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Text: Carl Abbott, Stephen J. Leonard, and David McComb, Colorado, A
History of the Centennial State, Third Edition, (Niwot, Colorado: University Press of Colorado, 1994).
GENERAL CLASS
POLICIES–Spring 2004
Plagiarism
or cheating in ANY fashion will result in immediate failure or withdrawal from
the class.
This University abides by the Americans with Disabilities Act and
Section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973, which stipulates that no student
shall be denied the benefits of an education “solely by reason of a handicap.” If you have a documented disability that may
impact your work in this class and for which you may require accommodations,
please see the instructor as soon as possible to arrange accommodations. In order to receive accommodations, you must
be registered with and provide documentation of your disability to, the
Disability Services Office, which is located in the Psychology Building, room
232.
Any
student eligible for and needing academic adjustment or accommodations because
of a disability must make this known to the professor no later than the first
week of classes. Any disability must be
confirmed by the appropriate university office.
Tardies: It is extremely important
that we begin on time, with a minimum of disruption--please be considerate and
be on time. Roll will be taken every class session. Notify the instructor of your presence immediately after class if
you miss roll--I will not change my class records in this regard at any other
time.
Absences: Excused absences fall in
the realm of late registration, illness, death in the family, a significant
appointment which cannot be rescheduled, or a verifiable emergency
situation. Simple timely notification
of an absence should not be considered as an excused absence--if in doubt, come
in and we will talk about it. If you
have an excused absence you will be allowed to submit assignments, but they are
due the day you return to class following the assignment. If you have an unexcused absence, you will
not be allowed to make up any assignment missed because of that absence.
A person with twelve total excused or unexcused
session absences will not receive a passing grade; I may withdraw a student
from class when this number of classes is missed during the allowable
period. F will be recorded as the final
grade, depending upon university regulations after the date for withdrawal has
passed.
Extra Credit: The purpose of extra
credit is to encourage a more complete experience, NOT to ensure better
or passing grades. I will present, as
an option, an opportunity to submit a single paragraph report of a video for a
possible maximum value of five points.
A paragraph should be viewed
as a fundamental building block in writing.
This is an opportunity to develop that skill. If you commit a literacy error, I will deduct one point from a possible
five. If you commit ten literacy
errors, I will still deduct a single point.
Of course, I will note those errors so that you can work on your skills. A paragraph usually has a theme, a topic, a
point. In a classic paragraph this is
the first sentence. It is followed by
supporting sentences related to the theme, and it ends with a summary sentence
designed to ensure that the reader has gotten the point. There are other kinds of paragraphs as well
such as the Salesman paragraph where the first sentences are designed to lead
the reader to the topic sentence. This
is your opportunity to develop skills that will serve you in any endeavor you
undertake.
Any outside assignment must
be submitted in a typed or computer generated form, double-spaced as the only
hand written work that will be evaluated will be materials generated in class.
No individual extra credit
will be available. Videos are available
through the Audio-Visual Department in the Library, but if you have a special
need to see the video at a time when the Department is closed but the library
is open, they will accommodate you.
Just ask.
I will be using a number of
these videos for this class and designating which will be used for extra credit
purposes. However, these are the videos
that we have that relate to the History of Colorado.
VC 357 325 “Explore Colorado” [one hour]
VC 357 025 “The Geologic Story of Colorado” [fifteen
minutes]
VC 357 024 “Denver’s Geologic Setting” [25 minutes]
VC 357 162 “Colorado Mountain Tour” [twenty-three minutes]
VC 357 323 “The Colorado Fur Trade” [thirteen minutes]
VC 361 375 “Souls of the Purgatoire” [thirty minutes, c1996]
VC 357 026 “Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado [One
hour]
VC 349 661 “The Chaco Legacy” [fifty-nine minutes]
VC 354 954 “The American
Indian’s Sacred Ground” [one hour]
VC 354 955 “More than Bows
and Arrows” [one hour]
VC 345 793 “The Legendary
West” [fifty two minutes]
VC 358 596 “Forts of the
Santa Fe Trail” [forty minutes]
VC 357 323 “The Trailblazers” [twenty-four minutes]
VC 352 975 “The Battle of
Glorietta Pass [twenty-eight minutes]
VC 357 324 “Colorado: The Cattlemen” 22 min “Colorado: The Miners” 23 min
VC 346 179 “Out of the Depths—The Miners’ Story”
[fifty-eight minutes]
VC 355 035 “Crested Butte: The Jewel of the Elk Mountains” [forty minutes]
VC 322 699 “The Ballad of Baby Doe” [three hours]
VC 333 462 “Damon Runyon’s Pueblo” [forty minutes]
VC 338 959 “ 1880’s
Pueblo—Boom Time! A Remembrance” [twenty-nine minutes]
VC 343 750 “Downwind Downstream” [fifty-nine minutes]
Personal Videos—“With Each Turn of the Wheel,” Bent’s Fort—two parts, “Five States of
Colorado.”
Exams: Students are expected to
take exams at the regularly scheduled times.
Exams will not be allowed to be made up for an unexcused absence and
exams will not be scheduled to accommodate vacation plans or personal
preferences. If an assignment is missed
due to an excused absence, the assignment is due upon the first day of the
student’s return and an exam must be made up before the next regularly
scheduled exam. As I will have to
develop a different exam, I will require at least two days notice. Exams are based on reading assignments and
lecture presentations.
Assignments/grades:
Assignments will not be accepted after the due date and should be submitted in
double spaced typed form. An assignment
is due on a specific date and will be accepted if submitted before 4:45pm that
day–placed in my mail slot in the Reception area, P-100. Assigned readings will be more valuable if
you finish before the class lecture on the topic.
