Mrs. Lea Templer
Office: HSLH-333
Ph: 661-362-3375 E mail: lea.templer@canyons.edu Office Hours: MW: 1-3 T-Th 1-3 Or by appointment |
Introduction to
3 units
TEXT: History of the American Economy – 11th
Edition
By Gary M. Walton
and Hugh Rockoff
The Way We
Lived – Volume 1 and II – 6th Edition
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is
intended as an introduction to our American Economic History. Unlike a
United States History course, we will not look at history in
chronological order. Instead we will examine the why
and how of our economic development. We will
see that this nation did not evolve accidentally but with
purpose. We will be able to explain how this country developed
from a simple agricultural economy to our modern industrial nation,
as we know it today.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1.
Compare and contrast the economic development
of the United States.
2.
Analyze the cause and effect relationships in
economic history.
3.
Assess the impact of the organizations and
development of economic institutions in the American Economy.
STUDENT
EVALUATION:
Exams
(4 @ 100 points each) 400
Final
Exam 100
The
Way We Lived Papers (4) 100
Presentation 25
The lowest exam score (you
must take and complete the final exam) will be dropped. If you miss an
exam, then you have self selected the exam that you drop. Exams will not
be individually rescheduled. There will be no
make up Exams.
GRADE EARNED:
A - 85%
B
- 75% C - 65% D -
55%
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Borderline cases will be evaluated
according to class attendance (roll is taken is each class session), class
participation, and a review of all grades.
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Unit
exams consist of 3 sections: 20 Multiple Choice questions (2 points each),
2 out of 4 short essays (15 points), and 1 out of 2 long essays (30 points).
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Final
exam consists of 2 long essays. Questions for the long
essays will be handed out 2 weeks before the final exam. There will be 4
questions – the instructor will then select 2 of the questions for the exam.
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Unit exams will be announced a week ahead
of time.
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Material from the essays in The Way We Lived will also be included in the exams.
You will need to buy 4 #886 Scantrons
CHEATING/PLAGIARISM -
Any student caught cheating receives a drop/fail for the assignment/exam.
No exceptions. It is not fair to those students who do their own work!
CLASS ATTENDANCE - Attendance will be taken in class
regularly. More than 4 straight unexcused absences will mean being
dropped from the class.
ADDING THE COURSE
– Deadline to add the class is February 21st.
DROPPING COURSE WITH A W - It is the student's
responsibility to withdraw from the course by March 30th, otherwise a failing
grade may result for the course. The instructor has no way to know
whether a student is ill or has dropped the class.
WEB SITE FOR TUTORIAL:
http://wps.aw.com/aw_hughes_aeh_7/49/12554/3214018.cw/index.html
This is a source of multiple
choice practice quizzes from another textbook dealing with the same material.
There are other useful links available to you on this site.
The Way
We Lived papers: (4 papers) -
25 points each
Honors Project – 100 Points
·
Pick a topic from the readings by February 22nd
·
Choose a topic that is relevant all through our
history: compare and contrast an issue that showed up from early times to now
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Outline due: March 12th
·
As you research your topic, keep track of your
sources. You will required to use footnotes and have a bibliography in your
finished paper
·
Attend either an MLA or APA workshop offered at the
TLC – bonus 10 points
·
Due date of final paper: May 21st
CLASS
OUTLINE (this is an approximate schedule)
|
WEEK |
LECTURE TOPIC |
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Feb 6-8
|
Introduction
Colonial Era |
Ch 1-6
(Skim)
|
Feb 13-15
|
Hard Realities for a New
Nation
Land
and the Early Westward Movements |
Ch 7
Ch 8 |
|
Feb 20 Feb 22 |
No Class Transportation
and Market Growth |
Ch 9 |
Feb 27-29
|
Market Expansion and Industry in First
Transition
Labor during the Early Industrial Period |
Ch10
Ch 11
|
|
Mar5-7 |
Money and Banking in the Developing Economy The Entrenchment of Slavery and Regional Conflict |
Ch 12 Ch 13 |
|
|
Exam #1 Chapters 1-13 |
|
|
Mar 12-14 |
War, Recovery and
Regional Divergence Agriculture’s Western
Advance |
Ch 14 Ch 15 |
Mar
19-21
|
Railroads
and Economic Change Industrial
Expansion and Concentration |
Ch
16
Ch 17 |
|
Mar 26-28 |
The Emergence of
America’s Labor Consciousness Money, Prices, and
Finance in the Post Bellum Era |
Ch 18 Ch 19 |
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April 2-4 |
Spring
Break |
|
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Apr 9-11 |
Commerce
at Home and Abroad |
Ch
20 |
|
|
Exam #2
Chapters 15-20 |
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Apr 16-18 |
World War I The Roaring Twenties |
Ch 21 Ch 22 |
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Apr 23-25 |
The Great Depression
|
Ch 23 |
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Apr 30-May2 |
The New Deal World War
II |
Ch 24 Ch 25 |
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|
Unit
Exam #3 – Ch 21-25 |
|
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May 7-9 |
The Changing Role of the
Federal Government Agriculture, the
Environment, and Transportation |
Ch 26 Ch 27 |
May
14-16
|
Money,
Banking, and the Business Cycle after WWII Manufacturing,
Marketing and Industrial Productivity |
Ch 28
Ch 29 |
May
21-23
|
Labor’s Progress Since WWII
Achievements
of the Past, Challenges for the Future |
Ch 30
Ch 31
|
May
28
|
Memorial
Day – No Class
|
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May 30 |
Unit Exam #4 – Ch 26-31 Final Exam – Ch 1-31 - Essays |
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COC Statement
and Policy on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
Approved by Academic
Senate in May, 2010
Statement on Academic Integrity at
College of the Canyons
Students
are expected to do their own work as assigned. At College of the Canyons, we
believe that academic integrity and honesty are some of the most important
qualities college students need to develop and maintain. To facilitate a
culture of academic integrity, College of the Canyons has defined plagiarism
and academic dishonesty. Due process procedures have been established when
plagiarism or academic dishonesty is suspected.
At
COC, we define plagiarism as follows:
Plagiarism is the submission of someone else’s work or ideas as one’s own,
without adequate attribution. When a student submits work for a class
assignment that includes the words, ideas or data of others, without
acknowledging the source of the information through complete, accurate, and specific
references, plagiarism is involved. This may include dual submissions of a
similar work for credit for more than one class, without the current
instructor’s knowledge and approval.
To
be specific, below are some of the situations that will be considered
plagiarism at COC:
·
Use information
from any source, online or in print, in one’s own writing without acknowledging the source in the content and in the
reference page of the assignment;
·
Simply list the
sources in the reference page, without parenthetical citations in the body of
the essay;
·
Take more than one printed line of words consecutively from the source without
putting quotation marks around them, even though the student has put the
author’s name in the parentheses or in the reference page;
·
Turn in work done
for other classes, regardless how big or small the assignment may be, without
the current instructor’s approval—this is considered “self-plagiarism,” which
is a form of academic dishonesty; or,
·
Turn in work by
another student, even by accident.
In
addition, COC has strict rules against using electronic devices during exams
without the instructor’s approval. To be specific, absolutely no cell phones or
any electronic devices can be on the desk or in sight during test or exam
without the instructor’s approval. The presence of electronic devices in sight
during exams may be considered as intention to cheat and will be processed as a
form of academic dishonesty.
Cases
of alleged academic dishonesty, such as plagiarism or cheating, will be referred
to the Dean of Student Services for investigation. See your syllabus for course
specific policies, rules, and guidelines on plagiarism and academic dishonesty.