Covers Colonial America and the United States through the Civil War Period.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
- Encounter between Old World and New
- Colonial Expansion and Development
- Coming of the American Revolution
- Revolutionary War
- Early National Period
- The Empire of Liberty
- Antebellum Politics and Society
- Transformation of the US Economy
- Manifest Destiny
- Sectionalism and the Coming of the American Civil War
- The Civil War
- Reconstruction
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Outline time and chronology in Early American History.
2. Identify, summarize, and analyze major elements of Early American History.
3. Analyze cause and effect in Early American History.
4. Trace elements of change and continuity in Early American History.
5. Emphasize parallelism by describing the impact of major events, personalities, and places upon Early American History.
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Describe and discuss the impact of cultural contact between First Nations and Europeans in North America between 1500 and 1800.
2. Identify, summarize, and analyze major patterns of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
3. Trace the development of the United States political and economic system between the 1770s and the 1860s.
4. Analyze the causes and impacts of Manifest Destiny on the United States as well as the other peoples and cultures of North America.
5. Describe and discuss the major causes and consequences of the Civil War.
Assessment and Requirements
Assessment of academic achievement will be identified and implemented by the class instructor. Methods will include, but will not be limited to, individual projects, vocabulary, class participation (discussion and critiques), and tests.
Each instructor will select the teaching materials she/he feels are best suited to her/his course.
Outcomes
- Social Sciences
- Humanities and Fine Arts
- Category 4: Social Sciences
- Category 5: Humanities and Fine Arts