| History 1493 United States History Since 1876 | Spring 2008 | Instructor--Brad Agnew |
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Blackboard Quizzes due by 8 a.m. |
Reading Assignment | Viewing Assignment |
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Monday, Jan 21 | 01a Syllabus | 01b Program 13 and 14* |
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Monday, Jan 21 | 02a 600-08 | 02b Rockefeller I | |
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Monday, Jan 21 | 03a 608-17 | 03b Rockefeller II | |
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Monday, Jan 28 | 04a 565-67, 617-21 | 04b Carnegie I |
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Monday, Jan 28 | 05a 623-30 | 05b Carnegie II | |
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Monday, Jan 28 | 06a 621-22, 694-99 | 06b Cleveland I | |
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Monday, Feb 4 | 07a 560-63, 683-94 | 07b Cleveland II |
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Monday, Feb 4 | 08a 699-708 | 08b Program 17 | |
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Monday, Feb 4 | 09a 745-56 | 09b Reckless Decade I | |
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Monday, Feb 11 | 10a 756-62 | 10b Reckless Decade II |
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Monday, Feb 11 | No reading assignment | 11b Murdering McKinley | |
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Monday, Feb 11 | 12a 709-16 | 12b Program 18 | |
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Monday, Feb 18 | 13a 716-24 | 13b Program 19 |
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Monday, Feb 18 | 14a 724-34 | 14b Roosevelt I | |
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Monday, Feb 18 | 15a 734-44 | 15b Roosevelt II | |
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Monday, Feb 25 | 16a 763-74 | 16b Woodrow Wilson I |
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Monday, Feb 25 | 17a 776-85 | 17b Woodrow Wilson II | |
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Monday, Feb 25 | 18a 785-92 | 18b First World War I | |
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Monday, Mar 3 | 19a 793-803 | 19b First World War II |
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Monday, Mar 3 | 20a 803-11 | 20b Program 20 | |
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Monday, Mar 3 | 21a 842-47, 854-58 | 21b Harding I | |
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Monday, Mar 3 | 22a 859-68 | 22b Harding II | |
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In-Class Exam | Tuesday, Mar 4 | Mid-term exam, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., in NET 614 (Tahlequah campus) | |
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Monday, Mar 24 | 23a 870-76 | No viewing assignment |
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Monday, Mar 24 | 24a 876-84 | 24b Program 21 | |
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Monday, Mar 24 | 25a 884-90 | 25b Grapes of Wrath I (Rent or read summary) | |
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Monday, Mar 24 | 26a 890-98 | 26b Grapes of Wrath II | |
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Monday, Mar 24 | No reading assignment | 27b Freedom from Fear | |
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Monday, Mar 31 | 28a 847-54 | 28b D Day I |
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Monday, Mar 31 | 29a 898-906 | 29b D Day II | |
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Monday, Mar 31 | 30a 908-19 | 30b New Dealers War I | |
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Monday, Apr 7 | 31a 920-32 | 31b New Dealers War II |
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Monday, Apr 7 | 32a 932-40 | 32b Program 22 | |
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Monday, Apr 7 | 33a 942-53 | 33b Truman I | |
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Monday, Apr 14 | 34a 953-65 | 43b Truman II |
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Monday, Apr 14 | 35a 965-77 | 35b The Fifties I | |
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Monday, Apr 14 | 36a 979-90 | 36b The Fifties II | |
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Monday, Apr 21 | 37a 990-1001 | 37b Kennedy & Nixon I |
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Monday, Apr 21 | 38a 1002-10 | 38b Kennedy & Nixon II | |
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Monday, Apr 21 | 39a 1010-16, 1049-53 | 39b About Face I | |
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Monday, Apr 21 | 40a 1053-65 | 40b About Face II | |
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Monday, Apr 28 | 41a 1065-76 | 41b Clinton Legacy I |
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Monday, Apr 28 | 42a 1078-91 | 42b Clinton Legacy II | |
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Monday, Apr 28 | 43a 1091-1103 | 43b Breach of Trust I | |
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Monday, Apr 28 | 44a 1103-13 | 44b Breach of Trust II | |
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In-class Exam | Tuesday, Apr 29 | Final exam, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., in NET 614 (Tahlequah campus) | |
