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Apr 06, 2026
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ES 120 - The People’s History I
Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-4; US-1, US-2; Social Justice
Topical and comparative approach to the contributions of diverse peoples and cultures to the development of the United States from European contact to 1877.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-4 - Lower Division Social and Behavioral Sciences, US-1, US-2, Overlay - Social Justice
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous, or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- apply an Ethnic Studies disciplinary lens to the study of US history;
- explain the development of the US Constitution concerning issues of race, class, and gender;
- identify key moments in the struggle for social justice for people of color, women, and working-class people in early US history.
GE-4. Lower-division Social and Behavioral Sciences Electives Learning Outcomes
- Explain how social, political, and economic institutions and/or principles intersect with each other.
- Describe how people produce, resist, and/or transform social, political, and economic institutions/principles.
- Investigate contemporary and/or historical events/issues from a social science perspective.
US-1. U.S. History Learning Outcomes
- Explain the causes and consequences of major historical events in a period of at least a hundred years of U.S. history.
- Describe the contributions of major social movements and ethnic groups in a period of at least a hundred years of U.S. history.
US-2. U.S. Constitution Learning Outcomes
- Describe the development of the U.S. Constitution and its later interpretation and amendments.
- Explain the practices and institutional forms of democracy derived from the U.S. Constitution.
- Explain citizen rights and responsibilities under the U.S. Constitution.
Social Justice Overlay Learning Outcomes
- use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity;
- describe the challenges to achieving social justice; and
- identify ways in which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, or the world.
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