Learning Outcomes

• Read a variety of complex texts critically by asking questions, identifying key patterns in and crucial questions raised by a text, and recognizing its formal strategies
• Locate authoritative resources that can help answer or respond to a critical question
• Compose an argument that articulates a core idea or question, situates it in a larger conversation, and asserts a clear, focused answer or hypothesis
• Analyze critically and creatively primary sources from the present and past for insight into the circumstances in which they were produced and the events/ideas they concern
• Locate subjects in time and place, being sensitive to the contingencies of context and to change over time
• Formulate historical questions and articulate the significance of their answers
• Adapt your writing style to various audiences and platforms