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.	Type your name as shown in Blackboard, your phone number, and an alternative email address so I have additional ways to reach you in an emergency. (An emergency is something where it is in your interest if I contact you. For example, you did not complete your Final Exam.) 

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

2.	Place a check (√) in the __ to the left of EACH of the sections in the syllabus to confirm you understand and agree. Do not √ without reading.
__	Course Objectives for the History Department - Click here for explanations of historical concepts within those Course Objectives.	
__	Academic and Personal Integrity - including a 0 for assignments if you do not follow these requirements	
__	Classroom Civility	
__	Attendance Policy and Due Dates 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.)	
__	Communication with Your Instructor – including how often to log in, especially given the speed of doing 16 weeks of work in 8 weeks	

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 earn the grade that you plan. 
Tip: If you want an A, you need to select them all. 

The objective work, Getting Started activities, or Forums supporting objective work consists of 700 regular points for these assignments.
	
Work You Do Before the Due Date Listed in the Course Schedule	Regular Points	Extra Credit Points	
__	Required Getting Started tasks listed on the last page of the link Course Orientation. That last page of the link also lists extra credits that tend to help people be more successful—not just make more points. 	50	10	

__	8 Quizzes (Unit 1 and Unit 2 only) on requirements for evidence in this class (and on many jobs that pay well) @ 5 points each. 	40	30
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__	3 Unit Topics to Collaborate on Concepts for History @ 20 points each. See Discussion Topics and instructions for this discussion, including why it is what Blackboard calls a managed discussion and how that works.	60	30	
__	3 Unit Concepts Exams @ 50 points each – These include varied types of questions, including short essay.	150	0	
__	3 Unit Objective Exams @ 100 points each.      	300	0	
__	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 consists of these 300 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	
__	Introduction to Primaries, to the 5 Good Habits for Evidence, and to Key Concepts for Unit 1.  See the Discussion Topics and the instructions for each thing that you do. This is an opportunity to figure out lots of things about primaries, evidence, and concepts at no risk to your grade as the possible extra credit explains.	80	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	0	
__	Proposal for the Analysis of Primaries covering at least 2 Units @ 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 of the primaries and selection of pages from the textbook that are appropriate for your planned analysis.	60	0	
__	Analysis of Primaries @ 30 points for content and 30 points for following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence.   	60	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.	
__	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.	

6.	__ This is an optional question, but it does help me a bit. Place a check (√) to the left if you have had a class with me before. 

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.)