Overall Learning Outcomes

*These learning outcomes were determined to ensure that HIST 1101 fulfills the Transfer Pathway requirements.

1. Demonstrate a broad understanding of World History from pre-History through the early modern era (thirteenth through seventeenth centuries CE).
2. Make use of historical thinking.
3. Analyze historical sources, distinguishing primary from secondary sources.
4. Communicate effectively using historical evidence and methods.
5. Analyze and understand the diversity of peoples within their distinctive historical contexts.

*These learning outcomes were added by me because they are invaluable skills and knowledge for success in historical thinking and in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.

1. Develop digital and quantitative reasoning skills (including the ethics of finding, using, and presenting data) that are applicable in history and other fields by working with data and digital materials.
2. Develop strategies for advancing your learning skills such as effective reading, writing, and file management.

What We'll Do in This Class

My goal is that throughout this course you develop your knowledge of world history and practice the key skills of analysis, inquiry, and reflection on your learning.

In-Person Class Time

A hybrid class means we have regular in-person meetings every Tuesday and Thursday. Each class meeting will be a mix of:

• activities and discussions working through historical questions and sources in pairs, small groups, and full class. You are expected to engage and contribute as best you can (we’ll talk in class about what engagement can include)
• recaps of past week discussions and activities surfacing key points
• overviews of upcoming assignments: walkthroughs and clarifications
• mini-lectures from me, usually introducing key considerations or framing
• work time: start working on that week’s assignments, ask questions, get feedback from other students

Online class work