Reading Schedule
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Discussion Board AND Reading Assignments
The Discussion Board postings in Angel work with your reading assignments. In fact, discussion board postings comprise thirty percent (30%) of your class grade for a total of 300 points (see grading scheme page). DB posting points will depend not on the number of postings only but the quality of your postings. You should try to post at least three intelligent postings per week.
Each week, you will find topics that closely align with topics in your textbook readings. In fact, some of the points to remember listed on this page by weeks may be duplicated as discussion board topics. In addition, students are invited to submit topics for the discussion board. The class will be more interesting if the members of the class took some control over topics they find interesting, collectively. Please do not hesitate to contact the instructor with topic suggestions. Be sure that the questions will provoke good discussions and analyses.
For more about how the Discussion Board works, click this link.
Week I Chapters 1 - 2:
30 March - 03 April (Weekend of 04-05 April):
Chapter 1 - Ancient America, Before 1492: Optional Map exercises:
Chapter 1 Map 1
Chapter 1 Map 2
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- How are archaeologists important to historians?
- Know major Indian groups and cultures.
- What is BP? (No, not British Petroleum!)
- How was fire used?.
- Who were the first Americans?
Chapter 2 - Europeans Encounter the New World, 1492 -1600: Optional Map exercises:
Chapter 2 Map 1
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- The role of the Portuguese.
- What was the Columbian Exchange?
- How did Europeans and Native Americans interact during the first period of exchange?
- How did the unification of Spain and the Reconquista give the Spanish advantages in their conquest of the 'New World'?
- How did Cortez and his men conquer the Aztec empire?
Week II Chapters 2 - 3:
6 - 10 April (Weekend of 11-12 April)
*Chapter 2 - Europeans Encounter the New World, 1492-1600 (continued): Optional Map exercises:
Chapter 2 Map 2
Another thought to consider in your reading:
- What was the disadvantage of the sudden accumulation of New World riches for Spain?
Chapter 3 - The Southern Colonies in the 17th Century, 1601-1700: Optional Map exercise 1:
Chapter 3 Map 1
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- Conditions of indentured servitude and laws governing servants and slaves.
- Can you define mercantilism? How did it determine government policies?
- Bacon's Rebellion: polarization and power.
N.B. First citation exercise is due by week's end. Begin thinking about possible paper topics; topic selection/outline due
****EXAM COMING UP (Chapters 1-3). Dates: 16 - 19 April.
Week III Chapters 3 - 4:
13 - 17 April (Weekend of 18 - 19 April)
Chapter 3 - The Southern Colonies in the 17th Century, 1601-1700 (continued): Optional Map Exercise 2:
Chapter 3 Map 2
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- Why was Carolina a West Indian frontier?
- How and why did anti-Catholicism and hatred of Spain encourage the English to support colonization of North America?
- Can you articulate the differences between the English colonies and New Spain and why these differences occurred?
Chapter 4 - The Northern Colonies in the 17th Century - 1601-1700: Optional Map exercise 1:
Chapter 4 Map 1
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- What were "some strange opinions" held by Roger Williams?
- What was the effect of the Puritan Revolution on the colonies?
- Just who were the "visible saints" and those atheists "who conceal themselves under the name of Christians"?
N.B. Citation Exercise Part 2 is due at week's end.
Week IV Chapters 4 - 5:
20 - 24 April (Weekend of 25 - 26 April)
Chapter 4 - The Northern Colonies in the 17th Century - 1601-1700 (continued): Map exercise 2:
Chapter 4 Map 2
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- TBD.
- TBD.
Chapter 5 - Colonial America in the 18th Century - 1701-1770: Optional Map exercise 1:
Chapter 5 Map 1
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- TBD.
- TBD.
- TBD.
N.B. Your topic selection/outline is due at week's end.
*****EXAM COMING UP (Chapters 4-5) Dates: 30 Apr-03 May
Week V 27 April - 01 May (Weekend of 2 - 3 May): Chapters 5 - 6:
Chapter 5 - Colonial America in the 18th Century - 1701-1770 (continued): Map exercise 2:
Chapter 5 Map 2
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- TBD.
- TBD.
Chapter 6 - The British Empire & the Colonial Crisis - 1754-1775:
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- TBD.
