Class Schedule
 
Class: History 17A: Early US History to 1877
Instructor: Dave Bush
Semester: Spring 2011
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.  Work will be accepted late for up to one day after the "Due By Date." Beyond that, work will NOT be accepted late 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. The test will NOT be accepted late.
 
Regarding the discussions, you must make a minimum of three posts each week (Monday through Sunday) 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 twice a semester 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 documents for additional information on the discussions, quizzes, written assignments, test, and much more. 
 
Please keep an eye on the dates!  This is very important. (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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READINGS
 
(In addition, each module has web readings.  Links to web readings are found on each module's web page.)
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(Before 11:45 PM)
January 10 First Day of Class    
January 10 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. January 15
January 17 Module 1: Historiography Web readings only.  You can complete this module even if you do not have your text book. January 22
  Last day to drop class without a grade.   February 4
January 24 Module 2: Contact and Colonization to Independence (Pre-1492 to 1780s) American Past, Ninth Edition: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. February 12
February 14 Module Book 1, Part 1 Partisans and Redcoats: Introduction and Chapters 1-3.  For this part, there's only one objective quiz and no written assignment. February 26
February 28 Module Book 1, Part 2 Partisans and Redcoats: Chapters 4-7. For this part, there's one objective quiz and a written assignment covering the whole book. March 5
March 7 First Half Discussion Assessment (FHDA) This assessment covers the modules discussed before the FHDA Start Date.  You will need to cut and paste some of your posts for this assessment.  See the Modules page for instructions. March 8
March 7 Module 3: New Republic to Democracy and the Growth of Competing Labor Systems (1780s to 1840s) American Past, Ninth Edition: Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18. March 26
April 4 Module Book 2, Part 1 The Kingdom of Matthias: Prologue and Chapters 1 and 2.  For this part, there's only one objective quiz and no written assignment. April 16
  Last day to drop with a "W."   April 22
April 18 Module Book 2, Part 2 The Kingdom of Matthias: Chapters 3 and 4 and the Epilogue.  For this part, there's one objective quiz and a written assignment covering the whole book. April 23
April 25 Module 4: US Expansion, Division, Civil War, and Reconstruction (1840s to 1877) American Past, Ninth Edition: Chapters 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24. May 7
May 9 Second Half Discussion Assessment (SHDA) This assessment covers the modules between the FHDA and the SHDA Start Date.  You will need to cut and paste some of your posts for this assessment.  See the Modules page for instructions. May 10
May 9 Life Happens Points (LHP) Take this one true/false "extra-credit" question quiz to earn your LHP. May 11
May 9 Anonymous Class Evaluation See the Modules page for instructions. May 11
May 16 Test  (The test is open one day only!) See the Modules page for instructions. May 16
  I will post class grades on the class website.   May 18
  Last Day of Class I will send course grades to the Admissions Office at 11:00am.  At this point, grades are set in stone. May 19
 
Although it is extremely unlikely, this schedule is subject to change.