CFCC Adult High School History Page
Instructor: Mr. Jack Fryar
lnstructor Email: [email protected]
Class website: https://jackfryarsclass.weebly.com/cfcc-adult-hs.html
Class Time: Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30pm to 9:30pm (68 hours total)
Course Objective
In American History students will examine the historical and intellectual origins of the United States from European exploration and colonial settlement to the Revolutionary and Constitutional eras. Students will learn about the important political and economic factors that contributed to the development of colonial America and the outbreak of the American Revolution as well as the consequences of the Revolution, including the writing and key ideas of the U.S. Constitution. The course will further guide students as they study the establishment of political parties, America's westward expansion, the growth of sectional conflict, how that sectional conflict led to the Civil War, and the consequences of the Civil War, including Reconstruction. Finally, students will be guided through events of the late nineteenth century period through the early 21st century. They will examine the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the United States from the end of the Reconstruction era to present time, tracing the change m the ethnic composition of American society; the movement toward equal rights for racial minorities and women; and the role of the United States as a major world power. In total, this course goes beyond memorization of isolated facts to the development of higher-level thinking skills, encouraging students to make historical assessments and evaluations on the impact these issues have had on American society over time.
Class Material
• Pencil or Pen
• Spiral notebook or binder with paper
Course Expectations
• Students are expected to be on time for class
• Students are expected to hand in assignments ON TIME!
Grading Scale
A (100-90) B (89-80) C (79-70) D (69-60) F (59 and lower)
Grading Policy
50% (Class Assignments/Class Quiz) 25% (Midterm Exam) 25% (Final Exam)
Assignments
Nightly assignments/quizzes will account for half your grade. Usually the first two thirds of class will be devoted to the presentation of material to be learned (Powerpoint lecture, video, film, etc.). The last hour or so will be your time to complete the assignments I hand out to you (usually a one-page reading with some multiple choice questions based on that reading). There will usually be two or three of these readings each night because we cover several topics each night. Although you will be given several of these per class, not all of them may end up as a recorded grade - the trick is that you don't know which ones I will be entering as a grade, so to be safe you must complete them all. Save these reading handouts! They make dandy study aids for your exams later in the semester. All materials used in class will be posted to the class website after class for your use as a study aid.
Attendance and Late Policy
This class follows the Cape Fear Community College Adult High School attendance policy. Students are required to be in this class for 64 hours minimum to earn credit. If a student misses more than 4 hours under any circumstance, they will not receive credit for the course. Students are required to be in this class from 5:30pm to 9:30pm. Students who are late or leave early are subjected to the 15-minute rule (this also applies to coming back from or leaving early for break). The 15-minute rule is that if a student is late, even 1 minute late, they will have 15 minutes deducted from their time.
Cellphones and Sleeping in Class
Cellphone use is not permitted in class during instruction time. Students on their cellphones while instruction is going on will have 15 minutes deducted. I understand that we are all tired and that some of you work before class, so do I. However, students are not permitted to sleep during class. Students sleeping will be asked to get a drink of water. If you are caught asleep again, 15 minutes will be deducted from your time for that class.
Free 5 Minute Bathroom Break
Students are given ONE 5-minute free bathroom break a night. If You take more than 5 minutes to return to class, 15 minutes will be deducted from your time. If you request to use the bathroom more than once, 15 minutes will be deducted for each time you leave class.
Tentative Class Outline
The following is the tentative class outline for the subjects we will cover over the course of this class (The week we should study the topic is in parenthesis):
- Exploration and Colonization (1)
- The American Revolution (1)
- Articles of Confederation (1)
- The Constitution (2)
- Federalists Era (2)
- The War of 1812 (2)
- The Jacksonian Era (3)
- The Age Reform and Market Revolution (3)
- Manifest Destiny (3)
- Antebellum America (4)
- The Civil War and Reconstruction (4)
- Moving West and Frontier Wars (4)
- Midterm Exam
- Populism, Immigration, and Industrialization (5)
- Union Strikes and Progressivism (5)
- U.S. Imperialism and the Spanish-American War (5)
- World War I (6)
- The Roaring 20s (6)
- The Great Depression and New Deal Politics (6)
- World War II (7)
- Cold War (7)
- Civil Rights Era (8)
- 1960-1970s (8)
- 1980s-2015 (9)
- Final Exam (9)
lnstructor Email: [email protected]
Class website: https://jackfryarsclass.weebly.com/cfcc-adult-hs.html
Class Time: Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30pm to 9:30pm (68 hours total)
Course Objective
In American History students will examine the historical and intellectual origins of the United States from European exploration and colonial settlement to the Revolutionary and Constitutional eras. Students will learn about the important political and economic factors that contributed to the development of colonial America and the outbreak of the American Revolution as well as the consequences of the Revolution, including the writing and key ideas of the U.S. Constitution. The course will further guide students as they study the establishment of political parties, America's westward expansion, the growth of sectional conflict, how that sectional conflict led to the Civil War, and the consequences of the Civil War, including Reconstruction. Finally, students will be guided through events of the late nineteenth century period through the early 21st century. They will examine the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the United States from the end of the Reconstruction era to present time, tracing the change m the ethnic composition of American society; the movement toward equal rights for racial minorities and women; and the role of the United States as a major world power. In total, this course goes beyond memorization of isolated facts to the development of higher-level thinking skills, encouraging students to make historical assessments and evaluations on the impact these issues have had on American society over time.
