Class Schedule
 
Class: History 5: California History
Instructor: Dave Bush
Semester: Summer 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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EVENT
 
Competing Visions READINGS
 
(In addition, each module has web readings.  Links to web readings are found on each module's web page.)
DUE
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(Before 11:45 PM)
June 14 First Day of Class The first day of the semester is the first day of class.  
June 14 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. June 17
June 14 Module 1: Historiography Web readings only.  You can complete this module even if you do not have your text book. June 20
  Last day to drop class without a grade.   June ??
June 21 Module 2: The Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Gold Rush Periods (Pre-1542 to 1850s) Chapters: 1, 2, 3, and 4 June 27
June 28 Module 3: Statehood, Gilded Age, Progressive, and World War I Eras (1850s to 1910s) Chapters: 5, 6, and 7 July 11
July 12 First Half Discussion Assessment (FHDA) This assessment covers modules one through three.  You will need to cut and paste some of your posts for this assessment.  See the Lessons page for instructions. July 13
  Last day to drop with a "W."   July ??
July 12 Module 4: A Period of Great Transformation (1919 to 1950s) Chapters: 8, 9, and 10 July 18
July 19 Module 5: Post-War and Modern California and the (1950s to 2004) Chapters: 11, 12, and 13 July 25
July 25 Life Happens Points (LHP) Take this one true/false "extra-credit" question quiz to earn your LHP. July 26
July 25 Anonymous Class Evaluation See the Lessons page for instructions. July 26
July 26 Second Half Discussion Assessment (SHDA) This assessment covers modules four through five.  You will need to cut and paste some of your posts for this assessment.  See the Lessons page for instructions. July 27
July 29 Test  (The test is open one day only!) See the Lessons page for instructions. July 29
  Last Day of Class   July 30
  I will post class grades on the class website by this date.   August 1
  I will send course grades to the Admissions Office at 11:00am.  At this point, grades are set in stone.   August 2
Although it is extremely unlikely, this schedule is subject to change.