Norfolk State
University
Department
of History
HIS
102--UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1877
Course
Outline
Class Time: 1:30-3:00 p.m. (TR)
Dr.
Charles H. Ford
Office Hours: 11:00 a.m. – 12 :00 noon (TR)
Office C154, Brown Hall 10:00
a.m. - 11:00 a..m. (MWF)
(757) 823-8865
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (MWF)
E-Mail
– chford7@mail.com Fax: (757) 823-2512
TITLE AND DESCRIPTION
United States History 1607-1877 - A study
of the political, economic and social development of the United States from the
Colonial period to 1877 with an emphasis on the racial and ethnic diversity
that created a unique American culture (3 semester hours). No prerequisites.
TEXT
Faragher,
John, et. al., Out of Many: A History of the American People. Vol. I, 3rd Edition, 2000.
Required Readings: On-Line
Chiles,
James. "Congress Couldn’t Have
Been This Bad, or Could It?." Annual Editions: American History.
Volume 1: Pre-Colonial through Reconstruction, 1997.
Demos,
John. "Entertaining Satan." Annual Editions: American History. Volume 1:
Pre-Colonial through
Reconstruction, 1997.
Ellis,
Joseph. "Editing the
Declaration." Annual Editions:
American History. Volume 1: Pre-Colonial
through
Reconstruction, 1997.
Foote,
Timothy. "The Way We Were--and the
Way We Went." Annual Editions:
American History. Volume 1:
Pre-Colonial through Reconstruction, 1997.
Milanich,
Jerald. "Laboring in the Fields of
the Lord." Annual
Editions: American History. Volume 1:
Pre-
Colonial through Reconstruction, 1997.
Course Learning
Objectives:
1. The student will formulate basic
historical concepts of the political, economic, social and intellectual
forces which laid the foundations for the
American nation.
2. The student will examine and be able to
explain the evolution of American slavery and its effects on
the unique regional development of the
South, African Americans and on the nation's broader
population.
3. The student will analyze the major
historical interpretations of the causes and effects of the American
Revolution.
4. The student will analyze and formulate
basic concepts of the following movements and which shaped
the American nation in the early national
period: a) the movement for
Constitutional Reform; b) the
Federalist/Jeffersonian Era; c) Nationalism
and Sectionalism; d) the Jacksonian
movement; e) Westward
Expansion; f) the institution of slavery
and the Antebellum South; g) the rise of Industrialism; and h)
the mid-19th century Reform Movements.
5. The student will examine the sectional
crises of the 1840's and 1850's, and the impact of this era on the
causes of the Civil War, and develop from
these readings defensible historical syntheses and/or concepts.
COURSE EXPECTATIONS AND
REQUIREMENTS:
1. ORIENTATION
SESSION - Students must attend an orientation session (first
day of class) in order to
verify their enrollment in the
course. Also at that time students will
be given a general overview and the
requirements for completing this
course. If orientation is missed,
students are required to contact the
professor during his office hours to
review the instructions for the class.
2. ATTENDANCE
- Since class attendance and participation are important in the learning
process, after 3
unexcused absences, a deduction of 5
points per absence from the class participation grade will result.
Determination of absences will be based
on regular class meetings as scheduled by the Registrar and Vice
President for Academic Affairs. Also, attendance for the entire class period
is expected unless prior
arrangements have been made with the
instructor. Students are responsible
for becoming familiar with the
rules of attendance and the standards
of academic and personal conduct as set
forth in the University
Catalog and Student Handbook.
a. Each
student is expected to attend all class meetings and can only have three (3)
unexcused
absences without penalty to the class
participation grade each semester. Five points per
unexcused
absence will be removed
from the class participation grade after the third unexcused
absence.
3. LECTURE
ATTENDANCE - Class attendance and keeping up with the assigned readings is
mandatory.
Lectures and discussions are merely an
enhancement of a part of the readings and not a substitute for the
assignments. Students cannot pass the class without completing the assigned
readings. Dependence upon
the discussion sessions and the lectures
without completing the reading assignments will probably result in failure.
4. ACADEMIC
HONESTY - The History and Geography faculty will adhere to the University
Catalog
guidelines as quoted below. Violations of these standards will result in
grade reduction or a failing grade
plus a recommendation for University
discipline.
“‘Academic or academically related
misconduct’” includes, but is not limited to,
unauthorized collaboration or use of
external information during examinations;
plagiarizing or representing another’s
ideas as one’s own; furnishing false academic
information to the University; falsely
obtaining, distributing, using or receiving test
materials; obtaining or gaining
unauthorized access to examinations or academic
materials; improperly altering or
inducing another to improperly alter any academic
record; or engaging in any conduct which
is intended to reasonably likely to confer
upon one’s self or another an unfair
advantage or unfair benefit respecting an
academic or academic matter.”
5. MAKE-UP
WORK - Students are responsible for making
up any work missed if not beyond instructor
designated deadlines.
a. Instructors
are not responsible if the student misses the lectures, films, or discussion
sessions.
b. Each
student is responsible for getting handouts distributed during the discussion
sessions (especially
if the student is absent when handout was
initially distributed).
6. DISCUSSION
SESSIONS - Students must understand that the discussion sessions are not designed to be
lectures. Instead, they are opportunities for the student and instructor to
engage in a question and answer
exchange.
a. The
questions discussed in these sessions should be generated primarily by the
students and will be
based on the reading assignments,
lectures and films.
