HST 201 - US History: Colonial & Revolutionary

This course provides an overview of the United States from pre-Columbian North American and European antecedents to colonization, Colonial America, Revolutionary America; development of U.S. government, economy, and society to 1840. Course Outcomes: 1. Articulate an understanding of key historical events from pre-Columbian North America and European antecedents to colonization, the development of slavery, Native American history, Colonial America, Revolutionary America and the development of U.S. government, economy, and society to 1840. 2. Identify and investigate historical theses, evaluate information and its sources, and use appropriate reasoning to construct evidence-based arguments on historical issues. 3. Construct an historical argument integrating both primary documents and secondary sources.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Linn Benton Virtual College

HIST 1301 United States History I

The resources available here for HIST 1301 United States History I are part of the Digital Design for Student Success (D2S2) project, a collaboration between the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), Rice University, Texas A&M University and the University of Texas. The materials available as part of this course include Guiding Questions, Lectures, engaged learning Activities, project-based Assessments, and Additional Resources for instructors. Incorporate these resources in any model -- face-to-face, online (asynchronous or synchronous), or hybrid -- as either the basis for an entire semester or as a menu from which you choose elements to supplement your course.

Material Type: Assessment, Lecture, Module

Authors: Jessica Herzogenrath, Troy Bickham, Kaitlyn Ross

History in the Making: A History of the People of the United States of America to 1877

This textbook examines U.S. History from before European Contact through Reconstruction, while focusing on the people and their history. Prior to its publication, History in the Making underwent a rigorous double blind peer review, a process that involved over thirty scholars who reviewed the materially carefully, objectively, and candidly in order to ensure not only its scholarly integrity but also its high standard of quality. This book provides a strong emphasis on critical thinking about US History by providing several key features in each chapter. Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter help students to understand what they will learn in each chapter. Before You Move On sections at the end of each main section are designed to encourage students to reflect on important concepts and test their knowledge as they read. In addition, each chapter includes Critical Thinking Exercises that ask the student to deeply explore chapter content, Key Terms, and a Chronology of events.

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Catherine Locks, Pamela Thomas Roseman, Sarah K. Mergel, Tamara Spike

American History to 1865, Fall 2010

This course provides a basic history of American social, economic, and political development from the colonial period through the Civil War. It examines the colonial heritages of Spanish and British America; the American Revolution and its impact; the establishment and growth of the new nation; and the Civil War, its background, character, and impact. Readings include writings of the period by J. Winthrop, T. Paine, T. Jefferson, J. Madison, W. H. Garrison, G. Fitzhugh, H. B. Stowe, and A. Lincoln.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Maier, Pauline

United States History II

This text is a lower-division level introduction to US History from the Reconstruction Era to present day.

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Mark Sample, Monroe Community College

U.S. History III (HIST 148)

This course is the third in the introductory surveys of U.S. history. The course surveys the significant forces and people that have shaped American civilization from the Progressive Era to the present. This course starts at the beginning of the 20th century and explores how different people, including you, participated in the nation's transformation through that century until today. Those who would like to pursue their study of American history may wish to take Hist 146 (US History I) and Hist 147 (US History II).Login: guest_oclPassword: ocl

Material Type: Full Course, Homework/Assignment, Lecture Notes, Lesson Plan, Reading, Syllabus

Women in US History (HIST 215)

The heritage of women represents one-half of the history of the United States; for that reason alone it is worthy of closer scrutiny than it has received in standard history courses. The movement of women for social, political, and economic equality represents the longest and most far-reaching civil rights movement in U.S. history, yet it is a movement that has received minimal space and attention in standard history courses. This class is an attempt to bring to the foreground a history that we all share but perhaps have until now lacked the opportunity or information to focus on. It is a history that I find both maddening and inspiring, and one whose study is challenging, difficult, and ultimately so rewarding that it is worth every bit of effort, and then some.

Material Type: Assessment, Full Course, Reading, Syllabus

Shaping American national identity from 1890 to 1945

Which events of the first half of the twentieth century had the greatest impact on shaping national identity between 1890 and 1945? In this video, Kim compares the effect of major developments like the Great Depression and World II on American core beliefs about individualism, culture, and the proper US role in the world.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: Kim Kutz

Food and Power in the Twentieth Century, Spring 2005

In this class, food serves as both the subject and the object of historical analysis. As a subject, food has been transformed over the last 100 years, largely as a result of ever more elaborate scientific and technological innovations. From a need to preserve surplus foods for leaner times grew an elaborate array of techniques -- drying, freezing, canning, salting, etc -- that changed not only what people ate, but how far they could/had to travel, the space in which they lived, their relations with neighbors and relatives, and most of all, their place in the economic order of things. The role of capitalism in supporting and extending food preservation and development was fundamental. As an object, food offers us a way into cultural, political, economic, and techno-scientific history. Long ignored by historians of science and technology, food offers a rich source for exploring, e.g., the creation and maintenance of mass-production techniques, industrial farming initiatives, the politics of consumption, vertical integration of business firms, globalization, changing race and gender identities, labor movements, and so forth. How is food different in these contexts, from other sorts of industrial goods? What does the trip from farm to table tell us about American culture and history?

