Class Schedule
 
Class: History 17A: Early US History to 1877
Instructor: Dave Bush
Semester: Fall 2010
College: College of the Siskiyous
Online Course Management System: Etudes
 
Listed below are the due dates for all class work and other important dates.  Module web pages will open and close on the dates listed below.  The "Start Date" is the day web pages open at 12:15 am, and you may begin submitting work on these days.  The "Due By Date" is the due date, and all work must be submitted before 11:45 pm.  No work will be accepted after the "Due By Date" for any reason.  My advice, submit your work well before the "Due By Date" and you'll never have to worry about late work.
 
The test is open for only one day!  You must take the test on its due date between 12:15am and 11:45pm.
 
Regarding the discussions, you must make a minimum of three posts each week and each of these posts must be made on a different day (of course you may make more than three posts a week and more than one post each day).  At least one post must be made by Wednesday of each week. I will grade discussions based on your First Half Discussion Assessment and Second Half Discussion Assessment submissions.  You will only have a few days to submit these assessments, so keep an eye on the Class Schedule.
 
See the Syllabus and other Important Class Information Module pages for additional information on the discussions, quizzes, written assignments, test, and discussion assessments. 
 
Please keep an eye on the dates!  This is very important.  Because you know all the dates far in advance and because you may submit the quizzes, written assignments, assessments, and take the test any time during the extended period they are available, late work is not accepted.  (I have also listed the drop dates on this schedule.  Confirm these drop dates with the Admissions and Records Office.)
 
The first day of the semester is the first day of class.
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READINGS
 
(In addition, each module has web readings.  Links to web readings are found on each module's web page.)
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(Before 11:45 PM)
August 16 First Day of Class    
August 16 Module: Important Class Information Read the Syllabus and study and view the information in the Important Class Information Module, and then take the Intro Quiz.  After that, introduce yourself in the Class Introduction discussion forum. August 22
August 23 Module 1: Historiography Web readings only.  You can complete this module even if you do not have your text book. August 29
  Last day to drop class without a grade.   September 10
August 30 Module 2: Contact and Colonization to Independence (Pre-1492 to 1780s) American Past, Ninth Edition: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. September 12
September 13 Module Book 1, Part 1 Partisans and Redcoats: Introduction and Chapters 1-3.  For this part, there's only one objective quiz and no written assignment. September 26
September 27 Module Book 1, Part 2 Partisans and Redcoats: Chapters 4-7. For this part, there's one objective quiz and a written assignment covering the whole book. October 3
October 4 First Half Discussion Assessment (FHDA) This assessment covers the modules discussed before the FHDA Start Date.  You will need to cut and paste some of your posts for this assessment.  See the Lessons page for instructions. October 6
October 4 Module 3: New Republic to Democracy and the Growth of Competing Labor Systems (1780s to 1840s) American Past, Ninth Edition: Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18. October 24
October 25 Module Book 2, Part 1 The Fires of Jubilee: Read the Prologue and parts 1 and 2.  For this part, there's only one objective quiz and no written assignment. November 7
November 8 Module Book 2, Part 2 The Fires of Jubilee: Read parts 3 and 4, and the Epilogue.  For this part, there's one objective quiz and a written assignment covering the whole book. November 14
  Last day to drop with a "W."   November 19
November 15 Module 4: US Expansion, Division, Civil War, and Reconstruction (1840s to 1877) American Past, Ninth Edition: Chapters 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24. December 5
December 6 Second Half Discussion Assessment (SHDA) This assessment covers the modules between the FHDA and the SHDA Start Date.  You will need to cut and paste some of your posts for this assessment.  See the Lessons page for instructions. December 8
December 6 Life Happens Points (LHP) Take this one true/false "extra-credit" question quiz to earn your LHP. December 8
December 6 Anonymous Class Evaluation See the Lessons page for instructions. December 8
December 13 Test  (The test is open one day only!) See the Lessons page for instructions. December 13
  I will post class grades on the class website.   December 15
  I will send course grades to the Admissions Office at 11:00am.  At this point, grades are set in stone.   December 16
  Last Day of Class   December 16
 
Although it is extremely unlikely, this schedule is subject to change.