Modern American History Past Papers

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AMH 1020-36646 MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY
Spring 2013

Instructor’s Name: James C. Batten
Telephone Number: (941) -993-9408
Email: [e-mail]
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 8.40-9.30 am; 12.30-1.00pm; and 2.15-2.30pm. PADM 104
Class Schedule: Tuesday AND Thursday 11.00 am-12.15 pm; Room PADM 127.
Text Book and Materials Required: James L. Roark, et al., Understanding the American Promise: A Brief History. Volume II: From 1865. (Boston and New York: 2011).

Michael P. Johnson, ed., Reading the American Past: Selected Historical Documents. Volume II: From 1865. (Boston and New York: 2012).

Supplemental: One historical monograph from list … see Final Assignment.…show more content…
Course Intended Outcomes:

a) To communicate effectively using Standard English – oral and written (communication); b) To demonstrate skills necessary for analysis, synthesis, and evaluation (critical thinking); c) To demonstrate the skills and use the technology necessary to collect, verify, document, and organize information from a variety of sources (technology/information management); d) To identify, describe, and apply responsibilities, core civic beliefs, and values in a diverse society (global socio-cultural responsibility); e) To analyze historical evidence, primary sources, and generate arguments and conclusions about major problems, debates and issues in United States history; f) To describe the major events in early American history and analyze their impact on political, economic, and social relations in the United States and throughout the world; and g) To describe the issues of race, class, and gender relations in the United States from Reconstruction.

Grading System:

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