History

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify and correctly use basic historical terminology.
• distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• identify various interpretations used by historians to explain the development of Europe and the Mediterranean to 1500.
• explain why there may be multiple causes of a historical event.
• identify the major eras and relevant geography of Europe and the Mediterranean to 1500.
• identify and evaluate major economic, social, political, and cultural developments in Europe and the Mediterranean to 1500.
• identify and evaluate the experiences, conflicts, and connections of diverse groups of people in Europe and the Mediterranean to 1500.
• make historical generalizations about Europe and the Mediterranean to 1500 based on personal understanding of the historical evidence.
• identify and describe the multiple cultural legacies of diverse peoples in Europe and the Mediterranean to 1500.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify and correctly use basic historical terminology, and distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• compare and evaluate various interpretations used by historians to explain the development of European history since 1500.
• evaluate multiple causes and analyze why a historical event happened.
• identify the major eras and relevant geography of European history since 1500.
• evaluate major economic, social, political, and cultural developments in European history since 1500.
• evaluate the experiences, conflicts, and connections of diverse groups of people in European history since 1500.
• draw historical generalizations about European history since 1500 based on understanding of the historical evidence.
• describe and evaluate the major movements and historical forces that have contributed to the development of European history since 1500.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• examine the contributions of women in the evolution of western social, cultural, political, and economic institutions within the context of socially- and culturally-imposed limits inherent in the patriarchal system of domination.
• analyze and evaluate the impact of western social, religious, economic, political, and cultural institutions on women's lives and experiences.
• discuss the role of patriarchy, social stratification, and social construction of gender as historically- and socially-constructed systems of male dominance.
• utilize basic historical and gender-studies concepts and terminology to examine and analyze patriarchy as a system of domination that has defined the nature of gender relations in western society and institutions.
• evaluate the symbiotic relationship between private property, religious ideology, and the creation of the legal system that legitimized the preservation of male dominance in western society.
• comprehend how, to this date, gender relations are strongly influenced by a long history of patriarchal institutions and structures.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• correctly use basic historical terminology.
• distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• identify various interpretations used by historians to explain world history to 1500 C.E.
• analyze multiple causes for and properly evaluate why an historical event happened.
• describe the major eras of world history to 1500 C.E.
• evaluate major economic, social, political, and cultural developments in world history to 1500 C.E.
• assess the experiences, conflicts, and connections of diverse ethnicities and cultures in world history to 1500 C.E.
• use historical evidence to formulate historical generalizations about world history to 1500 C.E.
• identify the relevant geography of world history to 1500 C.E.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• use basic historical terminology.
• distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• identify various interpretations used by historians to explain world history since 1500 C.E.
• investigate multiple causes for and properly evaluate why a historical event happened and to discuss past events through multiple frames of reference.
• describe the major eras and relevant geography of world history since 1500 C.E.
• evaluate major economic, social, political, cultural, intellectual, and religious developments in world history since 1500 C.E.
• assess the experiences, conflicts, and connections of diverse groups of people in world history since 1500 C.E.
• use historical evidence to formulate generalizations about world history since 1500 C.E.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify and correctly use basic historical terminology and distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• analyze multiple causes for an historical event, and properly evaluate why that event happened.
• identify various interpretations used by historians to explain United States history up to 1877.
• identify the major time periods and relevant geography of United States history up to 1877.
• analyze and evaluate the major economic, social, political, and cultural developments in United States history up to 1877.
• analyze and evaluate the experiences and conflicts of diverse groups of people, including “common people,” in United States history up to 1877.
• analyze, describe, and explain the motives, settlement, and organization of European colonies in North America, and the impact on the Native American environment and cultures.
• trace the development of racial slavery in America, explain the reasons for its institutionalization, and analyze the influence of Africans and African culture on American society and institutions.
• analyze the events of the American Revolution and the creation of the United States, including state and national Constitutions, and explain the rationale behind these developments.
• analyze the philosophical, intellectual, and cultural influences on the development of American political and social institutions.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify and correctly use basic historical terminology, and distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• identify various interpretations used by historians to explain United States History since the Civil War.
• analyze multiple causes for and properly evaluate why an historical event happened.
• identify the major time periods and relevant geography of United States history since the Civil War.
• analyze and evaluate the major economic, social, political, and cultural developments in United States history since the Civil War.
• analyze and evaluate the experiences and conflicts of diverse groups of people, including “common people,” in United States history since the Civil War.
