United States History I Syllabus for 2013-2014
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Course

HIST-1301-020 United States History I

Prerequisites

RDNG 0331-minimum grade of C or a score on a state-approved test indicating college-level reading skills

Course Description

A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural and intellectual history of the United States from the pre-Columbian era to the Civil War/Reconstruction period. United States History I includes the study of pre-Columbian, colonial, revolutionary, early national, slavery and sectionalism, and the Civil War/Reconstruction eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History I include: American settlement and diversity, American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, and creation of the federal government.

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)

Class Type

Dual Credit Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

\ Kennedy, David, Lizabeth Cohen, Thomas A. Bailey. The American Pageant. 14th ed., Boston: Wadsworth, 2010.

\ Heffner, Richard D. A Documentary History of the United States. 8th ed., New York: Penguin Putnam Inc., 2009.

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Supplies

\ Pen and notebook to take notes, colored pencils or pens for maps.

Student Performance

Upon successful completion of this course, students will:

1. Create an argument through the use of historical evidence.

2. Analyze  and interpret primary and secondary sources.

3. Analyze the effects of historical, social, political, economic, cultural, and global forces on this period of United States history.
 

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Grading Criteria

\ Semester test will count for 25% of semester grade. Homework and quizzes will count once; unit tests will count twice to be averaged each six weeks. Research project will count for 16% of semester grade.

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Additional Information

This course is preceded by a sophomore class that covers the first half.
This course starts with a general review of  U.S. history from its origins through the American Revolution to the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Then the semester includes a study of the development of the United States as a world power 1865 – 1917.  The semester will conclude with America prior to entry in the Great War.