SYLLABUS FOR HISTORY 2111, U.S. HISTORY I

FALL 2017 TR

Dr. Jeremy Richards

Phone: (678)359-5394

E-Mail: jrichards@gordonstate.edu

Office Hours: M-R 9:30-11:00, TR 4:45-5:45

Office location: Russell 204

REQUIRED READING

Of the People: A History of the United States Volume 1 by Oakes/ McGerr/ Lewis/ Cullather/ Boydston/ Summers/ Townsend, latest edition.

RATIONALE:

This course is designed to provide the student with an introduction to the major developments in U.S. History from its beginnings to 1865.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This is an introductory course that exposes the student to some of the major social, economic, and political developments in the United States from its beginnings to 1865. Among the topics treated are the Age of Exploration, the English colonization of North America, the American Revolution, the creation of the government of the United States of America, the War of 1812, the bank war, the slavery controversy, and the American Civil War.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The student should:

1. Gain an increased knowledge of the history of the United States.

2. Understand how current events are shaped by past experience.

3. Understand the role of political, military, and cultural conflict in the shaping of

American society.

4. Be able to identify and understand major issues, events, and personalities that have

affected the course of United States history through 1865.

5. Be able to think critically about those developments that have affected the American

past through 1865.

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY AND REQUIREMENTS:

A. Students are expected to attend class and to be on time. There is no extra credit work

assigned or accepted in this course. Tests may be made up only on the day and

time of the final exam.

B. Three tests. It is a Gordon State College policy that students provide their own scantron

sheets for exams. Scantron sheets can be purchased in the student center. Scantron sheets

MUST be used for exams. A student will earn a zero for each exam on which he/she does

not use a scantron sheet.

EVALUATION:

Test #1 = 1/3rd of grade

Test #2 = 1/3rd of grade

Test #3 = 1/3rd of grade

ASSIGNMENTS AND LECTURES:

Please note the following:

1) This schedule is subject to change.

2) Any change in test dates will be announced in class.

3) Chapter assignments listed below refer to chapters in your textbook.

Week August 9-11

1) Introduction and distribution of the syllabus

2) Chapter 1

Week August 14-18

1) Chapter 2

Week August 21-25

1) Chapter 3

Week August/September 28-1

1) Chapter 4

Week September 4-8

1) Labor Day Mon., Sept. 4

2) Chapter 5

Week September 11-15

1) Chapter 6

2) Test #1 Tue., Sept. 12

Week September 18-22

1) Chapter 7

Week September 25-29

1) Chapter 8

Week October 2-6

1) Chapter 9

Week October 9-13

1) Fall break Oct. 9, 10

2) Chapter 10

Week October 16-20

1) Chapter 11

2) Test #2 Thu., Oct. 19

Week October 23-27

1) Monday, October 24

2) Chapter 12

Week October/November 30-3

1) Chapter 12

Week November 6-10

1) Chapter 13

Week November 13-17

1) Chapter 14

Week November 20-24

1) Chapter 15

2) Thanksgiving break Nov. 22-24

Week November 27-29

1) Chapter 15

2) Wed. November 29 last day of classes

Final Exam:

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