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HIST 1301
History of the United States, Part I

Blended Course
Fall 2009
Professor Carol A. Keller

Monday 6 - 9 PM On-campus sessions
(date in red, attendance at each on-campus session is required ) Class Schedule*
See BbV course calendar for all companion online course work
(readings, study guides, quizzes, exams, discussions, reports).

UNIT I: OLD WORLD, NEW WORLDS ~ THE ENCOUNTER PERIOD (Chapters 1 - 6)

Lesson	Date	Topic and Assignment
1-A	25 Aug.	Required On-campus - Blended course orientation # 1 (you must attend the required course on-campus orientation today) 1) Introduction & Presentation of syllabus ~ login to BbV 2) Unit Overview, Read: US, chapter 1 - The First Civilizations of North America email any questions/ problems to ckeller@alamo.edu
1-B	31 Aug.	The Spectrum of Settlement (US chapters 2 & 3) Required On-campus - Blended course orientation # 2 (in order to remain in the course, you must be present today OR have been present on Monday, 25 Aug. ) - 1) Course update & Problem Based Learning (PBL) ~ new students login to BbV 2) Bedford Reader, chapter 4 ~ Overview 3) Read: US, chapter 2 Old Worlds , New Worlds, chapter 3, Colonization & Conflict in the South email any questions/ problems to ckeller@alamo.edu )
	7 Sept.	LABOR DAY HOLIDAY ~ SAC CLOSED, no classes
2	14 Sept.	On-campus - Class meets in LRC for Topic / PBL learning orientation ~ Room 229 or 230 by east elevators PBL PowerPoint slides and LRC Resource links Topic Discussion/PBL #1: Germ Warfare on the Colonial Frontier (Bedford Reader, chapter 4) See: Assignment and Case Problem. Complete your Discussion Board (DB) prior to class & identify learning issues see grid. Post learning issues on the BB by group to facilitate research
3	21 Sept.	On-campus - Germ Warfare Group Presentations Due (10 min each group) Peer Group Evaluation Form Discussion session for Unit 1, chapters 3 - 6 Colonial Identity: American ? Briton ? The American People and the American Revolution (6)

UNIT II: Making a New Republic (Chapters 7 - 11)

5 Oct.

On-campus - Unit II ~ Overview - Early 19th Century America
Read: US chapters 7 - 8 and Bedford chapter 10
Discussion & Learning Group Dynamics
Topic Discussion #2 ~ Looking in ~ European Travelers in America and Looking out ~ George Catlin's Paintings of American Indians (Bedford 10)
Popular Political Culture (8)

5	19 Oct.	Part 1 ~ On-campus - Discussion session for Unit II, Read: US, chapters 9 - 11, America's Market Society & White Man's Democracy Part 2 ~ Review group PBL posts ~ group learning issues (LI) work session
6	26 Oct.	On-campus - TP/PBL #2 - In Class Looking in ~ European Travelers in America and Looking out ~ George Catlin's Paintings of American Indians PP Presentations Due In-class Discussion Andrew Jackson and the Nation
		UNIT III: BREAKING AND REMAKING THE NATION (Chapters 12 - 17)
7	2 Nov.	Part 1: On-campus - Unit III Overview Class meets in LRC for Topic / PBL Unit III learning orientation~ Room 229 or 230 by east elevators READ: Bedford Reader, chapter 11, Topic Discussion #3: Justification for War: The United States and the case of Mexican War (12) Part 2: Read: US, The Fires of Perfection & Abolitionism (12) & The Old South: The Cotton Kingdom (13)

	13 Nov.	*Reminder: Last Day to Withdraw from a course for the Semester*
8	16 Nov.	Part 1: On-campus - PBL Justification for War: The United States and the case of Mexican War PP Group Presentations Part 2: Read: US, The House Divided (15) & The Road to War (16) Recommended: The United States Civil War Center , John Brown's Holy War (PBS)
9	23 Nov.	On-campus - Class Discussion, Read: US, The Civil War (16) Reunion: Reconstructing the Nation and Abandoning Reconstruction: Consequences? (17)
		26 - 29 Nov. ~ Thanksgiving Holiday Break, SAC Campus closed
		See BbV for Unit III Exam (Chapters 12 - 17) and Final Exam (Chapters 1 - 17) schedule.

* NOTE: The calendar may be changed as circumstances require.
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