Palomar College Melinda S. Klein

Welcome to my faculty website. As an enrolled student in my class(es), I provide a printed syllabus at the first class meeting.

However, enrolled students may print another copy at any time by logging into Blackboard at: <http://blackboard.palomar.edu/ >

Students: To access Blackboard set up for your class, click the Login button at the top left and follow the instructions to log in.

Logging In: Your username is your nine-digit Palomar student ID number and your password is whatever you have set it to in eServices. If you have not set your password in eServices, or if you are having trouble logging in, see the hyperlink to instructions posted to set your password in eServices.

I cannot help you with log-in issues. Blackboard materials and access are demonstrated at the first day of class along with a course discussion. Printed syllabi provided at the first day of class as well.

Attend the first day of class; otherwise, you might be dropped as a no show. A printed course syllabi provided at the first day of class.

Adding: attend the first day of the class meeting. If there is a seat available, I will add you to the class! While my classes fill rather fast, I accept students crashing the course on the first day.

Instructor class teaching schedule and books required to purchase for Spring 2010 classes are found below...

In my classes a part of the homework is to view the assigned the streamed-media Video Lectures (10 minute overviews) after class in conjunction with studying your lecture notes and participating in the class in a variety of activities. These will play for you directly from Blackboard.
Streamed media hosted by You Tube.

Watch a History 101 class VL here
American Revolution and the Pattern of War
(10 minutes)

If you are interested in my classes, but have other questions please email.

Your books are located at the campus bookstore. For Spring 2010 classes, you will need to purchase (either from www.amazon.com or another online book seller or from the college bookstore) the following books to complete the course.

Book and Class List for Spring 2010:
History 101, section 33765
Mon/Wed 9:30-10:50am in P-20

History 102, section 31375
Mon/Wed 12:30-1:50pm in SW-2
(16 weeks on the Main Campus)

History 101, section 31317
Mon/Wed 2-3:20pm in SW-2
(16 weeks on the Main Campus)

History Books for History 101 (both sections)
All books are paperback and required reading:

The American Promise to 1877 volume I, 4th edition (Value $28) by James Roark, et al. Bedford St Martins, 2009. ISBN: 0312489463

Young Men and the Sea, Yankee Seafarers in the Age of the Sail by Daniel Vickers. Yale University Press, 2005. ISBN: 0300123663

The Autobiography of Ashley Bowen, 1728-1813 by Ashley Bowen (edited by Daniel Vickers). Broadview Editions, 2006. ISBN: 1551117819

The American Promise, a history of the United States from 1865 volume II by James L. Roark, et al. Bedford St Martins, 2009. 4th Value Edition. ISBN: 0312489471

How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis (intro by Luc Sante). Penguin Classics, 1997. ISBN: 0140436790

Typhoid Mary, captive to the public's health by Judith Walzer Leavitt. Beacon Press, 1997

All books listed above for Spring 2010 classes are required; all in paperback.

I thank you for interest in my classes! Please feel free to contact me for further information regarding the history courses I teach at Palomar College.

If you are not an enrolled student, please feel free to browse the course information provided for you in the class links (see left). Posted are (past) syllabi with course topic descriptions for History 105, Western Civilization to 16C along with History 101, US History to 1877 and History 102, US History from 1865.