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Schedule

Course Length: 16 weeks

Overview

  • All time is based on Eastern Standard Time/Eastern Daylight Time.
  • Post your own commentary to a Lesson question before 11:59 p.m. on the Wednesday of the Lesson week.
  • Post your own Response to a classmate’s commentary before 11:59 p.m. on the Friday of the Lesson week.
  • All discussion forums close at 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester, but remember, late submissions of commentaries and responses earn very few points.
  • Each mini-quiz is available from the first day of its lesson to 12:00 p.m. of the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester.
  • Each semester quiz covers two lessons. Each semester quiz opens at 8:00 a.m. on the Sunday of the second lesson that the semester quiz covers and closes at 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester.
Lesson 01: Technical Introduction, Lesson 02: Getting Started
Readings
  • Read Syllabus and Getting Started materials.
  • Stay ahead of the schedule by reading each Lesson lecture before the start of that Lesson lecture's week.
Assignments
  • Complete Getting Started lesson assignment and activities.
  • Decide on your Expository Essay topic & email your tentative topic to your instructor before 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the last day of the Week 1. Ten-point deduction from Expository Essay score if tentative topic is submitted after its due date. See the list of sample topics under the Work on the Expository Essay section under Lessons.
Lesson 3: Native Americans & Colonial America to 1763
Readings
  • Lesson 03 Lecture.
Assignments
  • Start your research on your essays project; read the Expository Essay Guide under the Work on the Expository Essay section under Lessons.
  • Group 1 people post their own Lesson 03 commentaries (Student Commentary 1) before 11:59 p.m., Wednesday.
  • Group 2 people post their own Lesson 03 responses (Response 1) before 11:59 p.m., Friday.
  • Mini-Quiz 1 due before 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester.
Lesson 4: Revolutionary War Era & Early National Period
Readings
  • Lesson 04 Lecture.
Assignments
  • Group 2 people post their own Lesson 04 commentaries (Student Commentary 2) before 11:59 p.m., Wednesday
  • Group 1 people post their own Lesson 04 responses (Response 2) before 11:59 p.m., Friday.
  • Contact a reference librarian for library consultation on your research topic any time before 12:00 p.m. on the due date for Short Essay 1. If need be, your instructor will help in locating a reference librarian in your area. Earn 25 extra points for first-time consultation with a reference librarian before the due date for Short Essay 1. Tell the librarian to inform your instructor of your visit by email confirmation..
  • Continue with your research.
  • Start writing your Short Essay 1.
  • Mini-Quiz 2 due before 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester.
  • Semester quiz 1 due before 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester.
Lesson 5: Antebellum America, 1815-1861 and Short Essay 1
Readings
  • Lesson 05 Lecture.
  • Short Essay 1 Instructions
Assignments
  • Continue with your research
  • Group 1 people post their own Lesson 05 (Student Commentary 3) commentaries before 11:59 p.m., Wednesday.
  • Group 2 people post their own Lesson 05 responses (Response 3) before 11:59 p.m., Friday.
  • Mini-Quiz 3 due before 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester.
 Short Essay 1
Readings
  • Short Essay 1 Instructions
Assignments
  • ​Short Essay 1 due before 12:00 p.m., Monday.
  • Continue with your research.
  • Deduction of 30 points from Short Essay 1 score if Short Essay 1 is submitted after the due date for Short Essay 2.
Lesson 6: Civil War & Reconstruction
Readings
  • Lesson 06 Lecture.
Assignments
  • Continue with your research.
  • Group 2 people post their own Lesson 06 commentaries (Student Commentary 4) before 11:59 p.m., Wednesday.
  • Group 1 people post their own Lesson 06 responses (Response 4) before 11:59 p.m., Friday.
  • Start working on Short Essay 2.
  • Mini-Quiz 4 due before 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester.
  • Semester quiz 2 due before 12:00 pm on the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester.
Lesson 7: Gilded Age, 1865-1896 
Readings
  • Lesson 07 Lecture.
Assignments
  • Continue with your research.
