U.S. History at the University of Minnesota

Want a writing intensive U.S. History course? Then, take a look at History 1301 U.S. History to 1865. In the syllabus, it is described as an innovative survey course that uses the themes of “authority” and “rebellion” to explore American history from the early colonial period through the Civil War. The lectures and discussion sections are organized around seven significant topics that offer different viewpoints into the contests over authority in American history:

1. Encountering the “Other” in early America
2. Religion and the Social Order
3. Making a Revolution
4. Framing a New World Order
5. Expansion and Exclusion
6. Slavery and Social Reform
7. War and Memory

You will find detailed writing assignments and links to many of the primary documents referenced. Also available are 21 PowerPoint lecture presentations.

Tomorrow we will look at History 1302W United States from 1865 to the Present.