US History From 1865 to the Present .Reflection
Our survey of U.S. History since 1865 is drawing to a close. I would like to thank each and everyone of you for your contributions to the course. I hope you enjoyed studying U.S. History as much as I have enjoyed teaching it.
This assignment asks you to help me out. Please evaluate your learning from this course by answering the questions below. Please provide as much detail and/or specific examples as you see fit. Your responses will help me to understand your journey and improve the course for future students. Because this is a general education course, your responses also will help me assess how well the American History General Education Criteria are being met. I would like you to respond to these questions which are based on those criteria. Here is what I would like you to do:
- Analyze how the course taught you the basic narrative of American history from political, economic, social, and cultural standpoints? What did you learn that might have differed from what you knew before?
- How was a study of the unity and diversity in American society conveyed through the course? What insights about unity and diversity have you gained as a result of taking the course?
- Evaluate how your knowledge of the common institutions of American society been deepened as a result of this course?
- How do you understand differently the impact that such institutions have on women, peoples of different races and/or ethnicities, and on different economic groups?
- How do you view America’s evolving relationship with the world differently as a result of taking this course?
- In what ways might the course be strengthened for the future?
- What questions, if any, do you have for me?
Evaluation Criteria
Before submitting an assignment for this course please read the SUNY Empire State College statement on Academic Integrity. Please use the Chicago Style for citations, and take care to ensure that the citations are completed properly. For assistance in completing your assignment utilize the resources available to you in the Library Resources, Academic Integrity and Research Guidelines page of the Course Information documents.
Your Assignment will be assessed on the strength of the historical question you ask as well the extent to