Syllabus for History 1301-54 – Dual Credit U.S. History I - Cisco College

          Fall 2016

Instructor: Jason Hutt                                               Class Time: Jim Ned Schedule

Email: jhutt@jimned.esc14.net                                Class Location: Jim Ned HS

Phone: 325-260-8089

The Syllabus – This syllabus is designed to provide the student with a basic framework outlining the course requirements, policies and procedures, and schedule of activities and assignments.

Course Objectives and Goals: A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the pre-Columbian era to the Civil War/Reconstruction period. United States History I includes the study of pre-Columbian, colonial, revolutionary, early national, slavery and sectionalism, and the Civil War/Reconstruction eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History I include: American settlement and diversity, American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, and creation of the federal government.

HIST 1301 Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, students will: 1. Create an argument through the use of historical evidence. 2. Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources. 3. Analyze the effects of historical, social, political, economic, cultural, and global forces on this period of United States history.

Format: The course will consist primarily of lectures each class session and readings. Students are expected to stay current on text reading assignments, take thorough notes, and be familiar with material covered in previous classes. Discussions of complex and significant issues will be encouraged and students should feel free to ask questions that will enhance their understanding.

**College-level courses may include controversial, sensitive, and/or adult material. Students are expected to have the readiness for college-rigor and content.

Student Conduct: It is the responsibility of students and faculty to help maintain scholastic integrity at the college by refusing to participate in or tolerate scholastic dishonesty. Plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty undermine the very purpose of the College and diminish the value of an education.  Students are expected to take responsibility in helping to maintain a classroom environment that is conducive to learning. Any behavior in the classroom that is distracting to others is prohibited.

Students with Special Needs: Students who qualify for specific accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) should notify the instructor the first week of class. It is the student’s responsibility to provide the necessary documentation to the Special Populations Coordinator.

Title IX: Harassment of any nature occurring on the premises of Cisco College will not be tolerated.  Should a student be subjected to any form of harassment, the matter may be reported to the Title IX Director(254-442-5022or325-794-4503), Dean of Students (254-442-5173), Provost(325-794-4401), or any counselor.

Text: The American Pageant 14th Edition by David M. Kennedy, [et al.].

 

Requirements/Grading of Course: There will be a total of 4 Unit Exams and a Research Paper.  The lowest exam grade will be dropped.  The Unit Exams and Research Paper account for 75% of the overall grade.  The remaining 25% will come from Reading Quizzes and Assignments.  Student activities will include text readings, supplemental readings, class lecture, outside research and writing, discussion and film

 

HIST 1301 COURSE OUTLINE:

A. The Colonial Period. Prehistory–1775.  

Students must be able to:

1. identify and describe the major colonial powers of this period, including Spain, France, Great Britain and others. (1)

2. apply relative chronology through the sequencing of significant individuals and events and time periods, including explorers, the thirteen colonies, acts of Parliament, and others. (4).

3. recognize and analyze significant political, social, and economic features of the colonies, including slavery, republican institutions, triangle trade, the Great Awakening, and others. (2)

4. evaluate the impact of significant individuals, events, and legislation, including Sam Adams, John Smith, the Navigation Acts, the Intolerable Acts, the Boston Tea Party, and others. (1).

5. identify causes and effects of significant domestic and international issues and events, including mercantilism, the Albany Plan, the French and Indian War, Lexington and Concord, and others. (3).

 

B. The Revolution and New Nation. 1776-1820.

Students must be able to:

1. identify and describe the major eras of this period, including the Revolution, the young Republic, the Age of Jefferson and others. (1).

2. apply relative chronology through the sequencing of significant individuals, events, and time periods, including presidents, wars, treaties, and others. (4).

3. recognize and analyze significant political, social, and international changes, including political parties, elections, the Louisiana Purchase, and others. (2).

4. evaluate the impact of significant individuals, events, and technological innovations, including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, the cotton gin, the steamboat, and others. (1).

5. identify causes and effects of significant domestic and international issues and events, including the Revolutionary War, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitutional Convention, the War of 1812, and others. (3).

 

C. Expansion and Civil War. 1820-1865.

Students must be able to:

1. identify and describe the major eras of this period, including the Age of Jackson, Manifest Destiny, the crises of the 1850's, and others. (1).

2. apply relative chronology through the sequencing of significant individuals, events, and time periods, including presidents, political parties, wars, and others. (4).

3. recognize and analyze significant political, social, and economic changes, including the Missouri Compromise, the abolition movement, the Compromise of 1850, reform movements and others. (2).

4. evaluate the impact of significant individuals, presidents, and technological innovations, including Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, the telegraph, and others. (1).

5. identify causes and effects of significant domestic and international issues and events, including tariffs, the Mexican-American War, sectionalism, popular sovereignty, the Civil War, and others. (3).

                                   Syllabus for History 1302-54 – Dual Credit U.S. History I Cisco

                                                                        Spring 2017

Instructor: Jason Hutt                                              Class Time: Jim Ned Schedule

Email: jhutt@jimned.esc14.net                                Class Location: Jim Ned HS

Phone: 325-260-8089

The Syllabus – This syllabus is designed to provide the student with a basic framework outlining the course requirements, policies and procedures, and schedule of activities and assignments.

