Course Overview
Study the cultural, economic, political, and social developments that have shaped the United States from c. 1491 to the present. You’ll analyze texts, visual sources, and other historical evidence and write essays expressing historical arguments.
Skills You’ll Learn
- Evaluating primary and secondary sources
- Analyzing the claims, evidence, and reasoning you find in sources
- Putting historical developments in context and making connections between them
- Coming up with a claim or thesis and explaining and supporting it in writing
