Class Schedule
 
Class: History B17B: Modern US History
Instructor: Dave Bush
Semester: Summer 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.
 
Quizzes are open for two days, from 12:01am on the first day to 11:59pm on the second day.  Assignments are also open for two days but from 12:15am to 11:45pm.  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 forty-eight hour 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: July 9, 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.

 

Week One Discussion: July 9 - 15

 

Module 1:  Historiography

           Web Reading Only (No textbooks are needed.)

           Due Date: July 10 - 11

 

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

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 18

           The Way We Lived: "Linking a Continent and a Nation"

           Due Date: July 13 - 14

 

Week Two Discussion: July 16 - 22

 

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

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 19 and 20

           Due Date: July 16 - 17

 

The last day to drop the class without record is ?????.

 

Module 4:  The Gilded Age

           Nation of Nations: Chapters 21

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

           Due Date: July 18 - 19

 

Module 5:  The Progressive Era

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 22

           Due Date: July 20 - 21

 

Week Three Discussion: July 23 - 29

 

Module 6:  World War I and the Roaring Twenties

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 23 and 24

           The Way We Lived: "The Sexual Revolution"

           Due Date: July 23 - 24

 

Module 7:  The Great Depression and The Great New Deal

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 25

           Due Date: July 25 - 26

 

First Test: July 27

 

First Half Discussion Assessment: Weeks 1 - 3

         Due: July 30 - 31 (I will post more details on this on July 27.  This is not a quiz.)

 

Week Four Discussion: July 30 - August 5

 

Module 8:  The Rise of American Hegemony

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 26 and 27

           Due Date: July 30 - 31

 

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

 

Module 9:  The Rise of Suburbia

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 28

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

           Due Date: August 1 - 2

 

Week Five Discussion: August 6 - 9 (Yes, I know this week is short than most, but I want at least two modules in week six.)

 

Module 10: The Civil Rights Movement

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 29

           Due Date: August 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"

           Due Date: August 8 - 9

 

Week Six Discussion: August 10 - 14 (Yes, I know this week starts early and ends early, but it is the end of the semester.)

 

Module 12: The Age of Limits and The Attack on the New Deal

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 31 and 32

           Due Date: August 10 - 11

 

Module 13: The United States Empire

           Nation of Nations: Chapter 33 and Epilogue

           The Way We Lived: "Creation of Cuban Miami"

           Due Date: August 13 - 14

 

Second Half Discussion Assessment: Weeks 4 - 6

         Due: August 14 - 15 (I will post more details on this on August 13.  This is not a quiz.)

 

Anonymous Class Evaluation: August 15

 

Second Test: August 16

 

The last day of the semester is August 17, 2007.

 

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