HIST 261 POSTCONFEDERATION CANADA - History and Classics ...
HIST 261 POSTCONFEDERATION CANADA - History and Classics ...
HIST 261 POSTCONFEDERATION CANADA - History and Classics ...
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The!University!of!Alberta!<br />
<strong>HIST</strong>%<strong>261</strong>%POST+CONFEDERATION%<strong>CANADA</strong>%<br />
(LEC%X01)!<br />
Course!Outline!–!Spring!2012!<br />
!<br />
Mondays!<strong>and</strong>!Wednesdays!6:00PM!C!8:50PM!!<br />
7!May!2012!–!13!June!2012.!!<br />
Tory!Building,!level!1,!room!96!<br />
Course!hash!tag:!#hist<strong>261</strong>!<br />
Office:!Humanities!1C45!<br />
Office!hours:!Mondays!<strong>and</strong>!Wednesdays,!4:00!PM!–!5:00!PM,!or!by!appointment!<br />
!<br />
Shannon!Stunden!Bower!<br />
SSHRC!PostCDoctoral!Fellow!<br />
Department!of!<strong>History</strong>!<strong>and</strong>!<strong>Classics</strong>!<br />
stundenb@ualberta.ca!<br />
twitter:!@stundenbower!<br />
!<br />
Policy!about!course!outlines!can!be!found!in!§23.4(2)!of!the!University!Calendar.!<br />
!<br />
SUMMARY:!<br />
This!course!surveys!major!historical!developments!in!post!Confederation!Canada.!It!also!involves!analysis!<br />
of!how!interpretations!of!the!past!have!evolved!over!time.!In!particular,!this!course!considers!the!<br />
advantages!<strong>and</strong>!disadvantages!of!history!focused!on!prominent!individuals!(<strong>and</strong>!particularly!those!<br />
prominent!through!political!or!military!exploits)!as!compared!to!history!oriented!to!social!groups.!!<br />
!<br />
OBJECTIVES:!!<br />
1. to!analyze!key!events!in!the!post!Confederation!history!of!Canada!<br />
2. to!expose!students!to!a!range!of!materials!used!by!historians!in!reconstructing!the!past!<br />
3. to!enable!students!to!participate!in!both!the!analysis!<strong>and</strong>!the!construction!of!historical!knowledge,!<br />
individually!<strong>and</strong>!within!groups!!<br />
!<br />
COURSE!MATERIALS:!<br />
• One!volume!from!the!Extraordinary!Canadians!Series!(a!limited!number!of!two!suitable!volumes!<br />
are!available!in!the!bookstore)!<br />
• The!People’s!Citizenship!Guide!(available!in!the!bookstore)!<br />
• On!line!articles!available!through!the!course!moodle!<br />
• Fort!Edmonton!Park!<br />
!<br />
EVALUATION:!<br />
• Component!one,!due!16!May:!Archives!Assignment!(marked!out!of!15)!<br />
Provide!a!oneCpage!analysis!of!a!document!from!either!the!Gladys!Reeves!collection!or!the!Ernest!<br />
Brown!collection!at!the!Provincial!Archives!of!Alberta.!!<br />
• Component!two,!due!30!May:!Book!Review!(marked!out!of!20)!<br />
Write!a!twoCpage!review!of!one!volume!(related!to!the!postCconfederation!period)!from!the!<br />
extraordinary!Canadians!series.!!<br />
• Component!three,!due!11!June:!Major!Paper!(marked!out!of!25)!<br />
Write!a!fourCpage!research!paper!on!a!topic!selected!from!a!list!provided!by!the!instructor.!<br />
Or!<br />
Create!a!sixCpage!set!of!letters!between!Ernest!Brown!<strong>and</strong>!Gladys!Reeves!that!addresses!<br />
themes!of!historical!significance.!<br />
• Component!four:!Final!Exam!(marked!out!of!30)!<br />
! 1!
Scheduled!for!Friday!15!June!at!6!pm,!room!to!be!announced.!The!exam!will!be!two!hours!in!<br />
duration.!<br />
• Component!five:!<br />
Participation!(marked!out!of!10)!<br />
Involves!regular!attendance,!contributions!to!inCclass!discussions!<strong>and</strong>!other!courseCrelated!<br />
activities!<br />
!<br />
As!this!is!the!first!time!I!have!taught!this!course,!I!do!not!have!representative!examination!materials!to!<br />
share!with!you.!We!will,!however,!be!designing!the!final!exam!as!a!participatory!exercise!in!class!(meaning!<br />
students!will!help!develop!questions),!so!students!should!have!a!very!good!idea!what!to!expect.!<br />
!<br />
Grading!<br />
Letter!Grade! ! Percentage! ! Grade!Point!Value!<br />
A+! ! ! 90C100! ! ! 4.0!<br />
A! ! ! 85C89! ! ! 4.0!<br />
AC! ! ! 80C84! ! ! 3.7!<br />
B+! ! ! 77C79! ! ! 3.3!<br />
B! ! ! 73C76! ! ! 3.0!<br />
BC! ! ! 70C72! ! ! 2.7!<br />
C+! ! ! 67C69! ! ! 2.3!<br />
C! ! ! 63C66! ! ! 2.0!<br />
CC! ! ! 60C62! ! ! 1.7!<br />
D+! ! ! 57C59! ! ! 1.3!<br />
D! ! ! 53C56! ! ! 1.0!<br />
DC! ! ! 50C52! ! ! 1.0!<br />
F! ! ! 0C50! ! ! 0!<br />
!<br />
!<br />
ACADEMIC!DISHONESTY:!<br />
The!University!of!Alberta!is!committed!to!the!highest!st<strong>and</strong>ards!of!academic!integrity!<strong>and</strong>!honesty.!<br />
Students!are!expected!to!be!familiar!with!these!st<strong>and</strong>ards!regarding!academic!honesty!<strong>and</strong>!to!uphold!the!<br />
policies!of!the!University!in!this!respect.!Students!are!particularly!urged!to!familiarize!themselves!with!the!<br />
provisions!of!the!Code!of!Student!Behaviour!(online!at!<br />
www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/secretariat/studentappeals.cfm!)!<strong>and</strong>!avoid!any!behaviour!which!could!<br />
potentially!result!in!suspicions!of!cheating,!plagiarism,!misrepresentation!of!facts!<strong>and</strong>/or!participation!in!<br />
an!offence.!Academic!dishonesty!is!a!serious!offence!<strong>and</strong>!can!result!in!suspension!or!expulsion!from!the!<br />
University.!<br />
!<br />
POLICY!ON!LATE!ASSIGNMENTS:!<br />
Late assignments will be docked a penalty of 10% for the first day, <strong>and</strong> a further 3% for each day after<br />
that, weekends included. Assignments are due at or prior to the beginning of class on the due date. I am<br />
willing to grant extensions provided the extension is requested in person (not over the phone or by<br />
email), prior to the due date, <strong>and</strong> is adequately justified OR a doctor’s note (or a note from another<br />
suitable authority) accompanies an extension request made on or after the due date.<br />
!<br />
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