Sierra College/Western Sierra Concurrent Enrollment

United States History 17A

Sierra College/Western Sierra Concurrent Enrollment

Fall 2016

Rachel Moses MA History

Room 137

Welcome college students! This is a three credit dynamic college level U.S. History course that will also earn students from Western Sierra the five+ high school A-G credits needed graduate. Grades will be maintained through Sierra College and transferred to Western Sierra at the end of the semester. As a college level student, all correspondence is between students and teachers only. This increased level of responsibility should better prepare students for their future college goals.

Course Description:

This history of the United States course traces America's development from its origins to 1877. It places emphasis on the evolution of colonial societies, the American Revolution and the establishment of the Republic, Constitution and constitutional developments, and emergence of a national political tradition; ethnic and racial pluralism of settlement, growth and development; the market revolution and emergence of democracy; institution of slavery, territorial expansion, and events, issues, and developments culminating in the Civil War and the Reconstruction of the South.

Texts:

●America’s History: Henretta provided

●The American West: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)by Stephen Aron”ISBN-13: 978-0199858934 - needs to purchased. Less than $11 on Amazon.com.

Student Performance Objectives:

1. Demonstrate the ability to interpret primary and secondary sources and to compose an argument which uses them, as appropriate, for support;

2. Examine, discuss, and compare the development of the various regions and the establishment of differing societies in colonial America;

3. Demonstrate an understanding of American History through current analytical categories of race, class, gender and ethnicity;

4. Demonstrate an understanding of America's growth in a global context;

5. Explain the major economic, technological, and scientific developments and their historical significance;

6. Analyze major political trends, attitudes, conflicts and events - including both mainstream and reform efforts - and explain their historical significance;

7. Explain the major social and cultural developments, their causes and effects, and their historical significance.

Course Content Outline:

I. The cultures and economies of Native Americans, Africans, and European before 1492

II. The Atlantic Slave Trade and the development of colonial slavery

III. European colonial settlements in the 17th century

IV. The evolution of American colonial culture, institutions, and values

V. Colonial policies and imperial rivalries in North America and their implication for settlements

VI. The American Revolution and the establishment of the Constitution

VII. The early republic including political parties, economic and geographical expansion

VIII. The market revolution and the emergence of democracy

IX. Sectionalism, slavery and antebellum America

X. Western expansion, manifest destiny and Native American policy

XI. Crisis of the 1850s and the coming of the Civil War

XII. Civil War

XIII. Reconstruction

Assessments: Each Assessment will be 25% of your grade

●Three Exams - Analytical essay and short response based on primary sources analysis

●Thematic Essay with research support based on “The American West: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Stephen Aron”

Grades and Forms of Assessment:

Grades will be rubric based and evaluated on a letter grade basis.

A = Academic excellence in skills and content

B= Beyond Academic Mastery of skills and content

C= Basic Academic Mastery of skills and content

D= Approaching Basic Academic Mastery of skills and content

F= Failure to do work or below minimal effort given

Academic Integrity:

Attached is the Sierra College Honesty in Academic Work Policy

Academic dishonesty in this class will face the following repercussions.

1. First violation will result in a redo of a new assignment at an arranged time with the instructor as needed. Highest grade given on this new assignment will be a “C”/ The dishonesty will be logged at Western Sierra.
2. Second offense will result in the above plus be reported to both schools and follow whatever administrative repercussions considered appropriate at both institutions. (Notice in the Sierra College policy that violating this policy at Sierra College could result in suspension from the class for expulsion from the school).

Missing Work or Missed Assessments:

Assignments are due on the due date. Assessments must be taken on the class date that it is given. Special circumstances for emergencies can be discussed one on one. Late work turned in or assessments made up due to legitimate reasons will not lose credit. Any other late or missed work will earn no higher than a 70% or lower. For examples of what would not be and what would be an emergency see the next statement. Trips to places like Disneyland do not constitute an emergency while a death in the family or pneumonia does.

Behavior:

Respectful, engaged behavior is expected of all students. All students come prepared to work and discuss the texts/readings each day. Students who disrupt class will be asked to step out of the class and to return when they think they can meet expected behavioral norms. Ongoing misconduct will be reported to Sierra College and dealt with according their policies which is usually dropping the course. Students are expected to attend class regularly. Absences on due dates will affect grade as stated above. Please see Students Rights and Responsibilities Handbook for any questions. Class will follow Western Sierra’s Emergency policies.

Sierra College ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

AP 5515 Honesty in Academic

Work Date Adopted: 7/12/1994 Date Revised: 5/30/2014 Date Reviewed: 5/30/2014 References: Education Code, Section 76224; Title 5 Section 55002(a)(2)(A)

I. Following are examples of behavior deemed to be dishonest:

A. Representing as your own, work that was borrowed, purchased, written, or obtained in any other manner from another student or any other sources.

B. All work accomplished to meet course requirements must be the student’s own original work in oral and written examinations, class projects, lab data, oral presentations, visual media and other assignments.

C. Group projects must represent the original work of the group; each instructor is free to establish the guidelines for collaborative assignments.

D. Plagiarism, which is to knowingly present borrowed wording, ideas, opinions, visual media (photos, videos, etc.) or data as if it were one’s own original creation, must under all circumstances be avoided.

E. In papers based on research, plagiarism can be avoided by clearly acknowledging the sources of all information that is not original. The source of quotations and paraphrases must be acknowledged in footnotes, endnotes, or internal citations and/or in a bibliography/list of works cited in a form or style appropriate to the discipline.

II. Following are examples of cheating:

A. Any type of assistance, oral, visual or written, given by one student to another during a project or examination without the approval of the instructor. Sierra College Administrative Procedure 5515 Page 1 of 2

B. Fabricating information or sources.

C. Using forbidden notes or other sources of information on examinations.

D. Altering a grade or interfering with the grading procedures in any course.

E. Allowing someone other than the officially enrolled student to represent the same.

F. Forging attendance documents or other records.

G. Stealing copyrighted computer software.

H. Submitting purchased, commercially prepared papers.

I. Use of any electronic device (calculator, tape recorder, or computer) during an examination unless permitted by the instructor.

III. An instructor may choose any one or more of the following steps when a student has engaged in behavior that is deemed to be dishonest:

A. Confront the student or students and give counsel regarding the unacceptable nature of the offense.

B. Reassign the research paper, project, exam, or assignment for reevaluation including the possibility of a lower grade on that assignment as a consequence for the dishonesty.

C. Designate a failing grade or a zero for the assignment, project, exam, or paper.

D. Refer the student or students to the Disciplinary Officer for the consideration of additional and more severe consequences, including the possibility of suspension or expulsion from the College. (See Sierra College Board Policy 5500) See Board Policies 4220, 5500, and 5515 and Administrative Procedure 5520

FERPA Guidelines for Community Colleges

FERPA Guidelines for community colleges require that all students enrolled in a college level class be the only people who can communicate with their instructors. Parents cannot contact their child’s college teachers regarding behavior, student work, academic progress, or for any other reason. Only students have access to their grades at the Sierra College portal. The way a student shares or not shares their information is between parent and child. Please sign here that you understand and accept the policy above.

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If wish to discuss this further please contact Chip Kling at

916-778-4544, ext. 715