HIST420

Demonstrate, in a manner suitable for an upper division level course, knowledge of the discipline of history by identifying the principles of historiography and its limitations.

Identify and read, in a manner suitable for an upper division level course, primary sources that show how Native Americans, African Americans, and Europeans contributed to and were affected by historical events in colonial North America.

Analyze, in a manner suitable for an upper division level course, historiographical interpretations of the contributions that Native American, African American, and European populations made to the history of colonial North America.

Demonstrate, in a manner suitable for an upper division level course, historical analysis through quality written work which includes utilization of primary and secondary source materials.

Correctly utilize, in a manner suitable for an upper division level course, important analytical categories--such as gender, race, class, and age--as a way to explain and understand political, economic, and religious events in colonial North America.