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Robert C. Figueira Spring 2017 e-mail: figueira@lander.edu Carnell Learning Center 368 webpage: http://figueira.wikispaces.com phones: 864-388-8218 (o); 864-229-6391 (h) office hours: TR 9:30-10:30AM, MW 1:45-2:45PM

HISTORY 201 THE HISTORIAN’S CRAFT: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF HISTORY “History does not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme.” (attributed to Mark Twain) “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” (William Faulkner, //Requiem for a Nun//)

I. __Course readings__: (a) Julius Caesar, //The Conquest of Gaul// (b) //The Dunstable Annals, AD 1-1221// (c) David J. Breeze, //The Roman Army// (d) Kate L. Turabian, //A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations//, seventh edition (recommended) (e) materials regarding plagiarism and the Chicago Manual of Style, including [] or   [] (f) John Gillingham, “John (1167-1216)” (g) Robert C. Figueira, “Morins, Richard de” (h) copies of published book reviews

Items I. (a), I. (c), and I. (d) are available for purchase at the University Bookstore; I. (b), I. (e), I. (f) and I. (g) will be distributed to students or are accessible on the Internet; I. (h) is on closed reserve at Jackson Library, as also are copies of I. (a). Any other complete editions of I. (a) are acceptable, so long as the instructor is consulted regarding page assignments.

II. __Course objectives and content__: This course aims to introduce history students to the study of their discipline and to the techniques underlying historical study and research: the critique of primary and secondary sources; the Chicago Style of documentation and bibliography; and the composition of thesis statements, essays, reviews, and papers. Students will also learn about the various genres of modern historical research.

Successful completion of this course will enable students to master factual information, to analyze historical sources, demonstrate proper documentation and bibliographic techniques, and compose polished short prose assignments on historical subjects. The mastery of such competencies fulfills in part the following goals and objectives of history major programs at Lander University (//Lander University Catalog 2017-2018//, p. 195): “LanderUniversity history graduates will 1. critically evaluate a secondary source of history; 3. critically evaluate primary sources; 4. narrate a series of events in the history of a country other than the United States….” For the Lander degree programs in History this course fulfills a major core requirement and is the prerequisite for other required major core courses. This course does not fulfill any General Education requirements.

This course also fulfills requirements in the C.A.E.P.- approved Lander University matrix for Social Studies secondary education (History B.S. degree).

III. __Course requirements, formal activities, teaching strategies, and evaluation methods__: The responsibilities of students in this course are:

(a) Regular attendance at class meetings; attendance will be monitored by the instructor, and students shall be held responsible for any announcements made or information imparted during class sessions. Please consult pp. 19-20 of the //Lander University Student Handbook 2017-2018//, andp. 54 of the //Lander University Catalog 2017-2018// regarding official university policy on class attendance. __Students who miss 20% of class meetings for whatever reason will receive a grade penalty up to and including “FA”__. Habitual tardiness is not acceptable and will be counted proportionately as attendance absences. (b) Regular and frequent participation in classroom discussions. It is expected that students bring required readings I. (a), I. (b), I. (e), I. (f) and I. (g) to those class meetings when they are to be discussed. Participation will constitute no more than 15% of the raw final grade. (c) Completion of __three__ in-class examinations on 12 February, 26 March, and 25 April 2018; these exams each will constitute no more than 15% of the raw final grade. (There will be __no__ final examination in this course.) (d) Completion of __five__ summaries (one full page word-processed double-spaced) of material in reading I. (c); these assignments will constitute 15% of the raw final grade. (e) Completion of a formal book review (at least five full word-processed double-spaced pages) due 14 March 2018. __The book to be reviewed is reading I. (c) above__. This review will constitute not more than 15% of the final raw grade. (Prior completion on 22 January 2018 of the review’s header and footer will be considered as part of the review grade.) (f) Completion of a thesis statement assignment due on 4 April 2018; this assignment will constitute not more than 5% of the final raw grade. (g) Completion of a bibliography and documentation assignment due on 12 April 2018; this assignment will constitute not more than 5% of the final raw grade.

Required assignments III. (d), (e), (f), and (g) will be submitted in paper format only.

Grading scale – excepting the summaries mentioned in III. (d) above, all other written formal work will receive a precise letter grade or numerical grade (percentage based); the operative scale for these and for the course as a whole is thus: “A” = 90% and above, “B” = 80-89%, “C” = 70-79%, “D” = 60-69%, “F” = 59% and below.

The teaching strategies used in the greater part of class meetings in this course will be student discussions moderated by the instructor and formal lecture – interrupted often by question-and-answer opportunities.

It is expected that all students abide by the rules of academic honesty detailed on pp. 7-11 of the //Lander Student Handbook 2017-2018//. See also p. 45 of the //Lander University Catalog 2017-2018// regarding the Academic Honor Code.

Regular attendance and classroom discussion will also be considered in the conversion of the raw final grade into the course mark.

A student who __without prior excuse__ does not take an examination at the appointed time earns an “F” for that particular exercise. __Upon the student’s request, it is the instructor’s prerogative whether to permit the hitherto unexcused student to take a make-up or receive a postponement (with or without penalty)__.

