Class Schedule
 
Class: History 17B: Modern US History From 1877
Instructor: Dave Bush
Semester: Spring 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)
January 11 First Day of Class The first day of the semester is the first day of class.  
January 11 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. January 17
January 18 Module 1: Historiography Web readings only.  You can complete this module even if you do not have your text book. January 24
  Last day to drop class without a grade.   February 5
January 25 Module 2: The Gilded Age and The Progressive Movement (1877 to 1910s) American Past, Ninth Edition: Chapters 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35. February 14
February 15 Module Book 1, Part 1 A Cruel Wind: Skim Chapter 1 and read chapters 2, 3, and 4. For this part, there's only one objective quiz and no written assignment. February 28
March 1 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 Modules page for instructions. March 2
March 1 Module Book 1, Part 2 A Cruel Wind: read chapters 5, 6, and 7, and skim Chapter 8. For this part, there's one objective quiz and a written assignment covering the whole book. March 14
March 22 Module 3: "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?" From World War I to the Early Cold War (1914 to 1950s) American Past, Ninth Edition: Chapters 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, and 44. April 4
April 5 Module 4: The Fall and Rise of Conservative Ideology (1950s to 2000s) American Past, Ninth Edition: Chapters 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, and 52. April 18
  Last day to drop with a "W."   April 23
April 19 Module Book 2, Part 1 Tear Down This Myth: Chapters 1, 2, 3 4, and 5.  For this part, there's only one objective quiz and no written assignment. May 2
May 3 Module Book 2, Part 2 Tear Down This Myth: Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.  For this part, there's one objective quiz and a written assignment covering the whole book. May 9
May 10 Second Half Discussion Assessment (SHDA) This assessment covers the modules discussed between the FHDA and the SHDA Start Date.  You will need to cut and paste some of your posts for this assessment.  See the Modules page for instructions. May 11
May 11 Life Happens Points (LHP) Take this one true/false "extra-credit" question quiz to earn your LHP. May 12
May 13 Anonymous Class Evaluation See the Modules page for instructions. May 14
May 17 Test  (The test is open one day only!) See the Modules page for instructions. May 17
  I will post class grades on the class website.   May 18
  I will send course grades to the Admissions Office at 11:00am.  At this point, grades are set in stone.   May 20
  Last Day of Class   May 20
Although it is extremely unlikely, this schedule is subject to change.