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Diablo Valley College Spring 2014 HIST 120-1753 (3 units) Classroom: H 110

Jan. 13 to May 21, 2014

History of the United States to 1877 Last time this document was updated: 4/25/2014 1:28 PM

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ONLINE

SYLLABUS/ SCHEDULE

DVC HIST 120-2557-FA13

In the event of conflict between the print syllabus on D2L and this Online Syllabus/Schedule, please follow this online version. You may download this file as a pdf, but remember that the online version remains the most up-to-date. (Compare the date-time stamps on page 1 of your print version versus the online version.)

Instructor:

Mary Ann Irwin

Classroom: H 110

To contact me by email, please use

the D2L mailbox for your class (that way

I know who you are).

Office Hours FO222:

Tuesday, 11:00 AM-11:30 AM

beginning Tuesday 1-14-14

The REQUIRED TEXT for this class is Roark, et al., THE AMERICAN PROMISE: A History of the United States to 1877, Vol. I, 5th ed. (Boston: Bedford Books, 2011).1

Recommended Text:

Johnson, READING THE AMERICAN PAST VOL. I, 4th ed. (Boston: Bedford Books, 2009).

NOTE: PLEASE PURCHASE YOUR BOOK(S) AT THE DVC BOOKSTORE. THAT WAY YOU WILL BE SURE OF BUYING THE CORRECT

BOOK(S) AND HAVING THEM BEFORE AS-SIGNMENTS ARE DUE.

NOTE: If you buy an earlier edition, you risk encountering exam questions you cannot

answer.

1 Having the book(s) in your possession when the term begins is crucial to your success. Please consider buy-ing the book through the Campus bookstore, and buying it in person rather than online. If you buy through the school, then you know you are getting the correct book. If you buy it in person at the bookstore, you will have the book in plenty of time to complete your first exams.

I realize that personal finances often dictate the timing of book purchases. Thus I have placed two copies of American Promise on reserve at the DVC Library.

I also give you a generous "book purchase lead time" to buy the book before the first chapter exam dead-line. I cannot extend the chapter exam deadline any further because we have a lot to do and a finite amount of time in which to do it.

TEXTS and DOCUMENTS:

http://www.irwinator.com/3500/how-email.docx

Online Syllabus/Schedule, page 3

A History of the United States before 1877. This course examines cultural, economic, political, and social factors ….

COURSE

OVERVIEW … and includes the experi-ences and contributions of Native American, African, Asian, Mexican/Latino and European men and women in the development of American society.

The course will cover the ori-gins, nature, and impact of

the U.S. Constitution on American history before

1877 including the political philosophies of the framers, the operation of political in-stitutions, and the rights and

obligations of citizens.

Recommended: Eligibility

for ENGL 122 or equiva-

lent . CSU, UC transfera-

ble (credit limits may ap-

ply to UC--see counselor)


EVALUATION

16 multiple-choice exams (20 points each)

320 points total 396-440 A

4 essays (20 points each) 80 points total

352-395 B

4 essay peer reviews (10 points each) 40 points total 308-351

C

264-307 D

Total points possible 440 Below 264 F

Grades and a running total will be posted on D2L throughout the term. It is your responsibility to be aware of your progress in the class.

To determine your grade at any given moment: add all remaining exams to your Running Total, and com-pare to the grade structure above.


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There are several facets to participation in this course, all of which are necessary for your success. One of the most important: you must stay up to date on possible changes to this Online Syllabus/Schedule. Please know that I might modify assignments over the course of the term. Any changes will ap-pear on the "Schedule" part of this Online Syllabus/Schedule (below), at the affected assignment/date. If I change a due date, I will notify you by your DVC email account. Please check your DVC email account every day, to ensure that I have not changed some key deadline, knowledge of which might materially affect your happi-ness in life!

You must complete the assigned read-ings before you come to class, then take written notes during lecture. Sounds sim-ple, I know--but we call this "student en-gagement," and it makes an enormous dif-ference in your success and satisfaction with your classes. You must also submit each of the exams and written assign-ments, AND you must do it within the timeframes shown in the Schedule (Sched-ule begins at page 13).

Attendance:

This is a face-to-face class. Under the Cali-fornia Ed Code, I am required to give you 54 hours of instruction, in exchange for three units and a letter grade. Your contract is: you endure 54 hours of instruction, in exchange for three units and a letter grade. If you can-not make time for the meetings, then this class is not a good fit for you.

