AdvancedLevel College Courses

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Advanced-Level College Courses

• The projects major goal is to increase student
  achievement by increasing teacher content
  knowledge in American history.
• The primary means of achievement will be through
  five senior-level, special topics courses offered
  at McMurry University by the history department.
• The content will be presented online using Moodle
  Learning Management System delivering information
  through pod-casts and discussions.

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Two Paths to Success

• Level ICertification
• 3 college hours/45 PD hours
• Stipend
• Evaluation TExES practice/exam
• Required for participation in field experience

• Level IIAuditing for PD
• 30 hours PD
• Stipend
• Evaluation SAT II
• Required for participation in field experience

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TExES Exam

• Teachers taking the course for history
  certification will
• Take the TExES practice exam
• Guidance will be given for areas of weakness
• Registration (fee) for the official exam after
  mastery is demonstrated on practice exam at the
  end of the year.

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Course Stipulations

• Tuition will be paid through the grant.
• Students will receive an IPOD to use for
  podcasted lectures.
• Students will be required to maintain
  coursework/passing grades.
• Course requirements will depend on level of
  participation.
• Students who do not complete the course will be
  required to reimburse tuition fees to Region 14.

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Year OneSpring 2009 Rights Revolution
in U.S. History

• This course is a survey of the concepts of rights
  and citizenship in American history as seen
  through the lens of revolution. The course will
  define revolution, through broad examples from
  the American War for Independence, the
  Abolitionist Revolution, the Industrial
  Revolution, and the Post-Colonial Revolutions of
  the 20th Century. The course will focus on major
  ideas, individuals, movements, and events that
  shaped the American understanding of rights.

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Rights Revolution Course Objectives

• To understand basic concepts of rights and
  citizenship as they evolved in American history
  and be able to discuss key eras in American
  history that influenced these concepts.
• To be able to communicate effectively the
  definition and role of revolution in shaping
  American concepts of rights and citizenship.
• To be able to use different forms of historical
  information, apply critical analysis to this
  information, and show evidence of this analytical
  ability.

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Year TwoSpring 2010 Constitutional Rights
in U.S. History

• This course is a survey of the concepts of rights
  and citizenship in American history as seen
  through the lens of the U.S. Constitution. The
  course will trace the development of the
  Constitution and explore major ideas,
  individuals, movements, and events that shaped
  the changing interpretations of Constitutional
  rights in American history.

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Constitutional Rights Course Objectives

• To understand basic concepts of rights and
  citizenship as defined by the U.S. Constitution
  and be able to discuss key eras in American
  history that influenced the changing
  interpretations of these constitutional concepts.
• To be able to communicate effectively the
  definition and role of the Constitution in
  shaping American concepts of rights and
  citizenship.
• To be able to use different forms of historical
  information, apply critical analysis to this
  information, and show evidence of this analytical
  ability.

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Year ThreeSpring 2011 Civil Rights
in U.S. History

• This course is a survey of the evolving nature of
  civil rights in American history. The course will
  study key documents and events that shaped civil
  rights, including the Declaration of
  Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation, the
  14th Amendment, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
  The course will explore how concepts of civil
  rights and citizenship have evolved through
  changing concepts of citizenship, race, and
  gender in American history. It will focus on
  major ideas, individuals, movements, and events
  that shaped the concepts of civil rights.

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Civil Rights Course Objectives

• To understand basic concepts of civil rights and
  citizenship as defined by the U.S. Constitution
  and be able to discuss key eras in American
  history that influenced these concepts.
• To be able to communicate effectively the key
  periods of changing interpretations of civil
  rights and how these changing interpretations
  influenced American history.
• To be able to use different forms of historical
  information, apply critical analysis to this
  information, and show evidence of this analytical
  ability.

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Year FourSpring 2012 Diplomacy in
U.S. History

• This course traces the political, economic,
  cultural, military, and diplomatic developments
  that have made the United States the undisputed
  leader in world affairs. It is a broad survey of
  the major themes and problems associated with the
  history of American foreign relations since the
  American Revolution.

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Diplomacy Course Objectives

• To understand the impact of cultural values,
  ideology, the imperatives of economic growth,
  domestic politics, national security planning,
  and the so-called lessons of history in shaping
  U.S. foreign relations.
• To be able to communicate effectively the ways in
  which international developments have in turn
  affected American thought, society, and culture
  at home.
• To stimulate thinking about American foreign
  policy and the role the United States has hadand
  should havein the world.
• To be able to use different forms of historical
  information, apply critical analysis to this
  information, and show evidence of this analytical
  ability.

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Year FiveSpring 2013 Leadership
in U.S. History

• Using comparative study techniques, this course
  will examine basic ideas of leadership and virtue
  as demonstrated in the lives and ideas of major
  figures in United States history. The course
  will provide breadth of historical background and
  knowledge but will also look at these figures
  through the lens of cultural, religious,
  political, and economic perspectives.

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Leadership Course Objectives

• To understand historical, cultural, and personal
  elements of leadership.
• To demonstrate understanding of leadership in
  personal context.
• To be able to use different forms of historical
  information, apply critical analysis to this
  information, and show evidence of this analytical
  ability.