| Learning Goals |
Learning Objectives |
| Students will... |
Students will be able to... |
| Understand the discipline of history |
- Communicate how and why historians frame questions on human experience
- Recognize that history is an interpretative account of the past, which historians create in the present from surviving evidence
- Explain the origins of historians’ different interpretations of the past
- Describe and apply the ethical standards for historical practice as defined by the profession |
| Understand a body of historical knowledge pertaining to a society, nation, and/or region |
- Communicate how historical actors shaped and were shaped by their historical period
- Interpret historical ideas and actions in their social, cultural, and political contexts
- Analyze the histories of a society, nation, and/or region within the context of global developments |
| Understand the sources and methods used by historians to interpret the past |
- Distinguish primary and secondary sources and their uses in explaining the past
- Analyze sources for their credibility, context, perspective, and bias
- Describe quantitative and qualitative research methods and their uses by historians |
| Know how to create credible historical arguments and narratives |
- Articulate open-ended, clear, and interesting research questions about historical actors, events, and/or developments
- Design a research strategy that comprises academic databases, archival collections, and digitized sources
- Explain historical phenomena chronologically and in terms of historical continuities, discontinuities, and cause and effect
- Identify the characteristics of a focused, reasoned, and valid historical argument
- Communicate the significance of the research findings |
| Understand how to apply historical knowledge and historical thinking to contemporary issues |
- Describe how history shapes their lives and contemporary society
- Explain the value of historical thinking for lifelong learning and engaged citizenship |