United States History III

Course Number:

HST 203Z

Transcript Title:

United States History III

Created:

Aug 11, 2022

Updated:

Apr 30, 2026

Total Credits:

4

Lecture Hours:

44

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 1920s forward.

• New Deal legislation and political speeches

• World War II propaganda and military documents

• Cold War policy statements

• Civil Rights speeches and court cases

• Feminist and social justice writings

• Conservative movement documents

• Neoliberal economic arguments

• Globalization debates

Students analyze authorship, audience, bias, context, and competing interpretations.

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

• Great Depression and New Deal

• World War II

• Cold War and containment

• Civil Rights and social justice movements

• Growth of federal power

• Postwar conservatism

• Immigration and demographic change

• Neoliberalism

• Globalization

Outcome 3: Construct evidence-based historical arguments.

• Historiography of the Cold War

• Debates over the New Deal

• Civil Rights interpretations

• Vietnam era analysis

• Post-1980 economic policy debates

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

• Analytical essays

• Short primary source responses

• Structured discussions

• Presentations or recorded analysis

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

• Civil rights and contemporary equity debates
• Federal power and constitutional issues
• Immigration policy
• U.S. global leadership
• Economic inequality
• Social justice movements

Suggested Texts and Materials

• OER - American Yawp

• Open Stax US History