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Effective Term:
Fall 2015 through Summer 2017

Course Number:
HST 278
Course Title:
Russian History I
Credit Hours:
4
Lecture Hours:
40
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Surveys the cultural, social, political, and economic forces that shaped Russian history from the ninth through the eighteenth centuries. Audit available.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion students should be able to:

  • Articulate and interpret an understanding of key historical facts and events in Russian history from the rise of Kiev to the reign of Catherine the Great.
  • Identify the influence of culturally based practices, values, and beliefs to analyze how historically defined meanings of difference affect human behavior.
  • Identify and investigate historical theses, evaluate information and its sources, and use appropriate reasoning to construct evidence-based arguments on historical issues.
  • Construct a well organized historical argument using effective, appropriate, and accurate language.

Social Inquiry and Analysis

Students completing an associate degree at Portland Community College will be able to apply methods of inquiry and analysis to examine social contexts and the diversity of human thought and experience.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Assess by using any combination of the following:

  • Exams
  • Essays
  • Oral presentations
  • Research projects
  • Book critiques
  • Service Learning
  • Class participation and discussion
  • Other creative assignments

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

Competencies and Skills:

Analyze and evaluate primary and secondary sources:

  • Connect evidence to its relevant historical context
  • Analyze and evaluate written, artistic, or other evidence
  • Assess the motivation and purpose of evidence

Evaluate different interpretations of past events and construct your own interpretation:

  • Identify a historian’s thesis and supporting evidence
  • Evaluate the arguments used to support different interpretations of historical issues
  • 欧洲杯决赛竞猜app_欧洲杯足球网-投注|官网 your own thesis and historical interpretation and use evidence to support it

Think critically about the relationship between past and present events and issues:

  • Recognize and identify historical roots and parallels to current issues

Compare and contrast the experience of diverse groups in society:

  • Listen to and appreciate the experience of students from a variety of  backgrounds
  • Assess the contributions and experiences of various groups in society

Demonstrate college-level communications skills with an emphasis on writing (and may include listening and speaking):

  • Communicate effectively in writing about a historical topic
  • Communicate in writing an understanding of historical process and an evaluation of how concepts or values change over time

Clearly articulate thoughts and ideas to a particular audience which may include:

  • Working collaboratively with other students to evaluate and understand historical events
  • Working collaboratively with others in discussions, debate, or role plays
  • Presenting information in oral presentations

Themes, Concepts, Issues:

  • Russia’s geography and peoples
  • Social, economic, political, and cultural life of the Kievan Rus
  • The decline of Kiev and the role of other political centers
  • The influence and impact of the Mongol invasion
  • The rise of Muscovy and its role in the development of  Russia
  • Social, economic, political and cultural life of Moscovy
  • Role of various leaders in the evolution of the Russian system
  • The role of the orthodox Church in the development of Russian social, political, and cultural life
  • The political unification of Russia and the role Ivan III and Ivan IV
  • The “Time of Troubles” and its consequences on the future development of Russia
  • The reforms of Peter the Great and their impact on Russia
  • Social, political, and economic structures in the 1700s
  • Catherine the Great and the Enlightenment Era