- TBD.
- TBD.
N.B. First rough draft is due at week's end.
Week VI Chapters 6 - 7:
4 - 8 May (Weekend of 9 - 10 May)
Chapter 6 - The British Empire & the Colonial Crisis - 1754-1775 (continued): Optional Map exercise 2:
Chapter 6 Map 2
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- TBD?
- TBD.
Chapter 7 - The War for America - 1775-1783: Optional Map exercise 1:
Chapter 7 Map 1
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- TBD.
- TBD.
- TBD.
N.B. EXAM COMING UP. Chapters 6-7) Date 14-17 May (tentative date). Be prepared.
Week VII Chapters 7 - 8:
11 - 15 May (Weekend of 16 - 17 May)
Chapter 7 - The War for America - 1775-1783 continued): Optional Map exercise 2:
Chapter 7 Map 2
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- TBD.
- TBD.
Chapter 8 - Building a Republic - 1775-1789: Optional Map exercise:
Chapter 8 Map 1
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- TBD.
- TBD.
N.B. EXAM THIS WEEK (?)
Second rough draft is due at week's end.
Week VIII Chapters 8 - 9:
18 - 22 May (Weekend of 23 - 25 May Memorial Day Weekend)
Chapter 8 - Building a Republic - 1775-1789 (continued): Optional Map exercise:
Chapter 8 Map 2
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- TBD.
- TBD.
- TBD.
Chapter 9 - The New Nation Takes Form - 1789-1800: Optional Map exercise 1:
Chapter 9 Map 1
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- TBD.
- TBD.
- TBD.
Week IX Chapters 9 - 10:
26 - 29 May (Weekend of 30 - 31 May)
Chapter 9 - The New Nation Takes Form 0 1789-1800 (continued): Optional Map exercise 2:
Chapter 9 Map 2
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- TBD.
- TBD.
Chapter 10 - Republicans in Power - 1800-1824: Map exercise 1:
Optional Map exercises:
Chapter 10 Map 1
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- TBD.
- TBD.
- TBD.
N.B. Third rough draft is due at week's end.
Week X Chapter 10:
1 - 5 June (Weekend of 6-7 June)
Chapter 10 - Republicans in Power, 1800-1824 (continued): Optional Map exercises:
Chapter 10 Map 2
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider in your reading:
- TBD.
- TBD.
- TBD.
- TBD.
- TBD.
N.B. FINAL EXAM COMING UP. Date TBD. Be prepared. Final papers are due next week.
Week XI Chapters 8 - 10 Review:
8 - 11 June
Review Chapters 8 - 10 : Prepare for final examination and put finishing touches on research papers.
Some (but not all!) thoughts to consider when reviewing this course:
- Information litearcy and research skills.
- Serious use supplementary materials provided by instructor
- Steps in forming a thesis, argument, and conclusion.
- Ability to reason and formulate a defensive argument extemporaneously
- Success in participating in class discussions and contributing to the store of knowledge for yourself and your fellow classmates.
*Review and Organize.
- Review, review, review.
- Check the Discussion Board postings. Be sure that you have contributed your own postings - it is not enough to read the postings, the postings are most beneficial if one thinks, writes, and posts original thoughts.
- Your research paper should be nearly complete. In past classes, there have been students who have already submitted their final versions by this time.
- By this point in the term, you should feel more confident in your ability to express your conclusions and support them with logical and well-documented/cited arguments.
N.B. FINAL EXAM THIS WEEK. Be prepared. Final papers are due.
*Important Dates to Remember |
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| Examinations | ||
| 16-19 April: | Exam I | |
| 30 Apr-03 May: | Midterm | |
| 14-17 May: | Exam III | |
| 8-11 June: | Final | |
Documentation/Research Assignments: |
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| Friday, 10 April: | Citation Exercise Part 1 due | |
| Friday, 17 April: | Citation Exercise Part 2 due | |
| Friday, 24 April: | Paper Topic Selection due | |
| Friday, 01 May: | Rough Draft I due | |
| Friday, 15 May: | Rough Draft II due | |
| Friday, 29 May: | Rough Draft III due | |
| Thursday, 11 June 23:59:59 p.m.: | Final Paper due | |
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