Dr. Wali R. Kharif
Office Hours: MW, 10:00 a.m. -
12:00 noon Room 111-B Henderson Hall
T, TH
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Phone:
(931) 372-6322
Friday
By Appointment Only E-mail: wrkharif@Tntech.edu
web-page:
gemini.tntech.edu/~wrkharif
HISTORY 2020-004.
American History. Part II:
Meeting Dates and
Times: T, TH,
8:00 – 9:20 a.m.
Location:
Room 205, Henderson Hall
Textbook: Edward Ayers, et al. American
Passages, 3rd ed. Vol. 2.
Supplemental Text: David Colbert, Eyewitness to
Examinations (90
percent of course grade): There will be three exams,
including a final exam. Each exam is
worth 100 points, and will comprise 30 percent of the course grade. Students missing exams will be assigned a
score of zero for each missed exam.
Students providing documentation of family, university, or medical
emergencies will be allowed to make-up the missed exams. Make-up
examinations may be comprehensive, must be taken in addition to the final exam,
and will be administered during the second half of the final exam period.
Tentative Test Dates: Exam #1:
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
Exam
#2: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008
Final Exam:
8:00 – 10:00 a.m., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2008
Study Guide.
Students are encouraged to consult the course “Study Guide” located on
the instructor’s Web-page: Gemini.tntech.edu/~wrkharif. The material in the guide supplements the
lecture material and textbook readings, and could comprise a substantial part
of the examinations. The successful
student is expected to take lecture notes, read and re-read the textbooks,
consult the study guide, course outlines, and use the university library to get
the most out of this class. COURSE
MATERIAL IS NOT LIMITED TO THE ASSIGNED TEXTBOOKS.
Attendance (10% of
the course grade): Students are expected to attend all class
sessions and are responsible for materials discussed in class that may not
appear in the textbooks. Course
attendance will be computed as a percentage and added to the examination
Extra Credit: Students may add up to 10 points to the
course grade average. See the attached
extra credit page for details.
Course of Study.
Students are expected to consult the
textbooks, notes, outlines and the university
library to get the most out of this class.
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Deportment: University students are expected to conduct themselves in a manner
consistent with the TTU Student Code. Students failing to comply with Section
III. Academic and Classroom Conduct (0240-3-6.02), in addition to possible
action by the university may have the course grade lowered, at the discretion
of the instructor, proportionally to the magnitude of the offense.
Course Grade: The course grade will be calculated by a) taking 90% of the
average of exams 1, 2, the final exam, and b) adding 0-10 points (based
upon percentage of classes attended).
Any extra credit points accumulated, up to 10 points, will then be added
to the sum of a) + b).
Grading Scale: A=89.5 - 100; B= 79.5 - 89.4; C= 69.5 - 79.4; D= 59.5 - 69.4;
F=<59.5.
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EXTRA CREDIT
ASSIGNMENTS
The ten
exercises below are not
mandatory. Each completed assignment can
earn you 1 point added to the course final average (see the item on the syllabus
“Course Grade.” You may do one,
you may do all ten, or you may do none of them.
They are extra credit assignments that may help you to improve your
grade. To get the extra credit, each of
these assignments must be 200 words, original, typed, double-spaced, using 12-point type, and must be turned in by
the deadline date indicated. (200 words double spaced is about one full page.) You
may turn in assignments before the deadline. Late submittals (one day after the dead-line
is still late) will be penalized 50 percent.
None will be accepted after 4:30
p.m., Thursday, December 4, 2008.
Assignment
1: What is meant
by the New South? What were the region’s
strengths and weaknesses? September 4, 2008
Assignment
2: Discuss
the significance of leisure activities, and some that Americans engaged in
during the 1880s. September 11, 2008
Assignment
3: Discuss the
first execution using electricity. Why
did governments explore using electricity to carry out death sentences? September 18, 2008
Assignment
4: What was
the Haymarket Affair? Where did it
occur? What impact did it have on the 19th
century
Assignment 5: Evaluate this statement: Race relations throughout the
Assignment 6: Who was H. L. Mencken and for what
is he best known? October 21, 2008
Assignment 7:
Write an essay on the importance
of studying history. November 4, 2008
Assignment 8:
How do an individual’s personal experiences affect views of others and the
world? November 13, 2008
Assignment 9: What
lesson(s) do we learn from the Tet Offensive and the MyLai Massacre? November 25, 2008
Assignment 10: Prepare a one-page resume of
yourself. In your resume indicate why a potential employer should show interest in
you. December 4, 2008
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Lecture Topics
(Students will be notified of
lecture topic changes or other class emergencies by e-mail. It is your responsibility to monitor your
university e-mail account.)
PART 1. The Gilded Age through World War I.
READ: Ayers, Chapters, 16-22; Colbert, “ Baseball Innovations” to “The
Americans Join the War in
August 26 - The New South, Chapter 17
August 28 - Displacing Native Americans and Settlement of
the
September 2 - The Rise of Industrial
September 4 - A Changing
September 9- The Politics of the Gilded Age, Chapter
17, 18
September 11-
September 16- Early Twentieth Century
September 18- The Stirrings of Reform and the
Progressives, Chapter 20, 21
September 23- The Era of Theodore Roosevelt: 1901-1912, Chapter
20, 21
September 25- Woodrow Wilson, the New Freedom, and World
War I, Chapter 21, 22
PART
2. Between World Wars: The Roaring
Twenties, Depression, New Deal, and World War II.
READ: Ayers,
Chapters 22-26; Colbert, “Babe
Ruth” to “Dropping the Atomic Bomb.”
October 2 - Post-World War I
October 7 - Art and Expression after World War I, Chapter
23
October 9- Coolidge and the New Era, Chapter 23
October 16- The Great Depression (1930-1942), Chapter
24
October 21- The New Deal: Domestic, Chapters 25
October 23- The New Deal: Foreign Policy, Chapters 25
October 28- The World Goes to War: The
PART
3. Contemporary
READ: Ayers, Chapters 27-32;
Colbert, “ENIAC” to “Getting Wired: E-Mail From Bill.”.
November 4 - Wartime and Post-World War II Diplomacy, Chapters
27
November 6- The Cold War, Chapter 27
November 11- The American Home Front After World War II, Chapter
27
November 13- After World War II: Domestic Politics, Chapters
27, 28
November 18- The Civil Rights Movement, Chapters 28, 29
November 20- The New Frontier and the Great Society, Chapter
29
November 25- The War in
December 2 - American Society: From Johnson to Reagan,
1968-84, Chapters 29, 30, 31
December 4 - From Reagan to
Final Exam: 8:00
– 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 10, 2008