• make historical generalizations about United States history since the Civil War based on historical evidence.
• analyze and evaluate the increasing role of the United States in a global context since the Civil War.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify and correctly use basic historical terminology, and distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• identify and apply various interpretations used by historians to explain intellectual and cultural developments in the history of the United States.
• analyze the intellectual sources and expressions of core American values such as individualism, liberty, democracy, citizenship, and equality.
• identify, evaluate, and analyze the contributions of specific individuals to public and private discussions of American values.
• analyze the impact of religion, politics, science, philosophy, literature, and art on the formation of American cultural and intellectual values.
• analyze how the definitions of social categories such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class have changed in cultural and intellectual expression through time.
• evaluate how social categories such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class have influenced the formation of political, economic, cultural, and social ideas in the United States.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• evaluate the early history of the United States from an African American perspective.
• identify the origin and significance of American institutions such as slavery, U.S. Constitution, and role of the Federal Government.
• relate to the African American experience from African origins through the Civil War.
• identify the historical geography of the world and the United States including changes in the environment and migrations of populations to and within the territory of the United States.
• examine the contributions of African Americans to U.S. History.
• analyze the impact of discrimination and institutionalized racism on African American communities.
• evaluate African American relationships with other ethnic groups.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• examine U.S. history since the Civil War from an African American perspective.
• evaluate the function and continued development of U.S. institutions.
• assess the contributions of African Americans to U.S. history.
• evaluate African American relationships with other ethnic groups.
• analyze the struggle for civil rights from Reconstruction to the present.
• analyze the impact of discrimination and institutionalized racism on African American communities.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify and correctly use basic historical terminology.
• distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• identify and discuss various interpretations used by historians to explain the history of the American Indian experiences in the United States.
• analyze multiple causes for and properly evaluate why specific historical events happened.
• analyze the economic, political, and social systems of a wide variety of Nations which inhabited the North American continent prior to European Contact.
• identify major eras of U.S. history as they relate to changing relationships with Native Nations.
• describe and analyze the effect of European colonization and trade upon the original inhabitants of North America.
• analyze the consequences of European wars in North America.
• trace the migration of Europeans and Americans across the continent and explain the rationale for and consequences of these movements.
• evaluate the effect of stereotyping and racism on American Indian Nations during specific periods in U.S. history.
• analyze the effect of U.S. government policies on American Indians, including American Indian attempts to protect sovereignty and cultural traditions.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify and correctly use basic historical terminology, such as causality, chronology, and change over time.
• distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• apply various interpretations used by historians to explain the history of Asian Pacific Americans.
• identify the origins and sources of global Asian migration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including persons from East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific islands.
• explain the historical context of United States government policies toward Asian Pacific Islander immigrants, including immigration restrictions and exclusion from citizenship.
• analyze the historical patterns of gender roles and family formation among Asian Pacific Americans.
• analyze the effect of racial and ethnic prejudice on Asian Pacific Islander populations throughout American history, using appropriate terminology.
• compare and contrast the historical relationships of Asian Pacific Americans to other racial and ethnic groups in American society.
• analyze the efforts by Asian Pacific Islander immigrants and Asian Pacific Americans to incorporate themselves into the social, political, economic, and cultural structure of the United States.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify and correctly use basic historical terminology, as well as distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• describe multiple perspectives about an event in U.S./Chicano history.
• analyze multiple causes for and properly evaluate why a historical event happened.
• analyze and evaluate the major economic, social, political, and cultural developments in U.S. history since the Mexican American War.
• analyze and explain the influence of Mexican Americans on U.S. history.
• explain how the history of the U.S. from a Mexican American perspective enhances the overall understanding of U.S. history.
• identify the major historical periods and relevant geography of the U.S. since the Mexican American War.
• describe the complexity of relationships that Mexican Americans have with other ethnic groups within the United States.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify and use basic historical terminology.
• distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• provide multiple causes to explain why an historical event occurred.
• describe an event or controversy in U.S. women’s history from several historical perspectives including those based on gender identity, race, ethnicity, immigrant experience, social class, or sexual orientation.
• identify the major eras of U.S. women’s history.
• analyze the contributions of various groups of women to America’s political and economic systems.
• evaluate women’s history through an intersectionality lens, including how race, class, gender, sexual orientation, ability, and other categories influence women’s identities and experiences.
• explain how women’s point of view fits into the overall narrative of U.S. History.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify and use basic historical terminology relating to U.S. women's history and distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• define ethnocentrism, racism, and sexism and use these definitions to analyze the social, political, and economic status of women throughout U.S. history.