Scale:
A =500-465
A- =464-450
B+ =449-435
B =434-415
B- =414-400
C+ =399-385
C =384-365
C- =364-350
D+ =349-335
D =334-315
D- =314-300
F =0-299
Expectations:
There will be four essay assignment opportunities from which the student may
select two–each will be valued at fifty points. I will not evaluate a third essay, nor will I allow a third essay
to be used to get a better grade. So,
select the topic well. I will give out
specific directions concerning the essays during orientation and will evaluate
them from format as well as content expectations.
However,
an essay is a story. It has a beginning
and an ending. This is your opportunity
to experiment with different styles of writing, including historical fiction or
dialogue. I only require that you tell
a story related to the general topic of the essay itself. For example, the first essay will be over
some aspect of Spanish influence in Colorado.
I don’t care if you address the exploration, the colonization, or the
legacy of the Spanish.
Turabian style format will be used and this
assignment is designed to acquaint you with some of the general rules of
Turabian. You will have four regularly
scheduled exams during the semester and they use objective test questions. The last regularly scheduled test will be a
comprehensive final exam. All of the
exams will be valued at 100 points. The
point base in this class will be 500 points.
Essay
#1 “Spanish Influence” due 2/4/04
Essay
#2 “Gold Rush” due 2/14/04
Essay
#3 “Farming” due 3/7/04
Essay
#4 “Dust Bowl” due 4/14/03
Extra
Credit video paragraph due dates.
EC
#1 due 1/19
EC
#2 due 2/16
EC
#3 due 2/20
EC
#4 due 3/3
EC
#5 due 3/15
OBJECTIVES
Affective objectives: The
student should be able to appreciate and understand the complex societal forces
that shaped the State of Colorado. The
student will be able to understand various personalities and public policies
that shape contemporary American society.
Emphasis includes a culturally pluralistic approach. The student will develop a national memory
that enables the student to intelligently realize citizenship responsibilities.
Cognitive objectives:
Generally, the student will demonstrate knowledge of, and the ability to
discuss as well as write about Colorado history. The Colorado History Objectives are specific objectives in this
class; therefore the chronology on pages 385-388 in the text will be very
useful. The Colorado History Content
Standards include the following six items:
1.
Students
understand the chronological organization of history and know how to group
people and events into major eras to identify and explain historical
relationships.
2.
Students
know how to use the processes and resources of historical inquiry.
3.
Students
understand that societies are diverse and have changed over time.
4.
Students
understand how science, technology, and economic activity have developed,
changed, and affected societies throughout history.
5.
Students
understand political institutions and theories that have developed and changed
over time.
6.
Students
know that religious and philosophical ideas have been powerful forces
throughout history.
Tentative Topical Schedule
Week One
Monday, January 12 Orientation
Wednesday, January 14 Historiography:
Turner/Limerick, Bolton/McWilliams, Black Legend/White Legend
Friday, January 16 “Geographic
Features,”—Chapter 1
VC 357-025 “The Geologic Story of Colorado”-15 min
and lecture.
Monday, January 19 EC #1 due over video Native American civilizations “Center of the Earth,”—Chapter 2
Wednesday, January 21 Native Americans/Anasazi—“The Chaco Legacy” VC 349 661
Friday, January 23 Spain’s
Entry—Handouts “Spanish Borderlands/Family Life.”
Week Three
Monday, January 26 Mexican
and American colonial roots and early republican status.
Wednesday, January 28 Cultures in Conflict— “Yankee
Infiltration and the Hardening of Stereotypes.” Fur Frontier.
Friday, January 30 Bent’s
Fort—Trappers and Merchants—Chapter 3
Week Four
Monday, February 2 Road
of Conquest—Santa Fe Trail
Wednesday, February 4 War—Essay Option 1 re “Spain’s influence” due
Friday, February 6 Exam
1
Monday, February 9 “Pikes
Peak Gold Rush”—Chapter 4
Wednesday, February 11 “Bonanza”—Chapter 6
Friday, February 13 VC
355-035 “Crested Butte: The Jewel of
the Elk Mountains.”
Week Six
Monday, February 16 EC
#2 due; Territorial Era—Chapter 5, Interlude
1861
to 1876
Wednesday, February 18 Video, “Five States of Colorado” Essay option 2 re “Gold
Rush”
Friday, February 20 EC
#3 due, Businessman’s State—Chapter 7
Monday, February 23 Promoting
the State
Friday, February 27 “Don’t
Mourn—Organize”
Monday, March 1 VC
346-179 “Out of the Depths.”
Wednesday, March 3 EC
#4 due over video--Industrialization
Friday, March 5 Industrial
Workers of the World
Week Nine
Monday–March 8 “Farming
and Ranching”—Chapter 9
Wednesday, March 10 Jeffersonian
visions
Friday, March 12 VC
333-462 “Damon Runyon’s Pueblo”
Monday, March 15 EC
#5 due over video, Exam 2
Wednesday, March 17 Essay
Option 3 due re “Farming”--Industrialization
Friday, March 19 “People
of Colorado”—Chapter 10
Monday, March 29 “Populism
and Progressivism”
Wednesday, March 31 Depression
and Dust Bowl—Chapter 13
Friday, April 2 “Front
Range”—Chapter 11
Monday, April 5 New
Deal—Chapter 13
Wednesday, April 7 Denver—Chapter
12
Friday, April 9 Video,
“Eyes on the Prize.”
Monday, April 12 Exam
3
Wednesday, April 14 Essay
option 4 due re “Dust Bowl years”
Monday, April 19 Civil
Rights and the Cold War—Chapter 15
Chicano Movement
Wednesday, April 21 Plural
Society—Chapter 16
Friday, April 23 E
Pluribus Unum—Chapter 17
Week Sixteen—Finals Week
Final will be on Wednesday, April 28 at 8 :00
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