Quizzes
Students will complete short, 5-question (multiple choices) 10-point quizzes covering the required textbook reading and lectures. The ten highest scores for these quizzes (11 quizzes total) will be added at the end of the semester, and will account for 20% (or 200 points) of the final course grade. Students may substitute up to three missed or low quiz scores by reading the chapter’s “Voices of Freedom” primary sources and submitting (within one week from the quiz end date) complete sentence answers to the co
esponding questions.
Quizzes will be posted to Blackboard for completion on a weekly basis. Each quiz will be open for one week (see Course Schedule below), beginning on Monday and ending on Sunday. Because of the compressed summer schedule, you’ll typically be completing two quizzes each week. Quizzes are timed assignments, and students will have 5 minutes to each quiz from start to finish. You are permitted to use books, notes, and other materials to aid in completing your quizzes, but may NOT collaborate with other students.
Examinations
The exam will have 20 multiple choice questions, and 8 short answer "outlier" questions. For the latter, you will be asked to select which term, from a group of four, is the outlier of the group, and to explain why in a sentence or two (see the example below).
-Each multiple choice question is worth 1 point. Each short answer outlier question is worth up to 10 points. There will also be one optional extra credit question worth an additional 4 points. (Maximum exam score: 104)
-You may use your books, notes, and other materials (such as Wikipedia) while completing the exam, but you may not collaborate with anyone else or use online tutoring websites (such as Chegg or Coursehero) which provide customized answers to student questions. Be sure to put things in your own words--do not copy and paste from websites. Refer to the syllabus for a refresher on Academic Misconduct and remember that the penalty is course failure.
Exam 1 – Open Friday, June 4 through Sunday, June 6
Exam 2 – Open Friday, June 18 through Sunday, June 20
Final Exam – Open Tuesday, June 29 through Thursday, July 1
-You will have 1 hour and 15 minutes to complete the exam. It must be completed in one sitting, and you will only have one attempt in Blackboard, so plan accordingly.
-For the short answer "outlier" questions, you can earn a total of 10 points per question. You will receive 5 points for identifying the outlying term from the group of four. You will receive up to 5 additional points based on how well you justify your choice in a sentence or two. All terms within these groups will be taken from the lecture outlines. For example, take a look at the sample outlier question below: Example
XXXXXXXXXX. Prince Henry the Navigato
XXXXXXXXXXBartolomeu Dias
XXXXXXXXXXVasco de Gama
XXXXXXXXXXChristopher Columbus
For the sample question above, you would first identify the co
ect outlier by deciding which term you think doesn't belong with the others, based on your knowledge of them. You then write a sentence or two to state and justify your choice. In this case, Christopher Columbus is the outlier. In explaining your choice, use the strongest and most direct historical justification possible to demonstrate your critical thinking and comprehension. For this question, as an example, it would certainly be accurate to say that the other terms involved Portuguese navigation but Columbus sailed for Spain. Factually, that's true, but it's pretty weak and would earn only partial credit. A much stronger answer would be that the other terms were involved in the search for an Eastern sea route to Asia, whereas Columbus sought a Western sea route.
Note that, although I will have a definitive answer and justification in mind for each short answer question, I will certainly be open to persuasion and the possibility that I may not have considered an equally valid and compelling argument to my prior notion. That's true both in terms of your choice in outliers, and in your explanations of them. You don't necessarily have to match my choice and argument to be awarded full credit on these questions. Points awarded will be based on the strength and historical accuracy of your justifications for your outlier choices.
Course Schedule
The course is divided into three major units, with student examinations marking the conclusion of each. As you can see below, each unit is divided into weeks, with assigned reading and quizzes, and lecture topics listed for each week. I reserve the right to make changes to the schedule below as necessary over the course of the semester.
