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Course Syllabus:  Hist151_SP19_syllabus.pdf

 

Meet Your Instructor:

Megan Lange           714.564.6543            lange_megan@sac.edu OR saclangemegan@gmail.com     

Office Hours:            D-407

Monday:         9:30am-10:30am &

                       5:00pm-6:00pm

Tuesday:       11:50am-12:50pm

Wednesday:  9:30am-10:30am

Thursday:      4:10pm-6:10pm

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Course Description:

This course is a study of Latin American civilization in the nineteenth through the twenty-first centuries with a focus on the historical background of contemporary conditions and issues. Geographic areas of focus include Mexico, Caribbean (Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Cuba), Central America (El Salvador), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, and Brazil). You will be required to work in assigned groups on a regular schedule, participate in presentations and discussions, and be an active learner in this class. Some assignments, mostly writing, will be ungraded, but are still required. Being able to convey your thoughts verbally and in essay format is a skill that takes time and practice thus you will have ample opportunity to practice. Come prepared to participate: we all need to be physically and mentally present!

Textbook Information:

There are two required course texts:

Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America, 4th ed.  By John Charles Chasteen, ISBN: 978-0-393-28305-1

The Massacre at El Mozote  By Mark Danner,  ISBN: 978-0-679-75525-8

ONE copy of each text is on reserve at the SAC Library – plan accordingly. Reading assignments and other materials not found in the required textbooks will be made available and stored in Canvas, an online learning management system to which you have access. You are responsible to download, print, and bring to class these reading materials on the appropriate dates, or access them online during class.

Additional Course Information:  Each week we will follow a similar schedule. You are required to arrive having read and taken notes on the assigned chapter or reading excerpt. For each chapter of Born in Blood & Fire (divided weekly) you will complete a practice quiz of ten-twenty questions online via Canvas. These quizzes are not timed, and you can take each as many times as you need to get the highest score possible, the final deadline is Wednesday before start of class. Each week you will complete either a reading response or a primary source analysis, to be turned in via Canvas – there will be opportunities for you to share your work with the class on occasion. You will be responsible for FOUR primary source analyses and FOUR reading responses, due Saturdays, by 11:59pm via Canvas. Detailed rubrics will be provided for these assignments. Lastly, you will be assigned a group research assignment (blog page) and TWO essays for which we will prepare for in class when possible and will be submitted via Canvas, both of which will be based on the writing you complete for the analyses and responses.

Student Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

  • 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;
  • Develop communication skills through oral and written exercises, and develop 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.

Course Summary:

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