HIST 1640 - AMERICA CHILDHOODS: RACE, GENDER, AND CITIZENSHIP, 1865-PRESENT

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In this course, we will consider the diverse experiences of children and youth in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. We will examine how race, class, gender, sexuality, and citizenship informed children’s agency and experience, and were in turn influenced by the imposition of ideals of childhood through government policies, medical standards, and educational norms. Special consideration will be given to youth movements, and the role of children and youth in the civil rights movement and other forms of political and social activism. With a few exceptions, the course will offer a consideration of a topic in each decade since the 1860s.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Historical Analysis General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.

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