Political Science Discussion
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
Welcome to our first Discussion, the Discussion for Module 1: Introduction and Reconstruction. Remember that you need to submit a Discussion Post for each Module as it counts for your Participation grade in the class. Participation is 35% of your overall course grade. For details about Participation and the requirements for Discussion Posts, please see Participation/Discussion section of the syllabus as well as the Discussions Guideline. The Discussions Guideline has instructions about how to write your Discussion Posts, citations instructions, a one paragraph example with footnotes and proper citations and a rubric at the very end that the instructor will use to grade your Discussion Posts in D2L. For policies on how to conduct yourself when interacting with other people in online discussion in this class, please see the "Netiquette Policy" on the syllabus.
For the Module 1: Introduction and Reconstruction Discussion, you first need to read the course syllabus and Chapter 15 in the textbook, The American Yawp. Then, in D2L, under Chapter 15, please also read the short documents under the folders "Introduction to History" and "Assessing Primary Historical Sources" to gain a greater understanding about how the discipline of History works, as well as how to read primary sources and how to approach the primary source questions on chapter quizzes this semester. Finally, under Chapter 15 in D2L, please read the short primary source document entitled "The Case Stated" (Editorial), Harper's Weekly, August 4, 1866. You can find Chapter 15 materials in D2L under the "Content Items," tab, the sub-tab "Content," and then the "Primary Sources" folder.
Once you have done all of that, you are ready to write your Discussion Post for Module 1: Introduction and Reconstruction. Remember, it is highly recommended that you first write your Discussion Post in Microsoft Word or a similar word processing program and save it before you submit it on the D2L Discussion forum for this Module. For your Discussion Post, you need to answer the questions in two separate paragraphs and respond to two of your classmates' Discussion Posts. Please note which paragraph you are responding to (e.g. "Paragraph 1-2" and "Paragraph 3") in your Discussion Post. Please answer the questions, but do not repeat them within the text of your Discussion Post. The questions and instructions for Paragraph 1-2 and Paragraph 3, as well as instructions for your responses are below.
For the Module 1: Introduction and Reconstruction Discussion, you first need to read the course syllabus and Chapter 15 in the textbook, The American Yawp. Then, in D2L, under Chapter 15, please also read the short documents under the folders "Introduction to History" and "Assessing Primary Historical Sources" to gain a greater understanding about how the discipline of History works, as well as how to read primary sources and how to approach the primary source questions on chapter quizzes this semester. Finally, under Chapter 15 in D2L, please read the short primary source document entitled "The Case Stated" (Editorial), Harper's Weekly, August 4, 1866. You can find Chapter 15 materials in D2L under the "Content Items," tab, the sub-tab "Content," and then the "Primary Sources" folder.
Once you have done all of that, you are ready to write your Discussion Post for Module 1: Introduction and Reconstruction. Remember, it is highly recommended that you first write your Discussion Post in Microsoft Word or a similar word processing program and save it before you submit it on the D2L Discussion forum for this Module. For your Discussion Post, you need to answer the questions in two separate paragraphs and respond to two of your classmates' Discussion Posts. Please note which paragraph you are responding to (e.g. "Paragraph 1-2" and "Paragraph 3") in your Discussion Post. Please answer the questions, but do not repeat them within the text of your Discussion Post. The questions and instructions for Paragraph 1-2 and Paragraph 3, as well as instructions for your responses are below.