Class Schedule
 
Class: History B17B: Modern US History
Instructor: Dave Bush
Semester: Fall 2007
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: August 20, 2007

 

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 1:  Historiography

           Discussion: August 20 - 27 (You may submit the written assignment anytime during these dates.)
           Quiz Due: No objective quiz for this unit
 

Module 2:  The "New South" and The Old West

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 18
           The Way We Lived: "Linking a Continent and a Nation"
           Discussion: August 27 - September 4  (You may submit the written assignment anytime during these dates.)
           Objective Quiz Due: September 2 - 4

 

Module 3:  The Rise of Big Business and The Rise of the Cities

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 19 and 20

           Discussion: September 3 - 10
           Objective Quiz Due: September 9 - 10

 

Holiday: Labor Day, September 3

 

The last day to drop the class without record is September 14.

 

Module 4:  The Gilded Age

           Nation of Nations: Chapters 21

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

           Discussion: September 10 - 17
           Objective Quiz Due: September 16 - 17

 

Module 5:  The Progressive Era

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 22

           Discussion: September 17 - 24
           Objective Quiz Due: September 23 - 24

 

Module 6:  World War I and the Roaring Twenties

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 23 and 24

           The Way We Lived: "The Sexual Revolution"

           Discussion: September 24 - October 1
           Objective Quiz Due: September 30 - October 1

 

Module 7:  The Great Depression and The Great New Deal

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 25

           Discussion: October 1 - 8
           Objective Quiz Due: October 7 - 8

 

First Half Discussion Assessment: Modules 1 - 7

         Due: October 11 (I will post more details on this on October 8.  This is not a quiz.)

 

First Test: October 15

 

Module 8:  The Rise of American Hegemony

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 26 and 27

           Discussion: October 15 - 22
           Objective Quiz Due: October 21 - 22

 

Module 9:  The Rise of Suburbia

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 28

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

           Discussion: October 22 - 29
           Objective Quiz Due: October 28 - 29

 

Module 10: The Civil Rights Movement

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 29

           Discussion: October 29 - November 5
           Objective Quiz Due: November 4 - 5

 

Module 11: Vietnam and The Civil Rights Movements

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 30

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

           Discussion: November 5 - 13
           Objective Quiz Due: November 11 - 13

 

Holiday: Veterans' Day, November 12
 

Module 12: The Age of Limits and

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 31

           Discussion: November 13 - 19
           Objective Quiz Due: November 18 - 19

 

The last day to drop the class with a “W” is November 26.

 

Module 13: The Attack on the New Deal

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 32

           Discussion: November 19 - 26

           Objective Quiz Due: November 25 - 26

 

Module 14: The United States Empire

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 33 and Epilogue

           The Way We Lived: "Creation of Cuban Miami"

           Discussion: November 26 - December 3
           Objective Quiz Due: December 2 - 3

 

Module 15: In the News

           Discussion: December 3 - 10

           Objective Quiz Due: December 2 - 3

 

Second Half Discussion Assessment: Modules 8 - 15

         Due: December 13 (I will post more details on this on December 10.  This is not a quiz.)

 

Anonymous Class Evaluation: December 13

 

Second Test: December 17

 

The last day of the semester is December 20, 2007.

 

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