Instructor: Tim Cantrell	email:   tacant00@uky.edu
Office: Moloney Bldg. Room 237  Office Phone: 257-4872 X4149 / Home Phone: 224-3757  Area Coordinator: Dr. Rick Smoot, MB 238, 257-4872 X4155  Division Phone: 257-4872 X4005 Web Address: http://www.bluegrass.kctcs.edu/LCC/HIS/tim.html	Office Hours: Mon 11:00-1:00  Tues 11:00-12:30  Wed 3:15-3:45 Thurs 3:15-3:45 Fri. 11:00-1:00

•  Alan Brinkley, American History: A Survey. Vol. II since 1865, 11th ed.
• Studyguide: Jackson and Rice, Study Guide to Accompany American History: A Survey Vol. II, 11th ed.

Test Reviews
                                                               

Test 1 Review

PowerPoint Presentation Slides

Age of the City

Foreign Affairs 1865-WWI

Labor

Slides Chapter 15

The Great War

Cold War

Foreign Affairs 1921-1945

Politics 1877-1900

Slides Chapter 17-Industry

The New Deal

Domestic-1950s

Grant and West

Progressive Era

The Great Depression

The New Era- 1920s

Course Description: Traces the nation's development since the Civil War. A continuation of HIS 108 from 1865 to Present. It is designed to meet the demands for a general understanding of American History.

 Course Objectives: The student should be able to...

 
1. read and evaluate historical resources critically.
2. demonstrate an understanding of the cultural, economic, literary, political, religious, and social values related to the period covered by this course.
3. describe the background to the formation of the U.S. and the evolution of its government.
4. develop an appreciation for and be able to identify several examples of their cultural, social, political, religious, and economic heritage through a study of developments in these areas.
5. evaluate the events the country has participated in during its history.
6. analyze both domestic and foreign policy during the period of study.
7. read and study sources other than class notes and the textbook.
8. locate the various states.
9. learn to access web information.

 Class Procedures/Makeup Tests: Students are expected to attend each class and be on time. All tests and reports will be returned to the student for viewing and then retained by the instructor.  All make-up tests  or book report test will be given on Friday, one week prior to the end of classes at  2:00 PM in a room to be announced.  If you miss a test, don't bother with excuses or an explanation; just show up at the appointed time and place. Any take home question is due when you take the makeup exam.

 Course Requirements, Evaluation Procedures, and Policies:

• Reading: Since reading assignments will be made on a weekly basis, students must purchase the textbook and study guide.
• Tests: In this course there will be two unit tests plus the final.  Cheating or plagiarism will result in course failure.



At the end of the semester, the grades will be calculated as follows:

2 unit tests 200 final 125 book report 75

A = 360  B = 320  C = 280  D = 240  E = below 240

Final Exam: See Class Schedule

All tests will be objective essay, and identification. On most tests, each section will count 25 points. The final exam will have an added comprehensive section which will count 25 points.

Test Outline: (Answer four of five)
I. Essay  II. Essay  III. Identification  IV. Multiple Choice  V. Short Answer/Matching/True-False

• Book Report: At least one book related to the history of the period (108 before 1865 and 109 after 1865). This book will be chosen by the student, with approval of the instructor, and may be a biography or an autobiography of some important person of the period, or it may be a history of some specific event or topic of the period, or a book written by one of the significant authors discussed in class or in the textbook. The book must have at least 200 pages. Instead of a standard book report, students will hand write the book report in class. On book report day, the last meeting of the third week of November, students will bring their book to class. The instructor will check each. You will be allowed to copy the bibliography information on paper provided by instructor. Then you will put the book away and write the report from memory. Topics which should be addressed in the report will include, but not be limited to:
1. Thesis or purpose of author
2. Summary of content
3. Author's sources
4. Interest and readability
5. Accuracy
6. Conclusion
7. An evaluation of how this book helped you to understand the subject.
If you read a novel by a great American author, here are the Topics:
1. Life of the Author
2. Why is this author considered a great American author
3. Summary of the story
4. How did this book help you to better understand the subject?
Book report day will be like a test day. It will take the whole period! No one can pass the class without doing the book report.
• Bonus Quizzes: To encourage attendance, an unspecified number of extra credit quizzes counting 2 points may be given.

