最新糖心Vlog

Email: thomas.buchanan@adelaide.edu.au
Office: Napier 518

This course will have three contact hours per week.

1	Display knowledge in American history surrounding the themes of democracy and capitalism
2	Understand change and continuity across four periods in American history
3	Recognise the value of a wide range of methodologies, conceptual approaches and competing narratives
4	Evaluate and generate ideas and to construct evidence-based arguments
5	Communicate effectively within the discipline of history
6	Examine historical issues according to the scholarly and ethical conventions of the discipline of history
7	Demonstrate an awareness of ethical, social, and cultural implications of historical enquiry within a global context

Readings:
 Course readings will be made available prior to the semester. This will include a monograph and course reader.

Students are advised to read the textbook: Out of Many: A History of the American People (purchase of this book is recommended but a copy if also on reserve in the Barr Smith Library). Students should consult relevant chapters to deepen the assigned readings and lectures.

The course has a website, accessible through MyUni. Please consult it regularly for updates, a course guide, and additional resources.

The 最新糖心Vlog has access to a number of academic journals that have full text articles available online. Use Academic OneFile , Academic Search Premier, Project Muse and JSTOR databases (on the Library’s catalogue) to locate articles in these journals.

Face-to-face teaching on campus consisting of two lectures and one tutorial per week.

The course includes lectures and discussion in tutorial of assigned reading. Lectures will include interactive elements in every session.

A notable feature of the course is that students will be able to choose one of four approaches to American history, from which they will analyse and discuss lecture and reading material. Thus they can choose to be radicals, dreamers, schemers, or survivers. Students will then sit with like-minded fellow students in lectures and tutorials and comment on the material from the perspective of people with their sensibility in American history.

Theme specific documents and readings will be assigned to faciltiate students' learning journeys.

Students will need to devote approximately 12 hours per week to this course (divided over 12 weeks of study). This consists of 2 x 1-hour lectures and one tutorial per week, and 9 hours per week of independent study, during which time students will prepare for tutorials and work on assignments.

Schedule

Week 1	Part 1. Capitalism and Democracy in Nineteenth Century America
Week 2	The Growth of Capitalism
Week 3	The Growth of Democracy
Week 4	Part 2. Capitalism and Democracy in the Guilded Age
Week 5	The First Age of Inequalty
Week 6	The Progressive Era
Week 7	Part 3. The Cold War
Week 8	American Capitalism in the Global Arena
Week 9	American Democracy in the Global Arena
Week 10	Part 4. Conservatism and Modern Capitalism
Week 11	The Rise of Conservatism
Week 12	Modern American Capitalism

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Two tutorials will be specifically devoted to the SGDE. Like all the other tutorials for this course, these sessions will be presided over by the lecturer. These will involve:

1). The first SGDE will involve discussion of how different types of primary documents might be useful in a research project. This activity thus builds research skill by making students aware of what sorts of questions one might ask of different document types. This will also serve as a formative assessment as students will get feedback on ideas that they then will write about in the minor essay.

2). The second SGDE will involve discussion of research methodology from a different vantage point than assignment #1. In the second SGDE we will discussion the research methodology in the assigned monograph to determine how a professional historian goes about their work. We will use the monograph as a subject for our detective work, trying to determine the author's work plan and system of knowledge creation.

Assessment Type	Percentage	Formative/Summative	Due	Course Learning Outcomes
Essay One	20%	Summative	First six Weeks	2,4,5
Essay Two	30%	Summative	Second half of course	1,4,5
Quiz	10%	Summative	first four weeks	1
Tutorial Participation	10%	Summative	every tutorial	1,3
Final Reflection (take home)	30%	Summative	end of term	1,5

Students must submit both papers and take the final reflection to pass the course.

1. Minor Essay

For this assignment students will write a document analysis of one of the primary sources assigned to this point of the course. You should analyse the document from the perspective of your chosen historical sensibility.

The key initial questions you need to consider are:

What type of document is it?
· Does it have any particularly unique characteristics?
· When was it written?
· Who was the author and what was his/her position?
· For whom (what audience) was the document written?
· What is the purpose of the document?
· Why was the document written?
· What evidence is there within the document that indicates why it was written?

When you finish your paper you should be able to answer the following questions:

· In the introduction have I placed the document in its historical context and identified the kind of document it is?
· Where I use quotes, do I identify the writer and his/her position to the reader?
· Throughout, are my documents lost to view to the reader?
· Have I thoroughly analysed both what the evidence says – and what it does not say?
· Have I discussed how reliable the document is as a source of evidence and understanding?
· Have I identified to the reader how the evidence develops – or doesn't develop – a better understanding of the historical period?
· Have I thoroughly and correctly documented my sources of information?

Your conclusion should discuss how the document might be used as part of a larger historical research project. What sort of question might use this document as a partial answer?

2. Final Paper Assignment.

You have two choices for this assignment.

A) Extended Critical Reflection of Bethany Moreton’s To Serve God and Wal-Mart. This option does not involve engaging the sensibiltiies that structure the course.

Questions:

What is her thesis? How does it fit into the themes of Modern America? Students should have an argument that situates Moreton’s book into periods three and four of our course. There is no required extra research for this option.

B) Research Paper. Students can choose to write on a research topic that addresses one of the themes of the course. These papers should be on a topic related to one of your chosen sensibilities. All topics will be considered, but those related to Capitalism and Democracy will be encouraged. Further guidance on topic development will be provided during the term.

Students choosing this option will:
1) Develop a research question in consultation with the instructor.
2) Include at least 10 sources in the bibliography
3) Write the paper in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style Citation style
4) Format: Times, 12 point font, double spaced. 
 
3. Tutorial Participation
Participation in tutorial discussions constitutes 10% of your final mark. In order to gain those marks you must attend tutorials regularly, demonstrate adequate preparation and be willing to contribute to the discussion. Students are permitted to miss two sessions during the term before their mark will drop. Students will have the opportunity to Self-evaluate their performance during the term.

4. Quiz
This will be 20 multiple choice questions covering all reading and lectures to this point of the course.

5. Final Reflection
This will be an informal 'take-home' reflection that will involve thinking about the overall course from the perspective of the sensibilties that were outlined.

Online Submission of Assignments (e-submission) via MyUni
All assignments are to be submitted electronically via MyUni - this is a two-step process. The assignment needs to be electronically submitted for marking via the 'Assignments' link in the course menu. It then needs to be submitted separately to Turnitin, which is also done via the MyUni site. Marked assignments will be returned to the student in printed form.

All assessments are due by NOON (12 pm) on the due date.

Extensions
Students wishing to apply for an extension need to submit the relevant form available at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/exams/mod_arrange.html to the school office at least 5 days prior to the due date for the assignment.

Exceptions to the Policy
If one of the following criteria is met, an informal extension can be organised with the course coordinator or tutor:
· small extension – 2 days or less;
· assessment item is worth 20% or less;
· student is registered with the Disability Office (need to attach a Disability Access Plan – DAP).

Students who submit an essay late, without having gained an extension, will be liable to a penalty of 2 marks per day that the essay is overdue, including weekends, for a maximum of two weeks. Unless special arrangements have been made, essays more than two weeks late, may not be accepted, and will automatically be eligible for a pass or fail grade only.