Course Number and Title

Amer20: Civil War Battles for Distance Education

Faculty contact information Township Virtual School 2001 South Dunlop Street Athens, Georgia 30607 www.TVS/Ameri20.com

Learning objectives*To learn about events that was critical to the outcome of the Civil War and its meaning in American history. To learn about the roles ordinary citizens played in making history, both men and women. To learn to analyze what historians can learn from primary source material generated by average citizens. To learn as writers how to incorporate factual material into fictional accounts.

Outcomes: Design and Develop an online project to serve as a basis for a proposed distance education course c. Implement proven strategies to draw conclusions on the causes and effects of the battles. e. Evaluate performance projects and offer feedback as aspects for course assessment requirement K. Gain technology proficiencies: design and implement online project using various technology tools and applications. l. Identify resources and online websites available for multimedia and collaboration m. Develop multimedia podcast or short video, along with written transcripts for ADA compliance (Laureate Education, Inc., 2011) n. Evaluate the overall effect of the battle on American way of life. Determine the best digital medium for delivering content in an online course o. Students engaged in asynchronous discussion for two-week distance education course P. Analyze and critique peer distance education courses

Course Description
The focus of this course is to cover the major battles surrounding the Civil War, with an emphasis on understanding the significance of the War on American way of life, creating a visual experience, design and develop a video production. Students will be involved in social networking, collaborative groups , and using online technologies. Course Support and Calendar Information This information is available to you off-line, and will help with prepare for this course. Hence, it is suggested that you review and print the following items for future reference, as a guide to the course requirements:

This Syllabus The Calendar

Instructor and Course Support Info Schedule of Assignments Course Rubrics

Course material

READ :

Textbook: Scott Foreman (2010). The American History (fifth Ed.). Edmonton,

Alberta, Canada: Athabascas University Press. Online resources: Web Links

Williamson Murray, War and the West, on technology and the Civil War, at http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/1226.200711.murray.warwest.html Evolution of Civil War medicine (see: http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-warmedicine.htm and Museum for Civil War Medicine: http://www.civilwarmed.org/index.cfm Consulting letters, diaries and newspapers: http://etext.virginia.edu/civilwar/ Primary source for Lincoln documents: (http://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/) For specific maps for engagements located at the Library of Congress, see http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/ West Point maps: http://digital-library.usma.edu/collections/maps/civmaps/

Lincoln Library - http://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/ There is also the National Park Service Battlefield site: http://www.nps.gov/archive/anti/home.htm See also Harpers Weekly accounts for specific battles and commanders: http://www.sonofthesouth.net/ Click on the appropriate year, then month and week for sketches and news. James McPherson webcast: http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3491 Overall Civil War site: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html Martin van Creveld on war and technology, essay and video, at http://www.fpri.org/multimedia/20070930.vancreveld.warfaretechnology.html

There may be suggested readings (journal articles, websites, and book excerpts) are assigned throughout the course and may be found within each assignment module.

Assignment information
Online Discussions, Week 12 (8 module Discussions; 5 points each for a total of 45 points) the discussion sessions promotes opportunities for sharing ideas, which is essential for achieving maximum understanding learning. Therefore, each student is obligated to make the posting and to responding twice. Your first Discussion post is due on Day 1 of the first week of each module. Your responses to your classmates postings are due no later than Day 2 of the week. Week 1-2: Course Project Online Distance Education Course (Due Day 8, Week 2) Teams will design, develop, and present a two-week unit of an online distance education course on the four primary Civil War Battles. Students are required to review and refer to the project summary description and grading. Day One, Assignment 1: Team meet and greet on Eliminate Live Session Students will attend online through connecting to Eliminate Live and enjoy introducing themselves and forming teams. The instructor, address, and questions will provide insight about the course. Week One Discussion Questions:

In your opinion, what was the initial cause of the War? How has Medicine used during the Civil War changed today? In addition, what are the benefits?

Compare and contrast the Union and Confederate Armies aims? What were the Capabilities and strategies that used by the Union and how did technology impact on the success of each of the battles?

