Your Emergency Contact Information & Plan for the Grade You Want to Earn Date__/__/2019-1302

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.

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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: Creating a New America from 1860 to 1900 (Reference Chapters 23-27)

 

Lecture Title/Your Assignment or Your Preparation

Lesson #

Quiz/Exam

Points

 

Big Business and Semi-Organized Labor, 1860–1900

Lesson 1

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Transformations in the South and West

Lesson 2

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Turmoil of Politics, Urban/Rural Split, and Reform

Lesson 3

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Turmoil and Expansion Through 1900

Lesson 4

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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

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 30

 

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

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

 

1st Part: Practice with evidence using textbook pages applicable to the 3rd 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)

 

2nd Part:  Correct footnotes and bibliography (70 points) per the grading Checklist. These are the same footnotes you use with the 3rd Part paper. 3 Items in folder, 2 new items (5,5) in the folder

80 (70 + 5 +5)

 

Part 3: 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: Moving to the World Stage-America from 1900 to 1945 (Reference Chapters 28-34)

 

Lecture Title/Your Assignment or Preparation

Lesson #

Quiz/Exam

Points

 

Progressivism: Roosevelt to Wilson

Lesson 1

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World War I and Its Transformations Including Mass Culture

Lesson 2

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Economic Collapse, the New Deal, and New Challenges

Lesson 3

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1940 to the “Summit of the World”

Lesson 4

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Your Assignment: Complete all Learning Quizzes

Lessons 1-4

All Self-Tests/Full-Tests

  82

 

Your Preparation: Bring a Scan-Tron and # 2 pencil.

Lessons 1-4

Unit 2 Exam

100

 

Self-Management

 

 

 30

Unit 3: Transformations–America from 1945 to the Near Present (Reference Chapters 35-41)

 

Lecture Title/Your Assignment or Preparation

Lesson #

Quiz/Exam

Points

 

The Big Shift: 1945-1960s (Major changes over time)

Lesson 1

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The Big Shift Expanded: 1970s-1980s

Lesson 2

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The Troubled Transformation: 1990s to the Near Present

Lesson 3

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Your Assignment: Complete all Learning Quizzes

Lessons 1-3

All Self-Tests/Full-Tests

  48

 

Your Preparation: Bring a Scan-Tron and # 2 pencil.

Lessons 1-3

Unit 3 Exam

100

 

Self-Management

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 30

Final Exam: 1860 to the Present–Includes a Review Caution: F for Course if Final Exam not taken

 

Lecture Title/Your Assignment or Preparation

Exam

Points

 

Your Preparation: Review materials are available.

 

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Your Preparation: Bring a Scan-Tron and # 2 pencil.

Final Exam

100

 

5. If you have any information you would like for me to know, please write it below. I am also glad to talk with you.