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Oct 12, 2024
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Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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AHSE 051 Issues in Contemporary History and Civics5 credits This contextualized history course examines a contemporary history civics issue in depth. This course prepares the student to pass a high school equivalency examination and meet the history requirements of Washington State High School Diploma.
Prerequisites: A minimum of 221 on the CASAS Reading Assessment, and a writing sample.
Quarters Offered: Fall, Spring
Student Outcomes/Competencies: Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Apply the skills associated with reading as a historian: sourcing, contextualization, close reading, and corroboration
- Investigate a contemporary/historical or civic issue using multiple reliable sources
- Analyze a contemporary/historical civic issue from multiple perspectives
- Discuss contextual influences and consequences related to the specific contemporary/historical civic issue
- Connect the issue being researched to current social, economic, or professional circumstances
- Present a well-organized logical argument, based on research, to support a position on a contemporary historical civic issue
Total Hours: 30 Lecture Hours: 30
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