HIST 304 - Teaching in History: (subtitle)

2020-2021 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 4
Lecture: 4
Non-Lecture: 0
This is a skills-based course for History/Adolescent Education students. In the course, students and faculty will engage in critical discussions regarding grand historical narratives and overviews with the intention of decentering the traditional, simplified “arc” of history that leaves too many crucial issues either unexamined or hidden. In addition to reading secondary source historical works that will help students to think about ways to reframe conventional historical narrative, the course will devote significant time to identifying, locating and analyzing relevant primary sources that they will then be able to incorporate in their future classrooms. Students will work collectively by participating in thoughtful discussions and debates, sharing secondary sources and primary materials, and giving formal presentations. Finally, students will be expected to reflect critically on the value of historical thinking and knowledge in the context of secondary education. This course may be focused on U.S. or global history.

Prerequisite(s): HIST 302 (HIST 301 also recommended)
Offered: Once Every Other Year
Class Restriction: Junior, Senior
Repeatable: May be repeated once for credit with different subtitles