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Disability Services facilitates access to all programs and services according to the ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, as well as other federal and state laws.
Amarillo College is committed to providing equal access to all programs and services, including all working, learning, and service environments that affect equal access for persons with disabilities. This commitment to provide equal access and opportunity for persons with disabilities is in compliance with federal and state law. Amarillo College also strives to provide Electronic and Information Resources (EIR) that are accessible to all authorized users.
If you find you are unable to access material in an accessible format please contact the Disability Services Office at (806) 345-5639 . This office will work in conjunction with other campus resources to address and accommodate your issue in a timely manner.
As a student you may experience a range of issues that can cause barriers to learning, such as strained relationships, increased anxiety, alcohol/drug problems, feeling down, difficulty concentrating and/or lack of motivation. These mental health concerns or stressful events may lead to diminished academic performance or reduce a student's ability to participate in daily activities. Amarillo College offers services to assist you with addressing these and other concerns you may be experiencing. If you or someone you know are suffering from any of the aforementioned conditions, you can learn more about the broad range of confidential mental health services available on campus by calling the AC Counseling Center at 806-371-5900. The AC Counseling Center website is https://www.actx.edu/counseling/ . Also, if you are in need of social services (affordable housing, utilities, transportation, food, clothing, childcare, medical/dental/vision, legal), please call the AC Advocacy & Resource Center at 806-371-5439. The AC Advocacy & Resource Center website is https://www.actx.edu/arc
Tutoring for Success applies to any student whose overall performance in the course falls below 75%. The instructor will create the task in the Student Engagement Portal (Watermark) to direct the student to the appropriate tutoring service, which may be faculty- or SI-led, discipline-specific, and/or general. The tutoring service assigned, the due date for when the tutoring must be completed, and the amount of tutoring required are at the discretion of the instructor. Additionally, the task will alert the student’s success team. Students who do not fulfill the assigned tutoring task may be subject to program- and course-specific penalties that could result in a grade reduction and/or in not being allowed to progress in the course until the tutoring requirement has been satisfied.
Students who do not attend class on or prior to the census date will be administratively dropped. Effective Fall, 2016
Students who wish to withdraw from a course must complete all steps indicated on the Academic Withdrawal Request form by the course withdrawal deadline.
NOTE: Students who are attending Texas institutions of higher education, for the first time fall 2007 and later, may not withdraw from more than six courses during their academic career. This withdrawal limitation does not include dual credit or developmental classes (Senate Bill 1231 Rule 4.10.) For more information on Drop and Withdrawal Policies, please visit the Registrar's Office Web site.
The Amarillo College Privacy Policy is found at https://www.actx.edu/-amarillo-college-privacy-notice , and applies to all Amarillo College students. If you have questions about this privacy statement or you believe that your personal information has been released without your consent, send email to humanresources@actx.edu .
HIST-1302-004 United States History II
A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural and intellectual history of the United States from the Civil War/Reconstruction era to the present. United States History II examines industrialization, immigration, world wars, the Great Depression, Cold War and post-Cold War eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History II include: American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, urbanization and suburbanization, the expansion of the federal government and the study of U.S. foreign policy.
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Notice to Students enrolled in an educational program for preparation of issuance of certain occupational licenses:
Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact:
Melodie Graves
Justice Involved Advocate
Student Service Center 117
mgraves24@actx.edu
806-371-5995
Make appointment at https://melodiegraves.youcanbook.me
You can also contact the Legal Clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.
(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)
Online Course
Give Me Liberty! (Volume 2)
by Eric Foner (Author), Kathleen DuVal (Author), Lisa McGirr (Author)
ISBN-10 : 132404148X
ISBN-13 : 978-1324041481
Prerequisite Skills
Using the Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS), accessing Internet websites, using Amarillo College library resources, and proficiency with creating and submitting files (e.g., .docx files, .pdf files) generated from commonly used programs, such as Microsoft Word.
Course Delivery
This is an online course that will be delivered via the Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS). The course site can be accessed at Amarillo College's Blackboard Learning Management System.
Technology Requirements
To participate in one of Amarillo College’s distance education programs, you will need this technology:
Netiquette is a set of rules for behaving properly online. Your instructor and fellow students wish to foster a safe online learning environment. All opinions and experiences, no matter how different or controversial they may be perceived, must be respected in the tolerant spirit of academic discourse. You are encouraged to comment, question, or critique an idea but you are not to attack an individual. Working as a community of learners, we can build a polite and respectful course community. Everyone is expected to follow the rules listed below in our online environment.
