| 6/12/2024 10:17:23 AM | HIST 17.1 Course Outline as of Summer 2024 | Changed Course |
| CATALOG INFORMATION | ||
| Discipline and Nbr: HIST 17.1 | Title: UNITED STATES TO 1877 | |
| Full Title: History of the United States to 1877 | ||
| Last Reviewed:11/25/2019 | ||
| Units | Course Hours per Week | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 | |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 | |
| Contact DHR | 0 | Contact DHR | 0 | ||||
| Contact Total | 3.00 | Contact Total | 52.50 | ||||
| Non-contact DHR | 0 | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 | ||||
| Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours:157.50 |
Title 5 Category: AA Degree Applicable
Grading: Grade or P/NP
Repeatability: 00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly: HIST 17A
Catalog Description: History of the United States through Reconstruction.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information History of the United States through Reconstruction.
Description:
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | ||
| Area: | D F | Social and Behavioral Sciences American Institutions | |||
| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | Effective: | Inactive: | ||
| C | Arts and Humanities | Fall 2020 | |||
| C2 | Humanities | ||||
| D | Social Science | ||||
| D6 | History | ||||
| X1 | U.S. History | ||||
| D | Social Science | Fall 2010 | Fall 2020 | ||
| D6 | History | ||||
| X1 | U.S. History | ||||
| D | Social Science | Fall 1988 | Fall 2010 | ||
| D1 | Anthropology and Archeology | ||||
| D2 | Economics | ||||
| D6 | History | ||||
| X1 | U.S. History | ||||
| D | Social Science | Fall 1981 | Fall 1988 | ||
| D1 | Anthropology and Archeology | ||||
| D2 | Economics | ||||
| X1 | U.S. History | ||||
| IGETC: | Transfer Area | Effective: | Inactive: | ||
| 4 | Social and Behavioral Science | Fall 1981 | |||
| 4F | History | ||||
| XA | U.S. History | ||||
| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
| C-ID: | |||||
| CID Descriptor: HIST 130 | United States History to 1877 | SRJC Equivalent Course(s): HIST17.1 | |||
Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze the political, economic, cultural and social developments in U.S. history from pre- colonial times until Reconstruction. 2. Assess the causes and effects of particular historical events. 3. Analyze and distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence. At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to: 1. Integrate geographical knowledge with historical study. 2. Utilize the social, political, and economic historical approaches. 3. Question their own values and assumptions about American history. 4. Assess the claim that the heritage and institutions of the United States are to some degree unique and explore the rationale that supports this "uniqueness." 5. Demonstrate an understanding of U.S. History through current analytical categories of race class, gender and ethnicity.
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
Objectives:
Topics and Scope I. Native American Societies A. North America B. Meso America II. Europe - before 1492
A. Patterns of exploration
B. Rise of kings
III. Conquest and Colonization
A. Spanish
B. French
C. English
IV. The Chesapeake
A. Powhatans
B. Tobacco
C. Indentured Servitude
D. Bacon's Rebellion
V. New England
A. Puritans and Pilgrims
B. Hierarchies and dissent
VI. Middle Colonies
A. Mercantilism
B. Plural Societies
VII. Slave Trade
A. African societies
B. Slave Triangle
C. Plantation System
VIII. The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening
A. Philosophies
B. Religious reactions
IX. Revolutionary Period
A. Seven Years War
B. Taxes
C. Resistance 1763-1776
D. Articles of Confederation
E. War for Independence
X. The Federalist Era
A. The Constitution
1. Compromises
2. Bill of Rights
B. Formation of our government and the birth of parties
XI. Jeffersonian Period
A. Agrarian Republic
B. Expansion
XII. Jacksonian Period
A. Trail of Tears
B. Presidential power
XIII. Industrialization
A. Cotton gin
B. Transportation - railroads and canals
C. Factories at Lowell
D. Middle Class
E. Irish immigration
XIV. Religion and Reform
A. Temperance
B. Abolition
C. Women's Rights
XV. Antebellum South
A. Planter Class
B. Slave culture
C. Slave resistance
XVI. Sectional conflict
A. Battle over the West
B. Election of 1860 and secession
XVII. Civil War
A. Southern victories
B. Emancipation
C. Northern dominance
XVIII. Reconstruction
A. 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
B. Freedoms extended and denied
C. Jim Crow
Assignments: 1. Weekly reading assignments of approximately 30-50 pages a week. These assignments will be both primary and secondary sources. 2. 2000-4000 words of out-of-class writing will be assigned over the semester. These assignments may be reaction papers, analytical essays, and/or research papers. The assignments will critically interpret primary and secondary sources. 3. One to two midterm(s) and a final. At least 2 of these exams will be held in class for face to face classes. Exams must include essays with optional objective questions. 4. Regular attendance and extensive note taking in class is expected and assumed 5. Participation in discussion as directed by instructor 6. Optional objective quizzes 7. Written homework as directed by the instructor 8. More writing may be assigned in online sections
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing 30 - 50% | ||
| Reaction papers, analytical essays, and/or research papers (including primary and secondary sources). Written homework | |||
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 0 - 0% | ||
| None | |||
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0% | ||
| None | |||
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 40 - 65% | ||
| Midterm(s) and a final exam | |||
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 0 - 10% | ||
| Participation and attendance | |||
Representative Textbooks and Materials: A People and a Nation, Vol 1. 11th ed. Kamensky, Jane and Sheriff, Carol and Blight, David. Cengage Learning. 2019 Abigail Adams: A Revolutionary American Woman. 3rd ed. Akers, Charles. Pearson Longman. 2007 (classic) America: A Concise History, Vol 1. 9th ed. Edwards, Rebecca and Hinderaker, Eric and Self, Robert. Macmillan. 2018 The Federalist Papers. Hamilton, Alexander and Madison, James and Jay, John. Signet Classic. 2003 (classic) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself. Bedford, St. Martins. 2003 (classic) The Unfinished Nation, Vol. I. 9th ed. Brinkley, Alan. McGraw Hill. 2019
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