IN THIS COURSE STUDENTS WILL:

Learn and use the intellectual tools of the environmental historian

Gain a greater understanding of how the interactions between humans and the natural world shaped American history

Learn the relationships between power, place, race, and gender

Learn new techniques for historical writing and text analysis

Learn how to make clearer and more convincing historical arguments

Learn new ways to analyze different types of historical sources, including landscapes

Recognize and learn how to make clearer and convincing historical arguments