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COURSE SYLLABUS
1. TITLE OF COURSE: Colorado History
PREFIX/NUMBER: HIS 225 CREDIT HOURS: 3
2. PREREQUISITE: REA 090 or permission of the instructor
3. RESOURCES NEEDED:
TEXT: TBA
SUPPLIES:
4. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Presents the story of the people, society, and cultures of Colorado from its earliest Native Americans, through the Spanish influx, the explorers, the fur traders and mountain men, the gold rush, railroad builders, the cattlemen and farmers, the silver boom, the tourists, and the modern state.
5. COURSE GOAL:
The student will examine the story of the people, society and culture of Colorado from its earliest settlers, the Indians through the Spanish influx, the fur traders and mountain men, the explorers, the gold rush, railroad builders, the cattlemen and farmers, the silver boom, the tourists, and the modern 20th century state.
6. COURSE OBJECTIVES:
I. Students will use the course content to
II. Identify, describe, analyze, and evaluate the major events, trends, peoples, groups, cultures, ideas, and institutions covered in the course.
III. Communicate this understanding of course content orally and in writing, in their own words.
IV. Demonstrate recognition of scholarly sources and the ability to locate and utilize them through library research.
V. Demonstrate the ability to analyze secondary sources, separating historical fact from interpretation, recognizing the chronological organization of narrative, and evaluating how interpretations develop from evidence.
VI. Identify primary sources, locate them through library research, and determine their special perspectives.
VII. Identify alternative primary sources such as oral history and artifacts, explaining how historians might use them.
VIII. Construct narrative and analytical history.
IX. Connect historical developments with geographical setting.
X. Determine repeated patterns in history and apply this knowledge to anticipate what did/will logically follow next.
7. COURSE OUTLINE
I. The Colorado Environment
II. Indigenous Coloradoans
III. Spanish Exploration and New Mexican Settlement
IV. American Exploration
V. The Fur Trade and Anglo Conquest
VI. The Pikes Peak Gold Rush
VII. Civil and Indian Wars
VIII. Railroads and Tourism
IX. Ranching and Homesteading
X. The Western Slope
XI. Mining, Industry, and Labor
XII. Turn-of-the-Century Politics
XIII. Depressions and World Wars
XIV. Rights and Reform Movements
XV. Modern and Future Colorado
8. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities.
9. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.
10. ADA NOTICE:
Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.
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