Chinese Miners), 119 (Frontier) in Smith.
(link not active until this week) - Discussion Commentaries
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on the first day of the week’s instruction. Reading Response on last week’s readings sent into Blackboard by Sunday night: Points possible = 40.
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Week #9 – Beginning Monday, 10/24/16
READ: Chapter 9 in Zinn (http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html), and "...Walkers Appeal..."
Video or article: Underground Railroad (full documentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1NzFuunWO8)
"GLORY" & “RECONSTRUCTION” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/
FOOD DAY!!!
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on the first day of the week’s instruction. Reading Response on last week’s readings sent into Blackboard by Sunday night: Points possible = 40.
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Week #10 – Beginning Monday, 10/31/16
READ: Chapter 10 in Zinn (http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html).
GENERAL NOTES
Video or article: Urban America http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loZ5XFGbd0Q
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on the first day of the week’s instruction. Reading Response on last week’s readings sent into Blackboard by Sunday night: Points possible = 40.
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Week #11 – Beginning Monday, 11/7/16
READ: Chapter 11 in Zinn (http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html), Then read pages 223-246 (Ghettos & Plunkitt) in Smith..
TBA
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on the first day of the week’s instruction. Reading Response on last week’s readings sent into Blackboard by Sunday night: Points possible = 40.
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Week #12 – Beginning Monday, 11/14/16
READ: Chapter 12 in Zinn (http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html), and pages 63-72 *("Roosevelt" & "Hoar"), and ("Immigration") and 131-134 ("Gates" & "Colossus") in Smith.
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on the first day of the week’s instruction. Reading Response on last week’s readings sent into Blackboard by Sunday night: Points possible = 40.
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Week #13 – Beginning Monday, 11/21/16 (Thanksgiving)
READ: Chapters 13 and 14 in Zinn -210 (Ghost Dance), 119 (Frontier) in Smith.
Video or article: History in film: POPULAR HISTORY versus DOCUMENTARY- see one of these films for comparison to history and to the film RED CRY! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfvAqCHpXgA
Trailer: Dances With Wolves
Last Of The Mohicans
Do a VIDEOGRAPHY
How does history in film compare with reality?
Community Service Project
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on the first day of the week’s instruction. Reading Response on last week’s readings sent into Blackboard by Sunday night: Points possible = 40.
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Week #14 – Beginning Monday, 11/28/16
READ: COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES (CLOs) instructions, and chapter12 in Zinn (http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html).
Video of Article:
Hawaii http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3159
Philippine Insurrection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War
and http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/02/25/080225fa_fact_kramer
Do a VIDEOGRAPHY
How does history in film compare with reality?
Community Service Project
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on the first day of the week’s instruction. Reading Response on last week’s readings sent into Blackboard by Sunday night: Points possible = 40.
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Week #15 – Beginning Monday, 12/5/16
READ: FINAL DISCUSSION INSTRUCTIONS
Film Series – TBA - Gilded Age - Robber Barons or - Captains of Industry?
Video or article: Urban America http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loZ5XFGbd0Q
and http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/city/
A “Gilded Age” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spgdy3HkcSs
A “Victorian Age” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z66lixOeJfc
Community Service Project
HOMEWORK: Discussion Question brought typed to class on the first day of the week’s instruction.
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES (CLOs) Due in class the last day of the week’s instruction.
NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED
Reading Response on last week’s readings sent into Blackboard by Sunday night (if needed).
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Week #16 – Finals – Beginning Monday, 12/12/2016
FINAL SCHEDULE (Finals are held on different days than regular classes!)
"Newsroom" - What Makes America???
Urban Food Deserts (Economic Rights and Social Justice in the 21st )
FINAL TOPICAL DISCUSSION: How did what WAS become what IS: What is American Culture?
Federal Spending Priorities since 1981 AND Your Tax Dollars at Work!
COST OF WAR COUNTER