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History of the United States I
HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FORM 335
Course Form 335 must be updated at least every five years per AP 765 to include, at a
minimum, the following elements. [§335.2]
1.
Digital Description [§335.2]:
Credit hours:
Lecture hours:
Lab hours:
3.0
3.0
0.0
BL: [ ]⅓ [X]½ [ ]⅔ [ ] Other (Indicate fraction or percent)
2.
3.
Catalog Description [§335.2]:
History of persons and events that have contributed to the American way of life. Topics
include settlement of the new continent, the American Revolution, construction of a
constitution and government, and the development of an economic system. Problems of
reconciling differences among various groups are considered in relation to the Civil War.
(Core B)
Minimum Grade Required
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Other:
4.
Learning Outcomes [§335.2]
[These outcomes are necessary to enable students to attain the essential knowledge and
skills embodied in the program’s educational objectives.]
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
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Describe the constitutional ideals and fundamental political institutions of the United
States
Assess the differences between historical certainty and national historical mythology
relating to United States History
Explain the historical foundations of important political, economic, and social issues,
foreign and domestic, facing the United States today
Describe some of the contributions made by historically marginalized, or “minority”
groups of people, to the history and development of the United States as a nation
Interpret, evaluate and synthesize written, oral and/or visual historical data, evidence,
and sources
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History of the United States I
Planned Sequence of Instruction [§335.2]
[These must be designed to help students achieve the learning outcomes.]
Making a “New” World ..................................................................................... one week
A Continent on the Move, 1400-1725 ............................................................... one week
Founding the English mainland Colonies, 1585-1732 ....................................... one week
The English Colonies in the Eighteenth Century, 1689-1763 ........................... one week
Deciding Where Loyalties Lie, 1763-1776 ........................................................ one week
Recreating America: Independence and a New Nation, 1775-1783 .................. one week
Competing Visions of the Virtuous Republic, 1770-1796................................. one week
The Early Republic, 1796-1804 ......................................................................... one week
Increasing Conflict and War, 1805-1815 ........................................................... one week
The Rise of a New Nation, 1815-1836 .............................................................. one week
The Great Transformation, 1828-1840 and West .............................................. one week
Responses to the Great Transformation 1828-1840........................................... one week
Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny, 1841-1849 ................................... one week
Sectional Conflict and Shattered Union ............................................................. one week
A Violent Choice: Civil War, 1861-1865 ......................................................... one week
6.
Assessment of Student Learning
[Methods of assessment should be appropriate for Learning Outcomes listed above.]
Assessment of student learning outcomes for the course, as required by AP 765, is part of
regular curriculum maintenance and/or improvement. The specific plan has been
determined by the pertinent faculty involved and is kept on file in the division office.
7.
List of Texts, References, Selected Library Resources or other Learning Materials
(code each item based on instructional use: C-Lecture/Laboratory, A-Lecture, BLaboratory, LC-Lecture/Clinical, CLN-Clinical, I-Online, BL-Blended, D-Independent
Study, P-Private Lessons, E-Internship, F-Cooperative Work-Study, FE-Field
Experience. [These resources must be easily accessible to students.]
FULL-TIME TEXTBOOKS:
Berkin, Carol. Making America - Volume A. (Latest Edition). Boston, MA: Houghton
Mifflin Company.
Berkin, Carol, and others. Making America: A History of the United States. Volume I:
To 1877. (Latest Edition). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Brinkley, Alan. American History: A Survey. Volume 1. (Latest Edition). New York,
NY: McGraw-Hill.
Clark, Christopher, et al. "Who Built America? Working People and the Nation's
History". (Latest Edition). New York, NY: Bedford/St. Martins.
Foner, Eric. Give Me Liberty! An American History. Volume 1. (Latest Edition). New
York, NY: W. W. Norton and Company.
Kennedy, David M., and others. The American Pageant: A History of the American
People.Volume I. (Latest Edition). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
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McPherson, James M. Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction. (Latest
Edition). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Miller, William Lee. Arguing About Slavery: The Great Battle in the United States
Congress. (Latest Edition). Toronto ON, Canada: Vintage Publishers.
Oakes, James. Of the People – Comprehensive Vol. I. (Latest Editon). New York, NY:
Oxford University Press USA.
Oakes, James. Of the People – Comprehensive Vol. II. (Latest Editon). New York, NY:
Oxford University Press USA.
Oakes, James. Of the People – Concise Vol. I. (Latest Editon). New York, NY: Oxford
University Press USA.
Oakes, James. Of the People – Concise Vol. II. (Latest Editon). New York, NY:
Oxford University Press USA.
Roark, James L. and others. The American Promise. Volume I. (Latest Edition).
Boston, MA: Bradford/St. Martin.
Schaller, Michael. American Horixons – Comprehensive Vol.I. (Latest Edition). New
York, NY: Oxford University Press USA.
