Your Emergency Contact Information & Plan for the Grade You Want to Earn Date__/__/2019-1301

1. Write NEATLY your emergency contact information so I can reach you if it is in your interest that I contact you. Example: You did not complete the Final Exam. I am required to fail you for the course. I will try to call you.

Your last name: _________________ __________ Your first name: _________________ __________

Reliable phone number: _____-_____-________ Alternative email: _________________ __________

2. Have you ever used Blackboard before for a class?
_ Many times _ 10 or more times _ 10 or fewer times _ A little _ Seldom _ Never

3. Place an X to the left of YOUR planned grade in this 1000-point course. Notice the difference in 895 and 894 points.

_ A (895-1000 points) _ B (795-894 points) _ C (695-794 points) _ D (595-694 points) _ F (594 or less)

4. Place an X to the left of EACH assignment for points that you plan to do so you earn the grade that you plan.

Tip: If you want an A, you need to put an X by all of them. If you have questions, ask. I am glad to help.
Caution 1: If your X’s do not add up to the points required for the grade you want or if you would have to make 100% on each assignment with an X, you will have to redo this. If you have questions, please ask.
Caution 2 and Tip for Success: Copy your X’s on what you will do on your List of Due Dates.

Getting Started - Course Documents and Orientation

Lecture Title/Your Assignment or Preparation	Assignment/Quiz	Points
Course Orientation and your plan to make the grade you want.		10
Your Preparation: Bring a Scan-Tron and # 2 pencil. Seating chart occurs.	Take the Pre-test in class.	--
Your Preparation: Mark the Syllabus & Success Assignment and view the links (URL at the top) for any row you do not understand (10 points). Come with your questions for the Q&A (10 points). Blackboard demonstration, including of Evidence and of Self-Tests and Full-Tests.	Bring Course Plan and Syllabus & Success. Bring your questions on a piece of notebook paper with your name at the top.	20
Your Assignment: This is your chance to get ahead with your work. You may either complete this work at home before the lab or come to the open lab during your class period. If you come to the lab, you also must be quiet and productive for the points and to stay in the lab. Your instructor will help any students who need help logging in or anything else.	Log in successfully. Take all 4 Evidence Quiz Self-Tests before the end of your class. Tip: Try the 1st Learning Quizzes too.	10

Unit 1: From New World to New Empires - the 16th Century to 1763 (Reference Chapters 1-6)

Lecture Title/Your Assignment or Your Preparation	Lesson #	Quiz/Exam	Points
Foundations (Where We Began) and Colonization	Lesson 1	--	--
Comparing the English Colonies: Events in the 3 Sections	Lesson 2	--	--
Comparing the English Colonies: Traits of the 3 Sections	Lesson 3	--	--
Examining Empire and the Colonies Through 1775	Lesson 4	--	--
Your Assignment: Complete all Learning Quizzes	Lessons 1-4	All Self-Tests/Full-Tests	70
Your Preparation: Bring a Scan-Tron and # 2 pencil.	Lessons 1-4	Unit 1 Exam	100
Self-Management	--	--	30

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Your last name: _________________ __________ Your first name: _________________ __________ Page 2-1301

Evidence Quizzes & 3-Part Writing – Work Spread Over Unit 1, 2, and 3

Caution: For you to get points and for me to grade, you keep in the orange folder all papers I give you and you give me.

Assignment	Points
Do the 4 Evidence Self-Tests on basics of evidence in history. (If you do not make 80% on each Self-Test and if you want the 40 points, do the Full-Tests.)	40
1^st Part: Practice with evidence using textbook pages applicable to the 3^rd Part and provided in Blackboard so you can read ahead. A Prof’s Demo with a handout so you can create your own “cheat sheet” on how to cite that you bring into the class for the in-class writing (20 points). Next class day: you write about ½ page on notebook paper (60 points, 30 for content, 30 for the Good Habits for Evidence). You must have readable handwriting or you must follow me to type it.	80 (60 + 20)
2^nd Part: Correct footnotes and bibliography (70 points) per the grading Checklist. These are the same footnotes you use with the 3^rd Part paper. 3 Items in folder, 2 new items (5,5) in the folder	80 (70 + 5 +5)
3^rd Part: Your footnote paper with primaries (60 points, 30 for content, 30 for the Good Habits for Evidence) 4 Items in folder, 2 new items in folder (5,5) Tip: You can also make an appointment for feedback with your professor before your submit.	70 (60 + 5 +5)

Unit 2: From Making a Revolution to Making a Nation -1763 to 1830s (Reference Chapters 7-14)

Lecture Title/Your Assignment or Preparation	Lesson #	Quiz/Exam	Points
The Confederation and the Path to Revolution and War	Lesson 1	--	--
Small-r republicanism and The Federalist Republic	Lesson 2	--	--
Presidents, Suffrage, Land & Slavery from 1800 to 1840	Lesson 3	--	--
Essential Transformations--What Changed Where 1800-1860	Lesson 4	--	--
Your Assignment: Complete all Learning Quizzes	Lessons 1-4	All Self-Tests/Full-Tests	50
Your Preparation: Bring a Scan-Tron and # 2 pencil.	Lessons 1-4	Unit 2 Exam	100
Self-Management			30

Unit 3: Transforming the Nation - 1830s to 1877 (Reference Chapters 15-22)

Lecture Title/Your Assignment or Preparation	Lesson #	Quiz/Exam	Points
Reform and Change—Comparing the Sections	Lesson 1	--	--
Manifest Destiny and the Impending Crisis	Lesson 2	--	--
Civil War—Comparison of the Sections and Essential Battles	Lesson 3	--	--
Stages of Reconstruction and Implications for the Future	Lesson 4	--	--
Your Assignment: Complete all Learning Quizzes	Lessons 1-3	All Self-Tests/Full-Tests	80
Your Preparation: Bring a Scan-Tron and # 2 pencil.	Lessons 1-3	Unit 3 Exam	100
Self-Management	--	--	30

Final Exam: 16th Century to 1877–Includes a Review – Caution: F for Course if Final Exam not taken

Lecture Title/Your Assignment or Preparation	Exam	Due	Points
Your Preparation: Review materials are available.		--	--
Your Preparation: Bring a Scan-Tron and # 2 pencil.	Final Exam	5/15, 10:15AM-12:15PM	100
Your Preparation: Review all grades. If a problem, email me.		5/16 before Noon	--

I reserve the right to modify the syllabus during the semester.

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