A student who __without prior excuse__ does not submit __paper copies__ of the other assigned written work on or before the appointed date will receive a grade penalty on this assignment; for the book review, one-half letter grade penalty will be assessed for each subsequent two calendar days.

IV. __Additional information__: If you have now or develop during this semester a physical or a learning disability and you want me to make reasonable accommodations according to federal law, you must contact the Lander University Student Wellness Center (Genesis Building, phone: 864-388-8885, email: studentwellness@lander.edu) and provide that office with appropriate documentation unless you have done so in the past. Once that office is aware of your disability, it will inform all of your instructors each semester that you attend LanderUniversity unless you ask in writing that this not be done. Students receiving special accommodations for scheduling and supervision of examinations and other formal academic exercises must consult the instructor and the Academic Success Center (864-388-8317) on each occasion where special accommodations are sought and at least forty –eight hours before the examination or exercise.

Audio recording of class meetings is prohibited without the explicit permission of the instructor. Use of smokeless tobacco is prohibited during all class meetings. Use of cellular phones, PDAs, and similar electronic media devices is prohibited during all class meetings. Use of computers is permitted, with one exception, during class meetings, but their use is limited to note-taking and accessing those websites which the instructor is using in instruction during that class meeting. Use of computers is prohibited, however, during examinations. The foregoing paragraph is not intended to negate the reasonable accommodations accorded by federal law to students with documented physical or learning disabilities.

Student athletes whose coaches request the completion of progress reports by the instructor must, __on each occasion__, inform the instructor __at least twenty-four hours__ in advance of this need and provide the required forms and waivers. As far as he is able, the instructor voluntarily will provide reasonable accommodation to such requests.

On rare occasions extremely inclement weather might discourage road travel to and from the Greenwood campus in order to attend a class meeting. I encourage you __not to risk__ your safety in such cases of bad weather. You are also responsible for your learning in this course, and thus I am confident that you will treat such occasions in a responsible manner. Whenever Lander classes are cancelled due to inclement weather, the University will inform local public communications media. The easiest way to determine whether class meetings have been cancelled is to access Lander’s automated telephone system at 864-388-8000; any cancellation message will be announced first on the system.

The instructor uses Blackboard __only__ to report midterm course grades and __not__ for email or any other communication. Students wishing to email the instructor should carefully note his address above and use instead their internet email capability __outside__ of Blackboard. Students should also __regularly__ check their official Lander email accounts for communications from the instructor. Finally, students should consult the instructor’s webpage (see http://figueira.wikispaces.com) for a copy of their syllabus and other study materials.

Several resource persons can also be of assistance in the course –
 * Brittany Cuenin, Director of the Writing Center and Lecturer of English; office: LC 347; phone: 864-388-8250; bcuenin@lander.edu
 * Lisa A. Wiecki, Director of Library Services and Associate Librarian; office: JL 209, 864-388-8043; lwiecki@lander.edu

V. __Class Meeting Calendar__:

January 8 & 10
 * introduction to Chicago-Style Citation Guide and to Turabian
 * introduction to Caesar (//The Conquest of Gaul//) readings
 * introduction to book review, thesis statement, bibliography, and documentation assignments

January 17
 * Caesar (bk. I, beginning)
 * introduction to Breeze assignments

January 22 & 24:
 * Caesar (bk. I, end)
 * **assignment due Monday – header/footer of Breeze review**
 * **assignment due Wednesday – summary of Breeze, pp. 1-26**

January 29 & 31:
 * Caesar (bk. II)
 * discussion of plagiarism
 * **assignment due Wednesday** **– summary of Breeze, pp. 27-51**

February 5 & 7:
 * Caesar (bks. III & IV)
 * **assignment due Wednesday** **– summary of Breeze, pp. 53-72**

February 12 & 14:
 * **Monday** – **first exam!**
 * Caesar (bk. V)

February 19 & 21:
 * Caesar (bk. VI)
 * **assignment due Wednesday** **– summary of Breeze, pp. 73-100**

February 26 & 28:
 * Caesar (bk. VII, sections 1-43)
 * thesis statement, first discussion
 * **assignment due Wednesday** **– summary of Breeze, pp. 101-30**

March 12 & 14:
 * Caesar (bk. VII, sections 44-90)
 * bibliography and documentation, first discussion
 * **Breeze book review due Wednesday!**

March 19 & 21:
 * Caesar (bk. VIII)
 * thesis statement, bibliography and documentation, second discussion

March 26 & 28:
 * **Monday – second exam!**
 * Gillingham, “King John”
 * Figueira, “Morins, Richard de”
 * //The Dunstable Annals//; introductory remarks

April 2 & 4:
 * //The Dunstable Annals//, years AD 1 – 1212
 * **thesis statement assignment due Wednesday!**

April 9& 11 :
 * //The Dunstable Annals//, years 1213 – 1216
 * **bibliography and documentation** **assignment due Wednesday**

April 16 & 18:
 * //The Dunstable Annals//, years 1217 – 1220

April 23 & 25
 * //The Dunstable Annals//, year 1221
 * general review of //The Dunstable Annals//, years AD 1 – 1221
 * **Wednesday – third exam!**

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