Topic:North American History
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WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY!
Part of the School of History
Department of North American History
The programs of this Department focus on exploring the history of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, in addition to their impact on the world around us. We invite all who wish to learn about North America to enroll in our courses and participate in discussions. We will be working on creating a list of individuals that are interested in teaching about US and Canadian History. If this describes you, please consider teaching a course or mentoring students. This page has been designed to contain relevant information about the Department. Feel free to update any section if it is horribly outdated.
Course Offerings
Current
The following courses are being offered at this time by the Department.
- Introduction to Historiography - Offered through the Department of Historiography
- HIST-AM-101 Introduction to US History (I)
- HIST AM-102 Introduction to US History (II)
Proposed
These courses are in development. When they are ready to go, they will be moved to the above section.
Projects
- The Creation of an Empire I
- Project for K-12: See The Crafting Freedom Project
- The Great Depression/Day one
- History through American Girl: Lessons in History using the American Girl series
Requested
Many requests are received for courses. Those with the highest priority are listed here. Unfortunately, there are fewer instructors than courses. If you can teach a course, please consider doing so.
- American Revolution
- The United States of America
- The US Civil War
- Spanish – American War
- The World Wars
- Pax Americana
- Cold War
- The Civil Rights Movement
- Global War on Terrorism
- 9/11 (Please note this topic is going to try to stay neutral about its content and will try to stay away from any personal beliefs about the ensuing wars by the United States in its response)
- Afganistan
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
- American-Canadian Relations
- Canada at War
- Pre-Confederation Canada
- Canada and Race: Nativism, Eugenics, and Aliens
- Imperial geopolitics and boundary disputes in the Pacific Northwest
Department Task List
- Complete Department reforms
- Survey Courses for each period
- Establish more courses
- Develop Intro. to History
- Develop Intro. to Canadian History
- Develop period courses (200 level)
- Update pages as necessary
Department News
- May 7, 2007 - Department of American History founded!
- October 7, 2007 - Department of Canadian History founded!
- October 3, 2008 - Page overhaul!
- October 7, 2008 - Department of Canadian History is merged into Department of American History!
- October 15, 2008 - Department renamed to Department of North American History
Degree Program
While Wikiversity does not currently offer degree programs, the department intends to give students an idea of what might be required to receive a college degree.
Minor
Normally most institutions do not offer undergraduate degrees in American History. This course sequence would be for a Minor in American History.
- HIST-AM-100:Introduction to History
- HIST-AM-101:Introduction to US History (I)
- HIST-AM-102:Introduction to US History (II)
- HIST-AM-201:Pre-Columbian America
- HIST-AM-202:Colonial America
- HIST-AM-203:American Revolution
To be continued...
Resources
- Early Settlers Along the Mississippi (also printable version available
PDF) - a short 1831 essay, very approachable, by John James Audubon - A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force by Stephen L. McFarland - an 81-page, 1997 book by the Air Force History and Museums Program. In addition to the military-specific narrative it provides a good overview of the (declared, overt) wars the United States was involved in during the 20th century.
- enhancing access to America's historic newspapers - link provided by JWSchmidt.
- Advanced_Placement United States History Study Guide
- The Canadian Encyclopedia
- excellent general reference powered by Historica
- History Central
- Writing a paper or conducting research on a specific topic? This should be your first stop - a great collection of relevant links.
- U of Washington
- Good place to find links to those hard to find primary documents, maps, images, etc.
- DND Directorate of History and Heritage
- For Canadian Military history buffs, with some downloadable books, ie Hatch's history of the BCATP
- Nos Racines/Our Roots website
- A wide range of historical documents and major histories from all provinces of Canada
- Early Canadian Online
- A wide range of historical documents and major histories from all provinces; also includes many federal documents and reports, plus some parliamentary debates
Wikipedia articles
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Instructors
If you are interesting in coordinating a project or teaching a course, feel free to list yourself in the list of faculty below (A-Z order).
- Geoffrey Plourde (Department Liaison) Office
