Course Description
This course is designed to introduce students to the racial, ethnic, cultural, and regional diversity of Georgia. We will use both chronological and thematic approaches to explore Native Americans, Spanish explorers, the multi-ethnic origins of Savannah (Moravian, Salzburger, Jewish); black-white relations from slavery through civil rights; Appalachian culture; the urban Jewish experience, recent Latino immigration, etc.
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MULTICULTURAL GA
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in HIST 4110/6110
Prerequisite
Permission of Honors
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course is designed to introduce honor students to the variety of cultures -- racial, ethnic, regional -- that have shaped Georgia's past and continue to shape its present and future. It will utilize a variety of genres to do so: historical documents, history, drama, music, art, and film, thus exposing students to the range of ways in which culture is expressed and how we can understand it. A principal objective of the course is to teach students to think critically for themselves about the relationships between the past and the present, to learn to ask questions of the past that enable them to understand the present and mold the future, and to become attuned to both the limitations and possibilities of change. The course seeks to acquaint students with the ways in which past societies and peoples have defined the relationships between community and individual needs and goals, and between ethical norms and decision-making. In general students will be expected to: 1. read a wide range of primary and secondary sources critically. 2. polish skills in critical thinking, including the ability to recognize the difference between opinion and evidence, and the ability to evaluate--and support or refute--arguments effectively. 3. write stylistically appropriate and mature papers and essays using processes that include discovering ideas and evidence, organizing that material, and revising, editing, and polishing the finished papers.
Topical Outline
I. Spanish Exploration -- Native American Contact II. Oglethorpe's Vision of a Multicultural Colony (Salzburgers, Moravians, Jews, etc.) III. Cherokee and Creek Removal IV. Slavery and Emancipation V. Reconstruction and Jim Crow VI. Georgia Jews and Anti-Semitism VII. Race, Gender, and Miscegenation VIII.Appalachian Georgia IX. The Civil Rights Movement X. Women's Cultures, Black and White XI. Latino Georgia
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