Dual Credit US History

Level: 11,12
Semesters: 2
Prerequisites: None
Credit: SHS (1) + Kishwaukee College (6) • Dual Credit Opportunity

(College credit towards HIS 220 and HIS 222 at Kishwaukee College)

1st Semester: HIS 220 — United States History to 1877
This class will study the social, economic, cultural, political, and constitutional development of the United States. This will include a study of America’s European origins, Native American prehistory, a brief survey of the early Colonial period, the Revolutionary War and Constitutional period, Jeffersonian Democracy, the War of 1812, the Age of Jackson, slavery, the War with Mexico, and the Civil War and Reconstruction. In-depth discussions will revolve around the social, cultural, economic, and gender issues as well as various interpretations of US history relevant to the covered time periods.

2nd Semester: HIS 222 — United States History Since 1877
This class will study the social, economic, cultural, political, and constitutional development of the United States. This course includes a brief analysis of American history from the Reconstruction period, the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, the 1950’s, the 1960’s, the Feminist Movement, Watergate, the last two decades of the 20th Century, and into the 21st Century. In-depth discussions will revolve around the social, cultural, economic, and gender issues as well as various interpretations of US history relevant to the covered time periods.