Fall 2017 - HIST 102W D900
Canada since Confederation (3)
Class Number: 2959
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 5 – Dec 4, 2017: Thu, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
Surrey -
Exam Times + Location:
Dec 14, 2017
Thu, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
Surrey
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Instructor:
Andrea Eidinger
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Canadian social, political, and economic history from 1867, examining aboriginal/settler relations, immigration, regionalism, foreign policy, economic development, culture, and political movements. Students with credit for HIST 102 may not take this course for further credit. Writing/Breadth-Humanities.
COURSE DETAILS:
This is a lecture course on the history of Canada from 1867 to the present. While this course will provide students with a general narrative of Canadian political and economic history, the main focus will be the social history of Canada. Social history is an approach to history that focuses on the experiences of ordinary individuals and how people understood the world around them. This course will therefore devote considerable attention to the history of women, First Nations, ethnic and racialized groups, and people of diverse sexual orientations. Some of the topics will include: a social history of Confederation, the Riel rebellions, the establishment of the nation-state of Canada, the transition from agricultural to urban lifestyles, the moral reform movement, a social history of WWI and WWII, post-war cultural and societal changes, the baby-boomers, constitutional debates, social welfare, post-war immigrants, and the legacy of residential schools.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
· Understand the major forces and actors shaping Canada’s history since Confederation
· Critically engage primary and secondary sources
· Research, document, and write university-level papers
· Apply course themes to real-world events and diverse historical moments
Grading
- Class Participation: includes tutorials (15%), and online quizzes (5 %) 20%
- Major Research Project: Primary Source Analysis 10%
- Major Research Project: Annotated Bibliography 10%
- Major Research Project: Research Paper Outline 5%
- Major Research Project: Research Paper 30%
- Final Exam 25%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
There is no textbook for this course. All of the readings are available online through the SFU Library or will be posted to the course website.
Registrar Notes:
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