Weekly Online Class Assignments
You will have online assignments each week throughout the semester. This work is designed to replicate what we would do in class, meaning you are responsible for learning the material presented online (as it is usually not covered on our in-class day). These assignments open and close on specific dates; assignments will not be accepted after the due date. Due dates are noted in Blackboard for each module - please read the list of assignments in each Module, as not all due dates are in the "Calendar."
The types of assignments may vary from week to week, so be sure to read ALL the instructions each week. These include, but are not limited to: quizzes, readings, discussion questions, videos, lectures, notes, etc.
***You will have multiple days to finish the assignments- it is up to you to use the time wisely. Make up or re-do assignments will not be allowed. I will not remind you when specific assignments are due.***
Participation
Students are expected to complete all assignments in Blackboard. Regular attendance and participation are important to the learning process. Participation means attentiveness, following the lecture, completing online assignments, and contributing to discussion. Your overall grade will be a reflection of the above items.
Chapter Reading
You are expected read the chapter and completed the assignments. You will not do well in this course if you do not have the book.
Late Assignments
Online assignments must be taken by the designated due date. These will not be reopened.
However, make-up assignments can be authorized only under the circumstances of excused absences from the course. Excused absences refer to the physical inability to meet a course obligation due to one or more of the circumstances listed below:
In any of these instances, third party documentation is required before the instructor officially confirms the absence as excused. An email from you alone is not sufficient.
Other than in situations with a recognized excused absence, closed assignments which are past due will not be reopened for individual students. Likewise, individualized extra credit is not offered as a last second way to raise one’s final grade. Each of these situations would amount to an unfair attempt to raise one’s grade under conditions unavailable to other students.
In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .
If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".
I have the expectation that each student will also take responsible action to fulfill his or her duties and responsibilities in their academic program and in each class.
Therefore, I believe it is reasonable for faculty to assume that students will:
I believe fulfillment of these expectations will create and maintain a positive and high performance environment for everyone.
Students are responsible for knowing (and following) the contents of your course syllabus. Read it carefully to avoid misunderstandings. If after reading the syllabus, you find that one or more of the items are unclear, ask me to explain the procedures regarding that information.
End of Term Performance Review
Remember that borderline grades are not automatically rounded up to the next integer: for example, an earned 89.5% is a B, not an A, because it’s less than 90.0%. However, as a courtesy, all students will receive an individual review of their overall performance before the submission of final grades. This means that if you have a borderline course average, it isn’t necessary or even productive for you to send emails asking for your final course grade to be rounded upward.
No points will be taken away from your earned grade upon review, but grades can and will be rounded up when it’s justified. Rounding will be based on merit and effort alone- not personal circumstances.
Here are some factors which increase the likelihood of a grade being rounded upward:
Here are some factors which decrease the likelihood of a grade being rounded upward:
You never contacted me to improve your study tactics
Academic Dishonesty
Using others' work to pass off as your own is plagiarism and includes, but is not limited to: not citing sources even when paraphrasing, using direct quotes without quotation marks, using direct quotes without a citation, changing the wording of a direct quote without a citation, not citing statistics you did not compile yourself, copying another student's work, etc.
Copying another's work and simply changing a handful of words is still plagiarism - it is generally obvious as the words chosen are often out of context. Please submit only original work, unless citations are used correctly.
Any instance of academic dishonesty will result in an "F" on that assignment, with further action if necessary.
Remember: I have Google, too.
Cheating on an exam will result in an automatic zero. Contrary to popular belief, online courses are not meant to be easy A's - do the work and you will do well in this course.
Statement on Group Messaging Apps (GroupMe, Slack, WhatsApp, etc.) and File Sharing (dropbox, google docs, etc.):
Can your use of group messaging apps get you in trouble? The answer is YES. Participating in or joining a Group Messaging App is not an academic misconduct violation; however, the exchange of answers to graded work and the exchange of copyrighted materials (instructors’ exams are considered copyrighted material) are examples of academic misconduct.
Examples of appropriate group messaging activities are questions related to due dates or specific instructions about assignments or where to find materials on Blackboard. Again, if you distribute answers to quizzes/tests to everyone in a group chat, that is academic misconduct. If you upload answers to quizzes/tests to a file-sharing service and then allow people to access those notes, then that is academic misconduct.
