History 11 Orientation A Guide to all you need to know and learn to be successful in Dr. DelGaudio’s course FDR’s Wheelchair

Key Elements of History 11 Instructor: Julian J. DelGaudio, Ph.D. Office Hours: by appt. Office Number: M200 Office Phone: 562-938-4680 Email: jdelgaudio@lbcc.edu

Key Elements of History 11 Course Information Survey: 1877-2007 (130 years) Method: Thematic Approach using 8 major narrative themes Multiculturalism Regional Differentiation Private Enterprise and the Warfare State Cultural Change Social and Cultural Outsiders Role of Government Empire and Ecology and Ecological Change Each themes is a Course Learning Objective/Student Learning Outcome

Key Elements of History 11 Course Information Course Learning Objectives: Investigate importance of each theme over entire period of study, hence assume recurrence of themes over time Analyze themes through topics to be identified and discussed for each examination cycle Four Essay Examinations Final Examination is not cumulative

Key Elements of History 11 Course Information Assigned Reading: Jacqueline Jones, Created Equal, 3th Edition, 2008.

History for the smart, the fearless, and the fun loving What history really add up?

On Line History This section of History 11 is an On Line class On Line classes extend the classroom into cyberspace Store documents Maintain Discussion Topic Sentence Forums Class URL: http://ezone.lbcc.edu/main/login/ Publisher’s website:http://wps.ablongman.com/long_jones_ce_1

How the class works Total pages: About 900 (divided by 18 = 50 per wk) First Exam Second Exam Third Exam Final Exam Student assessment activities (5%) Grade 15% Grade Jones, Ch 16-18 Jones, Ch 19-22 Jones, Ch 23-26 Jones, 27-30 Discussion Forum postings Discussion Forum and topic sentences postings are 35% Grade Practice Topic Sentences Total pages: About 900 (divided by 18 = 50 per wk)

How the class works Every Week Some Weeks Read a Chapter in Jones Study Chapter themes and topics, Vocabulary Fill out and turn in Surveys; post a student bio; Post to post exam forums Listen to and read posted lectures Take Lecture Notes Write a topic Sentence/post to topic forum; Each exam cycle, post to Lecture discussion forum Take an Exam

Themes and Topics

Themes and Topics

Themes and Topics

Themes and Topics

Themes and Topics

Themes and Topics

Themes and Topics

Writing Topic Sentences for History 11 Go to the themes and topics page at the website Select a theme: Say Multiculturalism Select a topic from among the many listed below the theme: Say Topic # 3: Ethnic Ancestry of the First Industrial Elite Review the vocabulary for the chapter, select meaningful terms that relate to the topic: Say, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller and Thomas A. Edison Write a topic sentence beginning with the topic as your subject, and using the vocabulary terms as the object of the sentence.

Writing Topic Sentences for History 11 Theme: Multiculturalism Topic # 3: Ethnic Ancestry of the First Industrial Elite Vocabulary: Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller and Thomas A. Edison A topic sentence: “The ethnic ancestry of the first industrial elite provides evidence, it was male, white Anglo-Saxon Protestants (or WASPs), whether native born in the case of Rockefeller and Edison, or foreign born in the case of Carnegie, who dominated post Civil War American industrial leadership.”

Writing Topic Sentences for History 11 For more on how to create topic sentence in History 11 visit the new website Topic Sentence Central for more explanation and activities you can engage in to learn how to use this method of analysis. http://itdc.lbcc.edu/oer/basicskills/topicStatement/index.php

What Should I do Next? Visit Website to familiarize yourself with its content Download and fill out Student Survey, email results to the instructor Start reading Jones Begin Thinking About how we came to this point in our history!