There are thousands of points available in this course (plus a lot of possible extra credit). The assignments are intended to be interesting and not all that difficult. Some of these I am trying in class for the first time. So I will talk a bit about each of them when we meet, and I will also take into consideration the experimental nature of some of these papers in your grade for each assignment. The grading scale is just below.
Course Grading Scale
- 1,000-900: A
- 899-800: B
- 799-700: C
- 699-600: D
- 599-000: F
Required Assignments
- 200 points, midterm exam (You will email the essay to me. The rest of the exam is in class.)
- 50 points, short paragraph one and presentation/discussion
- 50 points, short paragraph two and presentation/discussion
- 100 points, current events paper and presentation
- 200 points, final exam (You will email the essay to me. The rest of the exam is in class.)
Other Assignment Options
- 500 points personal world history assignment
- 0-350 points, create a new web module assignment
- 200 points, research paper and presentation/discussion
- 100 points, pop culture paper and presentation/discussion
- 100 points, Wikipedia analysis paper and presentation/discussion
- 100 points, a module essay paper
- 100 points, my family and history paper and presentation/discussion
- 100 points maximum, optional class presentation on an approved topic
- 50 points, a movie review paper
- 5 points for every class that you attend
- Find any course typo, spelling error or broken link. You should email to me any of these mistakes for extra credit.
- Suggest something!
Some Important Considerations
- NOTE that proper grammar, spelling and style are an inherent, and necessary, part of each assignment in this course. You may wish to review the materials in Charlie's History Writing Center.
- Remember that any course assignment not submitted on time will be reduced by five points per calendar day.
- Please feel free to use the services of The Writing Center at Loudoun. Jeremy and his tutors can do great work helping you on any of your writing assignments (and I offer extra credit for using the Writing Center).
- College technical support information from the Help Desk for students is at 703.426.4141 or www.nvcc.edu/ithd/
