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Welcome to Spring 2011 U.S. History to 1865 Online!
COC BLACKBOARD LINK: https://bb8.canyons.edu/webapps/login SCROLL DOWN FOR FIRST WEEK INSTRUCTIONS & CLASS SCHEDULE This is our Class Bulletin Board--Important Notes will be posted here OUR BOOK: James Henretta, David Brody, Lynn Dumenil, America: A Concise History Vol. 1, Fourth Edition.
Welcome to Spring 2011! 1-Please Check in by emailing me at yamanan@gmail.com to let me know you plan to take the course; please send phone number where I can reach you if necessary (rarely necesary, just in case) and your address 2-Post Your Introduction on Blackboard's Discussion Board, and please follow directions (Introduce self and Answer the Question Posted) 3-Begin the first Week's Reading All Chapter Reading Guides are up, along with last two quizzes Midterm to be posted this afternoon, due next Wednesday by Midnight Office Hours in Virutal Chatroom (BB) 5/28 9 to 11 AM SLO Exam and Instructions will be up Sunday Afternoon |
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#1 4/11 |
Era of Exploration & Settlement Introductory Question: Do you think the REVOLUTIONARY or CIVIL WAR period of American History has had an impact on OUR contemporary American culture? Why or why not?
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Chapter 1: Creation of American Society Chapter 2: Invasion & Settlement
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Check-in/ Post Introductions Discussion Questions 1 & 2 Practice Quiz (X-Credit Points) Note: You can take this practice quiz as many times as you like, and it is not timed. You should take it until you get full extra credit points--it is designed for practice with the technology and as an introduction to my style of examination. There will be 14 Quizzes, though you will be graded for only 12--this way, if you have any technical difficulties, it won't count against you. I DO NOT RESET quizzes. Quizzes 1 & 2 |
#2 4/18 |
British Empire in North America | Chapter 3: Creating a British Empire in America, 1660-1750 Chapter 4: Growth and Crisis in Colonial Society, 1720-1765 |
Discussions 3 & 4 Quizzes 3 & 4
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#3 4/25 |
Independence & Revolution | Chapter 5: Toward Independence: Years of Decision, 1763-1776 Chapter 6: Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789 |
Discussions 5 & 6 Quizzes 5 & 6 Midterm #1 Essay/s MTERM ESSAY #1: Posted Friday 4/29, Due by Monday 5/2, Midnight - I will post the MT Question on our Webpage and on Blackboard under Course Documents, along with Quizzes Please Note: These Dates have been Corrected (4/26) (please email your essay to me at nan.yamane@canyons.edu with H111 Mterm Essay #1 in Subject Line) |
#4 5/2 |
Establishment of an "American" Institutions and Culture | Chapter 7: Politics and Society in the New Republic, 1787-1820 Chapter 8: Creating a Republican Culture, 1790-1820 |
Discussion 7 & 8 Quizzes 7 & 8 |
#5 5/9 |
Confilict and War, Revolution! | Chapter 9: Economic Transformation, 1820-1860 Chapter 10: A Democratic Revolution, 1820-1844
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Discussion 9 & 10 Quizzes 9 & 10 |
#6 5/16 |
Religion, Reform, and the Expansion of Slavery | Chapter 11: Religion and Reform, 1820-1860 Chapter 12: The South Expands: Slavery and Society, 1820-1860 |
Discussion 11 & 12 Quizzes 11 & 12 |
#7 5/23 |
Divison and Civil War
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Chapter 13: Crisis of Union, 1844-1865 Chapter 14: Two Societies at War, 1861-1865 |
Discussion 13 & 14 Quizzes 13 & 14 |
#8 5/30 |
Midterm #2 | Midterm #2 Essay/s COC Learning Outcomes Test (on BB) MTERM ESSAY #2: Posted Friday 27 May, and is Due by Wednesday, Midnight, 1 June- I will post the MT Question on my webpage and on Blackboard, along with quizzes, under Course Documents (please email your essay to me at nan.yamane@canyons.edu with H111 Mterm Essay #2 in Subject Line) |
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#9 6/6 |
All Work must be turned in by Midnight of Wednesday, 6/1--Work will NOT be accepted after this date |