Course Objectives and Goals: Upon successful completion of this course, United States History I, the student will able to: a) identify and describe the significance of major events in American history from colonization through reconstruction after the Civil War: b) explain the effect certain historical events have had on subsequent events, to include possible changes as a result of key decision; c) discuss economic, political, military, diplomatic, and individual contributions to the development of the nation; and d) explain thoughts and ideas in writing.

 

Format: The course will consist primarily of lectures each class session and readings. Students are expected to stay current on text reading assignments, take thorough notes, and be familiar with material covered in previous classes. Discussions of complex and significant issues will be encouraged and students should feel free to ask questions that will enhance their understanding.

**College-level courses may include controversial, sensitive, and/or adult material. Students are expected to have the readiness for college-rigor and content.

Student Conduct: It is the responsibility of students and faculty to help maintain scholastic integrity at the college by refusing to participate in or tolerate scholastic dishonesty. Plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty undermine the very purpose of the College and diminish the value of an education.  Students are expected to take responsibility in helping to maintain a classroom environment that is conducive to learning. Any behavior in the classroom that is distracting to others is prohibited.

 

Students with Special Needs: Students who qualify for specific accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) should notify the instructor the first week of class. It is the student’s responsibility to provide the necessary documentation to the Special Populations Coordinator.

 

Harassment of any nature occurring on the premises of Cisco College will not be tolerated. Should a student be subjected to any form of harassment, the matter may be reported to the Title IX Director(254-442-5022or325-794-4503), Dean of Students(254-442-5173), Provost(325-794-4401), or any counselor (See Directory).

Text: The American Pageant 14th Edition by David M. Kennedy, [et al.].

 

Requirements/Grading of Course: There will be a total of 3 Unit Exams and a Final Exam.  The lowest exam grade will be dropped excluding the Final Exam.  The Unit Exams will account for 50% of the overall grade, while the Semester Final will account for 25% of the overall grade.  The remaining 25% will come from Reading Quizzes and Assignments.  Student

activities will include text readings, supplemental readings, class lecture, outside research and writing, discussion and film

 

HIST 1302 COURSE OUTLINE:

 

Ch. 22: Civil War/Reconstruction

 

  • Reconstruction Plans
  • Reconstruction Amendment
  •  Ku Klux Klan
  • Black Codes
  • Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
  • Compromise of 1877        

Ch. 23-25: Industrial Revolution

  • "Captains of Industry"
  • Social Darwinism  and the Gospel of Wealth
  • Urbanization
  • Labor Unions and the policy of Laissez Faire

Ch. 26: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution

  • American expansion versus the Native Americans
  • The "Cattle Kingdom"
  • The Populist Movement and the Farmers' Alliance

 Ch. 27: Empire and Expansion

  • Imperialism defined
  • The Militaristic Theories of Alfred Thayer Mahan
  • Causes of the war w/ Spain
  • The expansionist policies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, & Woodrow Wilson

 Ch. 28-29: The Progressive Era

  • Social Movements (Women's rights (Hull House), the NAACP, Progressive Era Amendments (16, 17, 18, 19)
  • Progressive Era Presidents (TR, Taft, Wilson)

 Ch. 30:  WWI        

  • Causes and initial American reactions
  • American neutrality
  • American intervention
  • Russian Revolution
  • The League of Nations
  • Postwar Racism and the Red Scare

Ch. 31: The Roaring 20’s

  • Nativism and Immigration restrictions
  • The return of the KKK
  • The presidencies of Harding, Coolidge, & Hoover
  • Social & technological changes (automobile & the cities v. suburbs)

Ch. 32-33: The Great Depression

  • The crash of 1929
  • The presidency of FDR
  • The New Deal (New Deal I (1933-35), New Deal II (1935-39)
  • The presidential election of 1936

 Ch. 34-35: WWII 

  • Causes and initial American reactions
  • American neutrality
  • American intervention (The Atlantic Charter & Pearl Harbor )
  • Hitler and the New Germany
  • The "Big Three" (FDR/Truman, Stalin, & Churchill)
  • The atomic bomb and the end of the war

  Ch. 36-37: The Cold War (1950s)

  • Truman-Berlin Airlift, the Korean War
  • Eisenhower-the CIA
  • Suburbanization (roles of men & women)
  • Civil Rights Movement

  Ch. 38:  The Turbulent 60’s

  • Kennedy-Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crises, & Dallas
  • LBJ-The Great Society
  • Vietnam War
  • Death of MLK & RFK

  Ch. 39: The Retreat from the Liberal Welfare State

  • The presidency of Richard Nixon-Vietnam and Watergate
  • The presidency of Jimmy Carter-Foreign policies & the Iranian Hostage Crises

                  

Ch. 40: Reagan's Conservatism Movement

  • The presidency of Ronald Reagan
  • The Presidency of George HW Bush

 

Ch. 41-42: The End of the Cold War & the 20th Century

  • The presidency of Bill Clinton
  • The election of 2000
  • "September 11"

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