We begin with the encounter in
the 16th century (the 1500s) between:
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Native Americans in
North and South America
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New nation states
(a concept you need to know) of Europe
For these European nation states (Spain, Portugal, and later England, France,
and the Netherlands), the Americas were a New World.
We end with the nation states
having established empires with colonies (two concepts you need to know) and
with the struggles between these nation states to maintain or enlarge their
territories in the Americas. The last
imperial war in a series of wars in the Americas was the French and Indian War,
which left England as the most powerful nation in North America and perhaps the
most powerful in Europe as well. The taxes to pay for that expensive war were
among the issues leading to 1776, a complex revolution whose intellectual
foundation was approximately 100 years of thought called the Enlightenment.
It
can be helpful to examine each Chapter just to notice the headings, pictures,
and maps to have a feel for the time period. Use the index at the back of the
book to look up the individual items in the Study Guide.
Unit
1 consists of Lessons 1-4. The word Lesson
refers to a specific Blackboard learning module in the Unit. Blackboard
learning modules have a Table of Contents on the left that let you see all of
the resources available for the Lesson. You can click directly on the one you
want. All Lessons have links from your instructor and sometimes a folder
containing specific primaries. Some Lessons also include resources such as
maps.
When
you see a folder labeled Learning Quiz, you do these things.
1.
In the Self-Test,
use the password selftest (no spaces, no capital
letters, and no punctuation).
Tip: Self-Tests do not count against
you. They are a tiny (.01) extra credit.
2.
Without any
preparation (or fear), carefully answer the questions quickly so you know what
your brain thinks is true.
3.
When you submit your Self-Test, Blackboard automatically displays in the
same folder content to help you—if needed—and the Full-Test. For the Full-Test,
there is no password. You may take it as many times as you wish with highest
score counting.
4.
Do not just click.
Make sure you understand. If the answer does not make sense to you, post your
question in Unit 1’s Learning Discussion.
The
Objective Exam for each Unit has a total value of 100 points. There are 25
questions each at 4 points:
·
8 of the 25
questions come from these Learning Quizzes in the Unit
So use those
Learning Quizzes and ask questions in Learning Discussion if you need help!
·
17 of the 25
come from the Study Guide (a link below this one). The Lessons in the Unit
contain the Instructor’s links. Those links provide visuals, frequently in
tables, to help you compare facts to see similarities and differences.
So use those
links and ask questions in Learning Discussion if you need help!
Tip: from Getting Starting:
Because I see students memorizing
random facts, I am trying to get you to focus on useful, usable facts for
your life time because is about life works. In this class, questions do not require that you show you know everything, but that you show that
you know something. The questions
focus on your recognizing significant traits of such things as regions, time
periods and their dominant beliefs or events, and historical figures. (See
Learning Quizzes, Concepts, and the Goal of Exam Questions) Click here
for an example of a question that lets you show that you know something that
is worthwhile. (URL: http://www.cjbibus.com/GS_Good_Habits_What_Is_a_Question_Where_You_Show_You_Know_Something.htm
) |
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Take all Learning Quizzes with the Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4 in Unit 1. (Tip: The Course
Schedule introduces Self-Tests and Full-Tests. If you take the Self-Test by the recommended date,
you earn 1 extra credit point each. (To keep the extra credits, you must also
attempt the Full-Test (located in the same folder). |
70 |
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Post and reply in Unit 1 Learning Discussion (Tip: If you post as its rubric explains and earn over 14 points and if you make over 60 on the Unit 1
Exam, you earn 10 extra credit points) |
20 |
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Take Unit 1 Objective Exam. (Tip: This is learnable. Over 30% of the questions are from
Unit 1’s Learning Quizzes, and 70% are listed in the Unit Study Guide. Also,
you can help each other with the Discussion.) |
100 |
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Total |
190 |