• analyze multiple causes for why significant historical events in U. S. women’s history up to 1877 occurred, in such a way that underscores the continuity of the American experience, and its derivation from other cultures, including the study of politics, economics, and social movements.
• analyze the political philosophies of the Framers of the Constitution, the operation of political process and institutions under the U.S. Constitution, and the rights and obligations of individual citizens in the political system established under the Constitution.
• evaluate women’s status in the evolution of American politics such as constitutional interpretation and change, federal-state relationships, and the growth and power of the Supreme Court.
• describe and compare various interpretations used by historians to explain U.S. women’s history up through 1877 through an intersectional lens that accounts for race, ethnicity, class, gender identity, sexuality, disability, and other factors that influenced women’s lives.
• examine and compare significant aspects of culture, contributions, and social experiences of North America’s diverse population of women including African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicane/Chicanx, Latine/Latinx, Native Americans, and European Americans.
• explain how women’s history fits into the major time periods and relevant geography of United States history up to 1877, including the relationships of regions within the U.S. to external regions and powers.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify and correctly use basic historical terminology relating to US women’s history and distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• define ethnocentrism, racism, and sexism and use these definitions to analyze the social, political, and economic status of women throughout U.S history.
• provide multiple causes to explain why significant historical events in U.S. history occurred, in such a way that underscores the continuity of the American experience, and its derivation from other cultures, including the study of politics, economics, and social movements.
• analyze the Constitution of the State of California, the nature and processes of California State and local governments, and the relationships between the U.S. government and state and local governments in general, particularly as felt by women from diverse backgrounds.
• describe and compare various interpretations used by historians to explain United States and California’s women’s history from 1865 to the present through an intersectional lens that accounts for race, ethnicity, class, gender identity, sexuality, disability, and other factors that influenced women’s lives.
• examine and compare significant aspects of culture, contributions, and social experiences of North America’s diverse population of women including African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicane/Chicanx, Latine/Latinx, Native American, and European Americans.
• explain how women’s perspectives fit into the overall narrative of U.S. History, including the relationships of regions within the U.S. to external regions and powers.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• use basic historical terminology.
• identify and distinguish between primary and secondary historical sources.
• analyze and explain California art, literature, and other cultural expressions produced before 1879.
• evaluate various historical interpretations and perspectives of early California history.
• analyze and evaluate the multiple causes of an historical event that happened in California.
• organize California historical events into chronological order and analyze cause-and-effect relationships.
• analyze and describe the subjective and objective impacts of California's mission, rancho, Gold Rush, and railroad eras.
• evaluate the place of California's economy, politics, culture, and controversies within the context of U.S. and world history.
• assess the role of California's geography and climate in shaping human institutions, cultural expressions, and experiences.
• analyze the nature and processes of California State and local governments and the relationships between the U.S. government and state and local governments.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• correctly use basic historical terminology.
• identify and distinguish between primary and secondary historical sources.
• evaluate multiple causes of an historical event that happened in California.
• support interpretations with examples drawn from California history.
• identify and evaluate significant political, economic, social, and ethnic developments from this period of California history.
• analyze the role of geography and climate in California in shaping human institutions and experiences.
• evaluate the multiple outcomes of the second constitutional convention.
• analyze the nature and processes of California State and local governments and the relationships between the U.S. government and state and local governments.
• critique political ideas, controversies, and institutions necessary for effective citizenship, especially for residents of California.
• analyze primary sources from California history, 1879 to present.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify and correctly use historical terminology related to the California Gold Rush.
• critically evaluate various historical interpretations and perspectives of the California Gold Rush.
• analyze and describe the economic, political, and social consequences of the California Gold Rush.
• describe various gold mining techniques and evaluate the long-term environmental consequences of those techniques.
• visit a museum, exhibition, or remnant of a Gold Rush town, evaluate the historical interpretations provided, and make recommendations about ways to improve public interpretive materials.
• organize Gold Rush era events in chronological order and analyze cause-and-effect relationships.
• identify and distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• correctly use basic historical terminology.
• distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• explain the complexity of Islam as a political, social, cultural, and economic influence across Afro-Eurasia and the diversity of peoples, geographies, and historical experiences of those living within the Islamic World.
• identify various interpretations used by historians to explain the history of the Islamic World.
• investigate multiple causes for and properly evaluate why a historical event happened and discuss past events through multiple frames of reference.
