Student is to be present, to be on time, and to actively participate in class discussion.  

See NHCC attendance policy.

Students will read the assigned portions of the course textbook.  

As part of the midterm and final exams, students will report the approximate percentage of the assigned readings completed.  

This percentage will have bearing on the mark of the exam.  

In addition, a significant portion of the midterm and final exams will be taken from the textbook material.  

Every week there will be a short quiz on the reading assigned for that week.  

Each quiz will be taken on Populi during the week at the student’s convenience.  

The quizzes can be found on the dashboard or on the tests tab in Populi.  

The quiz may be taken at any time during the week until the beginning of class on Thursday afternoon.  

The quizzes are closed book and have a strict time limit.

As a significant portion of class time will be taken with smaller group discussion on the significance and current application of principles learned from historical study,

each student is expected to contribute to this discussion.  

The instructor will assign a grade based on the demonstration of each student’s participation in and contribution to these discussions.

In conjunction with the textbook reading, each student will read a minimum of 100 pages of collateral reading from primary source documents (that is documents written at the time of the events described).  

There are a number of primary resources in the library from which to choose.  

There are also many of the classics available on the web.  

Each student will report on the reading done.  

 Due Thursday April 21, 1 pm.

 Student may earn up to 10% extra credit for primary source reading in excess of 150 pages.  

The student will report using the same format as the Required Reading Report.  

The Extra Credit reading report shall be a separate document labeled as extra credit primary source reading report. 

Due Thursday April 28, 1 pm.

Students will choose an event, movement, controversy, or person from the course topics or textbook.  

The topic will be submitted for instructor approval.  

The student will research the topic in depth and present their findings.  

The findings may be given in a research paper format, but the student may also choose to present the material in a creative format.   

This may include audio-visual, artistic etc. communication that is appropriate to the subject matter and fulfills the project requirements.  

All resources must be documented, no matter the project format.  

The project will be marked on the demonstrated understanding of the historical event(s) and must include enough research and detail to demonstrate college level understanding.  

The format and creativity of presentation will have no bearing on the mark.  

Topic Due Thursday Feb. 11, 1pm.

Project Due Thursday April 7, 1pm.

A 60-minute exam covering all of the material covered up to that point and all of the textbook reading assigned up to that point.

Thursday March 3 at 1pm.

A 100-minute exam covering all of the material covered after the midterm and all of the textbook reading assigned after the midterm.

Wednesday May 4 at 1pm.