Course Goals

This course offers an in-depth look

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

1. Interpret a wide variety of primary source materials, from newspaper articles to movies to buildings, by placing them in their original context;
2. Describe the major social and political conflicts of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and place them in a modern perspective;
3. Clearly and concisely both describe a primary source, and provide your own interpretation of it and describe why that interpretation might interest others.