Overview
Description
Origins, tactics and impact of American social movements, with emphasis on the role of ordinary citizens in effecting social change.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- explain the ethical principles, belief systems, and social contexts that motivated different groups of Americans, at particular points in the nation’s history, to organize collectively and advocate social change.
- analyze and synthesize primary, secondary, and cultural sources.
- find and use historical scholarship and sources to answer a research question.
- present ideas in a clear and persuasive manner both orally and in writing.
- use relevant scholarship and historical evidence to articulate a theory of why and how social movements emerge, succeed, or fail.