HIST 111 American History to 1877

After completion of this course, students will be able to describe the major political, diplomatic, economic, and social developments from the fifteenth century through the Reconstruction period. In particular, students will study the European, African, and Native American cultures of pre-Revolutionary America; the American Revolution and the development of American republicanism; the Transportation Revolution and the emergence of a market economy; territorial expansion and wars; 1783-1860; antebellum reformers; Civil War, 1861-1865; and Reconstruction, 1865-1877.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Eligible to enroll in ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Engage in an exploration of early American worldviews and their relationship with non-American worldviews.
2. Describe early American cultures and values, views on human nature, aesthetics, and ethics in a reflective manner.
3. Identify and explain the numerous different early American perspectives and how they impacted both American and non-American development.
   
4. Analyze events in early American history within a global context from economic, political, environmental, aesthetic, social, and ethical perspectives.
   
5. Formulate specific, unified, and concise theses through writing that demonstrate an understanding of historical thinking.

Course Objectives

1. Engage in an exploration of early American worldviews and their relationship with non-American worldviews.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Global paper

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Global Competency Rubric

   Global Competency

   • GC1
2. Describe early American cultures and values, views on human nature, aesthetics, and ethics in a reflective manner.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Global paper

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Global Competency Rubric

   Global Competency

   • GC2
3. Identify and explain the numerous different early American perspectives and how they impacted both American and non-American development.
   

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Global paper

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Global Competency Rubric

   Global Competency

   • GC3
4. Analyze events in early American history within a global context from economic, political, environmental, aesthetic, social, and ethical perspectives.
   

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Global paper

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Global Competency Rubric

   Global Competency

   • GC4
5. Formulate specific, unified, and concise theses through writing that demonstrate an understanding of historical thinking.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Global paper

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Paper rubric