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This class consists of 44 lessons, each of which (with a few exceptions) includes a Reading and a Viewing assignment. After completing the assignments, you should immediately take the quiz over each assignment on Blackboard (an online, interactive learning system). You may retake the quizzes as many times as you like before the deadline to obtain a perfect score or a score acceptable to you. The first quiz over a Reading Assignment is a statement of understanding worth one point. All other reading quizzes are worth ten points. All quizzes over Viewing assignments are worth five points. Most quizzes will be posted on Wednesday, eleven days before they are due. Take the quizzes in the order in which they are assigned. I highly recommend that you complete all quizzes at least twenty-four hours before the deadline and check your grades to ensure that they were recorded properly. Re-entering a quiz will wipe out your previous score. If you encounter a problem completing an online assignment, which you cannot overcome yourself, notify me immediately. If I am informed, by E-mail, at least twenty-four hours before the deadline, I will correct the problem or extend the deadline. If you contact me less than twenty-four hours before the deadline with a problem in completing an online quiz, I will try to correct the problem, but will not extend the deadline even if I am unable to correct it. Before you begin, read the syllabus carefully and complete the "Statement of Understanding" and the Email communications check you will find on the "Assignments" page of Blackboard. Although the "Statement of Understanding" is worth only one point, no other work will receive credit until you have made a perfect score on the "Statement of Understanding." If you do not understand the policies and procedures mentioned there, reread the syllabus or contact me at agnew@nsuok.edu. You will also need to complete an Email communication check to ensure that I have your correct Email address. Communications checks To encourage students to read their Email and the Blackboard Announcement page daily, I will use these facilities during the semester to request a reply within twenty-four hours with specific information I will supply. Students responding before the deadline will receive 10 points each time. These communication exercises contribute to the total number of points that can be earned in this class. Not responding in time could affect your course grade. |
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Blackboard--For instructions for logging on to Blackboard go to the Blackboard link on my website <http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~agnew/> or to the link on the NSU Homepage. Both links will take you to a site with instructions for accessing my or any other class you are taking with Blackboard assignments. If you have trouble accessing this class Blackboard site, contact me at once. Members of the class will receive ID numbers that will enable the instructor to keep all students informed of their grades. These numbers will be posted in the gradebook and may be viewed by each student by clicking on the User Tools tab on Blackboard and double clicking on the Check Grade link. If the name you are using is different than the one in the university computer and on my Blackboard site, please send me an E-mail confirming your identity. Reading assignments--With the exception of the first reading assignment--1a--(which is based on the course syllabus), all reading assignments are drawn from the textbook. Few of the reading assignments exceed ten pages. I strongly advise you to read each assignment at least twice. Initially scan the assignment; read it more carefully a second time, underlining important passages and making notes either in the margin or in a notebook. Unlike face-to-face classes where lecture provides a major component in the instructional process, online classes rely heavily on the reading skills of students. It is essential that you read and understand the material discussed in all the reading assignments. We will be using the first edition of Carnes and Garraty's American Destiny: Narrative of a Nation, Vol II, Since 1865. Reading quizzes are drawn directly from the reading assignment. Each question begins with two numbers. The first number is within a page of two of the place where the answer is found in your textbook. The second, bracketed number no longer has any meaning. Just ignore it. It is possible that some of the questions on Blackboard contain errors that affect the answers. In such cases, I will give an additional point to the first student who describes the problem in an E-mail message. You must:
Viewing assignments--All but one of the viewing assignments come from websites and can be accessed only by computers connected to the web. While it is possible to view the assignments on a dial-up connection, the experience can be frustrating. Broadband connection is desirable, if not essential. If you do not have broadband, I suggest you view the programs in one of NSUs computer labs, in a public library, or in some other place with a broadband connection. The chart above contains a link to each of the assignments. If you choose to work on a dial-up connection, each assignment has a complete transcript of the program that you can access on a dial-up connection. I highly recommend that you download the transcript and view the presentation, making marginal notes and underlining important points made. There are three types of viewing assignments--eight programs are drawn from thirty-minute lectures from the Annenberg CPB series Biography of America; all but one of the remainder are drawn from the CSPAN Booknotes program. The viewing assignment for Lessons 25 and 26 are drawn from the motion picture, The Grapes of Wrath. You should rent the video and view the movie, or you may choose to read the summary of the book at the site cited in the table above. To view programs in the Biography of America series, you