History 120 Syllabus

Daughters of Liberty woodcut, 1774

Accessible syllabus

Hist 120_ONLINE_SP19 Syllabus

Course Description
This course examines major political, economic, intellectual, and social forces at home and abroad that shaped American life from the colonial period through the Civil War. 

Meet Your Instructor

Megan Lange

Course Materials

This course uses digital course materials designed using Open Educational Resources (OER), high-quality, openly licensed educational materials, rather than a traditional textbook. You can access all readings, videos, quizzes and other activities through our course site on Canvas.

Santa Ana College is committed to student access and excellence. You will not have any additional cost for textbooks. Extra care and effort was involved to assure access to high-quality affordable materials. I am interested in your experience using these materials and welcome your feedback in an anonymous survey at the end of the course and at any time during the course of this class.

U.S. History from OpenStax, ISBN 1-947172-08-5

Student Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Critically analyze and interpret primary documents and secondary sources
• Interpret qualitative and quantitative data in order to evaluate historical events
• Demonstrate analytical skills by critically interpreting historical events
• Analyze how local, national, and international policies and practices developed in the past continue to impact their contemporary lives