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Learning Objectives<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In this class, students will learn to:<\/p>\n

1. Develop historical perspectives
\n2. Express themselves clearly
\n3. Locate relevant information
\n4. Identify key historical issues and debates
\n5. Support plausible historical arguments<\/p>\n

This course also meets the U.S. Diversity Requirement. The United States has always been and remains a place of diversity, contest and inequality. The U.S. diversity course explores the ways in which diversity has enriched and complicated our lives. The course examines the intersections of two or more of the following categories of identity in the United States: race, ethnicity, gender, class, religion, sexual orientation, and\/or disability. By considering people\u2019s lived experiences as members of dominant and subordinated groups, this course equips students to engage a complex, diverse United States.<\/p>\n

In this course students will:
\n1. Gain a solid grasp of the course content
\n2. Become more knowledgeable about a complex and diverse United States
\n3. Enhance critical thinking about issues of position, power and privilege
\n4. Recognize the multiple identities that shape our interactions with one another<\/p>\n

Attendance & Participation<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Class\u00a0attendance and participation are both required. \u00a0Students who miss class for sickness or any other unexpected reason should email an explanation along with thoughtful comments about the reading assignment within a week of their absence.\u00a0 There is no need for providing formal excuses from someone else (parent, nurse, etc.).\u00a0 If you know in advance that you will miss class (for job interviews, sporting events, etc.), you need to ask permission in advance by email.\u00a0 Those who attend class but do not participate should try to email comments afterward. \u00a0Such post-class commentary can still help your participation evaluation.\u00a0 More than two unexcused absences or latenesses will result in a reduction in participation grades. \u00a0Repeated unexcused absences or latenesses can also result in course failure.<\/p>\n

Electronics<\/strong><\/h2>\n

No personal electronic devices such as phones, tablets or laptops can be used in this class\u00a0except in rare cases with special permission in advance from Prof. Pinsker.<\/p>\n

Accommodations for Disabilities<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Dickinson values diverse types of learners and is committed to ensuring that each student is afforded\u00a0equitable access\u00a0to participate in all learning experiences. If you have (or think you may have) a learning difference or a disability \u2013 including a mental health, medical, or physical impairment \u2013 that would hinder\u00a0your\u00a0access to\u00a0learning or demonstrating knowledge\u00a0in this class, please contact Access and\u00a0Disability Services (ADS). \u00a0They will confidentially\u00a0explain\u00a0the accommodation request process and the type of documentation that\u00a0Dean and Director Marni Jones will need to\u00a0determine your eligibility for reasonable\u00a0accommodations<\/span>. To learn more about available supports, go to\u00a0www.dickinson.edu\/access<\/a>, email\u00a0\u00a0access@dickinson.edu<\/a>,\u00a0call\u00a0(717) 245-1734, or go to ADS in the Lower Level of Old West, Room 5.<\/p>\n

Privacy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

All student course work can be kept entirely private using the publishing protocols of WordPress. \u00a0Students should prepare all of their posts with visibility set to PRIVATE.\u00a0 That means nobody besides Prof. Pinsker can see your work.\u00a0 But Prof. Pinsker will consider making your public after he evaluates it. \u00a0If he publishes your post, it will appear in search engines and might get pushed out through various social media. \u00a0If you don\u2019t want your work to be considered for publication, simply opt-out by including this statement at the top: \u00a0NOT FOR PUBLICATION.<\/p>\n

Writing Center Visit<\/strong><\/h2>\n

All students should consider visiting the Norman M. Eberly Multilingual Writing Center to support their writing assignments for this course. \u00a0Writers of all levels and abilities need feedback in order to develop their ideas and grow as writers.\u00a0 Dickinson\u2019s trained writing tutors can help you generate ideas, begin drafting, revise a rough draft, figure out your professor\u2019s preferred documentation style, understand and respond to professor feedback, edit your writing \u2013 among other things.\u00a0 You can walk in or call and make an appointment at (717) 245-1620 (or 245-1767 for foreign language writing).\u00a0 For more information about hours and procedures, visit the web:\u00a0http:\/\/www.dickinson.edu\/academics\/resources\/writing-program\/content\/Writing-Center\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Plagiarism<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From Dickinson College Community Standards (adopted 2006):<\/em><\/p>\n

To plagiarize is to use without proper citation or acknowledgment the words, ideas, or work of another.\u00a0 Plagiarism is a form of cheating that refers to several types of unacknowledged borrowing.<\/p>\n