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History
2100 Online:
U.
S. History:
Colonization through Reconstruction
Instructor:
Jan M. Copes
E-mail: jcopes@lakelandcc.edu
Course
Description
The objective of this course is to help
students understand the multi-cultural
factors (Native American, European, and
African) in the 17th through 19th centuries
that combined to form a unique American
civilization. The course will also examine
the revolutionary philosophy behind the
U.S. Constitution and government, and how
a nation based on that philosophy survived
the internal and external challenges it
faced during the first century of its history.
Content will focus on political, economic,
cultural and social topics, and on the
key people, events, and issues that significantly
affected U.S. history from the colonial
period through 1877.
The class will be conducted online
on the Lakeland website (www.lakelandcc.edu)
using a software package called Blackboard. Once you register for the course, you can access the course site on Blackboard using the first part of your Lakeland email address (such as jcopes1) as your username and your Lakeland ID number as your password.
Required
Reading
Textbook:
Tindall and Shi, America:
A Narrative History,
7th edition Vol. 1.
Course
Requirements:
1. Weekly
Assignments: Each week you
will be given a reading assignment in the
textbook and a set of questions to
answer. In addition, each week you
will be assigned either a Discussion
Board topic or a short essay to write.
Additional information about weekly
assignments
is available
on the
Blackboard course site if you sign up for
the course. You will probably need 10-12
hours a week to complete your assignments.
The question sets will constitute 45% of
your grade, the Discussion Board 20%, and
the essays 25%.
2.
Short Paper: An additional
requirement of the course is a short
research paper.
If you sign up for the course, you can
find information on how to do the paper
on the Blackboard course site. The paper
counts for 10% of your grade.
3. Exams: During finals
week there will be a cumulative, open-book
exam that
will include information from the entire
course.
Student
Responsibilities
You
are expected to keep up with weekly reading
assignments, question sets, Discussion
Board postings, and essays. This is not
a "proceed
at your own pace” course. If you
don't complete your assignments each
week, it will be very hard if not impossible
to make a good grade or perhaps even
to pass the course. You must
also observe Lakeland’s policies
on student conduct and academic honesty
as outlined in the Student Handbook.
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Using
Blackboard
You will definitely use the following Blackboard
sections during this course: - Announcements:
News and reminders will be posted here.
- Course
Information: Here you will find the course
syllabus, information about the paper requirement,
and additional information on how to use Blackboard.
- Course
Documents: Any documents that you will need
to use for this course will
be posted in this section.
- Assignments:
The flow of the course is guided by the
weekly assignments. You
should consult this section at the beginning
of every week to see what
is due
when. Each week you will read from the textbook, answer questions about
the reading assignment, and either participate on the Discussion Board
or write a short essay.
- Communication: Here you will find
the Discussion Board and e-mail.
- Tools: Here you will find
a Student Manual that contains all the information
you need
about how to use Blackboard. You will
also find
the Digital
Drop Box here. You can send assignments to me using the Digital
Drop Box or
by attaching
them to an e-mail. This is also where you can go to change your
personal information and to check your grades.
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