| In this course, students will examine United States history from before European contact to 1877. Topics will include but are not limited to Indigenous peoples, the European background, the Colonial Period, the American Revolution, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, issues within the new republic, sectionalism, manifest destiny, slavery, the American Civil War, and Reconstruction. As a Writing-Intensive course, a goal is to help students refine their college-level writing skills. The course is designed so that students use writing to explore and develop their mastery and understanding of course content. Students will experience the ways in which writing can help them learn something — about what they think, about what they have experienced, about the subject matter of the course, and about critical thinking in the discipline being studied. This is also one of three designated Civic Literacy courses that meets legislative requirements for graduation. |