United States History II

Course Number:

HST 202Z

Transcript Title:

United States History II

Created:

Aug 11, 2022

Updated:

Apr 29, 2026

Total Credits:

4

Lecture Hours:

40

Lecture / Lab Hours:

0

Lab Hours:

0

Satisfies Cultural Literacy requirement:

Yes

Satisfies General Education requirement:

Yes

Grading Options

A-F, P/NP, Audit

Default Grading Options

A-F

Repeats available for credit:

0

Alignment with Institutional Learning Outcomes

Major

1. Communicate effectively using appropriate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. (Communication)

Major

2. Creatively solve problems by using relevant methods of research, personal reflection, reasoning, and evaluation of information. (Critical thinking and Problem-Solving)

Not Addressed

3. Extract, interpret, evaluate, communicate, and apply quantitative information and methods to solve problems, evaluate claims, and support decisions in their academic, professional and private lives. (Quantitative Literacy)

Major

4. Use an understanding of cultural differences to constructively address issues that arise in the workplace and community. (Cultural Awareness)

Major

5. Recognize the consequences of human activity upon our social and natural world. (Community and Environmental Responsibility)

To establish an intentional learning environment, Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) require a clear definition of instructional strategies, evidence of recurrent instruction, and employment of several assessment modes.

Major Designation

1. The outcome is addressed recurrently in the curriculum, regularly enough to establish a thorough understanding.
2. Students can demonstrate and are assessed on a thorough understanding of the outcome.
   • The course includes at least one assignment that can be assessed by applying the appropriate CLO rubric.

Minor Designation

1. The outcome is addressed adequately in the curriculum, establishing fundamental understanding.
2. Students can demonstrate and are assessed on a fundamental understanding of the outcome.
   • The course includes at least one assignment that can be assessed by applying the appropriate CLO rubric.

Suggested Outcome Assessment Strategies

The determination of assessment strategies is generally left to the discretion of the instructor. Here are some strategies that you might consider when designing your course: writings (journals, self-reflections, pre writing exercises, essays), quizzes, tests, midterm and final exams, group projects, presentations (in person, videos, etc), self-assessments, experimentations, lab reports, peer critiques, responses (to texts, podcasts, videos, films, etc), student generated questions, Escape Room, interviews, and/or portfolios.

Course Activities and Design

The determination of teaching strategies used in the delivery of outcomes is generally left to the discretion of the instructor. Here are some strategies that you might consider when designing your course: lecture, small group/forum discussion, flipped classroom, dyads, oral presentation, role play, simulation scenarios, group projects, service learning projects, hands-on lab, peer review/workshops, cooperative learning (jigsaw, fishbowl), inquiry based instruction, differentiated instruction (learning centers), graphic organizers, etc.

Course Content

Outcome 1: Evaluate a variety of historical sources from the early 1800s to the early 1900s.

• Political speeches and campaign rhetoric from the Jacksonian era

• Slave narratives and abolitionist writings

• Civil War letters and military documents

• Reconstruction legislation

• Industrial labor testimony

• Populist and Progressive reform documents

• Imperialism debates

Students analyze authorship, audience, bias, historical context, and interpretation.

Outcome 2: Describe continuities and change in American history (e.g., political, social, economic, cultural).

• Jacksonian democracy

• Westward expansion and Indigenous displacement

• Sectionalism and slavery

• Civil War and Reconstruction

• Industrialization and labor systems

• Urbanization and immigration

• Progressive reform

• American imperialism

• World War I

Outcome 3: Construct evidence-based historical arguments.

• Thesis development workshops

• Comparative historiography

• Analysis of competing interpretations of Reconstruction

• Debates over industrial capitalism

• Reform movement analysis

Outcome 4: Communicate historical knowledge and analysis effectively in written and/or verbal forms.

• Analytical essays

• Short primary source response papers

• In class discussion

• Presentations or recorded analysis

Outcome 5: Recognize the relevance of the past to the present.

• Race and civil rights
• Immigration policy
• Labor inequality
• Federal power
• American foreign policy traditions
• Reform movements and civic engagement

Suggested Texts and Materials

• OER - American Yawp

• Open Stax US History