If you accrue four (4) or more unexcused ab-sences over the term, I will drop you. See DVC's attendance policy here.

Once a week has passed, you might not be able to make up the work you missed. (See my policy on late work below.)

Here are some general timing guidelines:

The deadline for written assignments will al-ways be 10:00 pm.

The deadline for exams will always be 11:45 pm.

Due dates for all coursework will always be either a Monday or a Fri-day.

http://www.dvc.edu/org/info/policies/academic.htm


You will submit eight written assignments in this class. Four are short, blue-book-style es-says of at least 800 words, worth 20 points each. The other four are review essays of at least 250 words, worth 10 points each. All to-gether, these assignments total at least 4,200 words. These written assignments account for 50% of the points possible in this class. They as-sesses your grasp of American history but, more importantly, they hone the critical read-ing, writing, and communication skills that to-day's college graduates need to succeed in a text-saturated world. Don't take my word that these skills are important: see the folder "All About Writing" under "Course Materials" in D2L

All of the topics and complete instructions for writing and submitting each writing assignment are available now in the weekly folders on D2L, and as hyperlinks on the Schedule (below). The essay prompts require you to think critically about the big issues you confront in the chapters. I provide you with a Grading Rubric for each assignment that ex-plains how I will grade your work. You should re-view that Grading Rubric BEFORE you begin writing.

You will submit your essays via the appropriate D2L Essay Dropbox. This is the version I will grade. Your work must be in .doc, .docx, .pdf, or .txt for-mat to upload to D2L. It is your responsibility to en-sure that D2L can accept your document files. I might deduct points from your score if I am unable to access your work by the assignment deadline.

The four review essays, or Responses, are critical analyses of your classmates' essays. To write the Response posts, you will post a copy of your essay to the appropriate D2L Discussion Board. This is the version your classmates will read and respond to for the Response assignments. To submit your own Response, choose a classmate's essay in the appro-priate Discussion Board on D2L and "reply" to it. Complete instructions for writing and submitting your Responses are available now in the weekly folders on D2L, and as hyperlinks on the Schedule (below). Only students who submit copies of their own Essays to the appropriate Discussion Board will be permitted to submit Responses.

Please see the Schedule (beginning at page 13) to see which chapters require essays and respons-es. Please check the Schedule below for Essay and Response due dates. You should also review my policy on late work (page 11).

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS


The Internet and You

Some students will be sorely tempted to copy and paste random information from the Internet into their essays. Maybe that strategy will work for them, maybe it won't.

Here is my rule on Internet sources:

You may copy all the random information you want from the Internet into your essays, AS LONG AS THE BOOK SAYS EXACTLY THE SAME THING. You will need to prove it with references to the appropriate American Promise pages (see "Citing Sources," page 10).

If I find suspicious text in a Discussion Board Post, I will run it through Turnitin (see page 10). If I find ran-dom material that is not also corroborated with specific page references to our textbook, I will give that es-say a score of 0 points.

Multiple-Choice Exams:

You will take 16 Multiple-Choice Exams consisting of 20 questions per chapter. I have thrown in the occasional extra credit question on the Multiple-Choice Exams. The extra credit questions do not change the point structure of the class. For example, if you get Question 21 right, you will get an extra point: 21 points on a 20-point exam. If you miss only Question 21, you still get 20/20--no harm, no foul.

NOTE: Once you open an exam, you must complete it. You get only one chance to take each exam, so please be ready to take the exam once you open it.

On the chapter exams, you get about 3 minutes per question for a total of 60 minutes per

exam. You must save each answer and submit the exam for grading before your 60 minutes run out, AND before the 11:45 pm deadline.

D2L will not save answers entered after your time has run out. D2L will not save answers en-tered after the exam deadline has passed. Please plan your time accordingly.

Exam Availability:

All exams are available on the first day of the term. You may work ahead if you wish. Note, however, that each exam has a specific due date. If you miss an exam deadline, you might be able to take it as a makeup exam during the last week of Spring 2014. Please see my policy on late work below (p. 11).

All exams are due by 11:45 pm on Friday night. Please check D2L and the Schedule (be-low) for deadlines on specific exams.


YOUR BEST EXAM STRATEGY

Multiple-Choice Questions are word problems.

