Course Description
Selected aspects of United States relations with the world in the twentieth century.
Athena Title
America and the World Honors
Prerequisite
Permission of Honors
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- By the end of this course, students will be able to arrive at conclusions about U.S. relations with East Asia by gathering and weighing evidence, logical argument, and listening to counter argument.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to write stylistically appropriate papers and essays. Students will be able to analyze ideas and evidence, organize their thoughts, and revise and edit their finished essays.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to identify how the history of America and the world has shaped political, social, and cultural identities, encouraging them to understand diverse worldviews and experiences.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to apply appropriate methodological approaches to their analysis of primary sources and to organize their evidence to show historical continuities and discontinuities.
Topical Outline
- Introduction
- The Beginnings
- Rising U.S. Power in East Asia
- Rumblings of Conflict
- Quest for Stability
- Nationalism, Depression, & War
- World War II
- Aftermath of War
- The Korean War
- Ike and the Pacific
- Nixon Turnaround
- Carter
- Reagan and the End of the Cold War
- Clinton
- Bush
- The remainder of class periods will be devoted to student presentations of their research projects. Student presenters will present to the class no more than 30 pages of reading at the class before their presentation. Other members of the class will be expected to have read this material by the time they come to class on the day of the presentation.
