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Abbreviated Course: Abbreviated version of the half credit equivalent course
The U.S. History: 1877-Present Summer Offering, is designed to help students engage and understand significant events, peoples, ideas, and eras of the second half of the American history survey. Content is divided into 10 modules explored over a 4 week session. Major political, social, economic, cultural, and military events are analyzed in the context of United States domestic, international, and global affairs.
Topics of study include the Harlem Renaissance, World War II, the Cold War, and Globalization.
Through this online course, students will improve their academic and technological abilities while developing personal skills needed to succeed in the 21st Century. Overall, an emphasis on discussion, critical thinking, research, and writing provide students with a dynamic and relevant overview of US History needed for graduation.
Course Objectives
1. The students will analyze and evaluate the major events and decisions made in the 20th century.
2. The students will analyze and evaluate leadership characteristics of important American leaders
3. The students will develop critical thinking skills by reading, writing, debating and creating documents and presentations based on historical record.
4. The students will be able to use different technology based media such as email, word processing, web page development and multimedia to communicate their ideas.
5. The students will develop clear, effective writing abilities by using Internet based electronic communication programs.
6. The students will be able to use the Internet to conduct effective searches for information and they will be able to analyze and evaluate the information found for accuracy and value.