• describe the major eras and relevant geography of Islamic History.
• evaluate major economic, social, political, cultural, intellectual, and religious developments in Islamic History.
• assess the experiences, conflicts, and connections of diverse groups of people in Islamic History.
• use historical evidence to formulate generalizations about Islamic History.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• use basic historical terminology.
• distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• explain the complexity of defining Asia as a region and the diversity of climates, peoples, geography, and historical experiences encompassed by the term Asia.
• identify various interpretations used by historians to explain Asian History to 1800 C.E.
• investigate multiple causes for and properly evaluate why a historical event happened and to discuss past events through multiple frames of reference.
• describe the major eras and relevant geography of Asian History to 1800 C.E.
• evaluate major economic, social, political, cultural, intellectual, and religious developments in Asian History to 1800 C.E.
• assess the experiences, conflicts, and connections of diverse groups of people in Asian History to 1800 C.E.
• use historical evidence to formulate generalizations about Asian History to 1800 C.E.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• use basic historical terminology.
• distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• explain the complexity of defining Asia as a region and the diversity of climates, peoples, geography, and historical experiences encompassed by the term Asia.
• identify various interpretations used by historians to explain Asian History since 1800 C.E.
• investigate multiple causes for and properly evaluate why a historical event happened and to discuss past events through multiple frames of reference.
• identify the relevant geography of Asian History since 1800 C.E.
• evaluate major economic, social, political, cultural, intellectual, and religious developments in Asian History since 1800 C.E.
• assess the experiences, conflicts, and connections of diverse groups of people in Asian History since 1800 C.E.
• use historical evidence to formulate generalizations about Asian History since 1800 C.E.
• analyze the effects of and responses to colonialism, imperialism, nationalism, and modernity in a variety of Asian societies.
• describe the major eras of Asian History since 1800 C.E.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify and correctly use basic historical terminology, and distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• evaluate various interpretations used by historians to explain Russian history.
• analyze multiple causes for a historical event, and properly evaluate why that event happened.
• identify the major eras and relevant geography of Russian history.
• evaluate major economic, social, political, and cultural developments in Russian history.
• evaluate the experiences, conflicts, and connections of diverse groups of people in Russian history.
• draw historical generalizations about Russian history based on the historical evidence.
• evaluate the major causes and impact of the Revolutions of 1917.
• analyze the major features of the transformation of the Soviet Union under Stalin.
• evaluate Gorbachev’s reforms and the causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
• evaluate the reemergence of Russia and its development in the 21st century.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify and correctly use basic historical terminology.
• distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• analyze the major periods and relevant geography of the history of Mexico from its earliest civilizations to the present.
• analyze multiple causes for and properly evaluate why an historical event happened.
• assess and interpret Mexican history and contemporary Mexican issues by analyzing relevant historical evidence in appropriate contexts.
• construct and support historical narratives about the experiences and conflicts of indigenous, European, African, and multiracial populations in the development of Mexico.
• critique narratives about the history of Mexico based on appropriate understanding of relevant historical evidence found in primary and secondary source materials.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• correctly use basic historical terminology.
• distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• recognize Latin America as a complex region of enormous diversity in climates, peoples, geography, and historical experiences.
• identify various interpretations used by historians to explain Latin American history to 1830 C.E.
• investigate multiple causes for and properly evaluate why an historical event happened.
• describe the relevant geography of Latin American history to 1830 C.E.
• evaluate major economic, social, political, and cultural developments in Latin American history to 1830.
• assess the experiences, conflicts, and connections of diverse groups of people in Latin American history to 1830.
• use historical evidence to formulate historical generalizations about Latin American history to 1830.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• correctly use basic historical terminology.
• distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence.
• recognize Latin America as a complex region of enormous diversity in climates, peoples, geography, and historical experiences.
• identify various interpretations used by historians to explain Latin American history since 1830 C.E.
• investigate multiple causes for and properly evaluate why an historical event happened.
• describe the relevant geography of Latin American history since 1830 C.E.
• evaluate major economic, social, political, and cultural developments in Latin American history since 1830 C.E.
• assess the experiences, conflicts, and connections of diverse groups of people in Latin American history since 1830 C.E.