Your best approach in a mul-tiple-choice exam is to read the question carefully, because each word matters, and then to elim-inate wrong choices. Each wrong choice has a problem: it describes something that did not happen. Usually the correct choice is correct only because there is nothing wrong with it, not because it is such a pro-found truth!

Some students may be tempt-ed to search the Internet for an-swers to exam questions. Maybe that strategy will work for them, maybe it won't. Maybe the Inter-net information is accurate; may-be it isn't.

The safest source of infor-mation for exam questions is the assigned reading in your text-book.

Taking Multiple Choice Exams on D2L:

All of your exams are located on the D2L Homepage under "Assessments," and then "Quizzes." Click on the exam link to open the exam. NOTE: Once you open an exam, you must complete it.

Be sure you are ready before you open any exam. You only have one chance to take each exam, so please be sure you are ready BEFORE you open an exam.

The Multiple Choice Exams are TIMED. You get roughly three minutes per question.

Multiple Choice Exams are set to deliver one ques-tion at a time. You may go back and review your an-swers if you wish. I urge you NOT to go back and change your answers (statistically, your first answer is usually correct).

You must save each answer before moving to the next question. Take your time, work carefully but effi-ciently, and remember to SAVE your answers as you go.

YOU CANNOT SAVE ANSWERS AFTER YOUR TIME IS UP. YOU CANNOT SAVE ANSWERS AFTER THE DEAD-LINE TO COMPLETE THE EXAM HAS PASSED.


Using the American Promise Website Study Tools:

The publishers' companion website for The American Promise is:

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/roark5e/#t_747795____

Register to use the site by providing your email address and a password of your choice. Follow the sys-tem prompts thereafter.

Bedford Books organizes all of its study tools by chapter. To review Chapter 1, click on "Study by Chap-ter" (see the red arrow above). "Step One" gives you a chapter outline. "Step Two" provides practice multi-ple-choice exams, called "Self Tests."

NOTE: I will not be able to help you with the Bedford Books companion site. If you run into trouble, please contact the smart folks at Bedford Books for technical assistance:

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/Bookbag/Profile/Contact.aspx?Display=ContactTechnicalSupport

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/roark5e/#t_747795____

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/Bookbag/Profile/Contact.aspx?Display=ContactTechnicalSupport


ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:

I take a very dim view of it. By enrolling in this class, students agree to uphold the standards of academic integrity

described here.

If you are confused, hard-pressed for time, or completely disenchanted, please contact me

first, before you do something regrettable and illegal.

http://www.dvc.edu/org/info/policies/academic-dishonesty.htm


TURNITIN.COM: You will submit your essays for grading through the Turnitin Dropbox on D2L. Turnitin is an elec-tronic resource that compares your work to Inter-net sources and to a comprehensive database of other student papers. Turnitin helps students avoid unintentional plagiarism. Unintentional plagiarism results from failure to understand proper citation procedure. I provide you with multiple opportunities to check the origi-nality of your work via Turnitin before each essay's final deadline. For your first submission, Turnitin generates an originality report (in truth, it should be called an "un-originality report") that identifies which parts, if any, of your essay match existing sources. This first originality report is usually available within five minutes. Your originality score must be 10% or lower. If your score is higher than 10%, please revise your work and resubmit it. The originality report makes it easy for you (and me) to ensure that you have not accidentally picked up another author’s language.

Please note that Turnitin's timetable changes af-ter the first originality report. For your second or subsequent submissions, Turnitin makes you wait 24 hours to see your next originality report. You may continue to revise and resubmit your paper as often as you like until the assignment dead-line. After your first originality report, though, you must wait a full 24 hours before Turnitin will give you a new originality report. The clock starts over with each new submission. Please keep the "24-hour Rule" in mind as you plan where to put your valuable time. CITING SOURCES:

Very little of the information you will use in your writing assignments is "common knowledge." Com-mon knowledge is something that everybody knows, like "the sky is blue," "taxes are bad," and "okra is disgusting." For everything else, I expect you to identify your source of information. You may use an informal note style for your Dis-cussion Board and Response posts, identifying the appropriate American Promise (your only approved source) page number. I only need page numbers, like so:

Blah blah blah. Blah blah. "Blah blah." Blah blah blah. Blah blah blah. Blah blah. "Blah blah." Blah blah blah. (44)

This citation tells me you found general information and a couple of direct quotes on page 44 of the textbook.