Determine what the strategies that the Confederate Army used. Where they successful?

Day Two though five, 2: Wiki project resource and planning sessions Teams will meet for the next four days for planning sessions submitting artifacts and giving feedback. Students submit a series of at least one page clearly written papers over the following five days that will build on the overall Battle information. Tuesday- Time Line of the Battle Wednesday Causes of the Battle. Thursday Important people and places Friday Effect of the Battle Week Two, Putting the Project together For the next four days, students will develop a video production that covers the Civil War Battle assigned to their team. Teams can submit project for feedback to the instructor prior to Thursday due date. Each student submits a brief summary on how the Civil War Battles affected the American way of life, what the outcome of the battle, and a reflection on war and its affect on humankind in general.

Week 2 Discussion Posting:

What was the importance of the Decisiveness of Vicksburg and Gettysburg (second stage of modern warfare or sustained/continuous operations) to the Describe what is meant changing aims and the emergence of a concept of total war (with Grant and Sherman) and how it affected each side? Did the Civil War end the issue of States Rights? Explain

Grading scale

Wiki Discussion Rubrics: Creating a login account Posting Responding to teammates questions/suggestions 8 pts 16 pts ( 2pt per posting) 16 pts ( 2 points per posting)

Assignment Rubrics: Fictional Story TimeLine Reflection paper Student Participation/project performance 5pts 5pts 10 pts 50 pts

Grade A = 90% B = 80% C = 70% F = 69% or less 90 100 (90%) 80 90 (80%) 70 80 (70%) 60 - below

AMERI20

Research Report Rubric: Research Report: Causes of the Civil War

Teacher Name: _ Brenda McKoy Student Name:______Fictional Civil War Story_____

CATEGORY Organization

4 Information is very organized into wellconstructed paragraphs.

3 Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs.

2 Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well constructed.

1 The information appears to be disorganized. 8)

Quality of Information

Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples. No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.

Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors

Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given. A few grammatical spelling or punctuation errors. Paragraphs included related information but were typically not constructed well.

Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.

Mechanics

Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Paragraphing structure was not clear and sentences were not typically related within the paragraphs.

Paragraph Construction

All paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence.

Most paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence.

Student Responsibility

Student roles and expectations Students are responsible for reading and completing all assignments in a timely manner and to support their teammates in the completion of the project.

To login into the Wikis everyday during the two weeks for updates and to submit assignments Grammar Check all work before submitting. Contact instructor with concerns immediately Respond in a friendly and appropriate manner to individuals in team and faculty Keep records of all work submitted on hard copy

Academic Honesty Policy: copyright and plagiarism policy

Township Virtual School, Inc., views academic dishonesty as unacceptable and will not tolerate it. Students enrolled in courses are expected to exhibit highest degree of integrity and academic honesty, and to acknowledge the research and ideas of others (Laureate Education, Inc., 2010). Students are responsible to review the list below of forms of

Academic Dishonesty and familiarize themselves with methods to avoid falling into academic dishonesty:

Plagiarism Plagiarism is defined as use of intellectual material produced by another person without acknowledging its source. For example:

Wholesale copying of passages from works of others into an assignment, paper, Discussion forum posting, or thesis or dissertation without acknowledgment

Using the views, opinions, or insights of another without acknowledgment, including citations

Paraphrasing another persons characteristic or original phraseology, metaphor, or other literary device without acknowledgment Copyright law recognizes the right of an author based on whether the work actually is an original creation, rather than based on whether it is unique; two authors may own copyright on two substantially identical works, if it is determined that the duplication was coincidental, and neither was copied from the other.

Township Virtual School, Inc. provides monitoring of students work for plagiarism and copyright infringement. Students are to seek advice and resources from their Instructor on measures to avoid academic dishonesty or go to the TVS website: www.TVW. Com/ academic policy.

Students with Disabilities Township Virtual School, Inc. is committed to offering quality education to all students. Therefore, students with a disability should contact our office of disability at 1-800 5670234 prior to the start of the course and discuss the accommodations available for participation and successful completion of course requirements (Laureate Education, Inc. 2011).

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