http://homepages.uconn.edu/~shp02001/classes.html Surveys political, economic, social, and cultural developments in American history from 1877 to the present. CA 1. This course will combine a broad narrative sweep interspersed with close examination of the some emerging scholarship of persons traditionally excluded from historical narrative. At the conclusion of this course students should be able to articulate orally, and in writing, the main themes of the development of the modern America. Students should be able to critically examine the issues raised by the book author and the instructor. Work with primary documents will help students better understand the historian’s craft. The work of the historian is usually done through gathering evidence, analysis, writing, argument formation, and debate. These are the skills we will be working on in this class.