My Policy on Late Work I: Late Written Assignments

I will accept late written assignments without pen-alty if you provide docu-mentation from a medical facility confirming a medi-cal reason for your inability to meet the deadline. The penalty for submit-ting written work late without a personal medical excuse is 2 points for each deadline missed, recalcu-lated each day that the as-signment is late.

Example: Any Essay or Response submitted even one minute past the 10:00 pm deadline au-tomatically loses two points. An assignment submitted before 10 pm the next day automatically loses 4 points. An assign-ment submitted before 10 pm the third day au-tomatically loses 6 points. An assignment submit-ted before 10 pm the fourth day automatically loses 8 points. And so forth. NOTE: Only students who submit copies of their own Essays to the appropriate Discussion Board will be permitted to submit Responses.

My Policy on Late Work II: Missed Exams

I will permit you to make up any missed exam without penalty IF you provide me with documen-tation from a medical facility confirming a medical reason for your inability to meet the deadline. Except in cases of emergency (e.g., involvement in an automobile accident), the medical excuse should cover at least three full days prior to the exam deadline, not just the last possible second for submitting the exam. I will permit you to make up no more than

two missed chapter exams without medical ex-cuse beginning Week 9 (see the schedule, be-low). You must contact me during Week 9 and ask me to make the exam(s) available to you. Please note the deadline for completing any re-quested makeup exam in the Schedule below. The penalty for making up a missed exam without a personal medical excuse is 35%.

NOTE: Make-up Exams are not "Do Overs."

You may not retake an exam on which you did poorly.

Put another way:

Exámenes de maquillaje no son "Do-Overs".

化妆考试不是“收购”

Макияж экзамены не являются "делаете-кадром."


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WEEKLY SCHEDULE

DATES THIS WEEK'S REQUIRED READINGS AND DUE DATES

WEEK 1

Week Beginning Monday Jan 13

First day, Spring term.

Tues. Jan 14 Mandatory first class meeting.** Introductions, discussion of assignments. ** If you do not attend this meeting, I will drop you from the class. If you would really like to come to this meeting but it simply is not possible for you, I will still drop you from the class, but I will feel just terrible about it.

Weds. Jan 15

Thurs. Jan 16 REQUIRED READING: Chapter 1: Ancient America Before 1492 [chapter name is a hy-perlink. Right-click on link to open in a new browser window] RECOMMENDED READING: Johnson

--A Taino Origin Story: Ramón Pané, On Taino Religious Practices --A Seneca Origin Narrative: The Woman Who Fell from the Sky --Genesis: The Christian Origin Narrative: “In the Beginning” --Aristotle on Masters and Slaves: The Politics, ca. 300 B.C.

Fri Jan 17 You have no assignments due tonight.

http://www.irwinator.com/120/ch1.htm


WEEK 2

Week beginning Mon Jan 20

Tuesday Jan 21 Finish Chapter 1.

Weds Jan 22

Thurs Jan 23 Essay #1 Topic (Chapter 2) is available now. See complete instructions for writing Essay #1 here: http://www.irwinator.com/120/db1sp14.htm

REQUIRED READING: Chapter 2: Europeans Encounter the New World, 1492-1600 RECOMMENDED READING: Johnson

--The King of the Congo Writes to the King of Portugal: King Afonso and King João III, Correspondence, 1526 --Columbus Describes His First Encounter with “Indians:” The Diario of Chris-topher Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492- 1493 --A Conquistador Arrives in Mexico, 1519- 1520: Díaz del Castillo, The Con-quest of New Spain, 1632 --A Mexican Description of the Conquest of Mexico: Accounts of Conquest from the Florentine Codex --Sir Thomas More Describes New World Utopia: Utopia, 1515

Fri Jan 24 Last day to add classes. Your Chapter 1 exam due by 11:45 pm tonight.

Sat Jan 25

Sun Jan 26 Last day to drop with refund.

http://www.irwinator.com/120/db1sp14.htm



WEEK 3

Week Beginning Mon Jan 27

Tuesday Jan 28

Finish Chapter 2.

Weds Jan 29

Thurs Jan 30 HOLIDAY. NO CLASS.

Fri Jan 31 Last day to drop without "W" on transcript.

Essay #1 (Chapter 2) is due by 10:00 pm tonight. See complete instructions for writing and submitting Essay #1 here: http://www.irwinator.com/120/db1sp14.htm

Your Chapter 2 exam is due by 11:45 pm tonight.

