HS 202 - Michigan History - A History of the Wolverine State
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Course Duration -- 15 Weeks
Instructor: Richard W. Elder, MA
Office: College Library
Telephone: (906) 248-3354 ext. 4220
Office Hours: 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday – Thursday
E-mail addresses:
(primary) relder@bmcc.edu
(secondary) rwelder@jamadots.com (home)
"Thank God for Michigan"
--- Abraham Lincoln
---May 1861Course Semester Calendar
Last Modified on December 3, 2007
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APA Format Guide - Instructions for your Class Term Paper
Instructor Introduction:
Your instructor is a native born son of the State of Michigan, and has lived his entire life in this state. Rick Elder was born in Flint, Michigan, and raised in the suburban Flint community of Linden, Michigan. Rick later in life spent a decade living in the Mount Pleasant area, and then Rick relocated to the town of Houghton Lake. Since 1992 Rick and his wife have become Yoopers by initiation, and have lived in the Eastern Upper Peninsula communities of both Sault Ste. Marie (1992 - January 2000), and currently Brimley (since February 2000). Rick has a love of the history of this state, and hopes that you come to enjoy the history of this state as well. Rick is a graduate of Central Michigan University with a Master's Degree in History, and has taught at Bay Mills Community College in Brimley, MI since 1994.
Unacceptable Use of Internet Resources The modern Internet has presented a new and easy way to plagiarize works of others. The "Cutting and Pasting" of documents from the Internet and turning them in as one's own work is highly unethical. If "copied" documents are turned in as one's own without proper source documentation this is also considered plagiarism.
The Negative Results of Substantiated Plagiarism The consequences of substantiated plagiarism in this class are as follows:
A student who has plagiarized will lose all credit (class points) for the plagiarized work. A grade of F (0) will be placed in the student's records for the plagiarized assignments. A second substantiated incidence of plagiarism will result in a grade of F for the entire course.
There are a few things I need to clarify with all online students:
Effective January 1, 2006: This message pre-empts the previous online course policy concerning class work which is submitted late.
Online classes offer a lot of flexibility to students -- The flexibility in online classes relates to what time of day you choose to do your assignments, and which day you choose to do the assignment as long as the course work comes in on time as per the syllabus. In each online class taught by Rick Elder, there should be one assignment arriving on a weekly basis. Assignments that arrive late will be assessed a late submission grade reduction of 10%.
Here is how your instructor keeps track of timeliness --- If a student enrolls in a class on June 1st, the first course work would be due seven days later on June 7th by midnight. If the work arrives on June 8th it will be considered late, and the grade will be reduced by 10%.
Late work is hard to manage for both the student and your instructor. Also...
1. You are expected to finish any online class you enroll in by the class ending date that the Virtual College office provides to your instructor. Your instructor considers 11:59 p.m. to be the end of the day for online classes.
2. Class work needs to be turned in on a regular basis, weekly assignments need to come in on a weekly basis. Assignments that do not come in on a weekly basis will lose 10% of the potential class points for the assignment, and thus late work can have a negative impact on your grade in this course.
3. Online classes can offer a lot of flexibility and convenience to both student and instructor, but on rare occasions, some students have decided to wait until the day or two before a class is to be completed before turning in the bulk of the course work. This practice is highly discouraged!! Work that is turned in more than three weeks past the scheduled due date will receive a grade of O points (F).
5. If any difficulties arise in your life that may impede your progress in this class, please communicate with your instructor. Arrangements to help you can be made -- before deadlines have passed, and a valid reason has been presented, but not after deadlines have passed.
I thank you for your cooperation in making the online experience a good one for all of us that are involved in online education. -- Your instructor, Rick Elder, BMCC
Purpose of the Course:This course will introduce students to the general history of the State of Michigan from its days as a territory of the nation of France, then Britain, and finally as a territory, and subsequently a state of the United States of America.
Prerequisite: EN111 AND CS105 or CS112Learner Outcomes:
1. Students will be able describe Michigan under French control including trade, society, and government.
2. Students will be able describe Michigan under British control including trade, society, and government.
3. This course will allow students to learn about Michigan during its time as a part of the British Empire.
Students will demonstrate their knowledge of Michigan as a part of the British Empire.4. Students will be able to identify Indian nations which once lived (and many which still live) within the geographic region that is now Michigan.
