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ES 121 - The People’s History II

1. Apply an Ethnic Studies disciplinary lens to the study of US history.
2. Explain the development of the California State Constitution concerning issues of race, class, and gender.
3. Identify key moments in the struggle for social justice for people of color, women, GLBTQ, and working-class people in US history.

 

GE-4. Lower-division Social and Behavioral Sciences Electives Learning Outcomes

1. Explain how social, political, and economic institutions and/or principles intersect with each other.
2. Describe how people produce, resist, and/or transform social, political, and economic institutions/principles.
3. Investigate contemporary and/or historical events/issues from a social science perspective.

1. Describe the development of the U.S. Constitution and its later interpretation and amendments.
2. Explain the practices and institutional forms of democracy derived from the U.S. Constitution.
3. Explain citizen rights and responsibilities under the U.S. Constitution.

1. Describe the similarities and differences between the California Constitution and the U.S. Constitution.
2. Describe the historical and/or contemporary relationship between California and the federal government.
3. Describe how communities in California solve problems through political processes at various levels of government.

1. use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity;
2. describe the challenges to achieving social justice; and
3. identify ways in which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, or the world.