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This course is designed to be a college level survey class in United States History. Students will be expected to learn the chronology and content of U.S. History and develop skills in areas that address historical scholarship and thinking skills:

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Chronological reasoning

• Historical causation

• Patterns of continuity and change over time

• Periodization

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Comparison and contextualization of historical events

• Comparison

• Contextualization

•   Critical reading and analysis of primary source documents

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Crafting historical arguments from historical evidence

• Historical argumentation

• Appropriate use of relevant historical evidence

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  Historical interpretation and synthesis

• Interpretation

• Synthesis

• Analyzing works of art and literature for historical significance

   

Students will be examining seven major historical themes, as learning objectives, throughout U.S. history:

•   Identity

•   Work, Exchange, and Technology

•   Peopling

•   Politics and Power

•   America and the World

•   Environment and Geography- physical and human

•   Ideas, Beliefs, and Culture

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