WEEK 4

Week Beginning Monday Feb 3 Census Date

Your Essay #1 Response is due by 10 pm tonight. Complete instructions here: http://www.irwinator.com/120/db1sp14.htm

Tuesday Feb 4 REQUIRED READING: Chapter 3: The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century, 1601-1700 RECOMMENDED READING: Johnson: --Richard Frethorne Describes Indentured Servitude in Virginia: Letter to Father and Mother, March 20, April 2, 3, 1623 --Opechancanough's 1622 Uprising in Virginia: Edward Waterhouse, Declaration, 1622 --Francisco Pareja Instructs Spanish Missionaries about the Sins of Florida's Timucuan In-dians: Confessionario, 1613 --Sex and Race Relations: Testimony from Virginia Court Records, 1681 --Bacon's Rebellion: Nathaniel Bacon, Declaration, 1676

Weds Feb 5

Thurs Feb 6 Finish Chapter 3.

Fri Feb 7 Your Chapter 3 exam due by 11:45 pm tonight.






WEEK 5

Week Beginning Mon Feb 10

Tuesday Feb 11 REQUIRED READING: Chapter 4: The Northern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century, 1601-1700 RECOMMENDED READING: Johnson --The Arbella Sermon: Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity, 1630 --Observations of New England Indians: Roger Williams, A Key into the Language of America, 1643 --Keeping Order in a Puritan Community: Suffolk County Court Records, 1671- 1673 --A Provincial Government Enacts Legislation: The Laws of Pennsylvania, 1682 --Words of the Bewitched: Testimony against Accused Witch Bridget Bishop, 1692

Weds Feb 12


Fri Feb 14 Your Chapter 4 exam is due by 11:45 pm tonight.

WEEK 6


Tues Feb 18 Essay #2 (Chapter 5) is available now. See complete instructions for writing Essay #2 here: http://www.irwinator.com/120/db2sp14.htm REQUIRED READING: Chapter 5: Colonial America in the Eighteenth Century, 1701-1770 RECOMMENDED READING: Johnson: --Confessions of a Thief and Rapist: A Boston Broadside, 1768 --Poor Richard's Advice: Benjamin Franklin, Father Abraham's Speech from Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757 --An Anglican Criticizes New Light Baptists and Presbyterians in the South Carolina Backcountry: Charles Woodmason, Sermon on the Baptists and the Presbyterians, ca. 1768 --Advertisements for Runaway Slaves: South Carolina Gazette and Virginia Gazette, 1737- 1745 --A Moravian Missionary Interviews Slaves in the West Indies, 1767- 1768: Christian George Andreas Oldendorp, History of the Evangelical Brethren's Mission on the Caribbean Islands, 1777

Weds Feb 19


Fri Feb 21 Essay #2 (Chapter 5) is due by 10:00 pm tonight. See complete instructions for writing and submitting Essay #2 here: http://www.irwinator.com/120/db2sp14.htm Your Chapter 5 exam due by 11:45 pm tonight.







WEEK 7


Your Essay #2 Response is due by 10 pm tonight. Complete instructions here:


Tues Feb 25 REQUIRED READING: Chapter 6: The British Empire and the Colonial Crisis, 1754-1775 RECOMMENDED READING: Johnson: --An Oration on the Second Anniversary of the Boston Massacre: Joseph Warren, Boston Massacre Oration, March 5, 1772 --A Boston Shoemaker Recalls British Arrogance and the Boston Tea Party: George R. T. Hewes, Mem-oir, 1834 --Daniel Leonard Argues for Loyalty to the British Empire: To the Inhabitants of the Province of Massa-chusetts- Bay, 1774- 1775 --George Washington Concludes That the Crisis Has Arrived: Letters, 1774 --Edmund Burke Urges Reconciliation with the Colonies: Speech to Parliament, March 22, 1775

Weds Feb 26


Fri Feb 28 Your Chapter 6 exam due by 11:45 pm tonight.

