Required Texts

Joyce Appleby, Inheriting the Revolution : The First Generation of Americans. (Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000)

Noble E. Cunningham, Thomas Jefferson vs. Alexander Hamilton (Confrontations that Shaped a Nation) (New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000).

Louis P. Masur, 1831, Year of Eclipse. (New York : Hill and Wang, 2001)

Mary Lynn Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History

Harry L. Watson, Andrew Jackson vs. Henry Clay (Democracy and Development in Antebellum America) (New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1998)

Tests: The will be 2 tests, a Midterm and a Final Exam, each of which will count 20% toward your final grade.

Make-up Tests: All make-up tests will take place on the last day of class for the semester (May 1). If you fail to contact me in a timely manner, I will not permit the make-up.

Final Exam Conflicts: You must tell me at least 2 weeks before the end of classes that you have a conflict or you will have to work out the conflict with someone else.

Research Paper: Each student will also complete a 10-15 page research assignment on a topic of their choice related to issues found in the Masur and/or Watson texts. I expect you to use at least three primary sources. One of these primary sources must be historical newspaper articles from Athens, Georgia, which can be found on microfilm in the basement of the UGA library, or a diary from UGA’s manuscript collections. Endnote citation of sources using Turabian Style is required for this paper. We will take time through out the semester to discuss this project in detail.

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. It violates UGA's honor code, and will be dealt with SEVERELY.

Paper Deadlines:

February 7 Topic Selection due March 7 Preliminary Bibliography due March 28 First Draft due April 25 Final Draft of Paper due May 1 Web version of Paper due

Like a job, these deadlines cannot be ignored without serious consequences. Missing one will negatively affect my assessment of your job performance. All deadlines are for the start of class period, and I expect you to hand deliver it to me, in class (with the exceptions of the first draft and the web publication – both of which should show up on your arches web page by the deadline.) I do not accept email submissions. I will deduct a point per day from you research paper grade as penalty for missing any of the preliminary deadlines. Missing the Final Draft deadline will result in a 10 point per day penalty..

First Use these links to locate secondary sources.	GIL UGA's Library Catalog	America: History and Life
:	Galileo	New York Review of Books
Second Use these Primary Resources to enhance your research		Making of America Cornell	> Making of America Michigan
:		Georgia Department of Archives and History	Georgia Historic Books & Newspapers Database

Third

Click on this button after you write your paper to check it for readability.

Finally

Click on this button for a few examples of the Turabian manual of style for citations.

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Web Publication The First Draft of your paper will be submitted as a web page posted on YOUR arches account. It should be at least 5 pages in length and contain a bibliography. The final draft will be turned in on disk so I can mount it on my ARCHES web page. Minimum acceptable content for the final web page includes the content of your paper with end notes as embedded links, and external links to website of interest to somebody reading your paper. Web publication of your final draft will count 10% of your grade.

Web Publication Aids
	UGA Tutorial on HTML
	Basic HTML
	Making Endnotes in HTML
	Creating External Links

Participation: Active participation in class discussions and scores on quizzes will count 20% of your final grade. I’ll let you know your grade at the midterm and before the final exam.

Attendance:Since part of your grade is based on your participation, attendance is required. I will check role daily. Six absences will result in an instructor initiated withdrawal from the class. Failure to prepare for class is equivalent to failing to attend. If it is apparent that you are not prepared for class, I will dismiss you from class, and count the dismissal as an unexcused absence. I will be the sole judge of who is prepared. An unexcused absence of a team member during the week of their presentation will result in instructor initiated withdrawal of the student with a failing grade.