Class Schedule
 
Class: History 1017 (17A): Early US History to 1877
Instructor: Dave Bush
Semester: Fall 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 12:05 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 11:55 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 12:05am and 11:55pm. 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
DATE
EVENT
 
READINGS
 
(In addition to the readings listed here, each module has web readings.  Links to web readings are found on each module's introduction page.)
DUE
BY
DATE
(Before 11:55 PM)
August 15 First Day of Class The first day of the semester is the first day of class, so make sure you log in to the class on the first day.  
August 15 Module: Important Class Information Read the Syllabus and study and view the information in the Important Class Information Module, and then take the Orientation Assignment Quiz.  After that, introduce yourself in the Class Introduction discussion forum, and reply to at least two other posts throughout the week.

August 20
August 22 Module 1: Historiography Web readings only.  You can complete this module even if you do not have your textbook.

August 27
  Last day to drop class without a grade.   September 9
August 29 Module 2: Contact and Colonization to Independence (Pre-1492 to 1780s) Out of Many, Seventh Edition: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. September 17
September 19 Module Book 1, Part 1 Partisans and Redcoats: Read the Introduction and Chapters 1-3.  For this part, there's only one objective quiz and no written assignment. October 1
October 3 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 FHDA introduction page for instructions. October 4
October 3 Module Book 1, Part 2 Partisans and Redcoats: Read Chapters 4-7. For this part, there's one objective quiz and a written assignment covering the whole book. October 8
October 10 Module 3: New Republic to Democracy and the Growth of Competing Labor Systems (1780s to 1840s) Out of Many, Seventh Edition: Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. October 29
October 31 Module Book 2, Part 1 The Fires of Jubilee: Read the Prologue and parts 1 and 2.  For this part, there's only one objective quiz and no written assignment. November 5
  Last day to drop with a "W."   November 18
November 7 Module Book 2, Part 2 The Fires of Jubilee: Read parts 3 and 4, and the Epilogue.  For this part, there's one objective quiz and a written assignment covering the whole book. November 19
November 21 Module 4: US Expansion, Division, Civil War, and Reconstruction (1840s to 1877) Out of Many, Seventh Edition: Chapters 14, 15, 16, and 17. December 3
December 5 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 SHDA introduction page for instructions.

December 6
December 5 Life Happens Points (LHP) Take this one true/false "extra-credit" question quiz to earn your LHP. December 6
December 5 Anonymous Class Evaluation  

December 6
December 12 Test  (The test is open one day only!) The test may not be taken late. Test instructions will opened a couple of weeks before the date of the test.

December 12
  I will post class grades on the class website. If you have any last minute concerns, email me immediately. December 13
  Last Day of Class I will send course grades to the Admissions Office at 11:00am.  At this point, grades are set in stone.

December 15
Although it is extremely unlikely, this schedule is subject to change.