12/27/2024 1:41:15 AM	HIST 17.1 Course Outline as of Fall 2014	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
Description:

History of the United States through Reconstruction.

(Grade or P/NP)
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

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

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

 

1.  Integrate geographical knowledge with historical study.

2.  Utilize the social, political, and economic historical approaches in assessing the past.

3.  Question their own values and popular myths as well as conventional historical analysis.

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.  Describe the values, themes, methods and history of the discipline and identify

      realistic career objectives related to selecting the major.

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. Constitution

X.     The Federalists

      A. Formation of our government and the birth of parties

      B. Securing the Republic

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 roughly 30-50 pages a week. These assignments will be

      both primary and secondary sources.

2.  1500-2500 words of out of class writing will be assigned over the semester. These

     assignments may be  reaction papers, analytical essays, or research papers.

     The assignments will critically and  historically interpret primary and  secondary sources.  

3.  An in-class essay midterm and final.

4.  Regular attendance and extensive note taking in class is expected and assumed.

5.  Participation in discussion as directed by instructor.

6.  Objective quizzes and/or exams.

7.  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%
Analytical, expository essays, reviews, research paper including primary and secondary sources.
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 quizzes and/or exams
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 10%
Attendance and participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Abigail Adams:  A Revolutionary American Woman,  3rd edition.  Akers, Charles.   Pearson Longman:  2007 (classic)

 

The American People, Vol 1, 7th ed.  Nash, Gary,  et al.   Addison Wesley Longman:  2010

 

The Federalist Papers.  Hamilton, Alexander;  Madison, James; et.al.  Signet Classic:  2003. (classic)

 

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself.  Bedford, St. Martins:  2003. (classic)

 

A People and a Nation, Vol  1, 9th ed.   Norton, Mary Beth, et al.  Houghton Mifflin:  2011

 

The Unfinished Nation, Vol. I, 4th ed.  Brinkley,  Alan.  McGraw Hill:  2004 (classic)

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