Description
130: The American Experience to 1877.
Goal: To analyze and evaluate the many forms of evidence that historians use to interpret and write history within the context of the origins, development, and impact of American history through Reconstruction.
Content:Through an analysis of various types of historical documentation such as newspapers, diaries, speeches, journals, official records, oral histories, photographs, and art, students will examine American history from the Age of Discovery through the Civil War.
Taught: Fall.
Gen. Ed. Category: Exploring; Historical Events & Phenomena; (SBS).
Credit: 3 hours.