REEDLEY COLLEGE
HIST 11: US, History to 1870	 Term: FOIl, 2004
MThF Period 1	 Instructor: Ms. Lisa Solomon
Messages: 638-3641	E-mail: so[omonl@scccd,org
Office Hours: As needed

Course Description and Outcomes: This is an extensive survey course of United States history from the period of exploration to the end of the Civil War and the early part of Reconstruction, The course covers the social, political, economic and constitutional development of the nation.
By the end of the course, students will have a working knowledge of the specified period of history, including how early events influenced later ones and the impact and role of various groups involved. Students will be required to articulate this knowledge throughout the term.

Text:	American History: A Survey(Voiume 1, 1 l~ edition).
Additional readings/articles may be presented or assigned by the instructor as deemed relevant,

Exams: There will be four quizzes, a midterm exam and the final exam. Study guides for the midterm and final will be available the week before the exam, The quizzes will be a combination of identifications and short essay; the midterm and final will be essays. All exams will be based on the text, any additional readings, lectures, and videos. Blue books will be required for the midterm and final exams. Any student caught cheating on a quiz or exam will receive a “F” for that quiz or exam, and no make-up will be allowed. Depending on the severity of the offense, the instructor reserves the right to reduce the student’s score by the equivalent of a letter grade (for example: a “B” becomes a “C”).
Only one make-up exam will be given to a student during the semester, and must be scheduled with the Instructor. Make-up exams scheduled for more than a week after the original test date face a reduction of a letter grade.

Writing Requirement: Students will be required to complete a research paper of six to eight pages on a national event or individual from the period of study that has left either a positive or negative impact (or both) on our society or culture. A list of suggested topics is included on the last page of this syllabus, or you may choose one of your own. A study guide for the paper will be provided by the Instructor, Papers turned in after the due date will be penalized. Plagiarism is the act of taking someone else’s work and passing it off as your own. Any paper or exam found to contain plagiarized material will be returned with a “F” and no substitute paper will be accepted.
Grading: The course maximum is 500 points, based
Discussion/participation
Quizzes (tour @ 25 points each)
Research paper
Midterm exam
Final exam
Extra credit projects may be oval
“Plus” and “minus” grades ___ points, as follows:
A =401 -.500
B = 301 -400
D= 101 <00
on the following:
50 points
100 points
125 points
75 points
150 points
able at the lnstructr’s discretion,
are not available, Grading will be based on total
C = 201 300
F = 0 - 1 00

Miscellaneous: While participation in classroom discussions is not mandatory, it is strongly encouraged and can affect your final grade. At all times, your questions
are encouraged and welcomed.
Attendance is strongly encouraged, especially since history courses usuclly take a chronological approach. Therefore, absences can leave gaps that cannot be easily filled. Your participation in class discussions depends on your attendance and as noted above, can affect your final grade. P/ease remember that campus policy is that an instructor may drop any student who has missed more than six (6) hours of class. To satisfy the school’s requirements, attendance will be taken on a regular basis. If a problem arises, such as transportation difficulties or an illness, please notify the instructor.
Students who practice inappropriate behavior will likely be asked to leave the classroom, per Reedley College’s Student Code of Conduct Policy.
If you know that you are going to have to miss a class or leave a class early for an appointment, the appropriate thing to do is notify the instructor in advance and, it leaving early, sit near the door so that your departure will cause as little disruption as possible. Please make every effort to be in the room and ready at the starting time. Being late may be beyond a student’s control; if you are late, please attempt to enter the room as quietly as possible to avoid disrupting the class,
Please make sure that pagers and/or cell phones are turned off during class,

Assigned readings ore to be done before class.
The schedule (subject to change):
	Aug. 19	Introduction and preview (chap. 1)
	Aug. 20-23	English, French, Spanish, Dutch (chap. 2)
	Aug. 26	17th and early 18th century life
	Aug. 27	Colonies (chap. 3)
		     Research paper topics due
	Aug. 30	Prelude to slavery
		     Research paper guide available
Sep.
Sep.
Sep.
Sep.
Sep.
02
03
06
09
10-1 3
Mid láOOs
Quiz #1 (material from Aug. 19 through Sep. 02)
NO CLASS - Holiday
Colonial life
Move to independence (chap. 4)
SUGGESTED PAPER TOPICS

Mayflower Compact
Sugar and Stamp Acts

Articles of Confederation

Changing role of women

Indian Removal Act

Seneca Falls Convention

California’s statehood

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Louisiana Purchase

Burning of Atlanta

Boston Tea Party

Lincoln’s Assassination

Quakers
Treaty of Paris

Salem Witch Trials

War of 1812

Concept of “frontier”

Manifest Destiny

Seneca Falls Convention

Lewis & Clark

Monte Doctrine

Emancipation Proclamation

Boston Massacre

Mary Todd Uncoin

Jefferson Davis
Coloniza [ion