ClassInfo - Spring 2018 History Classes

Spring 2018 | HIST 3838 Section 001: Family History in America (67711)

Instructor(s): David Aiona Chang (he, his, ʻoia)
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018

Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM

UMTC, West Bank

Blegen Hall 240
Enrollment Status:: Open (9 of 40 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: How historians study families to explore race/class. Techniques for researching genealogy/family history. Research/write on history of family.
Class Description:: This course will introduce you to online genealogical methods and the history of genealogy in the United States. Students will learn how to use Ancestry.com (a subscription is required for the course). They will also read books and articles to learn how different people in the United States have used genealogy and family history as tools in pursuit of various goals. Genealogy has been useful for a range of people--from elite families in colonial British America, to African Americans and "white ethnics" in the twentieth century, to gay, lesbian, and transgender people today. Students will also explore the ways that historians have used the history of particular families to understand American history. For their final paper, each student will trace a genealogy and write on the history of one family (usually, they choose their own). The course will also require quizzes and two shorter papers.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67711/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 12 December 2012

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