Exams: All exams
will be essay exams. Three exams will be given during the course
of the semester. Each of these exams will cover about one-third
of the course material and each will count for 25 percent of the
student's final grade. The first two exams have been tentatively
scheduled for September 21 and November 9. The third exam will
be given during the final exam period on Monday, December 14,
at 12:00-2:00.
Analysis Paper on Canadian
National Identity: The scholar Seymour Martin Lipset
writes, "National identity is the quintessential
Canadian issue. Almost alone among modern developed countries,
Canada has continued to debate its self-conception to the present
day" (Lipset, Continental Divide, 42, emphasis
added). Each student will prepare an analysis paper to answer
the question, Why has Canada as a modern state failed to develop
a strong sense of national identity? To answer this question
students are to focus their inquiries in one of four topical areas:
(1) The relationship between Anglophone (English-speaking) and
Francophone (French-speaking) Canadians; (2) The relationship
of Canada to the British Empire; (3) The relationship of Canada
to the United States; and (4) the relationship of center to periphery
(defined here as either the relationship of Ontario and Quebec
to the rest of Canada or as the relationship of the federal government
to the provinces). Students are to write their papers from material
gathered from lectures, required readings (including Maclean's
magazine), and library research. While there is no maximum or
minimum length required for the analysis paper, papers of 12-15
pages are ideal. The analysis paper will count for 15 percent
of the student's final grade. Students must pick the subject
of their analysis papers by September 4. The analysis papers
are due December 2.
Historical Context of Current
Events: Students will write four brief papers, which
show the historical background of current events in Canada. For
each paper, students should pick one current event in Canada (as
described in Maclean's) and show its background
in the history we are studying in class. Student papers should
be no more than 2-3 pages long. The grades of the papers will
be averaged together and the average will count for 10 percent
of the student's final grade. The current events papers will
be due on September 9, October 2, October 23, and November 16.
Make-Up Assignments:
Students will be allowed to make up missed assignments only with
the consent of the professor. Ordinarily, the professor will
accept make-up assignments only in cases of unavoidable student
absences, such as those caused by illness or by a death in the
immediate family. Students may be required to document the causes
of their absences before the professor will accept the make-up
work.
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Dr. Harold D. Tallant, Department of History, Georgetown College
400 East College Street, Georgetown, KY 40324, (502) 863-8075
E-mail: htallant@georgetowncollege.edu.
