Two Forms
1.	WCJC’s
2.	Your Course plan – You will type it and submit it in Turnitin and print a print to me

Next Class 
•	Seating chart 
•	Skinny scantron
•	# 2 pencil
Textbook – look for USED
Required Textbook – Required When You Write about History and Used When I Grade
This textbook is required: David E. Shi and George Brown Tindall, America, The Essential Learning Edition. It is the one-volume edition containing 30 chapters. The ISBN is 978-0-393-93587-5. 

You must use your textbook and required primaries and other resources provided in the course as your only source of facts for your written assignments. For all written assignments, including Unit writing assignments, you must cite a specific page from the textbook for your facts. 
	
Rave – WCJC’s emergency alert system – encouraging students to use it
https://www.wcjc.edu/About-Us/administration/offices/security/emergency-alert.aspx 
	
How to Read Your Course Schedule

http://www.cjbibus.com/Syllabus_History_1301_Fall_2016_CRN_10879.pdf 

http://www.cjbibus.com/Syllabus_History_1302_Fall_2016_CRN_10886.pdf  - the tight fit on the first assignment and why

Your Emergency Contact Information and Your Plan for the Grade You Want to Earn    Date __/__/___
If you have questions, please ask. A careful plan, combined with following the Course Schedule at the end of the syllabus, can make success easier.

1.	PRINT carefully your name in WCJC records, phone number, and email address so I can reliably reach you in an emergency. 
Last Name: ________________ 1st Name_______________ Phone # ____- ____-_____ WCJC Email: ________________@student.wcjc.edu 

2.	Place a check (√) in the __ to the left of EACH of the sections in the syllabus to confirm you understand and agree. 
__	Course Objectives for the History Department - Click here for explanations of historical concepts within those Course Objectives.	
__	Academic and Personal Integrity, including the 0 for these assignments	
__	Classroom Civility	
__	Attendance Policy - including the Self-Management grade and what happens if you are unable to resist—for example—your cell phone	
__	Attendance Policy and the Seating Chart and the Beginning of Class – including work being due at the beginning of class and including that your instructor is glad to help you, but ask early in the course. The earlier you ask, the greater your odds of success.	
__	Due Dates, the Course Schedule, and Your Responsibilities – including no make-ups and having to have verifiable, written excuses	
__	Six Course Drop Limit	
__	Dropping a Course with a Grade of “W” – including how instructors in the History Department cannot drop students; students must do that.	

3.	This is a 1000-point course. Place a check (√) to the left of YOUR planned grade.  Notice the difference in 895 points and 894 points.
_ an A (895-1000 points)  _ a B (795-894 points)  _ a C (695-794 points)  _ D (595-694 points)  _ F (594 or less) 

4.	Place a check (√) to the left of EACH of the objective and written assignments you plan to do so you have the grade that you plan. 
Tip: If you want an A, you need to select them all and do them all.

The objective work, Getting Started activities, or activities supporting objective work consists of 670 regular points for these assignments.
	
Work You Do Before the Due Date Listed in the Course Schedule	Regular Points	Extra Credit Points	
__	When Blackboard is open, complete all listed tasks for Getting Started either with your instructor in a computer lab or sign that you know how to complete all tasks on your own by the Due Date in the Course Schedule.	40	20	
__	8 Quizzes (Unit 1 and Unit 2 only) on requirements for evidence in this class (and on many jobs that pay well) @ 10 points each. 	80	30
16	
__	3 Unit Concepts Exams @ 50 points each – These include varied types of questions, including short answer.	150	0	
__	3 Unit Objective Exams @ 100 points each   	300	0	
__	Review for the Departmental Final (verified by taking a quiz on the day of the Final)	0	10	
__	Departmental Final Exam @ 100 points–Departmental policy is an F for the course if you do not take the Final.	100	0	

The written work and participation consists of 330 points, with 220 of it being formal writing.
	
Work You Do Before the Due Date Listed in the Course Schedule	Regular Points	Extra Credit Points	
__	Paper on the Required Primary @ 10 points for content and 10 points for following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence. This is an introduction to all skills required for writing in history. It includes a class session.	20	20
40	
__	2 Unit Written Exams (Unit 1 and Unit 2 only) @ 50 points each. Your grade is @ 25 points for content and 25 points for following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence.	100		
__	Proposal for the Analysis of Primaries covering Unit 1 and Unit 2 @ 30 points for content and 30 for following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence. (The 5 Good Habits for Evidence grade for the proposal is determined by the 5 Good Habits for Evidence for the paper itself.) The proposal requires careful reading and selection of pages appropriate for your planned analysis.	60	5	
__	Analysis of Primaries @ 30 points for content and 30 points for following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence   	60	5	
__	Self-Management and Participation for 3 Units @ 30 points each   	90	0	

5.	Place a check (√) in the __ to the left of EACH of the statements to confirm you understand and agree. 
__	The Departmental Requirement is a minimum of 25% of your grade being written work.  With 30% specific written work, you must do some written assignments—or—only want a C for the course and always make 100% on each objective assignment (a risky plan). If you don’t understand, click here to see examples of the math.	
__	On the other hand, if you follow the 5 Good Habits for Evidence, you can make a decent grade even if you are not skilled or comfortable with writing. Click here for required Course Objectives, the separate Good Habits for Evidence grade, and how it can help you.	
__	Do you know any job that pays well that doesn’t require these habits or any decision you could make safely without these habits? If you think you do a job that does not require the 5 Good Habits for Evidence, try this link. Unfortunately, most students do not realize they are not being careful enough with evidence. For example, over 60% of students since 2011 usually did not know basics such as being factually accurate when writing about real things until this course. Click here to see what past students said they did not know before.  	
__	If there is a problem with following the Good Habits for Evidence or with anything incomplete about an assignment, your instructor enters 1.11 as a temporary placeholder for the grade and posts a comment with that grade telling you what you need to do.	

6.	 __ Check if you have limited computer/Internet access and cannot use WCJC’s computer l abs. See me immediately for alternatives.
7.	If there is something you want for me to know about you, please start it here: __ (Tip: The endnotes will automatically move down as you type.)