Class Schedule
 
Class: History 17B: Modern US History
Instructor: Dave Bush
Semester: Spring 2008
College: College of the Siskiyous
Online: ETUDES-NG
 
 
Listed below are the due dates for all class work and other important dates.  You will be able to access each module's web page approximately two weeks before the due date.
 
Objective quizzes are open for two days, from 12:01am on the first day to 11:59pm on the second day.  Written assignments are open throughout the week and must be submitted before 11:45pm on the last day of discussion.  Tests are open for only one day!  You must take each of the two tests on its due date between 12:01am and 11:59pm.  Regarding the discussions, you need to make your posts for each week during the appropriate dates listed below.  See the Syllabus for more information on the quizzes, written assignments, tests, and other assignments.
 
Please keep an eye on the due dates!  This is very important.  Because you know all the due dates far in advance and because you may take the quizzes, written assignments, and tests any time during the approximately twenty-four to one week 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.)
 
Also, remember that you need to make a minimum of three posts on the Discussion Board each week.  (Since this is a summer class, there will be only six Unit Discussion Boards.)  These posts must be made during the discussion dates listed below to count towards your grade.  Your posts can include responding to my posts, posting your own question, and or responding to another student.

 

First Day of Class: January 15, 2008

 

Intro Quiz:

Take the Intro Quiz before accessing the rest of the class.  The Intro quiz is based on information in the Important Class Information module.  You can take the Intro Quiz as many times as needed to earn a 100% score.

 

Module 01: Historiography

           Discussion: January 15 - 22 (You may submit the written assignment anytime during these dates.)
           Quiz Due: No objective quiz for this module
 
Holiday: Martin Luther King, Jr., January 21

 

Module 02: The "New South" and The Old West

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 18
           The Way We Lived: "Linking a Continent and a Nation"
           Discussion: January 22 - 28  (You may submit the written assignment anytime during these dates.)
           Objective Quiz Due: January 27 - 28

 

Module 03: The Rise of Big Business and The Rise of the Cities

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 19 and 20

           Discussion: January 28 - February 4
           Objective Quiz Due: February 3 - 4

 

Module 04: The Gilded Age

           Nation of Nations: Chapters 21

           The Way We Lived: "The Birth of Separate but Equal"

           Discussion: February 4 - 11
           Objective Quiz Due: February 10 - 11

 

The last day to drop the class without record is February 11.

 

Holiday: George Washington, February 18

 

Module 05: The Progressive Era

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 22

           Discussion: February 11 - 19
           Objective Quiz Due: February 17 - 19

 

Module 06: World War I and the Roaring Twenties

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 23 and 24

           The Way We Lived: "The Sexual Revolution"

           Discussion: February 19 - 25
           Objective Quiz Due: February 24 - 25

 

Module 07: The Great Depression and The Great New Deal

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 25

           Discussion: February 25 - March 3
           Objective Quiz Due: March 2 - 3

 

First Half Discussion Assessment: Modules 1 - 7

         Due: March 6 (I will post more details on this on March 4.  This is not a quiz.)

 

First Test: March 10

 

Holiday: Spring Break, March 17 - 21
 

Module 08: The Rise of American Hegemony

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 26 and 27

           Discussion: March 10 - 24
           Objective Quiz Due: March 23 - 24

 

Module 09: The Rise of Suburbia

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 28

           The Way We Lived: "The Baby Boom and the Age of the Subdivision"

           Discussion: March 24 - 31
           Objective Quiz Due: March 30 - 31

 

Module 10: The Civil Rights Movement

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 29

           Discussion: March 31 - April 7
           Objective Quiz Due: April 6 - 7

 

Module 11: Vietnam and The Civil Rights Movements

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 30

           The Way We Lived: "The Movement and the Sixties Generation"

           Discussion: April 7 - 14
           Objective Quiz Due: April 13 - 14

 

Module 12: The Age of Limits and

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 31

           Discussion: April 14 - 21
           Objective Quiz Due: April 20 - 21

 

The last day to drop the class with a “W” is April 25.

 

Module 13: The Attack on the New Deal

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 32

           Discussion: April 21 - 28

           Objective Quiz Due: April 27 - 28

 

Module 14: The United States Empire

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 33 and Epilogue

           The Way We Lived: "Creation of Cuban Miami"

           Discussion: April 28 - May 5
           Objective Quiz Due: May 4 - 5

 

Module 15: In the News

           Discussion: May 5 - 12

           Objective Quiz Due: May 11 - 12

 

Second Half Discussion Assessment: Modules 8 - 15

         Due: May 15 (I will post more details on this on may 13.  This is not a quiz.)

 

Anonymous Class Evaluation: May 15 - 16

 

Second Test: May 19

 

The last day of the semester is May 22, 2008.

 

Although it is extremely unlikely, this schedule is subject to change.