Human Rights in Modern World History

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Describe dynamic elements of different cultures.
• Explain how similarities, differences, and connections among different groups of people or global systems affect one another over time and place.
• Interpret the content, historical context, and global significance of key documents from the Foundation of American Democracy (FOAD), including the Declaration of Independence, selected Federalist Papers, the U.S. Constitution, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, and Letter from a Birmingham Jail.
• Interpret primary sources (including material culture) for cultural and historical meanings.
• Analyze written secondary sources, with attention to argument, main ideas, and points of view.
• Evaluate interpretations of the past.
• Describe, analyze, and understand major areas of study in the history of human rights.
• Create original interpretations of the past that engage an array of historical perspectives.
• Write clearly and persuasively particularly in digital formats.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Final Paper	20%
Exams (x4)	40%
Film Analysis	15%
Discussion Board	25%
Total	100%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100	A
90-92.9	A-
87-89.9	B+
83-86.9	B
80-82.9	B-
77-79.9	C+
73-76.9	C
70-72.9	C-
67-69.9	D+
63-66.9	D
60-62.9	D-
60-Below	F

Attendance/Participation:

The readings for this course require active participation and thoughtful engagement with the source material. All students are expected to participate in the class discussion board. Students that have not completed the readings and are not prepared to engage in class discussion will lose participation points.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.