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American History II
21196 HIS 202-05 Lecture
Wallace Dr Campus Naylor Hall, Room 105
11:00am 12:14pm, TR
Course Description: This course is a continuation of HIS 201; it surveys United States history from the
Reconstruction era to the present.
3.000 Credit Hours
Required Textbook:
America: The Essential Learning Edition, David Shi and George Tindall, Volume Two, 2015, W.W.
Norton & Company
Optional books, supplies, materials, or software:
Students must bring notetaking materials to class every day. In order to provide a distraction free learning
environment for all students, laptops/tablets may only be used for taking notes or accessing assigned
readings in class. Cell phones should be placed on silent. Inappropriate use of a cell phone (repeatedly
forgetting to silence it, texting in class, etc) or laptop will result in you being asked to leave the
classroom.
Important Websites: https://gadsdenstate.blackboard.com/
Class updates and materials will be posted on the class blackboard page.
Last Day to Withdrawal: April 17, 2017
Withdrawing can adversely affect financial aid, especially if done before completing 60% of the term.
Final Examination: Thursday, May 4th from 9:30-11:30am
Assignments and Assessment:
Dates subject to change at the discretion of the instructor. All changes will be announced in class and
posted on the class Blackboard page.
Assignment
Exam #1 CH 16-20
Exam #2
Points
100
100
Due Date
February 16th
March 21st
Final Exam
Annotated Bibliography
Research Project
Participation Points
100
75
100
200
Week Ten
Week
Eleven
Week
Twelve
Week
Thirteen
Week
Fourteen
Week
Fifteen
Tuesday
1/10 Class Expectations; Syllabus; What
is historical thinking?
1/17 cont CH 16
1/24 Cont CH 17
1/31 Cont CH 18; NO IN-CLASS
MEETING; online assignment
2/7 Ch. 19
2/14 Ch. 20 cont Test One Review
2/21 Chapter 21 America and the Great
War
2/28 Chapter 22 A Class of Cultures
3/7 NO IN-CLASS MEETING (AMA
Conference) Online Assignment Read
Chapter 23 New Deal America online
assignment
3/14 Chapter 24 The Second World
War
3/21 Exam 2 Chapter 21-24
3/28 GSCC Spring Break No Classes
4/4 Chapter 25 cont
Thursday
1/12 Discuss Chapter 16 Big Business
and Organized Labor
1/19 Chapter 17 The South and West
Transformed
1/26 Chapter 18 Society and Politics in
the Gilded Age
2/2 Chapter 19 Seizing an American
Empire
2/9 Chapter 20 The Progressive Era
2/16 Exam One Chapters 16-20
2/23 Ch. 21 cont
3/1 Ch. 22 cont
3/9 Ch. 23 cont
Week
Sixteen
Week
Seventeen