Class Material
• Pencil or Pen
• Spiral notebook or binder with paper
Course Expectations
• Students are expected to be on time for class
• Students are expected to hand in assignments ON TIME!
Grading Scale
A (100-90) B (89-80) C (79-70) D (69-60) F (59 and lower)
Grading Policy
50% (Class Assignments/Class Quiz) 25% (Midterm Exam) 25% (Final Exam)
Assignments
Nightly assignments/quizzes will account for half your grade. Usually the first two thirds of class will be devoted to the presentation of material to be learned (Powerpoint lecture, video, film, etc.). The last hour or so will be your time to complete the assignments I hand out to you (usually a one-page reading with some multiple choice questions based on that reading). There will usually be two or three of these readings each night because we cover several topics each night. Although you will be given several of these per class, not all of them may end up as a recorded grade - the trick is that you don't know which ones I will be entering as a grade, so to be safe you must complete them all. Save these reading handouts! They make dandy study aids for your exams later in the semester. All materials used in class will be posted to the class website after class for your use as a study aid.
Attendance and Late Policy
This class follows the Cape Fear Community College Adult High School attendance policy. Students are required to be in this class for 64 hours minimum to earn credit. If a student misses more than 4 hours under any circumstance, they will not receive credit for the course. Students are required to be in this class from 5:30pm to 9:30pm. Students who are late or leave early are subjected to the 15-minute rule (this also applies to coming back from or leaving early for break). The 15-minute rule is that if a student is late, even 1 minute late, they will have 15 minutes deducted from their time.
Cellphones and Sleeping in Class
Cellphone use is not permitted in class during instruction time. Students on their cellphones while instruction is going on will have 15 minutes deducted. I understand that we are all tired and that some of you work before class, so do I. However, students are not permitted to sleep during class. Students sleeping will be asked to get a drink of water. If you are caught asleep again, 15 minutes will be deducted from your time for that class.
Free 5 Minute Bathroom Break
Students are given ONE 5-minute free bathroom break a night. If You take more than 5 minutes to return to class, 15 minutes will be deducted from your time. If you request to use the bathroom more than once, 15 minutes will be deducted for each time you leave class.
Tentative Class Outline
The following is the tentative class outline for the subjects we will cover over the course of this class (The week we should study the topic is in parenthesis):
- Exploration and Colonization (1)
- The American Revolution (1)
- Articles of Confederation (1)
- The Constitution (2)
- Federalists Era (2)
- The War of 1812 (2)
- The Jacksonian Era (3)
- The Age Reform and Market Revolution (3)
- Manifest Destiny (3)
- Antebellum America (4)
- The Civil War and Reconstruction (4)
- Moving West and Frontier Wars (4)
- Midterm Exam
- Populism, Immigration, and Industrialization (5)
- Union Strikes and Progressivism (5)
- U.S. Imperialism and the Spanish-American War (5)
- World War I (6)
- The Roaring 20s (6)
- The Great Depression and New Deal Politics (6)
- World War II (7)
- Cold War (7)
- Civil Rights Era (8)
- 1960-1970s (8)
- 1980s-2015 (9)
- Final Exam (9)
Weekly Study Materials
Week 1
exploration_and_colonization_of_the_americas.ppt | |
File Size: | 1284 kb |
File Type: | ppt |
france___dutch_in_new_world.pptx | |
File Size: | 2994 kb |
File Type: | pptx |
prelude_to_england.pptx | |
File Size: | 2238 kb |
File Type: | pptx |
revwar.ppt | |
File Size: | 5781 kb |
File Type: | ppt |
articles-of-confederation.ppt | |
File Size: | 2648 kb |
File Type: | ppt |
Week 2
the_constitutional_convention.ppt | |
File Size: | 6230 kb |
File Type: | ppt |
the_federalist_era.ppt | |
File Size: | 1959 kb |
File Type: | ppt |
main_war_of_1812.ppt | |
File Size: | 10235 kb |
File Type: | ppt |
Week 3
andrew_jackson.ppt | |
File Size: | 6361 kb |
File Type: | ppt |
age_of_reform.ppt | |
File Size: | 3268 kb |
File Type: | ppt |
transportation_revolution.pptx | |
File Size: | 8655 kb |
File Type: | pptx |
main_manifest_destiny.ppt | |
File Size: | 6396 kb |
File Type: | ppt |