American History to 1865
Course Code: AMH2010
Credit Hours: 3
Effective beginning: 2022-23
Course Description:A general survey of the development of the United States from the period of discovery and exploration through the Civil War.
Course Details
Instructors:
Robert L. Ivey, M.S.
iveyr@chipola.edu
Richard Ivey, M.S.
iveyrichard@chipola.edu
Mary McClendon, MAT
mcclendonm@chipola.edu
James A. Padgett, M.A.
padgettj2@chipola.edu
Required textbooks/ course materials:
Shi, David Emory. America: A Narrative History. 12th Ed. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2022 Print. ISBN: 9780393543377 (Paperback-Text Only) or ISBN: 9780393882506 (Paperback-With Card)
*You are only required to purchase one book. Both books are the same.
Assignment/course outline:
See your Instructor First Day Handout for individual instructor assignment schedule.
Discipline-level learning outcomes:
SS-1 Identify behaviors and social trends, using appropriate research methodologies.
SS-2 Identify global influences on social, behavioral, and historical issues.
SS-3 Examine significant historical events.
SS-4 Identify differences and commonalities within diverse cultures.
Course-level learning outcomes:
Course-level student learning outcomes | Discipline-level learning outcomes | Assessment methods |
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Show the progression of American History from its first people through the Civil War. Compare the differences and similarities in the cultures of Africans, Indians, and Europeans that sometimes caused conflicts when the cultures met in America. |
SS-3, SS-4 SS-1, SS-3, SS-4
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Tests, Writing Assignments |
Means of accomplishing learning outcomes:
- Read all assigned materials.
- Attend and participate in class discussions.
- Complete study guides and notes from class discussions and lectures.
- Courses taught under the auspices of the Social and Behavioral Sciences will include an oral component, oral presentations and/or classroom discussions. Note: Online and Distance Learning courses will not contain the oral component.
Chapters are as follows:
- The Collision of Cultures
- England's Colonies
- Colonial Ways of Life
- From Colonies to States
- The American Revolution: 1776-1783
- Strengthening the New Nation
- The Early Republic: 1800-1815
- The Emergence of a Market Economy: 1815-1850
- The Nationalism and Sectionalism: 1815-1828
- The Jacksonian Era: 1828-1840
- The South, Slavery, and King Cotton: 1800-1860
- Religion, Romanticism, and Reform: 1800-1860
- Western Expansion: 1830-1848
- The Gathering Storm: 1848-1860
- The War of the Union: 1861-1865
- The Era of Reconstruction: 1865-1877
College-wide policies and resources
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