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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
HIST 18.1 | Title:
WOMEN IN THE US TO 1877 |
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| Full Title:
History of Women in 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 | 17.5 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | 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
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Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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An in-depth historical study of the political, economic, cultural, and social developments of women in the United States to 1877.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for English 1A or equiv.
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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An in-depth historical study of the political, economic, cultural, and social developments of women in the United States to 1877.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for English 1A or equiv.
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
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| 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 | | |
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| 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 | | |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Major Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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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. Identify examples of gender bias in historical presentations.
4. Assess the present position of women in American society in comparison to the past.
5. Assess the political, economic, cultural, and social contributions made by women in the US from the pre-colonial era through Reconstruction.
Topics and Scope
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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
D. Patriarchy
2. Gender roles in Pre-Columbian America
3. The Colonial Period
A. Impact of the Euro-Americans on Native Americans
B. Common Law--Coverture
C. Religion
D. Mercantilism
4. The Chesapeake Colonies
A. Indentured servants and tobacco
B. Family life
C. Bacon's Rebellion
5. Puritan Colonies in New England
A. Reasons for colonization
B. Social and family organizations--women's economic
contributions
C. Rebellions
1. Anne Hutchinson
2. Salem Witch Craze
6. Establishment of slavery
A. West African societies
B. Middle Passage
C. Slave laws
D. Conditions of enslaved women
7. Revolutionary Period
A. Ideas of the Enlightenment
B. Daughters of Liberty
C. Women's roles in the war
8. The New Republic
A. Republican Motherhood
B. Education
C. Rights--Coverture
9. Industrialization
A. Lowell
1. Decline of the artisan
2. Mill Girls
B. Irish immigration
C. Middle Class
1. "The Lady"
2. Separate spheres
10. Religion and reform
A. Second Great Awakening
B. Reform movements
1. Temperance
2. Abolition
3. Women's rights, suffrage, and Seneca Falls
C. Utopian communities
11. Antebellum South
A. Mammy and Jezebel
B. Black women's lives
C. Planter class women
12. The Civil War and Reconstruction
A. Sectional tensions
B. Women's roles in the war
1. Soldiers, spies, and nurses
2. Sanitation Commission
C. Draft and Food Riots
D. Reconstruction
1. Amendments
2. Freedmen's Bureau
Assignments:
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1. Weekly reading assignments of roughly 1-2 chapters a week. These assignments will consist of primary and secondary resources.
2. Six to ten pages of out-of-class writing. These assignments will be either reaction papers, analytical essays, or research papers. An analytical component will be part of these assignments.
3. One in-class essay midterm and a final.
4. Participation in discussion as directed by instructor.
5. Multiple choice quizzes and/or exams (optional).
6. Written homework as directed by the 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% |
| Attendance and participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Glenda Riley, Inventing the American Woman Vol. 1 (to 1877),
Harlan Davidson, Inc., 4th ed., 2007.
Ellen Carol Dubois & Lynn Dumenil, Through Women's Eyes, Bedford, 2005.
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