HIST 455 - The 1950s: An American Cultural History

Description:
Survey of cultural and social trends found in the United States between 1945 and 1960; suburban and commercial development, the economic prosperity, changing gender roles, race, development of television, new musical genres and teenage culture. Course will not have an established scheduling pattern.

Credits: (5)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Define the cultural changes of the 1945-1960 era
Recognize and reconstruct the chronology of and significance of important events and people in U.S. cultural history between 1945 and 1960.
Interpret historical documents in the perspective of their time and place.
Identify how the cultural change is dependent on space, new technology and ideology.
Recognize patterns of change and understand how fact selection influences interpretations of events

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
4/19/18

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