HST 237 Protest, War, and Peace: America in the Sixties

Lecture Hours: 4
Credits: 4

Presents an overview of American/U.S. history during the turbulent years of the Sixties. Covers a broad range of themes and ideas that occurred during the Sixties.

Prerequisite: Placement into WR 115 (or higher), or completion of WR 090 (or higher) with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Student Learning Outcomes:

Define historiography and evaluate historians’ arguments and different methods of historical inquiry about an issue or time period.
Describe the major political, social, cultural and intellectual transformations in U.S. history during the Sixties.
Identify the causes and effects of important historical events in the U.S. during the Sixties.
Describe how the present has been shaped by historical events, issues and ideas.
Compare the racial, economic, and ethnic groups in American society during the Sixties.
Analyze primary historical documents, and use specific evidence to make an historical argument.
Prepare a written analysis of historical documents, issues or ideas.

General Education Statewide Outcomes:

Apply analytical skills to social phenomena in order to understand human behavior.
Apply knowledge and experience to foster personal growth and better appreciate the diverse social world in which we live.

Content Outline

Cold War Realities, American Dreams
Disillusionment and Protest: The Mid-fifties
Kennedy Promise
Civil-Rights Revolution
Quest for the Great Society
Vietnam and American Society
1968
Nixon Counterrevolution
Twilight of the Movement
Feminism and Environmentalism: Enduring Bequests of the Sixties