American Cultural History: Selected Topics: Civil War in Memory

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Identify an appropriate research topic and pertinent primary and secondary sources.
• Critically analyze primary sources within their historical context.
• Evaluate historiographical debates within an historical field.
• Undertake original historical research by collecting and interpreting historical documents and framing creative analytical questions to drive their research.
• Use evidence-based reasoning to interpret the past coherently while developing and presenting an original argument, orally and in writing.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Class Discussion (SLO 5)	100 points
Quizzes (SLO 2 & 3)	100 points
Discussion Group Leader (SLO 5)	50 points
Video Presentation (SLO 5)	100 points
Primary Source Analysis (SLO 2)	100 points
Choose a Research Topic (SLO 1)	5 points
Annotated Bibliography (SLO 1)	45 points

Grading Scale:

Percentage	Letter Grade
465-500 points	A
450-464 points	A-
435-449 points	B+
415-434 points	B
400-414 points	B-
385-399 points	C+
365-384 points	C
350-364 points	C-
335-349 points	D+
315-334 points	D
300-314 points	D-
0-299 points	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance is required for this class and will be recorded each meeting. There are no excused or unexcused absences (no doctor's notes please). Each student may miss up to 3 classes with no grade penalty. These unpenalized absences are meant to cover all emergencies and illnesses. Each absence in excess of 3 will reduce your participation grade by 15 points. Students are responsible for completing on time all work assigned (or due) on days when they are absent.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.