1. WCJC’s
2. Your Course plan – You will type it and submit it in Turnitin and print a print to me
· Seating chart
· Skinny scantron
· # 2 pencil
Required Textbook – Required
When You Write about History and Used When I Grade
This textbook is required: David E. Shi and George Brown Tindall, America,
The Essential Learning Edition. It is the one-volume edition containing
30 chapters. The ISBN is 978-0-393-93587-5. You must use your textbook and required primaries and other resources
provided in the course as your only source of facts for your written
assignments. For all written assignments, including Unit writing assignments,
you must cite a specific page from the textbook for your facts. |
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Your Emergency Contact Information and Your
Plan for the Grade You Want to Earn
Date __/__/___
If you have questions,
please ask. A careful plan, combined with following the Course Schedule at the
end of the syllabus, can make success easier.
1.
PRINT carefully your name in WCJC
records, phone number, and email address so I can reliably reach you in an emergency.
Last
Name:
________________ 1st Name_______________ Phone # ____-
____-_____ WCJC Email: ________________@student.wcjc.edu
2.
Place a check (√) in the __ to the left of EACH of the sections in the syllabus to confirm
you understand and agree.
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Course Objectives for the History Department -
Click here for explanations of historical concepts within those Course
Objectives. |
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Academic and Personal Integrity, including the 0
for these assignments |
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Classroom Civility |
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Attendance Policy - including the Self-Management
grade and what happens if you are unable to resist—for example—your cell
phone |
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Attendance Policy and the Seating Chart and the
Beginning of Class – including work being due at the beginning of class and
including that your instructor is glad to help you, but ask early in the
course. The earlier you ask, the greater your odds of success. |
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Due Dates, the Course Schedule, and Your Responsibilities
– including no make-ups and having to have verifiable, written excuses |
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Six Course Drop Limit |
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Dropping a Course with a Grade of “W” – including
how instructors in the History Department cannot drop students;
students must do that. |
3.
This is a 1000-point course. Place a check (√)
to the left of YOUR planned grade. Notice the difference in 895 points and
894 points.
_ an A
(895-1000 points) _ a B (795-894
points) _ a C (695-794 points) _ D (595-694 points) _ F (594 or less)
4. Place a check (√)
to the left of EACH of the objective and written assignments you plan to do so you have the grade that you plan.
Tip: If you want an A, you need to select them all and do
them all.
The objective work, Getting Started
activities, or activities supporting objective work consists of 670 regular points for these
assignments.
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Work You Do Before
the Due Date Listed in the Course Schedule |
Regular Points |
Extra Credit Points |
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When
Blackboard is open, complete all listed tasks for Getting Started either with
your instructor in a computer lab or sign that you know how to complete all
tasks on your own by the Due Date in the Course Schedule. |
40 |
20[1] |
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8
Quizzes (Unit 1 and Unit 2 only) on requirements for evidence in this class
(and on many jobs that pay well) @ 10 points each. |
80[2] |
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3
Unit Concepts Exams @ 50 points each – These include varied types of
questions, including short answer. |
150 |
0 |
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3
Unit Objective Exams @ 100 points each
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300 |
0 |
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Review
for the Departmental Final (verified by taking a quiz on the day of the
Final) |
0 |
10 |
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Departmental
Final Exam @ 100 points–Departmental policy is an F for the course if you do
not take the Final. |
100 |
0 |
The written work and participation consists
of 330 points, with 220 of it being formal writing.
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Work You Do Before
the Due Date Listed in the Course Schedule |
Regular Points |
Extra Credit Points |
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Paper
on the Required Primary @ 10 points for content and 10 points for following
all 5 Good Habits for Evidence. This is an introduction to all skills
required for writing in history. It includes a class session. |
20 |
20[5] 40[6] |
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2
Unit Written Exams (Unit 1 and Unit 2 only) @ 50 points each. Your grade is @
25 points for content and 25 points for following all 5 Good Habits for
Evidence. |
100 |
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Proposal
for the Analysis of Primaries covering Unit 1 and Unit 2 @ 30 points for
content and 30 for following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence. (The 5 Good
Habits for Evidence grade for the proposal is determined by the 5 Good Habits
for Evidence for the paper itself.) The proposal requires careful reading and
selection of pages appropriate for your planned analysis. |
60 |
5 |
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Analysis
of Primaries @ 30 points for content and 30 points for following all 5 Good
Habits for Evidence |
60 |
5 |
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Self-Management
and Participation for 3 Units @ 30 points each |
90 |
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5.
Place a check (√) in the __ to the left of EACH of
the statements to
confirm you understand and agree.
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The
Departmental Requirement is a minimum of 25% of your grade being written
work. With 30% specific written work,
you must do some written
assignments—or—only want a C for the course and always make 100% on each objective assignment (a risky plan). If
you don’t understand, click here to see examples of the math. |
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On
the other hand, if you follow the 5 Good Habits for Evidence, you can make a
decent grade even if you are not skilled or comfortable with writing. Click here for required Course Objectives, the separate Good Habits for
Evidence grade, and how it can help you. |
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Do you know any job that pays well that doesn’t
require these habits or any decision you could make safely without these habits? If you think you do
a job that does not require the 5 Good Habits for Evidence, try this link. Unfortunately, most students do not
realize they are not being careful enough with evidence. For example, over
60% of students since 2011 usually did not know basics such as being
factually accurate when writing about real things until this course.
Click here to see what past students said they did not know before. |
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If there is a problem with following the Good
Habits for Evidence or with anything incomplete about an assignment, your
instructor enters 1.11 as a temporary placeholder for the grade and
posts a comment with that grade telling you what you need to do. |
6.
__ Check if you have limited
computer/Internet access and cannot use WCJC’s computer l abs. See me
immediately for alternatives.
7.
If there is something you want for
me to know about you, please start it here: __ (Tip: The endnotes will automatically move down as you
type.)
[1] Extra credit for students who show self-management, focus on their own tasks and do not distract others, do not try to help others unless they are asked to do that by the instructor, and follow instructions so they complete all tasks correctly and quickly.
[2] If you miss question(s) on an Evidence Quiz, you may earn full points by talking to your instructor about the missed questions a) if you took the quiz by the recommended date in the Course Schedule and b) if you contact your instructor within 1 week of your taking that quiz. Talking to your instructor helps you get straight essential requirements for evidence so you are successful with evidence and increases your total score for the Unit.
[3] If you make over 70% (28 points) on the 4 Evidence Quizzes for at least 1 Unit and if you successfully follow all 5 Good Habits for Evidence with a formal written assignment (a Written Exam or the Analysis of Primaries), you earn 10 extra credit points for each written assignment.
[4] If you do an Evidence Quiz by the recommended date in the Course Schedule, you earn 2 points extra credit.
[5] Extra credit for students who do the actions in endnote 1.
[6] If you follow all of the 5 Good Habits for Evidence with this 1st assignment, you get 40 extra credit points. Why this extra credit? The sooner you figure out that a history class is about verifiable evidence from a reliable source (and not your—or my—opinions), the sooner you will be successful.
[7] See the extra credit with endnote 3
about the Evidence Quizzes.
http://www.cjbibus.com/Topics_1301_1400s_to_1500_Backgrounds.pdf