WEEK 8

Week Beginning Mon Mar 3

Tues Mar 4 REQUIRED READING: Chapter 7: The War for America, 1775-1783 RECOMMENDED READING: Johnson: --Thomas Paine Makes the Case for Independence: Common Sense, January 1776 --Letters of John and Abigail Adams: Correspondence, 1776 --George Washington Seeks Congressional Support for the Continental Army: Letter to John Hancock, President, Continental Congress, September 24, 1776 --Boston King Seeks Freedom by Running Away to the British Army: Memoir, 1798 --Joseph Brant Appeals to British Allies to Keep Promises: Address to British Secretary of State Lord Germain, 1776 --Message to Governor of Quebec, Frederick Haldimand, 1783

Weds Mar 5

Thurs Mar 6 Finish Chapter 7.

Fri Mar 7 Your Chapter 7 exam due by 11:45 pm tonight.





WEEK 9


Tues Mar 11 REQUIRED READING: Chapter 8: Building a Republic, 1775-1789

RECOMMENDED READING: Johnson:

--Richard Allen Founds the First African Methodist Church: Life, Experience, and Gospel La-bours, 1833

--Thomas Jefferson on Slavery and Race: Notes on the State of Virginia, 1782

--Making the Case for the Constitution: James Madison, Federalist Number 10, 1787

--Mercy Otis Warren Opposes the Constitution: Observations on the New Constitution, 1788

--The Rights of Man in the Age of Revolution: Declaration of the Rights of Man, 1789

--Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1789

Weds Mar 12



WEEK 10


SPRING BREAK: March 17, 2014 - March 23, 2014

Tues Mar 18

Weds Mar 19

Thurs Mar 20

Fri Mar 21



WEEK 11


Tues Mar 25 REQUIRED READING: Chapter 9: The New Nation Takes Form, 1789-1800 RECOMMENDED READING: Johnson: --Why Free Government Has Always Failed: William Manning, The Key of Libberty, 1798 --A French Sugar Planter Describes the French and Saint Domingue Revolutions: A Sugar Planter of Saint Domingue Experiences Revolution in France and Saint Domingue, 1791 --Mary Dewees Moves West to Kentucky: Journal, 1788- 1789 --Alexander Hamilton on the Economy: Report on the Subject of Manufactures, 1791 --President George Washington's Parting Advice to the Nation: Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796

Weds Mar 26



WEEK 12


Tues Apr 1 Essay #3 (Chapter 10) is available now. See complete instructions for writing Essay #3 here: http://www.irwinator.com/120/db3sp14.htm LECTURE OUTLINE: Chapter 10: Republicans in Power, 1800-1824 RECOMMENDED READING: Johnson: --A Jeffersonian Sailmaker's Fourth of July Address: Peter Wendover, Oration, July 4, 1806 --James Hamilton's Path to Enlistment during the War of 1812: Confession, 1818 --James Forten Protests Pennsylvania Law Threatening Enslavement of Free African Americans: Let-ters from a Man of Colour, on a Late Bill before the Senate of Pennsylvania, 1813 --President Thomas Jefferson's Private and Public Indian Policy: Letter to Governor William H. Harri-son, February 27, 1803 --Address to the Wolf and People of the Mandan Nation, December 30, 1806 --Meriwether Lewis Describes the Shoshone: The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1805

Weds Apr 2

Thurs Apr 3 Finish Chapter 10.

Fri Apr 4 Essay #3 (Chapter 10) is due by 10:00 pm tonight. Your Chapter 10 exam due by 11:45 pm tonight.





WEEK 13

Week Beginning Mon Apr 7

Your Essay #3 Response is due by 10 pm tonight.

Tues Apr 8 REQUIRED READING: Chapter 11: The Expanding Republic, 1815-1840

RECOMMENDED READING: Johnson: --David Crockett Hunts Bear in Western Tennessee: A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the

State of Tennessee, 1834 --President Andrew Jackson's Parting Words to the Nation: Farewell Address, March 4, 1837 --Cherokees Debate Removal: John Ross, Answer to Inquiries from a Friend, 1836; Elias Boudinot, A

Reply to John Ross, 1837 --Sarah Grimké on the Status of Women: Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, 1838

--David Walker Demands Emancipation: Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, 1829

Weds Apr 9


Fri Apr 11 Your Chapter 11 exam due by 11:45 pm tonight.

