| Course
Information |
| Course
Description: |
A survey of the geographical
background, peoples, political life, and economic and social development
of the state. This development traced from the earliest beginnings of the
state to the present. |
| Course
Objectives: |
- Students will be able to:
- Trace events from a historical
perspective
- Identify important historical
events.
- Relate the methods of the
historian to problems found in other disciplines.
- Critique the merits of
secondary resource materials.
- Demonstrate basic research
techniques used by historians.
- Evaluate the extent of change
or continuity involved in the development of present institutions,
conditions,
and events.
- Describe specific aspects of
intellectual, cultural, and religious developments in their historical
perspective.
- Explain the concepts and order
of events involved in major political, diplomatic and military
developments.
- Appreciate the
study/applicability of history.
- Explore concepts about human
activity in appraising the consequences of one's chosen action.
- Develop skills in critical
analysis.
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| Prerequisites
and Corequisites: |
The student should be able to read
and write at college level.
The student should be able to navigate on the web. |
| Course
Topics: |
Unit Basis:
No. 1 Introduction: What and Why Study Tennessee History? The Land
Living Inhabitants.
No. 2 Europeans Struggle for Control; The settlement of Tennessee; and
Tennessee during the Revolution.
No. 3 The State of Franklin and Spanish Intrigue; Southwest Territory
and Statehood.
No. 4 Social and Economic Development at Mid Century; Pundits, Politics,
and Indian Removal.
No. 5 Carroll, Jackson and the War of 1812
No. 6 The Rise of the Whigs; Internal Improvements; The Negro.
No. 7 Party Politics and Storm Clouds
No. 8 The Civil War in Tennessee.
No. 9 Reconstruction and Recovery.
No. 10 Democrats, Prohibition, Reform, and War
No. 11 Prosperity, Depression, and TVA and the Turbulent Years; The
Social and Intellectual Climate.
No. 12 The Clement Ellington Years and the Return of the Republicans. |
| Specific
Course Requirements: |
The student should have a working knowledge of WebCT
environment since it will be the medium through which the student will
access the material. |
| Textbooks,
Supplementary Materials, Hardware and Software Requirements |
| Required
Textbooks: |
Please visit the
Virtual Bookstore to obtain textbook information for this course:
http://rodp.bkstr.com |
| Supplementary
Materials: |
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| Hardware
Requirements: |
See
RODP
Minimum Requirements |
| Software
Requirements: |
See
RODP
Minimum Requirements |
| Assessment
and Grading |
| Testing
Procedures: |
The student will be able to
consult the navigation bar to access the exam schedule. These times will
be relative: based not on a certain date but upon the student reaching
certain points of completion in the course.
The student will need to have a site available to have
exams proctored. |
| Grading
Procedure: |
The grade will be based upon the following: quizzes = 40
percent (at approximately at each quarter) mid term = 20 percent (half
way through the course) final = 20 percent online discussion = 20
percent (each student will be expected to take an active part in the
online discussion. There will be four of them over the course of the
semester. The schedule of when the topics will be active will be cited
on the calendar (click calendar on the navigation bar. 1. For each topic
each member in the discussion will be expected to post two initial
statements on the site. 2. Each should state the who, what, when and why
of the issue. Also, why it was significant. 3. Also, each student should
make a minimum of three responses to statements made by their
classmates. 4. The student will be expected to submit copies of the
statements that they made to the discussion to the professor on the
Friday before final exams. |
| Grading
Scale: |
The grading scale will be: A = 90 - 100 B = 80 - 89
C = 70 - 79 D = 60 - 65 F = 64 - below |
| Assignments
and Participation |
| Assignments
and Projects: |
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| Class
Participation: |
Each student must participate in the online discussion
which will be asynchronous. 1. Each of the four discussions that will
take place will stay active in blocks of about three weeks each. (See
calendar). |
| Punctuality: |
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| Course
Ground Rules |
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Students are expected to communicate
with other students in team projects, learn how to navigate in WebCT, and keep abreast of course announcements. They should use
their assigned WebCT email addresses in regular communication. They
should also give the instructor a web-based email address (hotmail,
yahoo) as a back-up.
- Students should address technical
problems immediately.
- Students should observe course
netiquette at all times.
- Plagiarism, cheating, and other
forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. According to Webster's
Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, plagiarism is to "steal and pass of
as one's own (the ideas or words of another); to present as one's
own an idea or product derived from an existing source." Students
who plagiarize or commit any other form of academic dishonesty will
receive a zero on the paper and may receive an F in the course.
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| Guidelines
for Communications |
| Email: |
Email: Always use your
class WebCT e-mail account to send messages to the instructor and
other students.
- Include a subject line with your
last name, the course number (EDU 426), and the course assignment or
subject of the communication.
- Be careful in wording your e-mails.
- Use of emoticons might be helpful in
some cases.
- Use standard fonts of at least 12".
- Do not send large attachments
without permission.
- Respect the privacy of other class
members.
- Make sure you scan your e-mail and
attachments for virus.
- Although you should always use
your class WebCT email account for communication, provide your
instructor with an alternative web-based email account (such as
Hotmail or Yahoo) for a back-up in case the class server should go
down.
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| Discussion
Groups: |
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| Chat: |
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| Web
Resources: |
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Library
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The
Tennessee Board of Regents Virtual Library is available
to all students enrolled in the Regents Degree Program. Links
to library materials (such as electronic journals, databases,
interlibrary loans, digital reserves, dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps,
and librarian support) and Internet resources needed by learners to
complete online assignments and as background reading must be included
in all courses. |
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Students
With Disabilities
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Qualified students with
disabilities will be provided reasonable and necessary academic
accommodations if determined eligible by the appropriate disability
services staff at their home institution. Prior to granting disability
accommodations in this course, the instructor must receive written
verification of a student's eligibility for specific accommodations from
the disability services staff at the home institution. It is the student's
responsibility to initiate contact with their home institution's
disability services staff and to follow the established procedures for
having the accommodation notice sent to the instructor. |
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Syllabus
Changes
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The
instructor reserves the right to make changes as necessary to this
syllabus. If changes are necessitated during the term of the course, the
instructor will immediately notify students of such changes both by
individual email communication and posting both notification and nature
of change(s) on the course bulletin board. |
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