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HIST 2A, Survey of U.S. History I: Home

Course guide for HIST 2A

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The place to start is your course syllabus! This can always be found in the Canvas shell for your class. If you are having trouble finding it, ask your instructor.

If your section uses an OER textbook, there will either be a link to click on or a PDF will be provided to you. Otherwise, the library has many of the textbooks for 2-hour in-library checkout, and you can purchase copies at the Viking Bookstore. Some textbooks are available for rent or in e-book form through the Viking Bookstore.

Here are the Student Learning Outcomes for your course:

  • Analyze the motivations, achievements and failures of major historical figures using primary and secondary sources from the Founding of the American Colonies to the end of the Reconstruction Era in the United States (1607-1877).
  
  • Assess and synthesize important political and/or social historical problems through the lenses of race, class, gender, and/or ethnicity from the Founding of the American Colonies to the end of the Reconstruction Era in the United States (1607-1877).
  
  • Evaluate and summarize the lessons of history from the Founding of the American Colonies to the end of the Reconstruction Era in the United States (1607-1877) and how they affected the United States’ role in global affairs (both past and present).

The library has print books and electronic resources for you to use in any research assignments and to help you understand the course material. 

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