Schaller, Michael. American Horixons – Comprehensive Vol.II. (Latest Edition). New
York, NY: Oxford University Press USA.
Schaller, Michael. American Horixons – Concise Vol.I. (Latest Edition). New
York, NY: Oxford University Press USA.
Schaller, Michael. American Horixons – Concise Vol.II. (Latest Edition). New
York, NY: Oxford University Press USA.
Scheller, William. America: A History in Art. (Latest Edition). New York, NY:
Workman.
Tindall, George Brown, and David Emory Shi. America: A Narrative History. Volume I.
(Latest Edition). New York, NY: W.W. Norton and Company.
ADJUNCT TEXTBOOKS:
Berkin, Carol. Making America - Volume A. (Latest Edition). Boston, MA: Houghton
Mifflin Company.
Berkin, Carol, and others. Making America: A History of the United States. Volume I:
To 1877. (Latest Edition). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Boyer, Paul S. et al. The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People. Volume
I. (Latest Edition). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Brinkley, Alan. American History: A Survey. Volume 1. (Latest Edition). New York,
NY: McGraw-Hill.
Brinkley, Alan. The Unfinished Nation. (Latest Edition). New York, NY: McGraw
Hill.
Divine, Robert & others. America: Past and Present. (Latest Edition). New York, NY:
Person Ablongman.
Foner, Eric. Give Me Liberty! An American History. Volume 1. (Latest Edition). New
York, NY: W. W. Norton and Company.
Gaustad, Edwin and others. Unto a Good Land: A History of the American People.
(Latest Edition). Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Maier, Smith, Keyser, et. al. Inventing America. (Latest Edition). New York, NY: W.
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W. Norton.
McPherson, James M. Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction. (Latest
Edition). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Miller, William Lee. Arguing About Slavery: The Great Battle in the United States
Congress. (Latest Edition). Toronto ON, Canada: Vintage Publishers.
Oakes, James. Of the People – Comprehensive Vol. I. (Latest Editon). New York, NY:
Oxford University Press USA.
Oakes, James. Of the People – Comprehensive Vol. II. (Latest Editon). New York, NY:
Oxford University Press USA.
Oakes, James. Of the People – Concise Vol. I. (Latest Editon). New York, NY: Oxford
University Press USA.
Oakes, James. Of the People – Concise Vol. II. (Latest Editon). New York, NY:
Oxford University Press USA.
Roark, James L. and Others. The American Promise. Volume I. (Latest Edition).
Boston, MA: Bradford/St. Martin.
Schaller, Michael. American Horixons – Comprehensive Vol.I. (Latest Edition). New
York, NY: Oxford University Press USA.
Schaller, Michael. American Horixons – Comprehensive Vol.II. (Latest Edition). New
York, NY: Oxford University Press USA.
Schaller, Michael. American Horixons – Concise Vol.I. (Latest Edition). New
York, NY: Oxford University Press USA.
Schaller, Michael. American Horixons – Concise Vol.II. (Latest Edition). New
York, NY: Oxford University Press USA.
Scheller, William. America: A History in Art. (Latest Edition). New York, NY:
Workman.
Tindall, George Brown, and David Emory Shi. America: A Narrative History. Volume
I. (Latest Edition). New York, NY: W. W. Norton and Company.
Tindall, George Brown, and Shi, David Emory. America: A Narrative History Brief
Seventh Edition. (Latest Edition). Volume 1. New York, NY: W. W. Norton
and Company.
SUPPLEMENTAL TEXTBOOKS
Atlas of U.S. History. (Latest Edition). Union, N.J: Hammond.
Aronson, Stephen. Fandex Family Field Guides: Presidents. (Latest Edition). New
York, NY: Workman.
Dreisbach, Daniel. Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation between Church and
State. (Latest Edition). New York, NY: University Press.
Eagles, Charles W. Study Guide. Volume I. (Latest Edition). New York, NY: W.W.
Norton, for George Brown Tindall and David E. Shi’s America: A Narrative
History. Volume I.
Ellis, John. His Excellency: George Washington. (Latest Edition). New York, NY:
Vintage.
Faber, Eli, Study Guide. Volume I: To 1877. (Latest Edition). Boston, MA: Houghton
Mifflin Company for Carol Berkin and others Making America: A History of the
United States. Volume I: To 1877. (Latest Edition).
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Feimster, Crystal N. Southern Horrors: Women and the Politics of Rape and Lynching.
(Latest Edition). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
Foner, Eric, Ed. Voices of Freedom – A Documentary History. Volume 1. (Latest
Edition). New York, NY: W. W. Norton and Company.
Hutson, James. Religion and the New Republic: Faith in the Founding of America.
(Latest Edition). Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishing.
