PRESENTATION COLLEGE – ABERDEEN, SD

 

 

HISTORY AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN (HS313IN)

Three Semester Hours

FALL 2010

Blackboard

 

Welcoming people of all faiths, Presentation College challenges learners toward academic excellence and, in the Catholic tradition, the development of the whole person.

 

 

 

Instructor:      Dr. Brad Tennant, Associate Professor, Department of Arts & Sciences

Office Hours: C333 MWF 7:00-8:45 am; TR 7:00-11:00 am CST (or by appointment).

                        (605) 229-8577 or 1-800-437-6060 ext. 577 

E-mail:  Brad.Tennant@presentation.edu

 

 

Texts:              American Indians – Answers to Today’s Questions (Second Edition) by Jack

Utter.  National Woodlands Publishing Company, 2001. ISBN: 9780806133096

 

The Lakota Way by Joseph M. Marshall III.  Penguin Compass, 2001.
ISBN: 9780142196090

 

 

Supplementary Readings: (Each of these will have links through Blackboard)

 

The American Indian Experience (website)
Indian Country Today  (newspaper)

                        Lakota Country Times  (newspaper)

                       

 

 

Course Description:

            HISTORY AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN (HS313) is designed to serve as a social science/human culture core elective and a cultural diversity elective for students interested in the study of North American Indians throughout history.  The course will cover the origins and distribution of various North American Indian cultures prior to European contact; cultural changes resulting from white contact ranging from the Columbian period to the present; the role of federal Indian policies; and the relationship between American Indians and states, with an emphasis on South Dakota.  Outside reading required.

 

 

 

 

Presentation College General Education Course Goals and Outcomes for HS313:

Goals

Outcomes

1. Graduates will read with understanding and think critically.

1a. Read and analyze a short written work.

1b. Demonstrate the critical thinking skills of comprehension, understanding, analysis, application, synthesis and evaluation that pertain to general academic disciplines.

2. Graduates will express themselves clearly, correctly, and succinctly in writing.

2.d. Compose a research-based essay correctly using multiple resource types.

5. Graduates will develop a critical awareness of the diversity of human cultures found in the historical or contemporary world.

5a. Analyze historical events from a multi-cultural perspective.

5b. Articulate interrelationships of individuals, societies, and historical/cultural context.

5c. Comprehend the diversity of perspectives among people of differing religious beliefs, backgrounds, races, genders, ages, sexual orientations, physical capabilities, and ethnicities.

5d. Demonstrate reading and critical thinking skills in the context of the social sciences.

7. Graduates will understand and appreciate the range and/or depth of creative achievement in human thought and works, as found in the traditional humanities disciplines.

7b. Demonstrate competence in contextualizing creative works and ideas.

7c. Demonstrate reading and critical thinking skills in the context of the Humanities.

9. Graduates will show proficiency in the use of technology.

9.a. Use the computer as a word processing tool.

9.b. Use the Internet as a research tool.

 

 

 

Instructor Goals:

1)      Students should appreciate cultural differences between groups of people and over a period of time.

2)      Students should understand the short-term and long-term cultural impact of the European presence in North America.

3)      Students will have a broader understanding of the role of American Indians throughout various stages of American history from the colonial period to the present day.

4)      Students will come to understand the purposes and resulting consequences of U.S. Indian policy by looking at past practices and treaties and their significance today.

5)      Students will learn of specific Indian and non-Indian individuals who have played significant roles in shaping American history.

 

Instructional Techniques:

            This is designed entirely as a Blackboard course.  Assignments involve reading the text or a website and responding to questions.  Check each assignment on a regular basis for individual due dates.  Discussion boards will be used to post your thoughts or questions about the various topics.  Please feel free to ask questions or make comments.

 

ADA Statement:

            Presentation College is committed to ensuring equal learning opportunities for all students and provides reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities in accordance with the College’s procedures.  If you are a student requiring accommodations or services, please contact the Office of Disability Services at 1-800-437-6060, Ext. 581.

 

 

Assessment and Grading:

 

            Students should also be familiar with Presentation College's policies regarding academic integrity.  These are found in the college catalog under "Academic Policies."

 

Academic achievement will be based on weekly questions and discussion postings (20 points per week), three sets of article summaries (20 points each), one book review (20 points), and one paper (30 points).

 

WEEKLY QUESTIONS.  You will be given a selection of essay questions from which you may choose THREE to address.  Each essay should be no longer than 1-2 paragraphs and will be marked 0/3/5 points.  All written work should be paraphrased from the readings as opposed to copied word for word.  The odds of two people using exactly the same wording in their responses are not that great.  DO YOUR OWN WORK.  These should be emailed through Web CT as Microsoft Word attachments.

