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Apr 28, 2024
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PCADE 050 Washington State History and Government (ESL) (5 credits)
Course Description
This course meets Washington State’s requirement for Washington State History. This course is designed to develop your awareness, appreciation, and understanding of the history of the regions and development of the Pacific Northwest.
Course Content
A. History of the land, importance of location, climate, and natural regions B. Origins and names, coastal and plateau Native cultures C. Exploration by sea and land; international agreements D. Traders and missionaries E. Territorial disputes F. Displacement of Native nations and treaties G. Boundaries, technological innovation, and growth H. Immigration and exclusion I. Statehood J. Progressive Era K. WWI and its effects on business and labor L. 1920s, Depression, and WWII M. Labor, the economy, and civil/human rights
Student Outcomes
1. Compare how the history of regional environment shapes how economies develop, people live, and culture develops in order to understand historical context.
2. Identify key ideals set forth in fundamental documents, including the Washington State Constitution and tribal treaties, and compare/contrast with historical actions taken in order to understand present cultural context.
3. Summarize the role and struggle of immigration in shaping communities in the past and present in order to develop empathy for marginalized populations.
4. Reflect on diverse viewpoints on public issues and the effects on communities in order to develop empathy for diverse communities.
5. Analyze how local issues affect national and global history in order to develop an understanding of political context.
6. Analyze how cultural and historical events are remembered and/or revised by diverse communities in order to develop a critical view of history.
Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.
Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
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