U.S. History at the University of Minnesota Part II

Today, as promised, we'll highlight History 1302W United States from 1865 to the Present, a U.S. history course at the University of Minnesota. This course website is not as impressive as the one for History 1301 U.S. History to 1865. However, it does give a nice outline for studying the period. Lecture outlines are just that, short outlines. There are no online readings as there are for History 1301, but you will find a nice (active) links page. The assignments will prove to be a good addition to a lifelong learner's collection of material for the study of U.S. history.

All in all, this site offers some good supplemental materials if you're designing your own course of study.

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.