  • Continue working on Short Essay 2.
  • Group 1 people post their own Lesson 07 commentaries (Student Commentary 5) before 11:59 p.m., Wednesday.
  • Group 2 people post their own Lesson 07 responses (Response 5) before 11:59 p.m., Friday.
  • Mini-Quiz 5 due before 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester.
Short Essay 2
Readings
  • Short Essay 2 Instructions
Assignments
  • Short Essay 2 due before 12:00 p.m., Monday.
  • Continue with your research.
  • Deduction of 30 points from Short Essay 2 score if Short Essay 2 is submitted after the due date for Short Essay 3.
Lesson 8: Progressive Era, 1896-1914
Readings
  • Lesson 08 Lecture.
Assignments
  • Start working on your Short Essay 3.
  • Continue with your research.
  • Group 2 people post their own Lesson 08 commentaries (Student Commentary 6) before 11:59 p.m., Wednesday.
  • Group 1 people post their own Lesson 08 responses (Response 6) before 11:59 p.m., Friday.
  • Semester quiz 3 due before 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the  last day of classes of the semester.
  • Mini-Quiz 6 due before 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester.
Lesson 9: World War I and the 1920s
Readings
  • Lesson 09 Lecture.
Assignments
  • Continue with your research.
  • Group 1 people post their own Lesson 09 commentaries (Student Commentary 7) before 11:59 p.m., Wednesday.
  • Group 2 people post their own Lesson 09 responses (Response 7) before 11:59 p.m., Friday.
  • Mini-Quiz 7 due before 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester.
Short Essay 3
Readings
  • Essay 3 Instructions
Assignments
  • Short Essay 3 due before 12:00 p.m., Monday.
  • Deduction of 30 points from Short Essay 3 score if Short Essay 3 is submitted after due date for the Expository Essay.
  • Combine your edited & corrected short essays 1, 2, & 3 into the foundation draft for your Expository Essay.
  • Start expanding and elaborating your Expository Essay.
  • For 25 extra points, consult with an online tutor anytime before submitting your Expository Essay. Must make appointment to consult with a tutor.
Lesson 10: Great Depression, New Deal, & World War II
Readings
  • Lesson 10 Lecture.
Assignments
  • Continue your research.
  • Group 2 people post their own Lesson 10 commentaries (Student Commentary 8) before 11:59 pm, Wednesday.
  • Group 1 people post their own Lesson 10 responses (Response 8) before 11:59 pm, Friday.
  • Semester quiz 4 due before 12:00 pm on the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester.
  • Mini-Quiz 8 due before 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester.
Lesson 11: Labor-Management Accord, 1945-1981
Readings
  • Lesson 11 Lecture.
Assignments
  • Continue your research.
  • Group 1 people post their own Lesson 11 commentaries (Student Commentary 9) before 11:59 pm, Wednesday.
  • Group 2 people post their own Lesson 11 responses (Response 9) before 11:59 pm, Friday.
  • Earn 25 extra points for consulting with the online writing tutor anytime before submitting your Expository Essay.
  • Continue working on your Expository Essay.
  • Mini-Quiz 9 due before 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the last class day of the semester
Lesson 12: Hard Times for Employees, 1981 to the Present
Readings
  • Lesson 12 Lecture.
Assignments
  • Continue expanding and elaborating your Expository Essay.
  • Group 2 people post their own Lesson 12 commentaries (Student Commentary 10) before 11:59 pm, Wednesday.
  • Group 1 people post their own Lesson 12 responses (Response 10) before 11:59 pm, Friday.
  • Mini-Quiz 10 due before 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester.
  • Semester quiz 5 due before 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester.
Work on the Expository Essay
Readings
  • Expository Essay Instructions
Assignments
  • Expository Essay due before 12:00 p.m., Monday; earn 25 extra points for Expository Essay being submitted before the 12:00 p.m. deadline.
  • Deduction of 30 points from the Expository Essay score if the Expository Essay is submitted after the first Monday of final exams week.
  • Semester quiz 5 due before 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after last day of classes of the semester.
  • Complete any or all outstanding quizzes before 12:00 p.m. on the Monday after the last day of classes of the semester.
  • Complete the SRTE (Course Evaluation)

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