Your Emergency Contact Information and Your Plan for the Grade You Want to Earn          Date __/__/___ 
Instructions: Notice the Tip and Caution below. This page (what makes what points) + the Course Schedule (what is due when) at the end of the syllabus can determine your success. The links on this page take you to details on the next page, including things to increase your knowledge—and your grade.

1.	Type your name as shown in Blackboard, your phone number, and an alternative email address so I have several ways to reach you if it is in your interest if I contact you. (Example: you did not complete your Final Exam.)

Last Name: ________________ 1st Name________________   Phone # ____- ____-_____  Alternative Email: ____________________ 

2.	This is a 1000-point course. Place an X 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)

3.	Place an X to the left of EACH of the assignments you plan to do so you earn the grade that you plan. 
Tip: If you want an A, you need to select them all. If you have questions, ask. I am glad to help. 
Caution: If your X’s do not add up to the points required for the grade you want or if you would have to make 100% on each assignment with an X, you will have to redo this and will get ½ the points.
Getting Started (Subtotal 50 Points)
	Assignment 	Points	
_	Take Syllabus Acknowledgement Quiz	1	
_	Post your Introduction in the Discussion	4	
_	Determine your plan and submit it to Turnitin	20	
_	Follow the tour as a link and confirm that you followed the tour by completing the quiz 	25	
Unit 1: From New World to New Empires – the 16th Century to 1776 (Subtotal 340 Points
	Assignment 	Points	
_	Take Evidence Quizzes 1 (1/20), 2 (1/24), 3 (1/26), and 4 (1/31) @10 each 	40	
_	Post your 1st Primary Writing in its discussion on the Discussion Board @ 20 points for content and 20 or following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence. 	40	
_	In the 1st Primary Writing discussion, reply to 2 other students’ Primary Writings with a careful Peer Review on content and evidence @ 10 points for content and 10 for following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence for each one	20
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_	Post and reply in Unit 1: Collaborate! discussion (Use its Concepts list.)	20	
_	Take Unit 1 Objective Exam (100), Concepts Exam (50), and Written Exam @ 25 points for content and 25 or following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence	200	
Unit 2: From Making a Revolution to Making a Nation – 1776 to 1830s (Subtotal 260 Points)
	Assignment 	Points	
_	Take Evidence Quiz 5 (2/07), 6 (2/09), 7 (2/14), and 8 (2/16) @10 each	40	
_	Post and reply in Unit 2: Collaborate! discussion (Use its Concepts list.)	20	
_	Take Unit 2 Objective Exam (100), Concepts Exam (50), and Written Exam @ 25 points for content and 25 or following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence	200	
Unit 3: Transforming the Nation–1830s to 1877 (Subtotal 250 Points)
	Assignment 	Points	
_	Read and prepare carefully; submit your Plan in Turnitin for your Analysis of Primaries @ 20 points for content and 20 or following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence. (The grade for the Good Habits for Evidence for the analysis determines the Good Habits grade for the Plan.)	40	
_	Post and reply in Unit 2: Collaborate! discussion (Use its Concepts list.)	20	
_	Take Unit 3 Objective Exam (100) and Concepts Exam (50) (No Written Exam.)	150	
_	Write your Analysis of Primaries and submit your paper to Turnitin for feedback. You may correct and resubmit until the last date accepted. @ 20 points for content and 20 or following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence	40	
Final Exam: 16th Century to 1877–Includes a Review (Subtotal 100 Points
	Assignment 	Points	
_	Take the Final Exam (100)	100	
Extra credits and Opportunities to Replace Grades in This Course
Blurb from syllabus on not for some
Anything done will be for all
Evidence Quizzes
Evidence quizzes—like all Unit Exams—are one time only. (Any q  - say password
•	If you do an Evidence Quiz by the recommended date in the Course Schedule, you earn 1 point extra credit. Why this extra credit? 
o	It is a small way to encourage you to stay current with your work.
o	It is a practical way for me to identify who qualifies to earn full points for an Evidence Quiz—even if they missed some questions when they took the tests
•	Cover how to change grad
Self-Tests As Small Extra Credits Available in the Course
What is say password
Say process 

  a process by which something proposed (as for research or publication) is evaluated by a group of experts in the appropriate field
Cover writing – cover the 4 links about must do 
Cover how can change grade

What are the 4 writings
Peer review

If your Collaboration on Concepts for a Unit is over 70% (or 14 points) and if the grade for the Unit’s  Concept Exam is over 70% (or 35 points), you earn 10 extra credit points for that Unit. If you meet those requirements for all 3 Units, the total is 30. Why this extra credit? It is good for your brain and IIf you follow the instructions, you will help reduce the work each of you have to do to collect the definitions and you will be able to ask and answer y practice with those concepts enough that you know them naturally.

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.	
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 (including your needing to respond to feedback), 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.	

I reserve the right to modify the syllabus during the semester.

WCJC Department:	History – Dr. Bibus	
Contact Information:	281.239.1577 or bibusc@wcjc.edu	
Last Updated:	2017	
WCJC Home:	http://www.wcjc.edu/