HIS 315L: The United States since 1865 Chris Babits ※
[email protected] ※ Jermaine Thibodeaux ※
[email protected] MTWThF ※ 1:00 to 2:30 pm ※ CLA 0.112 Supplement Friday Sessions ※ 3:00 to 4:00 pm ※ GAR 3.116 Office Hours Days, Times, and Locations Listed on Canvas Homepage Vietnam War Protesters (April 17, 1965) COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course surveys American history from the Civil War to the present day. Through a combination of lectures, readings, and in-class discussions and activities, students will learn about some of the significant intellectual, political, social, cultural, and economic aspects of America’s recent past. Prominent themes include the fight for civil rights and the United States’ expanding role in international affairs. By the end of the semester, you'll have a deeper understanding of racial ideology, gender, LGBTQ rights, and U.S. foreign policy. Daily readings come in the form of primary sources and academic articles. Assignments include primary source analyses, evaluations of academic articles, attendance/participation, and a final paper. At various points in class, we will focus on refining the skills necessary for you to do well on each of these assignments. This class won't stress the memorization of names and dates. Instead, our goal is for you to think critically about why or how people and events influenced the past. Over the course of the semester, students will ask the question historians ask themselves: so what? Why must we know about a certain person, place, or event? What makes something historically significant? And can we foster the lessons of the past to create a better future? HIS 315L, Summer II (2017), 1 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: The American Historical Association (AHA) has recently engaged in a project to re-envision history pedagogy.