Johnson, M.P. Reading the American Past, Volume I: To 1877: Selected, Historical
Documents. (Latest Edition). Bedford/St. Martin, Boston, New York.
Lemisch, Jesse, ed. Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings. (Latest
Edition). New York, NY: New American Library.
Mann, Charles. 1491. (Latest Edition). New York, NY: Alfred Knopf
Merritt, Jane. At the Crossroads: Indians and Empires on a Mid-Atlantic Frontier: 17001763. (Latest Edition). Raleigh, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
Miller, Arthur. The Crucible. (Latest Edition). New York, NY: Penguin Books.
Morgan, Edmund. The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89. (Latest Edition). Chicago, IL:
The University of Chicago Press.
Patterns and Perspectives. Volume I. (Latest Edition). New York, NY: Free Press.
Quick Reference World Atlas. (Latest Edition). Chicago, IL: Rand McNally &
Company.
Rossiter, Clinton, ed. The Federalist Papers. (Latest Edition). New York, NY: New
American Library.
Shalhope, Robert. The Roots of Democracy. (Latest Edition). New York, NY:
Rowman and Littlefield Publishing.
Staloff, Darren. Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson: The Politics of Enlightenment and the
American Founding. (Latest Edition). New York, NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux.
Stone, Irving. The President’s Lady. (Latest Edition). Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson
Publishing.
LIBRARY RESOURCES
Alden, John Richard. The American Revolution: 1775-1783. (Latest Edition). New
York, NY: Harper and Row.
Carruth, Gorton. The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates. (Latest Edition). New
York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers.
Current, Richard N. The Lincoln Nobody Knows. (Latest Edition). New York, NY:
Hill and Wang.
Dangerfield, George. The Awakening of American Nationalism : 1815-1828. (Latest
Edition). New York, NY: Harper and Row.
Morris, Richard B., and Jeffrey B. Morris. The Encyclopedia of American History.
(Latest Edition). New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers.
Rossiter, Clinton. The First American Revolution. (Latest Edition). New York, NY:
Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc.
Stampp, Kenneth M. The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South. (Latest
Edition). New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf.
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8.
Prepared by Faculty Member: Rodney Ross/Brian Gurian
Date: 2/6/12
9.
Approved by Department Chairperson: Brian Gurian
Date: 2/6/12
10.
Approved by Academic Division Dean: Diane Thompson
Date: 2/10/12
This course meets all reimbursement requirements of Chapter 335, subchapters A /
B.
This course was developed, approved, and offered in accordance with the policies,
standards, guidelines, and practices established by the College. It is consistent with
the college mission.
If the course described here is a transfer course, it is comparable to similar courses
generally accepted for transfer to accredited four-year colleges and universities.
Whether transfer or career, this course is articulated with other courses so that it is
an elective or a requirement of one of the college programs and it does not require
students to have more than 30 credit hours of post secondary study prior to
enrolling in the program.
11.
Associate Dean, Curriculum & Assessment: Karen Tombs-Harling
Date: 2/20/12
12.
Provost & VP, Academic Affairs: Ronald R. Young
13.
Original Date of course approval by the college: 196510
14.
Date(s) of subsequent reviews: September 2003
Date: 2/22/12
Textbooks updated April 2002, April 2003, March 2004 (dmt)
Reviewed 12/2003. Revisions made: Other Learning Materials (dmt)
Reviewed 12/2004. Revisions made: List of Texts (Full-Time/Adjunct) (pas)
Reviewed: 5/2005. Revisions made: Full-time, Adjunct, Supplemental Textbooks and Library Resources. (dmt)
Project 3/2006: Revisions: Textbooks. {Entered 2/2005} (dmt)
Revised: Adjunct and Supplemental Textbooks {Entered 7/2005} (dmt)
Revised: Adjunct Textbooks {Entered 12/2005}(dmt)
Revised: 11/ 2006: Supplemental Textbooks. (dmt)
Revised: 2/2007: Adjunct Textbooks. (dmt)
Revised Textbooks: (Entered 9/2008). (dmt)
Revised Textbooks: Adjunct Textbooks (Entered 11/2008) (dmt)
Revised: 2/2009: Fulltime, Adjunct and Supplemental Textbooks (dmt)
Revised: 3/2009: Supplemental Textbooks (pas)
Revised: 3/2009: Full Time, Adjunct and Supplemental Textbooks (pas)
Revised: 4/2009: Learning Outcomes (pas)
Revised: 4/2009: Full -time and Adjunct Textbooks (dmt)
Revised: 4/2010 Assessment of Student Learning, List of Textbooks (pas)
Revised: 5/2010; Division Header: (pas)
Revised: 2/2011: Supplemental Textbooks (dmt)
Revised: 5/2011: Supplemental Textbooks (dmt)
Revised: 2/2012: Textbooks/Full-time/Adjunct (pas)
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