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MELISSA GUNBYAPRIL QUARTER

History 221: Us History from 1865

Food and Drink Professional Behavior

Heald College has a policy of no food or drink in the classroom, other than bottled water. Please follow this policy.

Respect is the rule in my classroom. Please respect yourself, your classmates and your instructor.

Silence your cell phones.

Be awake and attentive during class times

Classroom Rules

Contact information

Melissa_gunby@heald.edu (_ between first and last names)

msgunby@gmail.com530-508-6501 (message or text)mgunby.wikispaces.com

Please call, text, or email if you will be late or miss class

Please fill out your index card with the following:

Name (nickname?)Program at Heald (if not an AA student)Any and all phone numbers (please indicate

which is good for text messages)Any and all email addresses

About me

Melissa Gunby

BA English and BA History: Willamette University, 2002

MA English Composition: CSU Sacramento, 2008

I sometimes play the trumpet with the Woodland Community Band, when I’m not teaching on Tuesday nights.

I also teach at Woodland Community College and Solano College

I have a cat

I knit and crochet

Introduce yourselves

Please tell the class Your name What your program was before AA What is something you’ve done that you don’t think

anyone else in class has done? If you’re wrong and someone else has done it, you must

come up with something else.

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS CLASS

Course Overview

Important Notes

Because this is an evening class, and some of you may be coming straight from work, we will take a longer break for dinner (20 minutes) around 7:50 each week.

Course Requirements

Weekly Response Journals

3 Essays of at least 1000 words

Group PresentationFinal Presentation4 chapter quizzesMidtermFinal Exam

Projects: 50%Exams: 40%Participation: 10%

Weekly Response Journals

Each week, you will be asked to write an informal response to the reading for the week. This is a place for you to pose questions or reflect on the reading, and to process the information and be ready to engage in discussion.

You should write at minimum, one page typed, per week.

These assignments are worth 10 points of project/assignments

3 essays

Essay 1: Due May 13. This essay will be assigned on week 2.

Essay 2: Each student will be responsible for writing their own essay as part of the group project. Due June 10.

Essay 3: The written research component of the final presentation project. Due July 1.

Each written assignment will be worth 100 points.

Group presentation

I will let students choose their own work group, and each group will be given a year (or period) in history to investigate.

Groups will give a presentation on their time period.A handout will be given on this assignment as we get

closer.Time will be given to work on this assignment in

class, but I will expect some outside work/collaboration.

Only the presentation will be graded collaboratively, and will be worth 50 points

Presentations will be given in class on June 10

Final Presentation

Each student will do a final research project that will be made up of a(n) A) 3-4 page (1000

word) paper and B) oral presentation to

the class on this topic

The final presentation will be worth 50 points.

Combined with the essay, this assignment is worth 150 points total.

Tests and Quizzes

4 chapter quizzes There will be 4 chapter

quizzes on the following dates: May 6 May 20 June 17 June 24

Midterm Exam The midterm exam will

be held on May 27. It will be a combination of multiple choice, short answer, and essay.

Final Exam The final exam will be

held in class on July 1and will follow the format of the midterm.

Random Odds and Ends

Each week, I will provide students with an agenda for the class, which outlines the activities and homework for the day.

Besides the assignments already discussed, there will be regular classroom discussion on the topics outlined on the syllabus for each week.

Each student is responsible for being prepared to engage in a thoughtful discussion on the topics presented, or for any activities planned.

Plagiarism and late work

Classroom rules

Plagiarism will not be tolerated. You need to complete you own work and cite your sources within your essays according to MLA format.

Late work will lose 10% per day it is late.

Response papers will not be accepted late.

Please follow Heald’s policies of no food or drinks in the classroom. When/if I bring treats, please take them outside.

Silence or turn off your phone when you come into the room. Also, unplug from your iPod, mp3, etc.

Policies

The 50 States and their Capitals

Pop Quiz!

Match the name of the president with the dates of his term.

You may work with a partner.You may not use your book or the internet.

THE CONSTITUTION AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS

Review

The US Constitution

Though ratified in 1787, the United States Constitution came under heavy criticism by anti-federalists who were upset that certain guarantees of individual rights were not included. Others in the Constitutional Convention only approved of the Constitution on the understanding that a guarantee of such rights would be added. The Bill of Rights, written by James Madison were the first additions, or amendments made to the Constitution. They guarantee certain individual rights like freedom of speech, religion, the right to petition the government for redress of grievances, the right to a jury, the right to bear arms, and other rights. The Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791.

Discussion

How many amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

What are they?

Amendments 1 and 2

Amendment I – Free Speech, Religion, and PressCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II – Right to Bear ArmsA well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendments 3 and 4

Amendment III – Housing SoldiersNo Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV – Unlawful Search and SeizureThe right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment 5

Amendment V – Self IncriminationNo person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendments 6 and 7

Amendment VI – Due ProcessIn all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

Amendment VII – Right to Trial by JuryIn suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendments 8, 9, and 10

Amendment VIII – Cruel and Unusual PunishmentExcessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment IX – Does not preclude other rightsThe enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X – States RightsThe powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Situations

The state of Utah, being predominately LDS decides to pass a law that requires all students across the state to attend a Mormon church meeting once a week. If students neglect to attend this meeting, they will be suspended from school ad will not graduate from high school. Can the government pass laws like this?

A new law is passed by Congress and the President that says guns will no longer be available for sale in America. All firearms are to be destroyed and all gun manufacturers must stop producing guns of any sort. Any citizen that currently owns a gun must turn it over to the government for complete and utter destruction. Is this constitutional?

Students at Farmington Junior High uncover a secret plot between the principle at their school and the mayor in which the mayor is bribing the principle to pass certain students whose parents are promising their vote, if little Johnny passes Jr. High. Students report their findings to the Davis County Clipper. and a shocking article is printed detailing all the evidence of the secret plot, which resulted in the firing of the principle and the removal of the mayor from office. Was it illegal for the students and the newspaper to write such an article?

In June 2002, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the phrase “under God” was unconstitutional. Why? (Name the amendment—the number and what it says) What do you think about it?

There are many people in this country who are against the death penalty because they say it is unconstitutional. Why would it be unconstitutional? What do you think?

In 1930, eight black youths were sentenced to death in a hastily carried-out trial without benefit of a lawyer. In 1932, in Powell v. Alabama, the Supreme Court set aside these convictions. Why would the Supreme Court reverse such a conviction? What do you think?

California Law 11362.5, sometimes called the Compassionate Use Act and better known as Proposition 215 is a law in which certain individuals who qualify can be prescribed marijuana for medicinal purposes. The United States Supreme Court recently made a decision which makes it illegal to do this. Federal law states that there is no medical use for marijuana and any use of it is illegal under federal statute. The issue faced was whether the federal government has the right to overturn a state law that the people helped create. Can Congress tell the people they do not have a voice in making the laws for their state, or tell a state legislature that they, too, do not have the right to make laws for their state if those 535 people in Congress do not like the laws they pass? (Name the amendment, what it says, and your opinion.)

Why can I, as an individual citizen, get up in the morning, go to work, eat the foods I want, and pretty much live my life without worrying that I’m violating the Supreme Law of the Land--the Constitution—because these liberties aren’t specifically listed?

Review: Leading up to the Civil War

Discussion Question: What was the cause of the Civil War?

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Activity

In small groups, you will analyze newspaper articles from Augusta County, Virginia during the debate over whether Virginia should secede from the union.

Homework

Read chapters 16 and 17

Response PaperMelissa Gunby

msgunby@gmail.com

Melissa_Gunby@heald.edu

mgunby.wikispaces.com

530-508-6501