Unit I: “Columbus to Colonies”
Week 1: May 24 – May 30
Reading: Chapter 1 – Quiz open May 24 – May 30
XXXXXXXXXXChapter 2 – Quiz open May 24 – May 30
Lectures – “A New World: The Americas Before and After 1492”; “English Colonization in North America”
Week 2: May 31 – June 6
Reading: Chapter 3 – Quiz open May 31 – June 6
XXXXXXXXXXCh 4 and Ch 5 (to “The Coming of Independence”) – Quiz open May 31 – June 6
Lectures – “Rivalry and Conflict Between the Empires”; “Rivalry and Conflict Within the Empire”
First Exam: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (to “The Coming of Independence”) and Unit I Lectures Open Friday, June 4 through Sunday, June 6
Unit II: “Revolution to Republic”
Week 3: June 7 – June 13
Reading: Ch 5 (from “The Coming of Independence) and Ch 6 – Quiz open June 7 – June 13
Lectures – “The American Revolution, XXXXXXXXXX”; “Creating United States: The New Nation”
Week 4: June 14 – June 20
Reading: Chapter 7 – Quiz open June 14 – June 20
XXXXXXXXXXChapter 8 and Chapter 10 (to “The Age of Jackson”) – Quiz open June 14 – June 20
Lectures – “The New Republic, XXXXXXXXXX”; “The Era of Republican Rule”
Second Exam: Chapters 5 (from “The Coming of Independence”), 6, 7, 8, and 10 (to “The Age of Jackson”) and Unit II Lecture Open Friday, June 18 through Sunday, June 20
Unit III: “Expansion to Explosion”
Week 5: June 21 – June 27
Reading: Chapter 10 (from “Age of Jackson”) and Chapter 12 – Quiz open June 21 – June 27
XXXXXXXXXXChapter 13 (to “A Dose of Arsenic”) and Chapter 9 – Quiz open June 21 – June 27
Lectures – “The Age of Jackson and the Era of Reform, XXXXXXXXXX”; “The New West, the Free North, and the Slave South, XXXXXXXXXX”
Week 6: June 28 – July 1
Reading: Chapter 11, Rest of Ch 13 (from “A Dose of Arsenic”) – Quiz open June 25 – July 1
XXXXXXXXXXChapter 14 and Chapter 15 – Quiz open June 25 – July 1
Lectures – “The House Divided, XXXXXXXXXX”; “The Civil War and Reconstruction, XXXXXXXXXX”
Final Exam –Chapters 9, 10 (from “The Age of Jackson”), 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and Unit III Lectures
Open Tuesday, June 29 through Thursday, July 1
Here is the Black Board login info for my HIS 103 class https:
suffolkonline.open.suny.edu/webapps/login/?action=relogin
Username: simpd67
Password: Diamonds#01
Next to my name click the drop down a
ow, click on the course HIS XXXXXXXXXX, then click on the Quizzes/Exams tab on the left side of the screen. There you will find the be able to take the exams and quizzes. The first two quizzes are due by Sunday before 11:59 EST.
CHAPTER 1: A New World
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. In 1776, Adam Smith observed what fact about the Western Hemisphere?
a.
There was not enough land.
.
There were not enough slaves.
c.
There were too many contagious diseases transmitted back to Europe.
d.
Colonies had done more harm than good for western Europe.
e.
Its discovery was one of the two greatest events in history.
ANS: E DIF: Moderate REF: p. 2
OBJ: 3. Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic.
TOP: Global Awareness | Introduction: Columbian Exchange MSC: Understanding
2. A commonality shared between the Asians who crossed the Bering Strait and the Europeans who crossed the Atlantic Ocean thousands of years later was:
a.
the need to spread religion.
.
the desire to conquer new peoples.
c.
the search for food items.
d.
that neither was willing to take risks.
e.
that both
ought slaves from Africa.
ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: p. 3
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans a
ived. TOP: Ethnicity | The Settling of America | The Expansion of Europe
MSC: Analyzing
3. Where did the first peoples to the Americas come from?
a.
Iceland.
d.
Asia.
.
Greenland.
e.
Europe.
c.
Africa.
ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: p. 3
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans a
ived. TOP: Global Awareness | The Settling of America
MSC: Remembering
4. In approximately 7000 BCE, agriculture developed in the Americas in:
a.
the Mississippi Valley.
d.
the Chesapeake Bay.
.
Mexico and the Andes.
e.
Brazil.
c.
the Yucatan Peninsula.
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: p. 3
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans a
ived. TOP: Ethnicity | The Settling of America
MSC: Remembering
5. Pre-Columbian Native Americans lacked metal tools:
a.
ecause no metal deposits existed in the Americas.
.
so Europeans felt they were superior.
c.
esulting in no dams or i
igation.
d.
ecause they saw these tools as contradicting their religion.
e.
so they could not build large structures.
ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: p. 5
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans a
ived. TOP: Economic Development | Indian Societies of the Americas
MSC: Analyzing
6. Both the Aztec and Inca empires were:
a.
ural and poor.
.
small in population but sophisticated in infrastructure.
c.
large, wealthy, and sophisticated.
d.
large in geographic size but