WEEK 14


Tues Apr 15 LECTURE OUTLINE: Chapter 12: The New West and Free North, 1840-1860

RECOMMENDED READING: Johnson: --The Anxiety of Gain: Henry W. Bellows on Commerce and Morality: The Influence of the Trading

Spirit upon the Social and Moral Life of America, 1845 --That Woman Is Man's Equal: The Seneca Falls Declaration: Declaration of Sentiments, 1848 --A Farmer's View of His Wife: Eliza Farnham, Conversation with a Newly Wed Westerner, 1846 --A Texan Enlists to Fight in the Mexican War: James K. Holland, Diary, 1846

--Gold Fever: Walter Colton, California Gold Rush Diary, 1849- 1850

Weds Apr 16


Fri Apr 18 Your Chapter 12 exam due by 11:45 pm tonight.




WEEK 15


Tues Apr 22 REQUIRED READING: Chapter 13: The Slave South, 1820-1860

RECOMMENDED READING: Johnson: --Madison Hemings Recalls Life as Thomas Jefferson's Enslaved Son: Interview, 1873 --Plantation Rules: Bennet Barrow, Highland Plantation Journal, May 1, 1838 --Nat Turner Explains Why He Became an Insurrectionist: The Confessions of Nat Turner, 1831 --The Proslavery Argument: James Henry Hammond, Letter to an English Abolitionist, 1845

--Hinton Helper Demands Abolition for the Good of White Southerners: The Impending Crisis of the South, 1857

Weds Apr 23


Fri Apr 25 TODAY is the Last Date to Drop with a "W" Your Chapter 13 exam due by 11:45 pm tonight.

WEEK 16


Essay #4 (Chapter 14) is available now. See complete instructions for writing Essay #4 here: http://www.irwinator.com/120/db4sp14.htm

Tues Apr 29 REQUIRED READING: Chapter 14: The House Divided, 1846-1861 RECOMMENDED READING: Johnson:

--The Kansas- Nebraska Act: Abraham Lincoln, Speech in Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854 --The Antislavery Constitution: Frederick Douglass, The Constitution of the United States: Is It Proslavery or An-

tislavery? 1860 --The Proslavery Constitution: Jefferson Davis, Speech before the U.S. Senate, May 1860 --A Free African American Concludes Emigration Is Necessary: Granville B. Blanks, Letter to the Editor, 1852

--Abolitionist Lydia Maria Child Defends John Brown and Attacks the Slave Power: Correspondence between Lydia Maria Child and Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise, 1859

Weds Apr 30

Thurs May 1 Finish Chapter 14.

Fri May 2 Essay #4 (Chapter 14) is due by 10:00 pm tonight. Your Chapter 14 exam due by 11:45 pm tonight.





WEEK 17

Week Beginning Mon May 5

Your Essay #4 Response is due by 10 pm tonight.

Tues May 6 LECTURE OUTLINE: Chapter 15: The Crucible of War, 1861-1865

RECOMMENDED READING: Johnson: --President Lincoln's War Aims: Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862; The Emancipa-

tion Proclamation, January 1, 1863; The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 --A Former Slave's War Aims: Statement from an Anonymous Former Slave, New Orleans,

1863 --The New York Draft Riots: Report of the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Col-

ored People Suffering from the Late Riots in the City of New York, 1863 --A Virginia Woman Confronts Union Foragers: Nancy Emerson, Diary, 1864

--General William T. Sherman Explains the Hard Hand of War: Correspondence, 1864

Weds May 7

Thurs May 8 Finish Chapter 15.

Fri May 9 Your Chapter 15 exam due by 11:45 pm tonight.

WEEK 18 Week Beginning Mon May 12

Tues May 13 LAST CLASS MEETING

REQUIRED READING: Chapter 16 "Reconstruction, 1863 - 1877"

RECOMMENDED READING: Johnson: --Carl Schurz Reports on the Condition of the Defeated South: Report on the Condition of the South,

1865 --Black Codes Enacted in the South: Mississippi Black Code, November 1865 --Former Slaves Seek to Reunite Their Families: Advertisements from the Christian Recorder, 1865 -

1870 --A Black Convention in Alabama: Address of the Colored Convention to the People of Alabama, 1867

--Klan Violence against Blacks: Elias Hill, Testimony before Congressional Committee Investigating the Ku Klux Klan, 1871

Weds May 14 Last day of instruction, Spring 2014 term.

Thurs May 15 FINALS WEEK BEGINS

Fri May 16 Your Chapter 16 exam due by 11:45 pm tonight. Any requested makeup exam due by 11:45 pm tonight.

Sat May 17




Sun May 18

Mon May 19

Tuesday May 20

Weds May 21 LAST DAY SPRING 2014 TERM

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