Class Schedule
 
Class: History 17B: Modern US History Since 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.
START
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READINGS
 
(In addition, each module has web readings.  Links to web readings are found on each module's web page.)
DUE
BY
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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: The Gilded Age and The Progressive Movement (1865 to 1910s) American Past, Ninth Edition: Chapters 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35. February 12
February 14 Module 3: "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?" From World War I to the Early Cold War (1914 to 1950s) American Past, Ninth Edition: Chapters 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, and 44. 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 Book 1, Part 1 Farewell to Manzanar: Forward, A Chronology, Terms, and Part 1.  Only one objective quiz and no written assignment. March 19
March 21 Module Book 1, Part 2 Farewell to Manzanar: Part 2 and Part 3.  Only one objective quiz and a written assignment covering the whole book. March 26
April 4
 Module 4: The Fall and Rise of Conservative Ideology (1950s to 2000s) American Past, Ninth Edition: Chapters 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, and 52. April 16
  Last day to drop with a "W."   April 22
April 18 Module Book 2, Part 1 A Rumor of War: Read [to be posted].  For this part, there's only one objective quiz and no written assignment. April 30
May 2 Module Book 2, Part 2 A Rumor of War: Read [to be posted].  For this part, there's one objective quiz and a written assignment covering the whole book. 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.