Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

DLSI-0008

Organization:

Distance Learning Systems Indiana, Inc

Location:

Classroom-based

Length:

6 weeks

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	3	Us History Up to 1877

Description

Objective:

The course objective is to provide information which covers the period of United States history from early European colonization to the end of Reconstruction, with the majority of focus on the period of 1790 through 1877. In the part covering the seventieth and eighteenth centuries, emphasis is placed on British colonies. The following topics are included in this course: political institutions, political developments, behavior and public policy, social developments, economic developments, cultural and intellectual developments, and diplomacy and international relations.

Learning Outcomes:

Analyze major events which led to the development of the United States including social and political movements
Identify the major themes of United States history- social, political, economic, and cultural and how those events affected the development of American society
Identify significant areas of historical significance throughout the 1770s and 1800s or Recall significant developments in American history over a defined span of time, roughly colonial era to the 1870s
Examine thematic events throughout the historical periods studied, including their impact on modern events
Consider how various social, political, cultural, and economic events encouraged political participation and civic engagement in the Unites States

General Topics:

Colonization and its effect on the New World, colonial America, the American Revolution, formation of the New National Government, westward expansion, early reformation and social movements, early presidential administrations, Civil War era America, and early Reconstruction

Instruction & Assessment