U. S. History, 17A Online
Instructor: Tom Gallup
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Assignments - Spring 2008
This course
is
divided
into three (3) historical periods:
I.
The
Colonial
Period/American Revolution
II.
The New
Nation
III.
The Civil
War
There are twelve (12)
assignments
for the course, roughly corresponding to twelve (12) chapters in the
textbook, Nation
of Nations. There are four (4) assignments for each of the three
(3)
historical periods listed above.
Each of the twelve
(12)
assignments
is listed on this Assignments Page along with its due date. Each
assignment
consists of reading from the textbook, Nation of Nations, or
online
readings, or both, as well as additional material that I have included
in the Study Guide for that assignment.
While doing the
reading
for
each assignment, find and answer the study questions from the
corresponding Study
Guide for that assignment. Simply click on that assignment's Study
Guide to find the appropriate questions. Submit the answers to
these
questions to me via e-mail any time before the due date listed
for
that assignment. Please follow the instructions for sending e-mails
that will be sent to you when the class begins. There will be a due
date for each of these emailed assignments. The due dates are listed
below.
You may send the completed assignments to me at any time before the due
date. You will receive 10 points for turning in a completed assignment.
No points will be awarded for late assignments. Points will be deducted
for incomplete assignments, incomplete answers or wrong answers. On
these
assignments, you must DO YOUR OWN WORK. Collaboration on assignments or
copying from another student's assignment, or submitting an assignment
other than those for this particular class, is not allowed, and will
result
in your being dropped from the class.
For a detailed
explanation
of the grading system for these assignments and their relative value in
determining your course grade, see the Information/Syllabus page.
I Colonial
Period/American
Revolution
Assignment #1
Due Date: 6:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Topic: Colonization and
Conflict in the South
Reading: Nation of
Nations,
Chapter 3
Click
here
for questions from the Study Guide for this topic: Study Guide 1
Assignment #2
Due Date: 6:00 p.m,
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Topic: Cononization and
Conflict in the North
Reading:
Nations, Chapter 4
Online, "The New
England
Primer",
"The Pilgrim's Progress", "Poor Richard's Almanac"
Study
Guide
2
Assignment #3
Due Date: 6:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Topic: Toward the War
for
American
Independence
Reading: Nations,
Chapter 6
Online, "Letters
From a
Farmer
in Pennsylvania"; "Rules By Which a Great Nation May Be Reduced to a
Small
One"
Study
Guide
3
Assignment #4
Due Date: 6:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Topic: The American
People
and the
American Revolution
Reading: Nations,
Chapters 6 and 7
Online, "Common
Sense";
"Paul
Revere's Ride"; "The Declaration of Independence"; "Diaries of the
American Revolution"
Study
Guide
4
Midterm
#1
Midterm #1 will be
sent via
email on Thursday, February 28 by 9:00 a.m.
Answers are due by 6:00
p.m. on Friday, February 29
II The New Nation
Assignment #5
Due Date: 6:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Topic: Crisis and
Constitution
Reading: Nations,
Chapter 8
Online, "The
Federalist,
#10"
Study
Guide
5
Assignment # 6
Due Date: 6:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Topic: The Early Republic
Reading: Nations,
Chapter 9
Online, "The Life of
Washington"
Study
Guide
6
Assignment #7
Due Date: 6:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Topic: The Opening of
America
Reading: Nations,
Chapters 9/10
Study
Guide
7
Assignment #8
Due Date: 6:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Topic: The Rise of
Democracy
Reading: Nations,
Chapter 11
Study
Guide
8
Midterm
#2
Midterm #2 will be
sent via
email on Thursday, April 10, by 9:00 a.m.
Answers are due
by 6:00
p.m., Friday, April 11
III The Civil War
Assignment #9
Due Date: 6:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Topic: The Fires of
Perfection
Reading: Nations,
Chapter
12
Online, "The Last of
the
Mohicans"
Study
Guide
9
Assignment #10
Due Date: 6:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Topic: The Old South
Reading: Nations,
Chapter 13
Online, "The
Confessions
of
Nat Turner", "The Wonderful Tar Baby".
Study
Guide
10
Assignment #11
Due Date: 6:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Topic: Western Expansion
and the rise of the Slavery Issue/The Union Broken
Reading: Nations,
Chapter 14/15
Study
Guide
11
Assignment #12
Due Date: 6:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Topic: Total War and the
Republic
Reading: Nations,
Chapter 16
Online, "Hardtack
and
Coffee"
Study
Guide
12
Final Examination
The final exam will be
sent via
email on Thursday, May 15 by 9:00 a.m.
Answers are due by 6:00
p.m., Friday, May 16
Revised January 25,
2008
by Tom Gallup, e-mail address: tom_gallup@westvalley.edu
West Valley College
http://www.westvalley.edu/wvc/ss/gallup/gallup.html
