Wednesday, June 1, 2016

American History through 1800 (HIST-220-M002: The United States Through 1877 (Online))

I am taking an American History course with BYU Independent Study online that gives me college credit, it is called HIST-220-M002: The United States Through 1877 (Online). I have taken 6 quizzes,
have read 5 chapters in the textbook ( there was one quiz that wasn't part of a lesson)
 American Journey and have an overall grade of 98% A so far. I am currently on lesson 6,
chapter 6 and am also reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine. I have to write a 500-word 
discussion board response in which I consider what the document reveals about the time period in which it was written by about Monday 11:59 pm. There are 3 Exams, with 2 Midcourse and one Final. The first Midcourse covers lessons 1-6, the second Midcourse covers lessons 7-11, and the Final exam covers lessons 12-16. There are 16 lessons and 16 lesson quizzes based on the 16 chapters in the American Journey volume 1. There is also a Welcome to the Course which has a quiz about dates, events and places. There are 2 write-ups, 5-page responses to specific prompts, one on the constitution in lesson 7 ( which is after my Midcourse Exam 1), and another on the book on The Slave Community  in lesson 7. I am not allowed to post any Course material so I cant tell you the objectives, but I can tell you Lesson 1-3 dealt with pre-contact, rediscovery, Columbian exchange, exploration and colonization, culture during this era and the mix of cultures, Lesson 4 Anglo-French wars in N.America and other things, Lessons 5-6 Imperial breakdown tension build up, main protested acts of Parliament in the colonies, and the Revolutionary war etc. 
I hope to finish the course before 3 months are up, which when I pass it will give me Brigham Young University credit for American Heritage. I already passed HIST 201 World History too 1500 with a B+ last year and hope to get a better grade this year on HIST 220 U.S History Through 1877.

Update:I got 93% A on my first Midcourse exam

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