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ED POL 612

HISTORY OF STUDENT ACTIVISM FROM THE POPULAR FRONT TO BLACK LIVES MATTER

3 credits.

Explore the history of student activism in the United States, with an emphasis on the experiences racial/ethnic minority youths who have been marginalized or discriminated against. What motivated students to become politically active, and what forms did their activism take? How did student activism vary across time and space and from one group of activists to another? Why did some students become activists while others did not? What role did education and educational institutions play in their activism? What impact have student activists had, and what do their histories reveal about the capacity and mechanisms for achieving racial equity in particular and for affecting social, political, and economic change more broadly?

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Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop an awareness of History’s Impact on the Present Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Develop an ability to Recognize and Question Assumptions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Develop consciousness of Self and Other Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Develop capacity for Effective Participation in a Multicultural Society Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Identify and discuss the significance of key actors, events, themes, and historiographical debates relating to the history of student activism in the modern United States Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Identify and evaluate historical arguments in secondary scholarly works Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Interpret and contextualize primary historical sources Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Synthesize information from primary and secondary sources in order to develop and support their own evidence-based historical interpretations. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 9. Synthesize information from secondary sources in order to develop and support evidence-based historical interpretations and historiographical analyses. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop an awareness of History’s Impact on the Present Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Develop an ability to Recognize and Question Assumptions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Develop consciousness of Self and Other Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Develop capacity for Effective Participation in a Multicultural Society Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Identify and discuss the significance of key actors, events, themes, and historiographical debates relating to the history of student activism in the modern United States Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Identify and evaluate historical arguments in secondary scholarly works Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Interpret and contextualize primary historical sources Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Synthesize information from primary and secondary sources in order to develop and support their own evidence-based historical interpretations. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 9. Synthesize information from secondary sources in order to develop and support evidence-based historical interpretations and historiographical analyses. Audience: Graduate

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