AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865

Grades: There will be 3 tests and a journal project. Each of the tests will count 25% of the final grade. (This final exam is NOT cumulative; each test stands alone). The journal project constitutes 20% of the final grade. The remaining 5% of the final grade will be derived from student participation in classroom exercises.

Attendance: Since participation counts toward your grade, I will require you to attend class. If a student misses three classes, the final grade will be reduced 10 points. If a student misses five classes, I will withdraw the student from the course. If tardiness becomes a problem, I will bar the door to tardy students.

Journal Project Each student is expected to keep a typed journal of his or her notes regarding the assigned web document readings. The notes should assess the document's historical context and its significance as well as summarize its content. The journal project includes all the web documents, including photographs. You should complete all the exercises in the Geography workbook, except for those requiring you to write something outside the book. Every Thursday, the journals and workbooks will be checked for continued progress, regardless of whether I remember to call for them. At each test date, the journals and workbooks will be turned in for evaluation of content.

A quick note about plagiarism. Plagiarism is the quoting or the paraphrasing of any portion of another author's words or ideas without giving full credit to the original author. In short, it is theft of intellectual property. Don't do it. It violates UGA's honor code, and we will deal with plagiarism SEVERELY.

Tests: The first two tests each will take one class period. The third test will take place during finals and will receive the allotted time for a final. Approximately forty per cent of each test will be objective questions (such as multiple choice questions or identifications) while the remainder will consist of an essay.

Make-up Tests: All make-up tests will be essay tests and will take place on the last day of class for the semester (April 29). If you know you will miss an exam, you should let me know as soon as you know, or at least 3 class days in advance of the test. If an emergency unavoidably prevents you from attending a test, you should contact me immediately following your return to school to let me know you are interested in taking a make-up, and you should contact the Office of Student Affairs, who will verify your excuse before I will allow you to take a make-up. Journals are due on their test date, regardless of whether you take the test. If you know in advance that you will miss the test date, you must turn in the journal early. In emergency cases, we want your journal as soon as you return to school.

Final Exam Conflicts: Always check your final exam schedule before the last week of classes to determine if you will have a conflict. There are published procedures for what to do for conflicts and you should follow them. If you are going to pursue the conflict procedure, you should let me know not later than the last week of classes that you are submitting a request to student affairs. If you do not follow university procedure, I am not allowed to let you to take an exam at a special time.

	Instructions to Jamestown Colonizers
	John Whites Drawings of Native Americans in Virginia Look closely at the last three engravings of this collection and read their descriptions
	Richard Hakluyt, "Inducements to the Liking of the Voyage ..."

	Indentured Servant writes home.
	Bacon's Rebellion

	Middle Passage
	Slave arrival in the Americas

	Model of Christian Charity
	Half-Way Covenant	Skim document up to Half-Way Covenant, and then read that paragraph closely.

	New Netherlands
	Diverse Immigration

	Stono Rebellion	Just read the section on the Stono Rebellion
	Great Awakening

	Albany Plan of Union
	Going to War

	Peace of Paris, 1763
	Time Line for American Revolution	This should make a great study guide for the events leading to the Revolution.

	Stamp Act Congress	Skim this document
	Common Sense	Make a list of its most important points

	Loyalists	Explore this entertaining site dedicated to celebrating those Americans who chose to remain loyal to King and Country
	Religious Freedom

	Northwest Ordinance	Is this a strength or weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
	Articles of Confederation

	Federalist No. 10	What is the main point of this political tract, and why do you think they bother making the point?
	Transmitting the Bill of Rights	Look at the Amendments proposed by Madison

Constitutional Time Line

Another good study guide.

	The Sedition Act
	Kentucky Resolves

Hartford Convention

Respond to the instructions at the top this web document.

	English Background to American Industrialization	Only write one (1) response for all the combined Lowell web pages.
	Waltham-Lowell System	See above writing assignment.
	Lowell Mill Girls	See above writing assignment.
	Lowell Boarding Houses	See above writing assignment.
	Henry Clay on 2nd BUS	Just read the first 10 paragraphs of this long speech. What does Clay think about Presidential vetoes? What does he think about partisan debate?
	Erie Canal	How important was the Erie Canal to New York? To the rest of the US?

	Disciplining Slaves	Skim to the portion where he talks of a whipping.
	Material Conditions of Slaves
	Northern Economic Support of Slavery	Why were Northern industrial centers ambiguous in response to Southern slavery?

	Slave Family Life
	Confessions of Nat Turner	Skim this longish document

Calhoun on Force Bill

Just skim the first day to get the gist of his argument.

	Annexation of Texas
	Wilmot Proviso

	Seneca Falls Declaration
	Abolitionist Newspaper
	Shakers
	Temperance	Just read "1825-1870: THE PLEDGE"
	Mormon Trail

	Fugative Slave Posters
	Fugative Slave Law

We will continue to check progress for the rest of the semester, so continue to bring your journals and workbooks on Thursdays.

	Dred Scott	Skim most the document but read closely what Taney says after deciding the merits of the Writ of Mandamus.
	John Brown Photo

April 15
Civil War
AP 560-576, 586-597; Newman 106-108.

Civil War Photo Timeline

Just browse this site.

April 20
More Civil War
AP 576-586, 597-600; Newman 110-112.

	Emancipation Proclamation
	Freedmen

April 22
Reconstruction
AP 604-641; Newman 114-120.

Northern view of Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Policies

April 22
Redemption
AP 604-641; Newman 114-120.

KKK

skim this long document

April 29

Last Day of Class Make-up Tests

Review Session

as your ticket to enter the review session.

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Final Exams
Both sections are scheduled for May 5, 3:30-6:30 PM, in Forest Resources bldg, Room 100.

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