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Modern Britain (His 458) City As Classroom Project Report, H. Lyman Stebbins Phd

City as Classroom Projects

This course will examine the political, socio-economic, and cultural history of modern Britain. Using a variety of primary and secondary texts, we will consider the development of parliamentary government, democracy, the modern state, empire, capitalism, and urban-industrial society as well as the cultural changes accompanying and informing these transformations, from the Glorious Revolution of 1688 to the late twentieth century. British modernity was indeed precocious, and we will seek to understand the context, causes, and consequences of that experience.

The goal of this assignment was for students to learn how to use material culture as an historical source. The PMA …

Twentieth Century Russia And Ussr (His 452) City As Classroom Project Report, Barbara Allen Phd

City as Classroom Projects

This course is an introduction to the major themes of twentieth century Russian and Soviet history for History majors. The events examined include the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, the Russian Civil War, the changes introduced under the New Economic Policy, industrialization and collectivization, the Great Terror, World War II, de-Stalinization, the Gorbachev reforms, and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Attention is paid to the ethnic diversity of the Russian empire and Soviet Union.

The goal was for students to immerse themselves in a Russian cultural experience that would enliven the perspectives explored in the course readings and lectures. …

Global History To 1500 (His 151) City As Classroom Project Report, Michael Mcinneshin Phd

City as Classroom Projects

This course will explore some portions of the development of global history from about a million years before the present to the voyages of Columbus. We will analyze different aspects of history including the more standard histories of governing and political ideologies, empires and states, and warfare and diplomacy. We will examine humans in motion, stories of migration, sea-faring, evangelizing, trade, and the cross-cultural encounters those all engendered. We will also look at the past via social history, the study of the stuff of every-day life: work, families, sex, religion, social hierarchies, legal systems, and technology. Because humanity has essentially …

Themes In American History (His 155) City As Classroom Project Report, Lisa Jarvinen Phd

City as Classroom Projects

This introductory survey course covers United States history through the lives of representative Americans. A series of biographies of major figures who confronted the pivotal issues and challenges of their times structure the course. Themes include colonial life, the emergence of American national identity, the founding and preservation of the republic, the struggle against slavery and racism, the spread of capitalism and industrialization, the rise of foreign affairs, the influence of immigration, the growth of the federal welfare state, and the creation of an inclusive society.

HIS 155 is a core course, with a cap of 33 students. The size …