Class Notes: Students should be sure to take good class notes since most of the test questions will deal with material covered in the class. However, some questions will be asked from the text to be sure that students are reading them.

Attendance Policy: It is recommended that each student attend class each time it meets since they are responsible for the material covered at each meeting. A seating chart will be made during the second week of class and attendance will be taken. Students who miss more than ten MWF classes  or seven TR classes will either drop the class or receive an "E."  The KCTCS  policy is found in the Student Rights and Responsibilities book. This can be located on the web at: http://www.kctcs.edu/student/code/htm   Bring tardy or leaving early counts as 1/2 absence. If more than half the period is missed, it counts as a whole absence. Students attending class every day during the semester will earn 15 bonus points.  Miss only one day-7 points.

Classroom Behavior:  If you use disrespectful language to the instructor, use inappropriate language for a classroom environment, or any other type of inappropriate behavior (such as walking out and slamming the door), you will be asked to drop the class.  If you refuse to drop, you will receive an "E" at the end of the semester anyway.
    Too many students get up and walk out during class and come back and disrupt class.  Go to the bathroom before class.
    If you arrive more than 15 minutes late, do not come to class that day!  Also, if you are disruptive, including closing notebooks prior to the instructor ending class, reading non-course material, or studying for another course, you will be asked to leave, counted as absent, and receive a zero for any assignment that day. Do not read your textbook or anything else during class.

Drop Policy: Students may drop the class up until and including the last day the class meets with a grade of "W."

Incomplete Policy: Incomplete grades will only be given in cases of emergency or sickness.

Tobacco Products/Cell Phone Policy: No tobacco products can be used in the classroom. Violators will be asked to leave the class. No spitting cups allowed.  Cell Phones must be turned off.

 Code of Student Conduct: All rules and regulations set forth in the current edition of the Student Rights and Responsibilities will be followed in this course. It is the student's responsibility to obtain a copy of this document.  Web Address: http://www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/Code/

 Reasonable Accommodation: If you have a special need that may require an accommodation or assistance, please inform the instructor of that fact as soon as possible and no later than the end of the second class meeting.

 EOA: The University of Kentucky is an Equal Opportunity Institution.

                                             HISTORY

                 Instructional, Departmental, General Education Objectives
 
 
 

Instructional- Students will do a writing assignment (paper, or essay test, or review, etc)
                       Departmental-  students should be able to express themselves in clear
                                                 Organized standard English
                                                  General- Communicate effectively,  (1)  writing clearly

Instructional-  will analyze, and interpret reading materials.
                        Departmental-  Improve students’ ability to comprehend history texts.
                                                 General- Communicate,  (2) reading with comprehension .

Instructional- Students will listen to lectures, group discussions, films, etc.
                       Departmental-  Students will listen with comprehension.
                                                General- Communicate,  (3) listening with comprehension.
 
 

Instructional- Students will analyze and interpret reading and lecture materials.  This will
                           Be demonstrated in written/oral assignments.
                        Departmental-  Students should be able to analyze/interpret various data.
                                                  General- Think critically, Analyze/interpret creative
                                                                  Expressions, resources, and/or data.
 

Instructional-  Students will complete assignments by applying what they have learned to
                           the task.  They will learn to apply situations and outcomes from studying
                           the past to the present.
                        Departmental-  Students should be able to apply what they are learning to
                                                  assignments and the world in general.
                            General- Learn Independently, apply learning.

Instructional-  Students will learn to compare and contrast situations from the past and
                           how or if that affects them and their various relationships both in a
                           historical and cultural context.  They will learn this through readings,
                           lectures, discussions, etc.  They will be tested over this understanding.
                        Departmental-  Students should be able to define the relationship of self
                                                  to historical and cultural context.
                            General- Examine Relationships in Diverse and Complex
                                                                 Environments-  Define the relationship of self to
                                                                  Historical and cultural context.

Posted January 4, 1999; revised 1/4/00;12/18/00, 8/01, 8/0, 08/04
http://www.bluegrass.kctcs.edu/LCC/HIS/109/timsyllabus.html