must complete and submit an online registration form. Registration is free. To receive the Booknotes programs you must disable any popup blockers in your internet browser or browsers. Viewing quizzes are based on information discussed in the programs. Like the reading quizzes, the viewing quizzes may be retaken as many times as possible before the deadline for submission. The Booknote programs are an hour long. The quizzes over most of them cover the first thirty or the second thirty minutes of the program. Where there are two tests over one program, the second time the program appears in the assignment table, the name is not linked to the site. Quiz Make up--Except in compelling circumstances, all online quizzes must be taken before the deadline for submission. Students who feel they have "compelling circumstances" may request in writing that they be allowed to make up quizzes missed. If their request is granted, they must submit a 500-word summary of each textbook assignment and Booknotes program for the quizzes they missed. Make-up work must be completed within five days of my notification that a student may make up missed work or before the next in-class exam, whichever is sooner. Grades for the exercise will be determined by the instructor based on student performance on other quizzes and the quality of the make-up work. Class autobiographies--Members of the class are expected to introduce themselves in an autobiographical sketch and then interact in an Autobiography Forum with other students who may ask questions based on the biographies. (see the biographical sketch I posted as an example) Maximum grade for Autobiography Forum is 20 points. For deadlines see the instructions on the Autobiography Forum). Major Exam--On Tuesday, March 4, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., in Room 614 of the NET Building on tha Tahlequah campus, an examination will be given over Reading and Viewing Assignments for lessons 1-22. On Tuesday, April 29, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., in Room 614 of the NET Building on the Tahlequah campus, an examination will be given over Reading and Viewing Assignments for lessons 23-44. Students should arrange their schedules to be avaliable on those dates or withdraw from this class. All questions will be drawn from information covered in the quizzes for the reading and viewing assignments. The exams will be objective. All students must bring two photo IDs (a drivers license and an NSU ID; foreign students may use a passport in lieu of a driver's license) with them to both major exams. Unless arrangements are made earlier, students who do not furnish the two IDs will not be allowed to take the exam. On both major exams you may use one page of notes (written on both sides of paper no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches). All notes must be handwritten; they may not be typed, computer generated, xeroxed, or printed. Within twenty-four hours after the completion of the major exams, I will post scores and class standings on the Blackboard site. Your raw scores will be displayed in the portion of the gradebook that you can access on Blackboard. A list of exam scores and points earned on Blackboard with letter grades will be posted on the Announcement page of Blackboard after each in-class exam. The Blackboard gradebook contains only the raw scores; it does not contain the formulae that determine the course grade. Make-ups for Major Exams--If you miss a major exam, notify me beforehand if possible or within 24 hours after you miss the exam. You must schedule a make-up exam within a week. Make-up exams will be all essay. Grading System--The course grade is determined by averaging the percentage earned on the Reading and Viewing quizzes and your autobiographical sketch, and the percentage earned on the mid-term and final examinations (the percentages are determined by averaging the points you earned by the total number of points possible). The "A" range begins at 90%, "B" at 80%, "C" at 70%, and "D" at 60%. "F" begins below 60%. Grades will be rounded off to the nearest whole number. Depending on class grade-spread, additional points may be added to the grades of students who have submitted all work by the deadlines. Exactly 50% of the grade in this class is over quizzes on Reading and Viewing assignments which you can retake until you make a perfect score, and participation in the online biography forum in which you can devote as much time as you like to framing your autobiography. Most of the questions on the major exams are drawn from questions on the quizzes on the Reading and Viewing assignments. The only reason for failure in this course is failure to read and complete the assignments conscientiously. I will post class grades at midterm and after the final exam. Exceptions and Clarifications--Under compelling circumstances, exceptions can be made to most policies. If you have problems, inform me as soon as possible. If I am alerted early, it is usually possible to work out mutually satisfactory solutions to most situations. If you do not understand a class policy or procedure, ask me for clarification. OFFICE HOURS Tuesday and Wednesday, 8-11 a.m., Thursday, 8-10, in the John Vaughan Library Special Collections Department (444-3252) or the John Vaughan Library Archives (444-3220). Office Seminary Hall 306; Office Phone 444-3519: E-Mail: agnew@nsuok.edu Website: http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~agnew/ FAX: 458 2390The best way to contact me is by e-mail. Please do NOT send me e-mail attachments unless I have asked you for them. E-mail attachments are a primary way of spreading viruses. |