REQUIRED COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

 1.  Reference secondary and tertiary sources to construct knowledge and to develop context.

 2.  De-construct complex and multiple sources of information into basic historical concepts.

 3.  Recognize the impact of continuity and change of historical perspective in context of time and space in United States History since the Civil War.

 4.  Develop narrative structures and arguments based on evidence.

 5.  Compare and contrast how peoples, groups, cultures, and institutions change over time in United States History since the Civil War.

 6.  Analyze events in United States History since the Civil War in historical context to illustrate how social, cultural, gender, race, religion, nationality, and other identities affect historical perspectives.

 7.  Use diverse resources for historical research, including libraries, databases, bibliographies, and archives.

 8.  Identify perspectives in historical interpretation using secondary sources.

 9.  Identify types of primary sources, their perspective, and purpose of their author.

 10. Create substantive writing samples that employ critical analysis of primary and secondary sources with appropriate citations.

 11. Construct knowledge by developing historical narratives from primary and secondary sources, maps, and/or artifacts.

 REQUIRED TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 I.    Reconstruction, 1863-1877

 II.   Industrial America, 1877-1917

 III.  Territorial expansion, Imperialism, and war, 1867-1920

 IV.   Prosperity, depression, and war, 1920-1945

 V.    Foreign policy and the Cold War, 1945-1991

 VI.   Vietnam abroad and civil rights at home, 1945-1975

 VII.  Contemporary America, 1945-Present