Please Read Carefully:
This course is being offered using Blackboard Vista as the Learning Management System. If you have never used Blackboard vista before, please visit the orientation site.  http://www.ccconline.org/support/vista

You will access your CCA Blackboard Vista course at http://online.ccaurora.edu

Note:  You will not be able to access your course until the start date, June 2^nd.

New this semester: A support desk is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to assist you with setting up your computer and solving problems. http://www.ccaurora.edu/students/helpdesk/

US History to 1877

HIS 201-176/177

3 Credit Hours

(June 2 to Aug 9)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course surveys events, trends, peoples, groups, cultures, ideas and institutions in North American and United States history, including the multiple perspectives of gender, class, and ethnicity, between the period when Native American Indians were the sole inhabitants of North America and the American Civil War.  A principal focus of this course is on developing, practicing, and strengthening the skills historians use while constructing knowledge in the discipline

COURSE WEBSITE:

http://online.ccaurora.edu

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:

Name

Ronnie Peacock

Phone

E-mail

Ronnie.peacock@ccaurora.edu (However, please use email in the Vista course whenever possible)

Fax

Mailbox Location

Not on campus

Other

REQUIRED COMPUTER SKILLS:

·        Send/receive mail

·        Download files to your computer and then open them

·        Basic word processing skills 

·        Experience with the Blackboard Vista tool or having read the orientation guide at http://www.ccconline.org/support/vista

REQUIRED TEXT BOOK(S):

All required; all in a bundle, single ISBN:  0312477228...Bedford/St. Martin’s

Henretta, America’s History, 6^th edition, Vol I

Documents to accompany America’s History, Vol I

Rampolla, writer’s guide

Kolchin, American Slavery 1619-1877

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

none

REQUIRED HARDWARE/ SOFTWARE:

·        Supported Web-browser

·        Supported version of Java

·        To confirm your software is supported, run the Browser Check at http://online.ccaurora.edu

HOW TO GET STARTED:

When you are first able to log in please do the following:

1. Run the Browser Tune-up – it will help to make sure your hardware/software combination is totally compatible with WebCT Vista.

2. Click on the link that says “Start Here”

3. Take the time to play with the course web, look through the pages, try the links, and learn to become comfortable before any assignments are due.

4.  There is a Welcome Assignment. When you have found that, please follow directions and complete. It is an ungraded assignment, but lets me know you hare actively participating and have worked your way through the course web.

ORIENTATION SESSION/FIRST MEETING:

Not applicable.

OTHER INFORMATION:

 Assignments for this course include the following: midterm and final exams (essay); unit (each 2 chapters) assignments (essay and ids); and weekly threaded discussions based on assigned readings. Assignments will be due on Sunday nights, by midnight, as assigned