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Fitzgerald, Deborah

World War I: Homefront

World War I led to many changes at home for the United States. As international migration slowed considerably, the availability of wartime factory jobs led half a million African Americans to leave the South and move to northern and western cities for work. But the US government also stifled dissent during World War I with restrictions on freedom of speech and antiwar protest.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: Sal Khan

Modern Music: 1900-1960, Fall 2006

A survey of major works of the twentieth century, beginning with Mahler, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Bartok, and Ives; continuing with Varese, Webern, Hindemith, Prokofiev, among other composers. A general view of the current scene. Description from course home page:This subject covers a specific branch of music history: Western concert music of first sixty years of the twentieth century. Although we will be listening to and studying many pieces (most of the highest caliber) the goal of the course is not solely to build up a repertory of works in our memory (though that is indeed a goal). We will be most concerned with larger questions of continuity and change in music. We will also consider questions of reception, or historiography - that is, the creation of history and our perception of it. Why do we perceive much of this music, so much closer in time to us than Mozart or Beethoven, to be so foreign? Is this music aloof and separate from popular music of the twentieth century or is there a real connection (perhaps hidden)? The subject will continue to follow some topics of central interest to music before 1960, such as serialism and aleatory, beyond the 1960 cutoff. Conversely a few topics which get their start just before 1960 but which flourish later (minimalism, computer music) will be covered only in 21M.263.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Cuthbert, Michael

History in the Making: A History of the People of the United States of America to 1877

This textbook examines U.S. History from before European Contact through Reconstruction, while focusing on the people and their history. Prior to its publication, History in the Making underwent a rigorous double blind peer review, a process that involved over thirty scholars who reviewed the materially carefully, objectively, and candidly in order to ensure not only its scholarly integrity but also its high standard of quality. This book provides a strong emphasis on critical thinking about US History by providing several key features in each chapter. Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter help students to understand what they will learn in each chapter. Before You Move On sections at the end of each main section are designed to encourage students to reflect on important concepts and test their knowledge as they read. In addition, each chapter includes Critical Thinking Exercises that ask the student to deeply explore chapter content, Key Terms, and a Chronology of events.

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Catherine Locks, Marie Lasseter, Pamela Roseman, Sarah Mergel, Tamara Spike

Science and Technology in American Society since 1865

This textbook is designed by and for students of the University of Texas at Arlington's HIST 1332 Science and Technology in American Society, 1865-present course. It is a modification of the American Yawp (americanyawp.com) textbook, focusing on both the narrative of American history and the role science and technology has had in both shaping and being shaped by American society. The creation of this textbook is supported by a Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board GEER grant.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Kimberly Breuer

U.S. History, Americans and the Great War, 1914-1919, American Isolationism and the European Origins of War

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy and the difficulties of maintaining American neutrality at the outset of World War IIdentify the key factors that led to the U.S. declaration of war on Germany in April 1917

Material Type: Module

Author: OpenStax

U.S. History, Age of Empire: American Foreign Policy, 1890-1914, The Spanish-American War and Overseas Empire

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the origins and events of the Spanish-American WarAnalyze the different American opinions on empire at the conclusion of the Spanish-American WarDescribe how the Spanish-American War intersected with other American expansions to solidify the nation’s new position as an empire

Material Type: Module

Author: OpenStax

History: U.S. History Overview - Reconstruction to the Great Depression (2 of 3)

This 14-minute video lesson gives a basic overview of U.S. history from reconstruction to the Great Depression. [History playlist: Lesson 3 of 26]

Material Type: Lecture

Author: Salman Khan

American Consumer Culture, Fall 2007

This class examines how and why twentieth-century Americans came to define the ‰ŰĎgood life‰Ű through consumption, leisure, and material abundance. We will explore how such things as department stores, nationally advertised brand-name goods, mass-produced cars, and suburbs transformed the American economy, society, and politics. The course is organized both thematically and chronologically. Each period deals with a new development in the history of consumer culture. Throughout we explore both celebrations and critiques of mass consumption and abundance.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Jacobs, Meg

The American Yawp Vol. II: Since 1877

In an increasingly digital world in which pedagogical trends are de-emphasizing rote learning and professors are increasingly turning toward active-learning exercises, scholars are fleeing traditional textbooks. Yet for those that still yearn for the safe tether of a synthetic text, as either narrative backbone or occasional reference material, The American Yawp offers a free and online, collaboratively built, open American history textbook designed for college-level history courses. Unchecked by profit motives or business models, and free from for-profit educational organizations, The American Yawp is by scholars, for scholars. All contributors—experienced college-level instructors—volunteer their expertise to help democratize the American past for twenty-first century classrooms.

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Ben Wright, Joseph L. Locke

U.S. History, Age of Empire: American Foreign Policy, 1890-1914, Introduction

Turner, Mahan, and the Roots of EmpireThe Spanish-American War and Overseas EmpireEconomic Imperialism in East AsiaRoosevelt’s “Big Stick” Foreign PolicyTaft’s “Dollar Diplomacy”

Material Type: Module

Author: OpenStax

US History

These resources are discussion post prompts designed for use in online classes or for class discussions. Each focuses on a topic from a specific chapter in the OpenStax US History textbook beginning with chapter 17. As such, all topics and themes are designed for the second half of the US History survey course.Each prompt is designed to center on a specific topic from each chapter and then connect it to the context of a theme or idea in modern or contemporary times.In this way history is taught so students can understand that it is relevant to their own lives, rather than merely a series of events surviving in their own insulated past.

Material Type: Assessment

Author: Christopher Gerdes, M.A.I.S and Lauran Kerr-Heraly, PhD.