4/25/2024 2:19:15 AM	HIST 18.1 Course Outline as of Fall 2003	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  HIST 18.1	Title:  HIST WOM THRU RECON
Full Title:  Hist of Women & Social Change in the US Thru Reconstruction
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: 

Catalog Description:

An in-depth social historical study of the political, economic, cultural, and social developments in the U.S. from the perspective of the American woman -- her experience, roles, achievements, and contributions from the Pre-Colonial Period to the Reconstruction era.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Course Eligibility for ENGL 1A

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

An in-depth social historical study of the political, economic, cultural, & social developments in the U.S. from the perspective of the American woman--her experiences, roles, achievements, & contributions--from the Pre-Colonial Period to the Reconstruction era.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Eligibility for ENGL 1A
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:
	C2	Humanities		Fall 2020
	D	Social Science
	D4	Gender Studies
	D6	History
	X1	U.S. History
	D	Social Science		Fall 2011	Fall 2020
	D4	Gender Studies
	D6	History
	X1	U.S. History
	D	Social Science		Fall 2010	Fall 2011
	D4	Gender Studies
	D5	Geography
	D6	History
	X1	U.S. History
	D	Social Science		Fall 1994	Fall 2010
	D4	Gender Studies
	D5	Geography
	X1	U.S. History
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	4	Social and Behavioral Science		Fall 2010
	4D	Gender Studies
	4F	History
	XA	U.S. History
	4	Social and Behavioral Science		Fall 1994	Fall 2010
	4F	History
	XA	U.S. History
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

1.  Examine, evaluate and discuss the experiences, roles, achievements,

   and contributions of American women from the Pre-Colonial Era

   through Reconstruction.

2.  Utilize the social historical approach in assessing the past.

3.  Correctly utilize critical thinking terminology both verbally and in

   writing in connection to issues raised in class.

4.  Deduce inherent and potential problems in the research and

   presentation of historical "fact".

5.  Identify examples of sexual bias in the historical presentations.

6.  Assess the present position of women in American society in

   comparison to the past.

7.  Analyze political, economic, cultural, and social developments in

   U.S. history from the perspective of the American woman from pre-

   colonial times until Reconstruction.

Topics and Scope

1.  The study of history.

     A. The social historical approach.

     B. Critical thinking and history: terminology defined and applied.

     C. U.S. history from a woman's perspective.

2.  Pre-Columbian America.

     A. Gender Roles.

     B. Impact of the Euro/American invasion on Native America.

3.  The Colonial Period.

     A. Women's roles in Colonial America; social spheres.

     B. Women in legal terms.

     C. Women outside the mainstream: widows, spinsters, rebels,

        minorities.

4.  The American Revolution & Independence.

     A. Women, boycott, and challenging English power.

     B. Women outside the mainstream:  spies, soldiers, loyalists,

        managers.

     C. "We the People" vs. "We the White Men".

5.  The cult of domesticity.

     A. Women chained to a pedestal:  piety, purity, submissiveness, and

        the domestic duchess.

     B. Changing spheres and class division.

     C. Out of the home and into the factory.

     D. The Irish immigrant experience.

6.  Religion and reform.

     A. Sex roles, status changes, and social stress in Jacksonian

        American.

     B. Society's moral guardians vs. slavery, alcohol, and the sexual

        double standard.

     C. Women's clubs, suffrage, and public vs. domestic feminism.

     D. Women and sexuality in Victorian Society.

7.  The Civil War and Reconstruction.

     A. Tensions between the North and the South.

     B. White and black women, black and white men - north and south.

     C. Abolitionists and reconstructionists.

     D. Women outside the mainstream spies, soldiers, nurses, etc.

Assignments:

1.  Weekly reading assignments.

2.  Writing assignments will be drawn from reaction, analytical, or

   research essays and will show topics covered and critical comparison.

3.  Essay midterm.

4.  Essay Final.

5.  Regular attendance and extensive note taking in class is expected

   and assumed.

6.  Participate in discussion as directed by instructor.

7.  Objective quizzes and/or exams.

8.  Written homework as directed by instructor.

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%
Written homework, Reaction, Analytical, or Research Essays
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%
Essay Exams, Objective exams and/or quizzes
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 10%
CLASS DISCUSSION OF ISSUES UNDER CONSIDERATION. ATTENDANCE.

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Glenda Riley, INVENTING THE AMERICAN WOMAN VOL. 1 (to 1877),

    Harlan Davidson, Inc., 3rd ed., 1999.

Carol Hymowitz & Michaele Weissman, A HISTORY OF WOMEN IN AMERICA,

    Bantam Books, 1984.

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