• use historical evidence to formulate historical generalizations about Latin American history since 1830 C.E.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• examine the subject matter and methodology of history
• understand such historical concepts as cause and effect and multiple causation as a means of developing appropriate historical generalizations
• explore and analyze the causes and impact of the Italian Renaissance
• analyze and evaluate the interrelatedness of art, culture, politics, society, economics, and history
• critically analyze and evaluate primary sources as evidence reflecting Italian culture and history
• evaluate and analyze historical documents and interpretations
• evaluate the historical context of the Italian Renaissance and assess various schools of historical interpretation
• analyze and describe how Renaissance artistic expression relates to Renaissance thought and writings

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify and correctly use basic historical terminology, and distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence
• analyze various interpretations used by historians to explain the development of western civilization prior to the Renaissance
• evaluate multiple causes and analyze why a historical event happened
• identify the major eras and relevant geography of western civilization prior to the Renaissance
• analyze major economic, social, political, and cultural developments in western civilization prior to the Renaissance.
• evaluate the experiences, conflicts, and connections of diverse groups of people in western civilization prior to the Renaissance.
• draw historical generalizations about western civilization prior to the Renaissance based on the historical evidence.
• evaluate the cultural legacies and contributions of the Ancient Middle East, Greece, Rome and Medieval Europe to the development of western civilization.
• critically analyze primary sources and use them to support historical interpretations.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify and correctly use basic historical terminology, and distinguish between primary and secondary sources as historical evidence
• analyze various interpretations used by historians to explain the development of western civilization since the Renaissance
• evaluate multiple causes and analyze why a historical event happened
• identify the major eras and relevant geography of western civilization since the Renaissance
• evaluate the experiences, conflicts, and connections of diverse groups of people in western civilization since the Renaissance
• draw historical generalizations about western civilization since the Renaissance based on the historical evidence
• critically analyze primary sources and use them to support historical interpretations

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify the major time periods, geographical settings, and human experiences of United States history from the pre-colonial period to the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
• differentiate between primary source material and secondary source material and their uses in historical study.
• investigate and analyze multiple causes of historical events by applying relevant factual details from primary and secondary source materials.
• synthesize multiple interpretations about historical change in the United States from its indigenous and pre-colonial origins to the Civil War and Reconstruction periods, with a focus on the diversity of racial, cultural, gender, and class identities that foster multiple interpretations.
• evaluate the varieties of indigenous American historical experience before and after the arrival of migrants from Europe and Africa in the American continents.
• assess the motives, settlement, and organization of European colonies in North America, and evaluate their impact on existing environments and indigenous cultural practices.
• analyze the development and institutionalization of racial slavery in North America and appraise the influence of African cultures and experiences on the development of American society and institutions, including the impact of racial slavery on family structure and gender roles.
• assess the economic, scientific, technological, and ecological interactions on the human populations of the American continents from before the colonial period to the middle of the nineteenth century.
• analyze the major events and experiences of the revolutionary and early national periods in United States history, including the history and function of political institutions, the creation of state and national constitutions, and the participation of individuals from multiple racial, gender, cultural, and social backgrounds in these events.
• formulate independent historical interpretations by applying valid and relevant factual information from source material.
• integrate knowledge of historical research and interpretation to review publications and documents relating to the history of the United States from the pre-colonial period to the Civil War and Reconstruction periods in a critical manner.
• demonstrate an understanding of America's growth in a global context.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• discern and explain the implications of the interrelationships of major social, ethnic, cultural, political, and economic institutions.
• analyze specific historic events and major historic trends by recognizing and evaluating options, making distinctions, recognizing implications, and applying prevailing data.
• examine the basic elements of historical research and scholarship: evidence, historiography, and critical reviews of existing books and articles.
• construct historical analysis from a combination of theory and applied knowledge.
• differentiate between primary source material and secondary source material and their uses in historical study.
• synthesize multiple interpretations about historical change in the United States from the Civil War through the modern Civil Rights era with a focus on the diversity of racial, cultural, and class identities that foster multiple interpretations.
• integrate knowledge of historical research and interpretation to review important publications and documents relating to the history of the United States from the Civil War to the present.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• describe how history is broad, multi-faceted, controversial, relevant for all disciplines, and is not necessarily restricted to the one discipline commonly referred to as "history"
• examine the discipline of history itself - its subject matter and methodology
• employ such historical concepts as cause and effect and multiple causation as a means of developing appropriate historical generalizations
• identify and critically analyze the interrelatedness of art, culture, politics, society, economics and history
• critically analyze and critique primary sources as evidence reflecting a culture and an era
• write essays and other writings that responds to, evaluates, and analyzes historical documents and interpretations
• assess various schools of historical interpretation