History 11 Orientation

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History 11 Orientation

• A Guide to all you need to know and learn to be
  successful in Dr. DelGaudios course

FDRs Wheelchair
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Key Elements of History 11

• Instructor Julian J. DelGaudio, Ph.D.
• Office Hours 11-1230, 2-3 MW and by appt.
• Office Number M202
• Office Phone [phone]
• Email jdelgaudio_at_lbcc.edu

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Key Elements of History 11

• Course Information
• Survey 1877-2007 (130 years)
• Method Thematic Approach using 7 major narrative
  themes
• Multiculturalism
• Regional Differentiation
• Private Enterprise and the Warfare State
• Cultural Change
• Social and Cultural Outsiders
• Role of Government
• Empire
• Themes are Course Learning Objectives/Student
  Learning Outcomes

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Multicultural Theme and Topics
Definition of theme
List of Topics for this theme related to each
exam
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Regional Differentiation Thems and Topics
Definition of theme
List of Topics for this theme related to each
exam
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Private Enterprise Theme and Topics
Definition of theme
List of Topics for this theme related to each
exam
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Cultural Change Theme and Topics
Definition of theme
List of Topics for this theme related to each
exam
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Government Theme and Topics
Definition of theme
List of Topics for this theme related to each
exam
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Empire Theme and Topics
Definition of theme
List of Topics for this theme related to each
exam
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Ecology Theme and Topics
List of Topics for this theme related to each
exam
Definition of theme
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Outsider Theme and Topics
Definition of theme
List of Topics for this theme related to each
exam
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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

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Key Elements of History 11

• Course Information
• Assigned Reading
• Jacqueline Jones, et.al., Created Equal, 3th
  Edition, 2008

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Additional Reading?

• Website resources listed on the Learning Modules
  Page offer opportunities for further exploration
  of topics covered in each chapter

Mathematics and History?
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Webenhanced History 11

• This section of History 11 is an enhanced class
• Webenhanced H11 extend the classroom into
  cyberspace
• Store documents

• Class URL http//coursepages.lbcc.edu/histjdg/his
  t11oljdg
• Publishers website http//www.bedfordstmartins.c
  om/preview/0312443501/overview.aspx

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Honors History 11

• Two Options
• Research Essay based on documents from the
  National Archives and Historical Society of Long
  Beach
• Service Learning Project based on internship at
  the Historical Society of Long Beach

LBCSP involves students in an active
understanding of How the place they live and
Study in came into being through a community
based research or service learning project
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How the Honors class works
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How the Regular class works
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How the class works
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Writing for History 11
Go to the themes and topics page at the
website Select a theme Say Multiculturalism Selec
t 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.
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Writing 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.
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What Should I do Next?

• Visit Course 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!