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 It will utilize a variety of genres to do so: historical documents, history, drama, music, art, and film, thus exposing students to the range of ways in which culture is expressed and how we can understand it.
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