 

DISCUSSION POINTS – For each set of weekly questions, you will write a paragraph with your thoughts or questions related to the week’s topics.  These can be about any topic mentioned in the readings.  These will be posted on the Discussion Board.  0/3/5 points for each posting.

 

ARTICLE SUMMARIES include three sets of TWO ARTICLES.  Each student will choose two articles dealing with American Indian issues for each set due.  A short, typed summary with your comments and a bibliographic citation for each article should be posted on the Discussion Board.  Citations should include the author, title of the article, source, date, and page number (if applicable).

 

The BOOK REVIEW will be a 2-3 page paper on The Lakota Way.

 

The PAPER will be typed, double-spaced and a minimum of five pages in length.  Topics may deal with a variety of areas including archaeology, anthropology, religion, history, government, economics, art, or literature.  Sources should be properly cited.

 

Rubric for assessing weekly questions and postings:

  • Advanced (5 points): Student includes accurate and specific information in the appropriate historical context with virtually no significant mistakes.  Work is accurately paraphrased and not simply copied and pasted.
  • Average (3 points): Student provides a general understanding of the topic but is limited in specifics or contains a significant mistake.
  • Unsatisfactory (0 points): Student does not demonstrate any accurate and specific information in the appropriate historical context.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following rubric will be used for assessing the article summaries, book review, and paper.

·         Advanced (A/A-): Student includes accurate and specific information in the appropriate historical context with only minor mistakes.

·         Above Average (B): Student uses relevant and accurate information but 

      either has minor mistakes or lacks specifics.

·         Average (C): Student provides a general understanding of the topic but is

       limited in specifics or contains a significant mistake.

·         Below Average (D): Student demonstrates a vague or poorly developed

      understanding of the topic with several significant mistakes.

·         Unsatisfactory (F): Student did not submit a paper.

           

Letter grades will be assigned according to the following scale based on the highest total number of points received by any student in the class.

                                    96% and above           = A

                                    90-95%                        = A-

                                    87-89%                        = B+

                                    83-36%                        = B

                                    80-82%                        = B-

                                    70-79%                        = C

                                    60-69%                        = D

                                    59% and below           = Failing

 

Attendance:

            As stated in the Presentation College catalog, "Each student is expected to attend every class session and be on time.  If for any reason a student must be absent from class, the responsibility of making up work rests entirely upon the student."  This is also true when submitting your work on time.  It is your responsibility as the student to stay on task with the assignments.

-          This is a survey of the history of civilization to circa 1500.  It will require a great deal of reading and writing.

-          Assignments and postings are due by 12:00 noon (CT) of the scheduled date.  Please allow me two to three days to respond to your work, although I will try to reply by the end of the day.  I will not be in a rush to correct work that is submitted late.

-          Two points will be deducted after 12:00 pm (noon) each day an assignment is late.

-          You may work ahead if you so desire.  Although I will try to reply as soon as possible, I may not correct your work until it is closer to the actual due date.

-          I do not give “incompletes.” 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HISTORY AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN (HS313IN)

THREE SEMESTER HOURS

FALL 2010

 

Readings/Topics and Due Dates

 

Aug. 31           -           PC Classes Begin

 

Sept. 7             -           Utter (pp. 3-19; Section A: The Indian People);
                                    Lesson One/Posting Due by Noon

 

Sept. 14           -           Article Summaries Due – Post by Noon
                                   

Sept. 21           -           Utter (Section B: Indian Tribes);
                                    Lesson Two/Posting Due by Noon

 

Sept. 28           -           Utter (Section C: Treaties and Agreements);
                                    Lesson Three/Posting Due by Noon

 

Oct. 5              -           Article Summaries Due – Post by Noon

 

Oct. 13                        -           Oct. 12th – Fall Break; Utter (Section D: Myth, Misinformation, and
                                     Stereotype; Lesson Four/Posting Due by Noon Wednesday, Oct. 13th
                                     

Oct. 19                        -           Book Review Due - The Lakota Way

 

Oct. 26                        -           Utter (Section E: Culture and Religion);
                                    Lesson Five/Posting Due by Noon

 

Nov. 2             -           Utter (Section G: Land, Resources, and Non-Gaming Economics;
                                    Lesson Six/Posting Due by Noon

 

Nov. 9             -           Article Summaries Due – Post by Noon

 

Nov. 16           -           Utter (Section H: Legal Status and Tribal Self-Government);
                                    Lesson Seven/Posting Due by Noon

 

Nov. 23           -           Utter (Section I: The Bureau of Indian Affairs);
                                    Lesson Eight/Posting Due by Noon

 

Nov. 30           -           Utter (Section J: Health and Section K: Education);
                                    Lesson Nine/Posting Due by Noon

 

Dec. 7              -           Final Paper Due