Course Syllabus

SAC LogoHIST 127/Women in U.S. History Syllabus

 

Course Syllabus:  Hist 127_SP18 Syllabus_rev1.pdf

 

Meet Your Instructor:  Megan Lange profile picture Megan Lange / For more about Ms. Lange, check                   out http://www.langemegan.com/ 

 

 

Course Description:  This course studies women of European, African, Native, Hispanic, and Asian backgrounds in the U.S. from 1607 to the present. Emphasis will be placed on individuation, social status, family, reproduction, child care, slavery, jobs, and political activism. We will also delve into legal impacts and theories of patriarchal oppression. Come and let's learn herstory together!

Textbook Information:  Through Women's Eyes ed 4 cover.jpg

Through Women's Eyes: An American History with Documents, 4th. ed.by DuBois and Dumenil, ISBN 978-031-2676032

Additional Course Information: There will be three large essay assignments, two exams, and additional in-class group and independent work.
Course Learning Objectives:  Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

  1. Critically analyze and interpret primary documents and secondary sources, and will be able to interpret qualitative and quantitative data in order to evaluate historical events;
  2. Develop communication skills through oral and written exercises, and develop analytical skills by critically interpreting historical events;
  3. Analyze how local, national, and international policies and practices developed in the past continue to impact their contemporary lives.


Student Learning Objectives:  

Communication Skills
Students will:

A.  Actively listen to class lectures and related audiovisual presentations and will identify the significant points.
B.  Effectively and analytically read their textbook and additional assigned readings.
C.  Summarize the learned material and articulate their own ideas about the content.
D.  Incorporate the course's terminology and concepts into specific class assignments.
E.  Actively participate in classroom discussion.
F.  Write essays supported by evidence; write in an organized and grammatically correct fashion.

Thinking and Reasoning
 Students will:

A.  Be able to comprehend local, continental, and world maps.
B.  Recognize and differentiate historical periods, and identify and explain significant national and international events in relation to women's historical experiences.
C.  Analyze different ideologies, past and present that have influenced women's experiences.
D.  Interpret historical documents and statistical data to draw conclusions about specific periods.
E.  Explain the cause, development, and effect of historical events upon women.
F.  Compare and contrast the relationship between past historical events and present-day regional, national, and world conditions.
G.  Evaluate statistical data and synthesize information into reasonable conclusions.

Information Management
Students will:

A.  Differentiate between primary and secondary sources.
B.  Evaluate the depth and breadth of those historical documents.
C.  Access and evaluate a variety of information sources such as print material, media sources, and computer-accessed information.
D.  Use sources ethically.

Diversity

Students will:
A.  Analyze the diversity of women's experiences in relation to historic periods.
B.  Analyze critical factors that influence the diversity of women's experiences such as race, class, sexual orientation, and religious affiliation.
C.  Critically assess how history is interpreted from a variety of perspectives.
D.  Within the classroom and college contexts, interact with individuals of different cultures and compare and contrast their personal historic experiences.

Civic Responsibility
Students will:

A.  Evaluate and analyze the course content and its relationship to their lived experiences within a local, national, and world context.
B.  Examine historic decisions and judgments based upon knowledge of ethics gained through an understanding of human relationships.

Life Skills
Students will:

A.  Analyze how artistic and cultural production has served in different contexts to document history, to reinforce ideologies, and to resist policies in relation to women.
B.  Be able to connect the course content with their work, home, and community experiences.
C.  Develop learning, study, and organizational skills applicable to their academic and life experiences.
D.  Develop skills to participate effectively in team, committee, and other group efforts.

Careers
Students will:

A.  Learn about the academic preparation necessary in order to become a historian.
B.  Learn about various professions in which a historian can practice their profession, e.g., community historian, organizational historian, college professor, etc.
C.  Learn of other academic/professional fields related to history.
D.  Through their study of historical discrimination in the workplace, be better prepared to deal with issues of discrimination in their own careers.

 

Course Summary:

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