7. CLASS
CONDUCT - Students are expected to follow the rules of attendance and the
standards of academic
and personal conduct as set forth in the University
Catalog and Student Handbook.
a. DISRUPTIONS - Noise and other
disruptions are unacceptable and may result in a student’s
removal from class.
b. CHILDREN AND BABIES - As long as there
is no disruption, children and babies are allowed in
class.
However, in general underaged and unregistered individuals should not be
present during
exams.
8. INCOMPLETE
GRADE POLICY - Incomplete grades are not automatic! They will be given only at the
instructor's discretion and because of
critical circumstances. It is expected
that all work will be completed
as assigned.
9. EXAMS
- There will be 5 essay exams
comprising material covered in lectures, readings and discussions.
a. The lowest exam will be dropped for the
final grade.
b. Exams
will draw from the readings, lectures and discussions; however, at least 50% of the exams
will be based on the assigned readings.
10. MAKE-UP
EXAMS - Makeup exams must be taken within
2-3 office hour days after the designated exam
date unless otherwise stated by the
instructor. After that period, makeup
exams will be given only at the
instructor’s discretion. Any situation clearly beyond a student’s
control which causes or will cause him/her
to miss an exam or other assignment
should be reported to the instructor at the earliest possible time.
Students who take the make-up within 2-3
days after the test date do not need to contact the instructor.
Please consult office hours and inform
the instructor at the time that you wish to take the make-up. Failure
to
comply with this policy will result in a "O" for that exam.
11. WRITING
ASSIGNMENT GRADE:
a. There
is one (1) article each student is
expected to read (in addition to reading assignments from
the text) and to write a critical review. These critical article reviews will
accompany each of those
reading assignments from the text. The due date is listed in the "Lecture
Topics and Reading
Assignments" portion of the
syllabus. Students will receive a
handout on this assignment which
will accompany the question guide sheet.
12. Students will have two (2) assignments from the "Mapping
America" book. These will be
individually assigned by the instructor
and provided to the student along with their due dates. Since class
attendance is mandatory, each student is
expected to be in class when these assignments are given.
13. FINAL
EXAM - The final exam will be held at the schedule book’s time and
will be
comprehensive.
Grading System: Grading Scale:
A
= Exceptional (95-100) C-=
Below Average (70-73) Exams - 50%
A-=
Excellent (90-94) D+= Needs
Improvement Writing Assignment -
20%
B+=
Superior (87-89) (67-69) Final
Exam -10%
B
= Very Good (84-86) D
= Passing (64-66) Class
Participation - 20%
B-=
Good (80-83) D-=
Barely Passing (60-63)
C+=
Above Average (77-79) F =
Failure (59 and below)
C
= Average (74-76)
LECTURE TOPICS AND
READING ASSIGNMENTS
I. Introduction (August 24, 2000)
II. The
Origins of America
A. First
Contact (Text, 1-24) (August 24, 29, 2000)
B. The
Triumph and Tragedy of Colonization (Text, 25-48)
III. English
Patterns of Settlement (Text, 49-72)
A. The
Settlement of Jamestown and Massachusetts Bay (September 5, 7, 2000)
EXAM
– 7 September
Assignment:
complete Topic 3: England's
North American Colonies in 1700 (Mapping America, 6-7)
DUE SEPT. 12, 2000
IV. Conflict
and Consensus in Colonial America
A. Origins
of African-American Slavery (Text, 73-102) (September 12, 2000)
B. Early
Colonial Cultures (Text, 103-131) (September 14, 19, 2000)
- EXAM
-
(Sept. 21, 2000)
V. Social,
Economic, and Political Complexities in a Maturing Colonial America
A. The
Struggle for Dominance and Independence in North America (Text, 132-153)
(September 21, 26, 2000)
VI. The
American Revolution and Its Aftermath
A. The
American Revolution (Text, 154-175) (September 28, October 3, 2000)
C. Legacies
of the American Revolution (Text, 175-191) (October 5, 2000)
- EXAM
-
(Oct. 10, 2000)
VII. Creating
A Nation
A. The
Establishment of a National Government (Text, 193-200) (October
10, 12, 2000)
B. The
Early National Period: The Federalist
Era (Text, 200-2) (October 17, 19, 2000)
C. The
New American Communities (Text, 222-234) (October 24, 2000)
VIII. The
Age of the Jeffersonians (Jefferson, Madison, Monroe)
A. Jeffersonian
Domestic Programs and National Expansion (Text, 235-246) (October
26, 2000)
B. Jeffersonian
Foreign Policy (Text, 247-260) (October 31, 2000)
- EXAM -
(Nov.
2, 2000)
IX. National
Development and the Age of Jackson
A. The
Age of Jackson (Text, 261-293) (Nov. 2, 7, 2000)
B. The
Industrializing North (Text, 324-350) (November 9, 2000)
Assignment:
complete Topic 7: Land
Acquisitions, 1782-1830, 14-15
DUE
NOV. 9, 2000
X. The
Antebellum Slavery and the Reform Movement
A. The
Peculiar Institution (Text, 294-324) (November 14, 2000)
-
WRITING ASSIGNMENT DUE (Nov. 14, 2000) -
B. Abolitionism
and America's Reform Movements (Text, 351-379) (November 16, 2000)
- EXAM
-
(Nov. 21, 2000)
-
THANKSGIVING BREAK -
XI. The
Critical Decades: The 1850's and 60's
A. Moving
West: Manifest Destiny (Text, 386-416)
(November 28, 2000)
B. The
Road to Secession (Text, 417-446) (November 30, 2000)
C. Lincoln
and the Civil War (Text, 504-537) (December 5, 2000)
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Review and Discussion for FINAL EXAM (Dec. 7, 2000) -
- FINAL EXAM -