While the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, including ChatGPT and other AI-powered writing or research assistive technologies, may be tempting, it is important to consider the ethical implications of their use. In this course, students must consult with the instructor before using any such tools. If approved, the use of AI tools must be properly cited and acknowledged in all submissions. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in a grade penalty or other disciplinary action as determined by the instructor and in accordance with Scholastic Dishonesty policies.
You will be evaluated on four (4) examinations, quizzes, assignments, Blackboard discussion board posts and responses, and a cumulative signature assignment that measures the various core objectives of this course.
The exams will be administered on the dates indicated in the course outline. These exams may consist of multiple-choice, true/false, and short answer questions based on the reading assignments and lecture materials. The exams are not cumulative; each exam will cover only the materials from the appropriate chapters. The only exception will be if there is material on which the class, as a whole, does not do well. If you miss an exam, you may make it up only in case of severe, documented illness or family emergency. Makeup exams may involve an all essay format rather than the normal, in-class format. There will be a penalty of one letter grade for each class day that the student is late making up an exam. It is the responsibility of the student to immediately contact the instructor about any missed exams.
Each of the four exams will count for 10% of your total grade, which totals to 40% of your total grade.
20% of your total grade will be for Blackboard discussion board participation. Each unit will have a different set of discussion board questions that correspond with the appropriate unit. In order to successfully complete the Blackboard discussion board assignment, students will need to complete three total posts per discussion topic.
First, students will need to answer the discussion board question through relevant cited information from the appropriate chapters that cover the discussion board question. Students will then need to respond to two of their classmates by providing relevant feedback that also sources their responses to their classmates. Your first discussion board post must be at least 200 words in total length and must also be at least five sentences in length. Your two discussion board responses to your classmates must be at least 100 words in length and must also be at least five sentences in length.
These are not mutually exclusive requirements. You must meet both of these requirements in order to successfully complete the discussion board topic. Your discussion board posts will be graded via the use of a rubric that will measure both the length and content of your discussion board posts.
10% of your total grade will be for Blackboard online quizzes that will cover the appropriate chapters.
10% of your total grade will be for Blackboard activities and assignments.
20% of your total grade will be for a participatory signature assignment/final project. Students will incorporate what they have learned throughout the course as the basis for completing the signature assignment/final project in a satisfactory manner. The synopsis for this signature assignment as well as the rubric that will be used to evaluate the signature assignment will be available on Blackboard.
The total grade breakdown is as follows:
Grading Criteria for the Course Letter Grade
Exam #1 – 10% A – 100% to 90%
Exam #2 – 10% B – 89% to 80%
Exam #3 – 10% C – 79% to 70%
Exam #4 – 10% D – 69% to 60%
Discussion Board Posts – 20% F – 59% and below
Quizzes – 10%
Assignments – 10%
Signature Assignment – 20%
Total = 100%
Because this is an online course, non-completion of weekly assignments will count as an absence. (You must log in and complete a minimum of one online assignment each week to be counted as "present" for the online portion of the week).
Please read and keep the official Amarillo College attendance policy in mind throughout the semester. It is your responsibility to know how many classes you have missed to ensure you are not dropped. If you have extenuating circumstances that may keep you out of class for an extended period of time, you must get instructor approval. All exceptions to the Amarillo College policy are at the instructor's discretion.
For attendance purposes, only absences outlined in the school's attendance policy will be counted as excused, meaning they do not count against your absences.
Week 1 - Week of October 23 - Introduction
Week 2 - Week of October 30 - Chapter 1 - America's Gilded Age, 1870 - 1890 and Chapter 2 - Freedom's Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890 - 1900
Week 3 - Week of November 6 - Chapter 3 - The Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916 and Chapter 4 - Safe for Democracy: The United States and World War I
Week 4 - Week of November 13 - Chapter 5 - From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920 - 1932 and Chapter 6: The New Deal, 1932 - 1940
Week 5 - Week of November 20 - Chapter 7 - Fighting for the Four Freedoms, World War II, 1941 - 1945 and Chapter 8 - The United States and the Cold War, 1945 - 1953
Week 6 - Week of November 27 - Chapter 9 - An Affluent Society, 1953 - 1960 and Chapter 10 - The Sixties, 1960 - 1968
Week 7 - Week of December 4 - Chapter 11 - The Conservative Turn, 1969 - 1988 and Chapter 12 - A New World Order, 1989 - 2004
Week 8 - Week of December 11 - Chapter 13 - A Divided Nation
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