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History 1301
The United States to 1865
-CRN 12576 & 17055
-T & TH 1:30-2:50
-Dr. Jeffrey P. Shepherd
HIST 1301
-Liberal Arts Building
(LART)
-Rm. 326
-Office Hours:
T&TH 10-12:30
[email protected]
faculty.utep.edu/jpshepherd
Assistant Instructors
• Cristobal Borges
• [email protected]
• T & TH 3:00-4:30
• Melanie Rodriguez
• [email protected]
• M 1:00-2:30 & W 10:00-11:30
Course Overview
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Course syllabus
Goals & objectives
Main themes
Policies
Quizzes
Readings &
assignments
• How to succeed
Ideas and Concepts
How to “do history”
A. Just the facts
1. Names, dates, battles, presidents
2. One objective TRUTH
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B. Different approaches
1. Perspectives & interpretations
2. Arguments and evidence
C. Sources and methods
History and the Present
A. Propaganda
1. Self-serving & “feel good history”
2. Citizenship and patriotism
3. Simplification: Good vs. Evil
B. “Pop History”
1. Media (Fox News)
2. Textbooks
C. Examples
1. Columbus Day
2. Don Juan de Onate
3. El Paso and the “Wild West”
4. America was not and is not an Empire
Why Important?
A. Who we are
1. National identity
2. Multicultural society
B. Historical consciousness
1. “Why things are the way they are”
2. Self-reflection and humility
C. Historical Change
1. Unpredictable
2. Patterns and themes
3. People & forces make history
D. Where we are going……?