5. Students will be able to describe Michigan during its time as a territory of the United States and the state's attainment of full membership in the Federal Union.
6. Students will be able to describe the industrial and societal development of this state from 1837 (statehood) through the present; including Michigan's lumbering era, Michigan's mining era, Michigan's development into an industrial powerhouse in the 20th century, and Michigan's situation in the early 21st century.
Rubric for How Your Term Paper and Essays are Graded:
HS202 RubricRequired Text:
Dunbar, Willis F., May, George S., Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State, Third Revised Edition, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI, 1995.
Attendance and Class Participation:
ISBN: 0802870554.On Campus Class Attendance:
Attendance and class participation in HS202 is highly recommended.
In nearly every class situation it has been shown time-and-time again that regular attendance improves a student's understanding of subject matter and improves a student's success in the course being studied. This class will meet thirty two times. Each student may miss four classes for any reason without any negative consequences toward their final grade. Each absence in excess of four will result in a 2% reduction in their final grade for this course. Excused absences will be allowed on a case-by-case basis with prior notification to the instructor. The instructor may wave this rule if, in his opinion, the lack of attendance is for a legitimate and unavoidable reason. Furthermore, students need to attend at least 75% of all classes to receive a passing grade.Online Class Attendance:
In Virtual College Classes there is no per se attendance requirement. Students are expected to submit one assignment per week for fifteen weeks. Students are expected to finish fifteen weeks after enrollment. In lieu of attendance in a physical classroom, online students are expected to do four one page writing assignments. Explore what the question or assignment asks, and then write a one page essay about what you learned and e-mail it to your instructor at relder@bmcc.edu.
The online writing assignments in lieu of physical attendance will be clearly identified in your "Instructor's Notes."
How Your Grade Will be Calculated:
Exam #1 100 points Exam #2 100 points Five Quizzes & Five Essays 100 points Term Paper 100 points Total Class Points - on campus class 400 points Online class writing in lieu of physical attendance 40 points Total Class Points - online class 440 points Evaluation and Grading Conversion:
A = 94 - 100% C = 74 - 76% A- = 90 - 93% C- = 70 - 73% B+ = 87 - 89% D+ = 67 - 69% B = 84 - 86% D = 64 - 66% B- = 80 - 83% D- = 60 - 63% C+ = 77- 79% F = 00 - 59% Let's assume that a student had the following grades in HS202 (example provided is for an on campus student). This is how that student's grade would be calculated: Exam #1 = 88 points, Exam #2 = 77 points, All quizzes and essays = 81 points and Term Paper 92 points. This student would have earned 338 class points out a possible 400. 388 divided by 400 equals 84.5. This student missed seven classes (one more than allowed) and their grade was then reduced by 6%. 84.5 minus .06 equals 78.5 which would be rounded up to 79%. This student's final grade in HS202 would have been a C-.
Statement on Late Papers, Exams, and Classroom Decorum:
Late papers and exams will be subject to a 10% grade reduction. Because this is a college class, mature behavior is expected.
Furthermore, plagiarism is unacceptable.Statement on BMCC's Cultural Activities and Student Council: Because BMCC is a tribally sponsored Community College, participation by the student body and faculty in various cultural activities enhances both student and faculty awareness of Native American culture. Some of these activities are pot-luck dinners, talking circles, and ceremonial drumming to name only a few. All members of the BMCC community are encouraged to attend these activities that are practiced on a college wide basis. Online students who may live in the Brimley, Michigan area are also welcome to attend these events. Statement on Transferability: Bay Mills Community College participates in the Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (MACRAO) Articulation Agreement. This history course does fit into the MACRAO Agreement. This Agreement provides BMCC students with more assurance of having their general education requirements completed when they transfer to a participating four year school (see BMCC Catalog for a complete explanation of MACRAO). It is wise to check with the institution of higher learning that you intend to transfer to; in order to make absolutely sure that any course you have taken with BMCC or any other college will transfer to your intended four year school. Note: If because of unforeseen circumstances it becomes necessary to change this syllabus, you will be notified in advance by the instructor.
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Note: The term paper should be in APA style, and for the Michigan History class, the paper length requirement (excluding the title page, abstract, and reference page) is from 3 - 5 pages of text. The reason the paper requirement is shorter for this class than the other classes taught by Rick Elder is because this is a three credit class, and the other Social Science classes taught by Rick Elder are four credit classes.
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